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Hobbes: categorizing

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	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]
			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

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	The contents detail each tile that makes up the battlescape map (stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor). Essentially, it's a bunch of [[MAPS\|map module]] files crammed together; ''which'' modules are determined by [[GEODATA.DAT]] during [[Battlescape Map Generation]]. By creating a copy of these maps for each battle, it becomes possible to keep track of battlescape damage (eg, that barn you blew up) without altering the original versions.		The contents detail each tile that makes up the battlescape map (stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor). Essentially, it's a bunch of [[MAPS\|map module]] files crammed together; ''which'' modules are determined by [[GEODATA.DAT]] during [[Battlescape Map Generation]]. By creating a copy of these maps for each battle, it becomes possible to keep track of battlescape damage (eg, that barn you blew up) without altering the original versions.

	Each "position" of the map (that is, each tile you can move your mouse cursor over) is represented by four bytes. Each of these maps to a separate index within the associated [[~~TERRAIN~~\|MCD array]]:		Each "position" of the map (that is, each tile you can move your mouse cursor over) is represented by four bytes. Each of these maps to a separate index within the associated [[MCD\|MCD array]]:

	[[Image:Map_Record.png\|right]]		[[Image:Map_Record.png\|right]]

Bomb Bloke at 01:46, 27 June 2010

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	This file is only used by tactical saves.		This file is ''only'' used by tactical saves. It is not automatically generated at the beginning nor end of battle, unlike [[Saved_Game_Files#Missdat_Files\|certain other files]].

	~~Length~~ of ~~wglob~~[~~2]wglob~~[3]wglob[4]*4 bytes.		The length (in bytes) is equal to the width of the map multiplied by the height multiplied by the depth (offsets 2, 3 and 4 of [[WGLOB.DAT]]), all multiplied by four. This file is not erased between writes, so if a "small" map (40x40x4, 25,600 bytes) is saved over a slot where a previous "larger" map was (50x50x4, 40,000 bytes), then the file will still be 40,000 bytes - though the last 14,400 of these should be ignored.

	~~Stores~~ the map, ~~in bitmap style~~. Each ~~tile~~ of		The contents detail each tile that makes up the battlescape map (stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor). Essentially, it's a bunch of [[MAPS\|map module]] files crammed together; ''which'' modules are determined by [[GEODATA.DAT]] during [[Battlescape Map Generation]]. By creating a copy of these maps for each battle, it becomes possible to keep track of battlescape damage (eg, that barn you blew up) without altering the original versions.
	the map is ~~stored as~~ four bytes. Each of these
	~~bytes~~ maps to a ~~different object in~~ the MCD array.		Each "position" of the map (that is, each tile you can move your mouse cursor over) is represented by four bytes. Each of these maps to a separate index within the associated [[TERRAIN\|MCD array]]:
	The first byte is the ground.
	The second is the west wall.		[[Image:Map_Record.png\|right]]
	The third is the north wall.		* The first byte links to the tile that represents the ground (eg, grass, dirt, pavement, etc).
	The forth is the ~~contents~~ (~~not usable objects - dirt and stuff~~).		* The second byte links to the tile that represents the west-facing wall (eg, a barn wall, brick wall, fence, etc).
	~~Tiles are stored in order~~ of ~~left to right~~,		* The third byte links to the tile that represents the north-facing wall (eg, a barn wall, brick wall, fence, etc).
	~~top~~ to ~~bottom~~, ~~top floor to bottom floor~~.		* The forth byte links to the tile that represents an abstract object (eg, a fridge, a haybale, a tree, a chair, etc).

			If a given offset is set to 0, then no tile of that type exists at that location (for example, not every map position has to have a wall in it). If no "ground tile" is set for a location at ''ground level'', the game will automatically place dirt there (from the second entry of '''BLANKS.MCD''').

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[Saved Game Files]]		* [[Saved Game Files]]
	* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]		* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]
			* [[MAPS\|MAPS Folder]]
			* [[TERRAIN\|MCD Info]]

	[[Category:Game Files]]		[[Category:Game Files]]

Zombie: Reverted edits by Zombie (Talk); changed back to last version by Pi Masta

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Reverted edits by Zombie (Talk); changed back to last version by Pi Masta

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	Length of wglob[2]wglob[3]wglob[4]*4 bytes.		Length of wglob[2]wglob[3]wglob[4]*4 bytes.

	~~The first 3 bytes indicate~~ the ~~width~~, ~~length and height~~ of the map ~~module. After that, the actual cell data starts with each record containing 4~~ bytes. Each ~~byte points~~ to a different object in the MCD array ~~summarized below~~.		Stores the map, in bitmap style. Each tile of
			the map is stored as four bytes. Each of these
	*The first byte is the ground.		bytes maps to a different object in the MCD array.
	*The second is the west wall.		The first byte is the ground.
	*The third is the north wall.		The second is the west wall.
	*The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).		The third is the north wall.
			The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).
	Tiles are stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.		Tiles are stored in order of left to right,
			top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.
	~~<b>Note:</b> When opening map files with MS-EDIT, open it in 4-column widths, but remember that the ground tile of the cell will be found at the last byte in the row <b>above</b>~~.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Zombie: Little more information about MAP files.

2008-11-16T02:09:24Z

Little more information about MAP files.

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	Length of wglob[2]wglob[3]wglob[4]*4 bytes.		Length of wglob[2]wglob[3]wglob[4]*4 bytes.

	~~Stores~~ the ~~map~~, ~~in bitmap style. Each tile~~ of		The first 3 bytes indicate the width, length and height of the map module. After that, the actual cell data starts with each record containing 4 bytes. Each byte points to a different object in the MCD array summarized below.
	the map ~~is stored as four~~ bytes. Each ~~of these~~
	~~bytes maps~~ to a different object in the MCD array.		*The first byte is the ground.
	The first byte is the ground.		*The second is the west wall.
	The second is the west wall.		*The third is the north wall.
	The third is the north wall.		*The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).
	The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).
	Tiles are stored in order of left to right,		Tiles are stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.
	top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.
			<b>Note:</b> When opening map files with MS-EDIT, open it in 4-column widths, but remember that the ground tile of the cell will be found at the last byte in the row <b>above</b>.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Pi Masta: /* See Also */ added category

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Zombie: /* See Also */ Category

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Zombie: Added see also

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Added see also

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	Tiles are stored in order of left to right,		Tiles are stored in order of left to right,
	top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.		top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.

			==See Also==
			* [[Saved Game Files]]

Bomb Bloke at 07:37, 15 October 2005

2005-10-15T07:37:26Z

New page

This file is only used by tactical saves.

Length of wglob[2]*wglob[3]*wglob[4]*4 bytes.

Stores the map, in bitmap style. Each tile of
the map is stored as four bytes. Each of these
bytes maps to a different object in the MCD array.
The first byte is the ground.
The second is the west wall.
The third is the north wall.
The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).
Tiles are stored in order of left to right,
top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.

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	The contents detail each tile that makes up the battlescape map (stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor). Essentially, it's a bunch of [[MAPS\|map module]] files crammed together; ''which'' modules are determined by [[GEODATA.DAT]] during [[Battlescape Map Generation]]. By creating a copy of these maps for each battle, it becomes possible to keep track of battlescape damage (eg, that barn you blew up) without altering the original versions.		The contents detail each tile that makes up the battlescape map (stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor). Essentially, it's a bunch of [[MAPS\|map module]] files crammed together; ''which'' modules are determined by [[GEODATA.DAT]] during [[Battlescape Map Generation]]. By creating a copy of these maps for each battle, it becomes possible to keep track of battlescape damage (eg, that barn you blew up) without altering the original versions.

	Each "position" of the map (that is, each tile you can move your mouse cursor over) is represented by four bytes. Each of these maps to a separate index within the associated [[~~TERRAIN~~\|MCD array]]:		Each "position" of the map (that is, each tile you can move your mouse cursor over) is represented by four bytes. Each of these maps to a separate index within the associated [[MCD\|MCD array]]:

	[[Image:Map_Record.png\|right]]		[[Image:Map_Record.png\|right]]

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	* [[Saved Game Files]]		* [[Saved Game Files]]
	* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]		* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]
			[[Category:Game Files]]

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[Saved Game Files]]		* [[Saved Game Files]]
			* [[Saved_Game_Files#Battlescape_Files\|Battlescape Files]]