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ELV Project: Hexen - Public Demo

veirdo — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 22:26:22 +0000

ELV Project: Hexen - Public Demo

Download links:
elv.hexen.pack - 3d Models
elv.hexen.textures.pk3 - Textures

Install instructions:
1. Download Doomsday Engine 2.3.2 Build 3869 from the link

2. Select WAD folder with Hexen.wad

3. Select Addons folder, where you downloaded both elv.hexen.pack and elv.hexen.textures.pk3

4. Hit the Addons box near the Hexen game and select both addons. Then hit Play.

Frequently Asked Question

Q. What is the "public demo" meaning?
A. That demo shows the game's "vertical slice" with the complete Winnowing Hall level. Every feature that will be in the full Addon is present including 3d models, textures, and VFX.

Q. Why it's taking so long?
A. Because Veirdo spent more time on his career rather than on a project.

Q. You guys said all 3D models are done. Why are they not included?
A. That's right. Thanks to Emmanuel (the project owner) and Grigoriy Ischenko (our main 3D modeler), all the models are complete. But models are not game assets. There is a long way for them to shine in the game including animation speed matching the state machine, sprite size matching, color correction, scripting, shaders and VFX. But mainly, because Veirdo is a slacker.

Q. Why the heck visual effects are so cartoony?!
A. Two reasons. First of all the particle system and its renderer in Doomsday Engine is severely outdated. And instead of trying to pull it to match a new model renderer, Veirdo is pushing it even further back. The second reason is the diversity of Veirdo's VFX skills to produce hand-painted animated flipbooks. He will gladly update all VFX when the renderer is ready.

Q. What's next?
A. Veirdo will make biweekly public updates on the new models.

ELV Project: Hexen

Manhs — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 01:09:02 +0000

It's been since mars 2019 I started a project with some people of the community of Hexen, we plan to release a project for Hexen in Doomsday who has a good quality.

I can't share things from the game because the team have to finish some stuff for the world renderer and others but i'm allowed to show some 3D models of the sketchfab. I paid for all the 3D models, animations and textures of it except a few, beside, Veirdo code the stuff for it to put it in the game with some improvements and modifications and VFX, he uses a custom FBX code he made who make it really great, Doomsday has really a big potential for that!

We plan to release a first version (beta without exploded corpses) in late 2022 if everything go well, not sure about the date, it will be compatible with classic/vanilla maps.

GrigoryArx for the work on the 3D models, animations and textures (all drawed by hand).
Skyjake is working on the new world renderer and other stuff for doomsday.
Veirdo is working now to put everything in the game and VFX
Leo for the support and help, he will make video streams of the mod.
I saw some stuff in action in game and i can tell you it's gonna be really amazing!

Hexen forever!

Screenshot of a few 3D models on Sketchfab:
(all the 3D models are done with animations, need a few more textures, the VFX ect..)

New Guitar-Oriented PK3 Music Pak for Hexen

DaveClark — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:48:17 +0000

Hi all,

I recently arranged and mixed new versions of the Hexen music composed originally by Kevin Schilder. A PK3 file is available on my website:

https://www.execonsultingtx.com

Go to Songs / Hexen Music File

You can listen to all of the tracks used in the game except for Hub, Hexen, Chess, and Orb in the Playlist on my YouTube channel:

You can hear Hall being played in the video Hexen Music PK3 File contained in the Playlist (should be last video listed, number 32).

Kevin did a wonderful job in creating the pieces for Hexen almost 30 years ago with limited technology, and this made it fairly easy to convert to new versions. These versions are more rock-oriented in that there are a lot of guitars in the group, along with heavy drums, etc. Other folks have gone more orchestral. For the original Hexen, I like a more pumped-up rendition.

Hope at least some of you enjoy it.

Hexen Neural Texture Pack

grandgreed — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:56:41 +0000

Hexen Neural Texture Pack | Heretic Neural Texture Pack

Hexen Neural Texture Pack
Next work will also be directed to bring the new look of original textures from Hexen. The main purpose is preservation of details and lack of third-party modifications, only close view of what was conceived by designers since the beginning. No intervention, only the original.

Release date: 25.09.2021
Version: 4.0 Final
File size: 328 Mb
Download

Examples of textures

Examples of weapons

Examples of enemys

Screenshots

Sapphire Wand 2.0 + Doomsday 2 Hexen Models

veirdo — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:37:51 +0000

Doomsday Engine 2.0 Hexen Models

All models here are in "beta" state and for testing purposes only.

DOWNLOAD LINK
veirdo.hexen.pack public version 9

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Installation instructions:

1. Put downloaded file inside \Doomsday 2.0.0\data folder
2. Run Doomsday Engine 2.0 executable and use Shift-Esc to reach "gear" button
3. Choose all veirdo.hexen.* packages

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Package content:

Sapphire Wand HUD model

Serpent Staff HUD model

Crystal Vial model

Quartz Flask model

HEXEN tile pic

ULTRAZEALOT — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:26:53 +0000

Hey,
is it possible to change Hexen's Tile pic? i suppose it is doable as in Doom.

i dont know if anyone is willing or going to make that up, but id like to help, happily.
or.. oh well.. ill just do it and then see if someone wants it. )

Map Definition for a Hexen map

RipAndTear — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:14:56 +0000

I'm trying to make my Hexen map more compatible with Doomsday engine. This is currently the MAPINFO definition.

map 1 "BASTION"
warptrans 1
next 1
cluster 1
sky1 SKY1 10
cdtrack 21

The big issue is that the map has lightning in Doomsday engine because it occupies the same slot as MAP01, even though there's no lightning in Chocolate Hexen. So, I figure that I need to either find a way to fix that, or I need to make an equivalent DED map definition. So far, I've been unable to figure how how to get the same sky in the DED format. If someone could explain how to do this, I would appreciate it.

XARP - Hexen Authentic Resource Pack (jXCCP maintained)

veirdo — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:03:05 +0000

Hexen Authentic Resource Pack

The XARP is based on veirdo's "Sapphire wand" pack and built to achieve authentic Hexen look.
Consists of the official jHexen Modelpack enhanced with contributions from the jHexen community
and additional content by Cain and deus-ex..

Thanks to all contributors and the community for providing
resources and valuable feedback throughout the years.

* All models/effecs are separated and switchable
* All cleaned up and error free
* High Quality Sound Pack included

Current version 0.13
Download link

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
Unzip the xarp_013.box folder in your \Doomsday\Snowberry\Addons

This pack works only on Doomsday Engine 1.12 build 944 or later.

Changelog:

XARP 0.12 => XARP 0.13 @ February 2016
Books03.png replaced with correct image with "K" "R" "X" letters;
Gardoyle.dmd missing skin #1 fix;
Gardoyle_Skull.dmd missing skin #1 fix;
Ettin.dmd missing skin #1 fix;

XARP 0.1 => XARP 0.12 @ March 2015
Replaced Textures:
d_winnow.png;
gate02.png;
gate03.png;
gate04.png;
gate51.png;
gate52.png;
gate53.png;
Brass1.png;
Brass3.png;
Brass4.png;
D_Brass1.png;
D_Brass2.png;
D_EndBr.png;
D_EndSlv.png;
D_Slv1.png;
D_Slv2.png;
Forest01.png;

jXCCP 1.31 => XARP 0.1 @ August 2014
New Walltorch model.
New Twined Torch model.
New HUD Spiked Gauntlets Model and punch FX.
New Flame mask item model and interface icon.
New Flechette model, interface icon and effects for all three classes.
New Quartz Flask interface icon
New frozen skins for actors: Ettin, Chaos Serpent, Centaur, Bishop and Pig
Say goodbye to all old particle textures as they have been replaced
by "Sapphire wand" pack ones for compatibility reasons.
All particle effects have been updated and optimized.

Dropped models and effects:
HUD Bloodscourge by Cain
HUD Frostshards by Cain
HUD Wand by Jaquboss
HUD ArcOfDeath by Jaquboss
HUD Spiked Gauntlets by Cain
Item Chaos Devise by Raven
Item Quartz Flask by Raven
Item Flechette by Cain
Item Frostshards by Jaquboss
Item Torch by Raven
Item Mystic Urn by Raven
Item Crystal Vial by Raven
Item Wings of Wrath by Slyrr
FX Afrit missile by Deus-ex
FX Bloodscourge by Cain and Deus-ex
FX Frostshards by Deus-ex
Actor Afrit by ChipAlert
Actor Ettin from XRP 2004

1.31 @ October 2013
Blue, Green and Combined mana models by Raven replaced by veirdo's models.
New Arc Of Death World Weapon model.
Some tweaks for the FrostShards World Weapon model.
New correct masks for the brass doors by PostFatal.

1.30 @ August 2013
Repack of all Hexen resources.

Hexen High Quality Textures

veirdo — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:37:22 +0000

High Quality textures for Hexen

Current version: 0.06

All textures here started from 3d models, then rendered to normal maps and ambient occlusion, then painted albedo, specular and glossiness maps and finally rendered on a plane with a PBR OpenGL renderer to a single texture with one directional light source from left shoulder. All textures have 800% resolution from originals.
Since they were rendered with a PBR they will NEVER be similar to the hand-painted originals. I only can keep original design and base colors.

All textures have their own reflection maps, shine masks and parameters definitions, so it's STRONGLY recommended to turn off any other texture add-ons.
At some point I will merge textures from here to a XARP texture pack.

Texture pack is HERE

Pack contents:

Brass1

Brass3

Brass4

D_Brass1

D_Brass2

D_EndBr

Forest01

D_Slv1

D_Slv2

D_EndSlv

Chilvence's old Centar Model

Citereh — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:45:59 +0000

after checking back in after a couple of years im supprise this is still missing from the resource pack so im re uploading it becuse it seemed to be lost to the interweb.
if someone wants i can upload his original zip with the milkshape model.
maybe make some wireskins.

installation:
just place the pk3 in your snowberry\addons folder and add it to your list to load

known issues that someone more knowledgeble can fix.
1: the skin is still just the old placeholder. (just added eyes and sheild)
2: the fact that body switches back to a sprite on the last frame. (probably due to the quick ded i edited)

The Mage's Tower of Hexen

JonusC — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:04:32 +0000

Check it out :

http://www.geocities.com/hexen_star/HexenMageTower

I havn't explored the Heretic/Hexen universe of modding much over the years, but i'm surprised i've never come across or head of this guys mods. Still active too, and all his mods are made for Doomsday.

Why isn't he hanging around here or even NewDoom I wonder.

Sapphire Wand

veirdo — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:54:09 +0000

Hexen Weapons Pack.

UPDATE 24.07.2014: Current version 0.444
In this pack:

HUD Spiked Gauntlets and punch FX

HUD Sapphire Wand with projectile and hit FX

HUD Frostshards with projectile and hit FX

World Weapon Frostshards

Iced Death FX

World Weapon Arc Of Death

HUD Arc Of Death and Lightning FX

World Weapon Bloodscourge

HUD Bloodscourge with projectile and explosion FX

Items:
Crystal Vial

Quartz Flask

Blue, Green and Combined Mana

Flechette item and effects for all three classes

Flame Mask item

Decor:
Wall Torch

Twined Torch

Addon is here

Tested in Doomsday 1.14.5 stable

Next
Fighter class weapons. Timon's Axe

WIP Section

Who's responsible for static items? (jHexen RP)

predcon — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:43:12 +0000

Certain 2D static items in the original game, such as statues and torches, all rotate to face the camera. In the jHexen Resource Pack, the 2D items, which are now 3D items, all face in one direction. And by this I mean that all items of the same type face in the same direction, no matter where they are on the map. There's no real compass in the game, so I can't give you a cardinal direction, but I can show you a couple of screencaps taken from a room in the Darkmere area of Hub 2, exhibiting a couple of rows of Minotaur statues. Note that each row is directly across the room from the other, and also note my inability to find the "Take Screenshot" key, and try not to mind the console in the way.

Also, what attachment types are allowed? I've tried every image filetype under the sun, and I keep getting the "The extension xxx is not allowed" message.

Row 1 (Let's call it North)

Row 2 (South)

High res sound pack.

devonrex — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:16:10 +0000

The higher res sound pack for doom avaible at the addons page here really packs a punch. Is there any such pack for hexen ?
Is the parkisan doom sound pack only upsampled from the orginal files ? if so would it be hard to make a new one for hexen and what do i need to know to make one ?

Exploding “puffs” of fog in Hexen

John — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:27:27 +0000

In Hexen: Death Kings of the Dark Citadel in the very beginning of the 3rd episode if you turn to your right you will see a large pillar and it will have exploding “puffs” of fog around and behind it. However, this only seems to happen if I am using jXCCP_123.pk3. If I use jXCCP.pk3, I see only darker clouds floating in the fog (similar to the sky). This is with an Intel CPU, Nvidia GPU and with build 926.

Each gives a different feel to the environment.

Are people with AMD equipment also getting this effect?

Info on this model wanted...

PostFatal — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:14:28 +0000

I stumbled into an old index page today and found this video of an Ettin by Cain. As far as I know it hasn't been released and I don't know how to find the Author. http://s5.beta.photobucket.com/user/Pos ... 8.mp4.html

jHexen Items Pack

Psychikon — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:10:01 +0000

jHexen Items Pack 0.5
Thus far, only the identical models have been ported (with their respective UI images):
-Artifact Pickup FX
-Crystal Vial
-Quartz Flask
-Mystic Urn
-Chaos Device
-Wings of Wrath
-Torch

Required FX stuff (the particle textures/shiny skins)
You could just use the one from the XCCP pack, which is basically the same thing, except I replaced two or so particles.

High Definition Hexen Music

Ransu — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:09:56 +0000

Hi, I worked on the Hexen MIDI files in FL Studio 10 using high quality samples, plugins, and special effects. The songs are in OGG format. I really wanted to make the music sound like it was orchestrated. There are some minor issues where some instruments/choirs would cut back on after fading out in some of the songs. This is due to the way Kevin Schilder designed the MIDI files. I don't know how to set up the music as a jHexen mod so it would be nice if someone could do it and put it on the Add-ons section. The zip file is 152 MB in size and can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?pmy6i7n4362cqki

modify pick-ups from JHRP1.1 to be used with hexen?

mystique — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:54:21 +0000

would it be possible to modify the latest pick-ups from JHRP1.1 so they can be used with hexen?

seeing since hexen and heretic both use several of the same pick-ups,
like the quartz flask, wings of wrath, torch, crystial vial, mystic urn

would it be possible to get versions of those items which can be used with hexen?
the latest ones from JHRP1.1 look a lot better compared to the outdated ones from the XCCP1.1

would be awesome if someone could make a version which can be used with hexen instead, so that we have those same better-looking pick-ups for hexen as well

Resource packs?

PostFatal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:00 +0000

I haven't been around in a couple of years but now that I'm back I see that things have changed some. Anyway, where are the resource packs?

Hexen enhancements?

pbsoa — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:07:15 +0000

So, while goofing around on Youtube I came across this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td_WpTKXMqA

It looks pretty nice. Anyone know which addon would be this? The guy that posted the video doesn't remember and lost the files unfortunately...

SPORE models

PostFatal — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:59:25 +0000

My son has made some models in spore that are very purposely reminescent of Hexen models. They aren't perfect but then again they do add something that the originals are missing. It is a work in progress and I will post some vids later. Spore models can now be exported in Collada format, so if they can be converted to something that Deng can use it may be pretty cool.

Afrit

Psychikon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:43:28 +0000

EDIT - You can download the most recent version here:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/4/22/ ... 090814.pk3

Hey, I was thinking of messing around with the Afrit then...
I was curious as I was looking through the state definitions, but I was a little confused as there's no entry in the Wiki (I could write one if just a couple of things were made clear, but I don't think I'd need to ask about just one) about them...

With the Imp in Heretic, there was a specific state change for when it charged at you, so then I made the frames for it doing that. With the states for the Afrit, it doesn't appear that there's any specific "states" for when it dodges from side to side or backwards. Is that the case? And if so, will that ever change? I was just wondering if I should pose frames for it if I do the afrit, that way in case the .blend is lost, at least they will be done; even if it's not, at least no extra work would have to be done later.

I just think it would be really cool if he looked like he was actually swooping left, right, or pushing back in such cases. Otherwise one might ponder if he was really moving, or if the whole world was moving around him!

I just realized that this might be a redundant question, what with the new definitions stuff for 2.0...
If not, please hit me back!

some things I'd like to see

PostFatal — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:22:15 +0000

I know this isn't true to the game but I would like to see a few things that I think would add to the game without detracting from the game. For instance, I would like to see the Ettin have both heads alert while standing guard, one looking this way and the other looking another, in a random fashion. Also, when a monster takes damage, a head turn might add to the realism. I know that the sprites didn't do this but we have much better equiptment than we had way back then. Also, the ettins walk is rather stiff, I would like to see it more fluid. I don't know the limits of Deng so I don't know if any of this is possible, but it would sure make for a better experience.

Addon authors: read this

skyjake — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:34:18 +0000

Before asking for help using a given Doomsday feature in your addon, remember to check the wiki first.
You are invited to add information about your addons to the wiki. Please include instructions where to download, usage instructions, and any other relevant documentation.