This map editor was produced by me for producing simple flick screen maps for use within my Dizzy type game,but as you will see from the simple example programs on this disk,it can be used for scrolling games as well.
Lets run through some of the menu and submenu buttons and what they do!!!!
DISK.
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This takes you to the Disk sub menu.
Load map
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Use this to load in your saved maps,use .MAP at the end of your file name.
If loading a DUAL map file from disk you must be in the dual map mode!!!
Save map
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Use this to save your maps to disk,use .MAP at the end of your file name.
If saving a DUAL map both maps will be saved to disk,the second map will have it's file name tagged with "_B".
Load tiles
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Always load a set of tiles befor you load a map file from disk!.
Save tiles
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Saves the currently loaded tiles to disk.
Delete
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Deletes any file from disk,be warned!.
Load values
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Load a set of tile values from disk,tile values are saved to disk along with your map with .VALUES tagged to the end of the map file name.
Save values
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Save a defined set of values to disk,use .VALUES at they end of your file name.
VALUES.
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Editing tile values is very simple,set the value and click on the tile to assign the value to that tile.
Click on the CLEAR button to reset all the values to zero.
MAP GRID.
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Switches the map grid on/off,very handy for lining tiles up.
ICON GRID.
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Makes chossing tiles easier,sometimes!.
SHOW VALUES.
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Places all the tile values on top of the map,so you can clearly see all the values.
MAP SIZE.
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Set a new size for your map,in screens(20*12 blocks) and not in blocks!!,using this will loose any map you are working on!!!!!!!!
INFO.
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Just a handy bar that shows the map size in screens,cursor X and Y cordinates and your map location in screens.
MAP CLEAR.
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Clears the map you are working on,if in dual mode,only the map you are editing will be cleared.
MISC.
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This is for future use!
FILL SCREEN.
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Fills the current map screen with the currently selected tile,if in dual mode,only the map you are editing will be filled.
DUAL MODE.
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This is where you can work on two maps at the same time,and are able to onion skin the second map over the first,selecting dual mode and then selecting which map to edit or to overlay the second map over the first.
When the two maps are onioned together all the tiles in the second map with palette colour zero will be transparent,allowing you to see the first map under it,a bit of imagination and this mode can be put to some good effect.
Please note that dual mode will use twice as much memory as a single map.
All values are the same for the first map and the second.
EDIT.
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Selecting this will swap you from map edit mode to pick mode,when in pick mode clicking anywere on the map will change the current tile you are using to the one picked from the map.
ABOUT.
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All the credits,big head!!
CURRENT TILE INFO BOX.
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The tile you are currently using is display in the box to the right of the tile list,this also displays two numbers,the top one is the tile number in the tile bank and the bottom one is the tile value for that tile.
