Guides

A basic RPG-style levelling system

Add a touch of RPG to your Wolf4SDL project by implementing your own experience and levelling system in Wolf4SDL!

Add a Rocket Launcher

Rocket launchers are a weapon introduced in the last three episodes of Wolfenstein 3D, but only for Bosses. Let's fix that using Wolf4SDL!

Advanced HUD customization in LZWolf (sbarprot)

Learn how to use LZWolf's "sbarprot" file to make changes to the HUD/statusbar display!

Advancing the RPG system

This guide expands on some of the things you could do with a Basic RPG Levelling System!

Aurora's Art Lectures

Follow Aurora's "Art Lectures" from 2022, which will get you making your own wall textures, title screens, and more!

Building for different versions of Wolf3D and SOD

Switch between the base games in the engine, easily!

Compiling the DOS Wolf3D source code

Set up the environment for editing the DOS version of Wolf3D, and making your own nostalgic mod project!

Compiling the Wolf4SDL Source Code

Set yourself up to make your own Wolf4SDL project, and start implementing interesting custom features in your game!

Create a mapset for ECWolf

Dunkelschwamm teaches you how to create Wolf3D maps, and create a basic ECWolf mod to play them!

Creating a new static object

Find out just how straightforward it is to create a new basic object in your ECWolf project, and even make it animated!

ECWolf 1.4 Multiplayer FAQ

ECWolf 1.4 gives us multiplayer! Learn more about the new feature here!

ECWolf FAQ

This guide answers common questions regarding ECWolf, one of the most popular source ports for the games.

Enabling High-resolution Textures, Sky Effects and more in Wolf4SDL

Learn how to activate the extra features that have been added to Wolf4SDL for modding!

Fake geometry in ECWolf/LZWolf

Diema teaches you how to use Billboards to create irregular architecture for interesting environments.

Game Release Preparations

Things to consider when releasing your project, whether it be DOS, Wolf4SDL, ECWolf or MacenWolf!

How to run programs in DosBox

Learn what you need to do to emulate DOS programs on modern systems so you can play older and classic Wolf3D mods, and use classic programs like MapEdit!

In-game Messages

Create in-game messages to display to the player, as seen in countless other games!

LZWolf FAQ

This guide answers common questions about LZWolf, the spin-off of ECWolf that implements a lot of cool new features for mods.

MapEdit - DOS Map Making

Take a tour through MapEdit, the popular Wolf3D map editor, which ran on DOS.

Play the iOS and Java versions of Wolfenstein games on Windows!

Get to experience this oft-forgotten corner of the Wolfenstein franchise!

Rearranging the status bar

Learn how to make basic changes to the statusbar in DOS, Wolf4SDL and ECWolf!

Removing the Lives system from Wolf3D (Beta)

Untangle the web of code that makes the Lives system, and either have the game always restart the level on death or have the player instantly lose.

ROTT-style Elevators

AstroCreep teaches you how to make elevators that teleport you to another part of the same map, like in Rise of the Triad!

Saving Memory in DOS

Discover different ways the community has found to avoid that pesky "Abnormal Program Termination" error when trying to add new features in DOS.

Start a new WDC project

This guide will take you on a tour of the Wolf3D Editor WDC, and shows you how to start a new Wolf3D or MacenWolf project.