Duke "NUKUM" to "NUKEM" patch

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 21:17

I don't know if someone else already created a patch like this, but whatever! This little patch will do the following:

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It will also replace any "NUKUM" string in the executables with "NUKEM", as the following screenshots show:

Download: old patch new patch

The only bad thing about this: It's a Win32 program. But I might port it to DOS someday.

Update: The new version comes with a DOS version of the patch!

DHeadshot · Post by **DHeadshot** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 21:37

Or you could just use an earlier release...

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 23:20

Of course, but from what I've read so far, there should be some code fixes in Version 2.0 and not just a couple of replaced strings.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 0:21

Haha. Awesome.

Post by **tulip** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:16

Spleen said it.

IMA3HDDMNKY · Post by **IMA3HDDMNKY** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:24

Nukem or Nukum. Really, what does it matter?

TerminILL · Post by **TerminILL** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:46

If you have to ask, you're not the intended target audience.

mortimer · Post by **mortimer** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 15:38

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 17:13

There's a new version of the patch that comes with a DOS executable.

As a bonus, both the Windows and the DOS version don't require UNLZEXE anymore. The DOS patch is basically a modified version of the UNLZEXE 0.5 source code and for the windows version, I ported the UNLZEXE source code from C to BlitzMax. Go have some fun with it.

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 20:16

I think this patch kind of destroys an interesting piece of Duke history.
I guess it's kind of useful if you want the latest version of Duke with his official name, though.

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 22:25

I'm not saying that everyone should instantly use this patch and delete all the "Nukum" files. My goal was to provide everybody who is interested with a legal way to play the game with the title it was supposed to have. Even 3D Realms' site on Duke 1 uses the name "Nukem" and the title screen with the word "Nukem". And if you have a close look at the "Nukum" title screen above, you can even see that they erased a bit of the "M" when they changed the title.

If you don't like it, just delete the files created by the patch and rename the files with "-OLD" back to their original form.