PNG2WAD
A downloadable tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux
PNG2WAD
A command-line tool to turn PNG images into Doom maps.
The source code is available at github.com/akaAgar/png2wad
Features
- Any bitmap size
- Supports doors, secret passages, special sectors, entrances, exits, variable floor/ceiling heights
- Theme configuration to create maps with various feelings and textures (hell, tech base, sewers...)
- Can generate maps in the Doom 1 (ExMx) or Doom 2 (MAPxx) name format
- Optional things generation to create immediately playable maps filled with monsters and items. Or you can disable the thing generator and populate the map yourself using a map editor such as DoomBuilder
- Includes Bsp for node generation on Windows. On macOS/Linux you'll have to build nodes manually using a third-party node builder before you can play your maps
Usage
Using the command-line
Syntax is: PNG2WAD.exe SomeImage.png [SomeOtherImage.png] [YetAnotherImage.png]...
From the GUI
Drag and drop one or more PNG files on PNG2WAD.exe
Output
Output file will always be generated in the directory where PNG2WAD.exe is located and will have a the name of the first PNG file with a wad extension. For instance, if you create a file from SomePlace.png, SomeOtherPlace.png and AThirdPlace.png, the output file will be named SomePlace.wad.
If Doom 1 format has been selected in Preferences.ini, first map will be named ExM1, then ExM2, etc (Where x is the number of the episode as defined in Preferences.ini). Maps beyond ExM9 will be ignored.
If Doom 2 format has been selected in Preferences.ini, first map will be named MAP01, then MAP02, MAP03, etc. Maps beyond MAP99 will be ignored.
Default format is Doom 2.
Creating images
Run your favorite image edition tool and create a new PNG of any size. Each pixel is a 64x64 tile on the map.
Theme
The upper-left pixel is always a wall. Its color is ignored and used to select the map theme, as defined in the Preferences.ini file. You can add more themes by editing the file.
Available themes are:
- Gray (128, 128, 128): cave
- Red (255, 0, 0): hell
- Steel blue (128, 128, 255) : city
- Any other color: tech base (default)
Image pixels
| Pixel color | Tile type |
|---|---|
| White (255, 255, 255) | Wall |
| Red (255, 0, 0) | Room with special floor (nukage, lava, etc.) as defined in the map theme |
| Green (0, 128, 0) | Room with special ceiling (lamp, etc.) as defined in the map theme |
| Blue (0, 0, 255) | Room with open sky (exterior) |
| Olive (128, 128, 0) | Door |
| Magenta (255, 0, 255) | Secret passage |
| Yellow (255, 255, 0) | Entrance/player start |
| Lime (0, 255, 0) | Exit |
| Any other color | Room |
Download
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PNG2WAD successfully creates WADS from the example PNGs, but I haven't gotten other PNGS to work (contains no map data).
This includes if I load one of the example PNGs into Paint.net then save it again without making any changes.
Does the PNG have to have a specific bit depth (paint.net is set to automatically detect this)
Edit: I set the bit depth to 32, and it works fine now.
How to run these on mac??? Info please.
You'll have to install Mono, which allows the execution of DotNet applications on macOS. You'll find more information here : https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/macos/
Thanks, I will try with Mono.
Since i used and when i screenshot on
Backrooms Generator screen and i put
Png2wad coverted it worked good on
gzdoom, but png2wad only allowed limts
32640 map size 512x512 from very old
doom builder, also wall lines size only 64x64
and 128x128 wall lines, and ceiling and floor
64x64 is ok but other 128x128 sky and floor
can you please update png2wad of renew map size and
wall size and ceiling,
there a Doom builder 2, x and gzdoom builder
change grid size from old 32640 map size 512x512
to now is 65280 map size 1024x1024 and don't
put sky, put normal ceiling like 64x64 and
wall wide lines from 16 to 128,
so i coverted backrooms map big size
go from 64 map size to 1024 end of size map
thank you for your time
the bottom backrooms generater screenshot
that allow you change backrooms map size of
32640 map size 512x512
the bottom backrooms generater screenshot
that allow you change backrooms map size of
65280 map size 1024x1024