Help, need "Dummy" guide to modding

Ahmo · #1 October 12th, 2002, 08:24 AM

is anyone having any luck with modding yet, and specifically i mean with the -tilegen utility, I can use it, but can't seem to get it to actually save the tile I worked on? is anyone having better luck with it, and if so, what exactly are you doing to get it to save?

Rollo · #2 October 12th, 2002, 09:08 AM

dummy, there is also the good old fashioned way of going to the DOS and typing 'dungody -tilegen'.

Ahmo, yes, I have created quite a few tiles. If you hit the save button, the tile will be saved as 'tile1' in the main directory of DO. You can than copy and paste it to one of the xxxx_tiles files in your module folder. You still need to take care of connections, chance to be placed, etc. Also look out for the terrain that monsters are placed on. The default is 'floor, gravel, plain' (IIRC), which might not be true for your new tile.

Hope that helps,
Rollo

Ahmo · #3 October 13th, 2002, 01:39 AM

Excellent, thank you Rollo, exactly what I needed. Just checked my main D.O. directory and I had about 54 tile files. Now to start connecting...

dummy · #4 October 12th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Thanks, I got it finally!

For those who run into my problem, insert -tilegen OUTSIDE the brackets in the target line. It should look like this:

"C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\Malfador Machinations\Dungeon Odyssey\DungOdy.exe" -tilegen

Do the same exact thing for the -mapgen

I made the mistake of trying to include -tilegen inside the brackets...