From:	"Marvin G Wise Jr" <mgwise AT seidata DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Map file
Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 1999 18:37:17 -0500
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It's funny you should ask:) I am writing a crpg game myseld and I just
finished my map editor program.  If you'd like a copy of it let me know and
I'll send it to you.  I haven't tested it on anything other than my computer
yet, but it works fine.  My map file data is stored in a map structure:

             typedef struct
            {
               unsigned char base[SIZE][SIZE];
               unsigned char fringe[SIZE][SIZE];
               unsigned char obj[SIZE][SIZE];
               unsigned char walkable[SIZE][SIZE];
            } map;

I have SIZE defined as 128, so you could have (theoretically)   16384 tiles
(also i have my tiles set to be 32x32, but I could set both of these to
anything you might need and recompile.  Then, all you would need to do is
make a DAT file with the Grabber program containing 255 images....the first
65 images should be your base tiles, next 64 fringe tiles, the next 128
object tiles, and the last one will be used as a background image for the
various windows used in the program.

ANDERS PEDERSEN <anders_p AT get2net DOT dk> wrote in message
news:hIJp2.399$477 DOT 691 AT news DOT get2net DOT dk...
>Hi!
>I'm making a crpg using Djgpp and Allegro. I want to create a map-file
>that store the map information, but I don't know how.
>Right now i'm using something like:
>
>int map[100][100]{0,0,0,0,0,.....,}
>
>Does anybody know how to create a map-file that i can read from, and write
>to. I don't wan't a file you can edit in a text editor.
>
>Anders
>
>
>

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