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In this directory is utilities, gif images of the maps, and other notes.

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Developer guidelines:

Read the mapguide for guidelines on making a good map.

Use the comment field that the maps have - put in who the author is,
what level the map is, and any other special notes.

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GIF files:

el_map.gif is an elevation map - it is color coded based on elevations.

terrain_map.gif is color coded based on the type of terrain - I tried to match
the coloration on what the image looks like in the png set.

ann_map.gif is a annotated version of the map, showing the roads and
locations of the main cities.

world.gif: This is a map of how the world looks.  This was done by
converting all of the world maps into images, scaling those down, and
then merging them into one large image. If you look carefully, you can
make out the towns, roads, etc.

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Important landmarks

The list of translation values below have been used in the update_maps
script.  The values are recoreded here in that they might be useful for
updating other maps that are contributed later.

The format is:
OLD_MAP_NAME, OLD_MAP_STARTX, OLD_MAP_STARTY, OLD_MAP_ENDX, OLD_MAP_ENDY ->
        NEW_MAP_NAME, NEW_MAP_OFFX, NEW_MAP_OFFY

Translation values used:
/city/city, 10, 0 (100,100) ->          /world/world_105_115, -10, 18
/brittany/Brest/Brest 0,0 (100,100) ->  /world/world_107_123, +17, +16
/santo_dominion/town 3,12 (100,100) ->  /world/world_102_108, 0, -9
/navar_city/city1 15, 13 (100,100) ->   /world/world_122_117, -15, -13
/navar_city/city1 15, 0 (100,12) ->     /world/world_122_116, -15, 37
/navar_city/city1 0, 0 (14,12) ->       /world/world_121_116, 35, 37
/navar_city/city1 0,13 (14,100) ->      /world/world_121_116, 35, -13
/Lake_County/kundi_area 0,0 ->          /world/world_109_126 (+13, +17)
/dragonisland/stonevile 0,0 (13,0)      /world/world_102_127 (+36, +1)
/dragonisland/stonevile 14,0 (100,100)  /world/world_103_127 (-14, +1)
/dtabb/darcap 0,0 (100,100)             /world/world_116_102 (+18, +26)

dragonisland note:  Some of the buildings in stoneville were moved
   slightly to better fit them onto the layout of the island.

kar (euthville):                                /world/world_105_113
Kar doesn't have simple values, as the town was shrunk a bit and
re-arrange some.

 This information can be used to see where some of the
notable maps are.

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land.c:
This is the program that generated the new world map.

The file land.c just gets compiled - if your system has a math
library (-lm) you probably need to link that in.

Given the same seed and other parameters, it will generate the same
results if on the same platform.  Eg, two different intel systems running
redhat 7.2 should generate the same results, but a redhat compared to
solaris system, or linux intel vs linux power pc may very well generate
different results.


The generated map was run with the follow parameters on my system:
-x 1500 -y 1500 -s 1007623715 -p 300 -n 170 -w 40000 -l 200000
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Note about unique maps:

The update_exits.pl script can be used to update the exit of per player
unique maps.    IT can also be used with the unique-items map, but
the check in the script for a valid map file would need to be removed.

The update_apart.pl script should properly deal with per player apartments
and unique maps - just run it with the appropriate target (eg,
'update_apart.pl players ' and 'update_apart.pl unique-items'.  The script
works, but it is certainly possible I'm missing some paths that should
be substitued in there.

Per player unique maps:

_city_* -> _scorn_...

Guild maps:

guilds@black_shield     -> brest@black_shield
guilds@damned_heretics  -> wolfsburg@guilds@damned_heretics
guilds@dreaming_sage    -> navar_city@guilds@dreaming_sage
guilds@drunken_barbarian-> santo_dominion@guilds@drunken_barbarian
guilds@guildhousesinc   -> scorn@guilds@guildhousesinc
guilds@laughing_skull   -> pup_land@guilds@laughing_skull
guilds@mailed_fist      -> scorn@guilds@mailed_fist
guilds@poisoned_dagger  -> darcap@darcap@guilds@poisoned_dagger
guilds@purple_butterfly -> pup_land@guilds@purple_butterfly
guilds@smoking_cauldron -> darcap@darcap@guilds@smoking_cauldron

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rewrite_exits.pl:

This is a perl script that basically goes through and updates the slaying
fields for maps, which makes renaming maps easy.

However, for this to work, map names must be unique.  Often the case, but
not always.  If it gets a duplicate, it doesn't do anything.

Run it from the top level map directory - it then does it works updating
all the maps.

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rewrite_styles.pl:

Similar to rewrite_exits, but instead for styles.  Designed to fix up the
uppercase style names that the mlab maps used, and also put them in
a subdirectory so that the styles won't show up for maps that use random
styles.
Revision:	1.1.1.2 (vendor branch)
Committed:	Wed Feb 22 18:05:07 2006 UTC (18 years, 3 months ago) by elmex
Branch:	UPSTREAM, MAIN
CVS Tags:	post_fixaltar, last_stable, post_fixaltar2, rel-2_82, rel-2_81, rel-2_80, pre_coinconvert, UPSTREAM_2006_03_15, rel-3_0, rel-2_6, rel-2_7, rel-2_4, rel-2_5, rel-2_2, rel-2_0, rel-2_1, rel-2_72, rel-2_73, rel-2_71, rel-2_76, rel-2_77, rel-2_74, rel-2_75, rel-2_54, rel-2_55, rel-2_56, rel-2_79, rel-2_53, pre_material_cfarch_normalize_run, rel-2_32, pre_fixconverter, post_coinconvert, pre_fixaltar2, pre_map_rename, UPSTREAM_2006_02_22, rel-2_90, rel-2_92, rel-2_93, rel-2_78, post_fixconverter, pre_fixaltar, rel-2_61, rel-2_43, rel-2_42, rel-2_41, HEAD
Changes since 1.1.1.1:	+0 -34 lines
Log Message:	cvs -z7 -d:ext:elmex@cvs.schmorp.de:/schmorpforge import cf.schmorp.de UPSTREAM UPSTREAM_2006_02_22
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.1	In this directory is utilities, gif images of the maps, and other notes.
2
3			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4			Developer guidelines:
5
6			Read the mapguide for guidelines on making a good map.
7
8			Use the comment field that the maps have - put in who the author is,
9			what level the map is, and any other special notes.
10
11			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12			GIF files:
13
14			el_map.gif is an elevation map - it is color coded based on elevations.
15
16			terrain_map.gif is color coded based on the type of terrain - I tried to match
17			the coloration on what the image looks like in the png set.
18
19			ann_map.gif is a annotated version of the map, showing the roads and
20			locations of the main cities.
21
22			world.gif: This is a map of how the world looks. This was done by
23			converting all of the world maps into images, scaling those down, and
24			then merging them into one large image. If you look carefully, you can
25			make out the towns, roads, etc.
26
27			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28			Important landmarks
29
30			The list of translation values below have been used in the update_maps
31			script. The values are recoreded here in that they might be useful for
32			updating other maps that are contributed later.
33
34			The format is:
35			OLD_MAP_NAME, OLD_MAP_STARTX, OLD_MAP_STARTY, OLD_MAP_ENDX, OLD_MAP_ENDY ->
36			NEW_MAP_NAME, NEW_MAP_OFFX, NEW_MAP_OFFY
37
38			Translation values used:
39			/city/city, 10, 0 (100,100) -> /world/world_105_115, -10, 18
40			/brittany/Brest/Brest 0,0 (100,100) -> /world/world_107_123, +17, +16
41			/santo_dominion/town 3,12 (100,100) -> /world/world_102_108, 0, -9
42			/navar_city/city1 15, 13 (100,100) -> /world/world_122_117, -15, -13
43			/navar_city/city1 15, 0 (100,12) -> /world/world_122_116, -15, 37
44			/navar_city/city1 0, 0 (14,12) -> /world/world_121_116, 35, 37
45			/navar_city/city1 0,13 (14,100) -> /world/world_121_116, 35, -13
46			/Lake_County/kundi_area 0,0 -> /world/world_109_126 (+13, +17)
47			/dragonisland/stonevile 0,0 (13,0) /world/world_102_127 (+36, +1)
48			/dragonisland/stonevile 14,0 (100,100) /world/world_103_127 (-14, +1)
49			/dtabb/darcap 0,0 (100,100) /world/world_116_102 (+18, +26)
50
51			dragonisland note: Some of the buildings in stoneville were moved
52			slightly to better fit them onto the layout of the island.
53
54			kar (euthville): /world/world_105_113
55			Kar doesn't have simple values, as the town was shrunk a bit and
56			re-arrange some.
57
58			This information can be used to see where some of the
59			notable maps are.
60
61			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
62			land.c:
63			This is the program that generated the new world map.
64
65			The file land.c just gets compiled - if your system has a math
66			library (-lm) you probably need to link that in.
67
68			Given the same seed and other parameters, it will generate the same
69			results if on the same platform. Eg, two different intel systems running
70			redhat 7.2 should generate the same results, but a redhat compared to
71			solaris system, or linux intel vs linux power pc may very well generate
72			different results.
73
74
75			The generated map was run with the follow parameters on my system:
76			-x 1500 -y 1500 -s 1007623715 -p 300 -n 170 -w 40000 -l 200000
77			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
78
79			Note about unique maps:
80
81			The update_exits.pl script can be used to update the exit of per player
82			unique maps. IT can also be used with the unique-items map, but
83			the check in the script for a valid map file would need to be removed.
84
85			The update_apart.pl script should properly deal with per player apartments
86			and unique maps - just run it with the appropriate target (eg,
87			'update_apart.pl players ' and 'update_apart.pl unique-items'. The script
88			works, but it is certainly possible I'm missing some paths that should
89			be substitued in there.
90
91			Per player unique maps:
92
93			_city_* -> _scorn_...
94
95			Guild maps:
96
97			guilds@black_shield -> brest@black_shield
98			guilds@damned_heretics -> wolfsburg@guilds@damned_heretics
99			guilds@dreaming_sage -> navar_city@guilds@dreaming_sage
100			guilds@drunken_barbarian-> santo_dominion@guilds@drunken_barbarian
101			guilds@guildhousesinc -> scorn@guilds@guildhousesinc
102			guilds@laughing_skull -> pup_land@guilds@laughing_skull
103			guilds@mailed_fist -> scorn@guilds@mailed_fist
104			guilds@poisoned_dagger -> darcap@darcap@guilds@poisoned_dagger
105			guilds@purple_butterfly -> pup_land@guilds@purple_butterfly
106			guilds@smoking_cauldron -> darcap@darcap@guilds@smoking_cauldron
107
108			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
109			rewrite_exits.pl:
110
111			This is a perl script that basically goes through and updates the slaying
112			fields for maps, which makes renaming maps easy.
113
114			However, for this to work, map names must be unique. Often the case, but
115			not always. If it gets a duplicate, it doesn't do anything.
116
117			Run it from the top level map directory - it then does it works updating
118			all the maps.
119
120			------------------------------------------------------------------------------
121			rewrite_styles.pl:
122
123			Similar to rewrite_exits, but instead for styles. Designed to fix up the
124			uppercase style names that the mlab maps used, and also put them in
125			a subdirectory so that the styles won't show up for maps that use random
126			styles.