VGMaps
General Boards => Map Gab => Topic started by: DarkWolf on January 28, 2007, 03:43:33 pm
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Episode 1 World Map
Not sure if I'm going to do the levels, but the world maps are interesting.
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Is there anything in the huge area blocked off by your name and the title?
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Dot? Dot. Dot!
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No, the map had a few rough areas where the player never goes. I fixed the small ones, and just covered up that big one.
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How many world maps are there?
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Three, one for each episode. Xargon is one of those shareware games where the shareware version contains the first episode and the full all three.
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That reminds me, I was thinking about consolidating the Secret Agent and Monuments Of Mars! episodes...
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If you've seen today's update, I have submitted a prototype Xargon level map. I would be reluctant to continue if I had but a Bee Transformation cheat, so I could fly and scan more of the levels.
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The levels are stored in a raw format, unfortunately I was never able to figure how how tiles were mapped. My usual tricks didn't work.
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The source code of Xargon is available (http://www.classicdosgames.com/company/epic.html), so you could see for yourself how the game does it.
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I'll have to take a look at it when I get a chance. I've been sick lately.
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Update:
I've successfully extracted the sprites from the game, the tiles shouldn't be too difficult. I'll have to see if I can resume the mapping of the game when I get a chance. It looks like the game source might contain code for an editor as well, but I have to research that a bit more.