MBFLMPC v1.00 (c) 1999 Esko Koskimaa


Introduction
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MBFLMPC (MBF LMP Center) is a utility that can be used to convert an MBF
lmp file to a text file and vice versa. MBFLMPC only exists because LMPC
(Little Movie Processing Center, a great demo utility by Uwe Girlich)
doesn't support MBF lmp format. Only single-player lmps are supported.

System requirements
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MBFLMPC is a Windows program that requires very little system resources.
Any PC that can run Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or later should be able to run
MBFLMPC. Note that MBFLMPC only runs under Windows.

Usage
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Unlike LMPC, MBFLMPC is a Windows program that has a graphical user
interface. There is no and never will be a command line version of MBFLMPC.

MBFLMPC is so easy to use that it doesn't require explanations. The
destination file name will be the same as the source file name except of
course the extension has been changed. For example, if you convert 'foo.lmp'
to text file, the resulting file will be 'foo.txt'. WARNING: the generated
result file will overwrite any existing file with the same name without
prompting.

In txt -> lmp conversion, the *-notation supported by LMPC is not
supported by MBFLMPC.

Text file format
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MBF lmp format is quite similar to the original Doom lmp format. The
data part (which consists of player actions and movements) is almost
identical to the original Doom. The header part is different and
contains a lot of MBF specific information.

The text file generated by MBFLMPC uses a syntax similar to LMPC for the
data part (the stuff between 'DataStart' and 'DataEnd'). For more
information, please refer to LMP format description
(http://www.planetquake.com/demospecs/). For information about the MBF
specific header fields, please refer to MBF documentation.

Contacts
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Please mail any questions or comments to

tas@doomworld.com

Note that Uwe Girlich has *nothing* to do with MBFLMPC. Do NOT contact
him about it.

Disclaimer
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MBFLMPC is freeware. It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Use it at your
own risk. Feel free to distribute the file mbflmpc.zip which contains both
the exe and this text file. The source code for MBFLMPC is not available.

I have stopped the development of MBFLMPC. Do not mail me bug reports or
future suggestions. Yonatan Donner made a 30-level connected movie of
Hell Revealed using MBFLMPC as an assistance, so it does work. :)

Credits
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Thanks to:

- id Software
- Yonatan Donner and Peo Sjblom, my TAS friends
- Uwe Girlich for LMPC
- Lee Killough for MBF

