Regular sector types

These are the regular, non-generalized sector types.

See also Generalized sector types. Those are made of higher numbers which combine various properties for greater freedom.

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Classic format

Doom

From Matt Fell's Unofficial DOOM Spec the DOOM sector types are:

Dec Hex Class   Description
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 0  00  -       Normal, no special characteristic.
 1  01  Light   random off
 2  02  Light   blink 0.5 second
 3  03  Light   blink 1.0 second
 4  04  Both    -10/20% health AND light blink 0.5 second
 5  05  Damage  -5/10% health
 7  07  Damage  -2/5% health
 8  08  Light   oscillates
 9  09  Secret  a player must stand in this sector to get credit for
                  finding this secret. This is for the SECRETS ratio
                  on inter-level screens.
10  0a  Door    30 seconds after level start, ceiling closes like a door.
11  0b  End     -10/20% health. If a player's health is lowered to less
                  than 11% while standing here, then the level ends! Play
                  proceeds to the next level. If it is a final level
                  (levels 8 in DOOM 1, level 30 in DOOM 2), the game ends!
12  0c  Light   blink 0.5 second, synchronized
13  0d  Light   blink 1.0 second, synchronized
14  0e  Door    300 seconds after level start, ceiling opens like a door.
16  10  Damage  -10/20% health

17  11  Light   flickers on and off randomly

Note that Eternity will not exit the game on an illegal sector type, as was the case with DOOM. The sector type will merely be ignored.

Heretic

Heretic has a different set of types:

Type #	Class	Description
1	Light	Blinks randomly, normally on
2	Light	Blink each 0.5 second
3	Light	Blink each 1 second
4	Mixed	Scroll east, lava damage
5	Damage	"Wimpy" lava damage
7	Damage	Sludge damage
8	Light	Oscillates
9	Secret	Secret counting sector
10	Door	Close like a door after 30 seconds
11	End	Exit with super damage
12	Light	Blink each 1 second, synchronized
13	Light	Blink each 0.5 second, synchronized
14	Door	Open and close like a standard door after 5 minutes
15	Friction	Slippery floor
16	Damage	"Hefty" lava damage
17	Light	Flickering like fire
20	Scroll	Scroll east x1
21	Scroll	Scroll east x2
22	Scroll	Scroll east x5
23	Scroll	Scroll east x6
24	Scroll	Scroll east x7
25	Scroll	Scroll north x1
26	Scroll	Scroll north x2
27	Scroll	Scroll north x5
28	Scroll	Scroll north x6
29	Scroll	Scroll north x7
30	Scroll	Scroll south x1
31	Scroll	Scroll south x2
32	Scroll	Scroll south x5
33	Scroll	Scroll south x6
34	Scroll	Scroll south x7
35	Scroll	Scroll west x1
36	Scroll	Scroll west x2
37	Scroll	Scroll west x5
38	Scroll	Scroll west x6
39	Scroll	Scroll west x7
40	Wind	Blow east x1
41	Wind	Blow east x2
42	Wind	Blow east x5
43	Wind	Blow north x1
44	Wind	Blow north x2
45	Wind	Blow north x5
46	Wind	Blow south x1
47	Wind	Blow south x2
48	Wind	Blow south x5
49	Wind	Blow west x1
50	Wind	Blow west x2
51	Wind	Blow west x5

PSX Doom format

In addition to Doom's original, PSX Doom also supports the following types:

Type #	Class	Description
200	Light	Glow-10
201	Light	Glow-255
202	Light	Strobe Hyper
204	Light	Strobe Fast

UDMF

UDMF has this list made of both Doom and Heretic, Hexen and ZDoom-invented specials:

Type #	Class	Description
1	Light	Light, phased
2	Light	Light sequence start
3	Light	Light sequence
4	Light	Light sequence, alternate
40	Wind	Blow east x1
41	Wind	Blow east x2
42	Wind	Blow east x5
43	Wind	Blow north x1
44	Wind	Blow north x2
45	Wind	Blow north x5
46	Wind	Blow south x1
47	Wind	Blow south x2
48	Wind	Blow south x5
49	Wind	Blow west x1
50	Wind	Blow west x2
51	Wind	Blow west x5
65	Light	Blinks randomly, normally on
66	Light	Blink each 0.5 second
67	Light	Blink each 1 second
68	Mixed	Deal 20 damage, blink each 0.5 second, Doom
69	Damage	Deal 10 damage, Doom
71	Damage	Deal 5 damage, Doom
72	Light	Pulsate smoothly
74	Door	Close after 30 seconds
75	End	Deal 20 damage and exit before dying
76	Light	Blink each 1 second, synchronized
77	Light	Blink each 0.5 second, synchronized
78	Door	Open and close after 5 minutes
79	Friction	Slippery floor
80	Damage	Deal 20 damage, Doom
81	Light	Flicker
82	Damage	"Wimpy" lava damage, Heretic
83	Damage	"Hefty" lava damage, Heretic
84	Mixed	Scroll east, lava damage, Heretic
85	Damage	Sludge damage, Heretic
225	Scroll	Scroll east x1
226	Scroll	Scroll east x2
227	Scroll	Scroll east x5
228	Scroll	Scroll east x6
229	Scroll	Scroll east x7
230	Scroll	Scroll north x1
231	Scroll	Scroll north x2
232	Scroll	Scroll north x5
233	Scroll	Scroll north x6
234	Scroll	Scroll north x7
235	Scroll	Scroll south x1
236	Scroll	Scroll south x2
237	Scroll	Scroll south x5
238	Scroll	Scroll south x6
239	Scroll	Scroll south x7
240	Scroll	Scroll west x1
241	Scroll	Scroll west x2
242	Scroll	Scroll west x5
243	Scroll	Scroll west x6
244	Scroll	Scroll west x7