Maps

[ownerofbabylon]

I havent made a map in a long time. Can someone help me. I know you gotta make a text file and put all levels and stuff but I need the details.

[SkooL]

Originally posted by ownerofbabylon
I havent made a map in a long time. Can someone help me. I know you gotta make a text file and put all levels and stuff but I need the details.

Press 'm' in the level editor

[ownerofbabylon]

doesnt that do the little map. I want the big map. Anyways, it doesnt work right.

[ownerofbabylon]

yea I loaded some levels into it and hit M and it showed me a black map

[SkooL]

Originally posted by ownerofbabylon
yea I loaded some levels into it and hit M and it showed me a black map

You need to list the levels in the proper order and format in bigmap.txt.

[ownerofbabylon]

thats what i was asking from the start. If you will help me do this (never done it) I will pay you 10 gralat on 2001

[ownerofbabylon]

im at work so i dont have my levels but i just made some samples to figure out how it works.

[ownerofbabylon]

ok i made the sample levels. ex.graal ex1.graal and ex12.graal and i made a text file called map and put

"ex.graal","ex1.graal","ex12.graal",

Then saved and closed. Please help me from here.

[SkooL]

Originally posted by ownerofbabylon
im at work so i dont have my levels but i just made some samples to figure out how it works.

Yea, I attached the file for my maps.

[SkooL]

Originally posted by ownerofbabylon
im at work so i dont have my levels but i just made some samples to figure out how it works.

Playing Graal at work...

[ownerofbabylon]

ok i see how thats done but heres what i need.

I made a text file called babylonmap.txt and put a couple sample levels in there. I then saved it. How to I generate this text file into a map??

[SkooL]

Originally posted by ownerofbabylon
ok i see how thats done but heres what i need.

I made a text file called babylonmap.txt and put a couple sample levels in there. I then saved it. How to I generate this text file into a map??

Double click one of the levels on the map to open the level editor, press M, save the image.

[ownerofbabylon]

the image is a black map

[SkooL]

The text file needs to be called 'bigmap.txt' also

[ownerofbabylon]

alright so on my desktop i have ex.graal ex1.graal and ex12.graal and a txt file called bigmap.txt with the info in it. I then open up graal, open the three levels and hit M. Then a black map occurs with nothing on it.

[Poogle]

When will Babylon be up?

[richard]

<Shaun>

example:

"level1.graal","level2.graal","level3.graal"
"level4.graal","level5.graal","level6.graal"

save the level as levelmap.txt , or replace it with whatever you want.

That's two rows of levels.
Now, in one of the levels, make a script like this:

setmap door.gif,levelmap.txt,x,y;

Now, go to the level editor, press m, generate the map, bingo.

</Shaun>

[toad1413]

Oh my god. He knows all that! He wants to know why the map is black. Here it is. When you make the map, it saves it as 24-bit png file. Graal can only read 8-bit png files. So you need to open it in a program (I recommend CorelDraw) and exprot it as a gif file. then use the gif to png program in the Graal directory to convert it to an 8-bit png.

[WingDrgn]

OR! You could decrease the colors! WOW I THINK THAT MIGHT JUST WORK!

[ownerofbabylon]

Umm Babylon should be up soon. Vincent saw it and said it looks really good. I am trying to get some scripts to work and if they will then im submitting again tommorow. I have realized that 98% of people have the shittiest levels around. I sent tons of levels to my LATs to fix up and they all suck accept my friend (Co owner) Nooseknot. He taught me well and im learning fast. If it goes up it will still need more work but I believe while im fixing the levels up nice you guys will still have fun exploring. Alright, Cya. BTW, the map is working, thanks