Keen: Modding

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ob92j0k8goqqe ... 0.zip?dl=0

Here's a link to my copy of COSMEDIT10.ZIP. :D

Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure doesn't do well for editing with this program. (It's more a level viewer than an editor.)

See, this is exactly what I've been doing with my tilesets for Cosmo II. I've been trying to remove duplicate tiles to make space for other decorations, as well as making those decorations as neutral and generalized as possible. Unfortunately, it's not perfect, because a few tiles have to be put int...

Fleexy wrote:Windows Calculator in Programmer mode allows bit manipulation.

You mean as in it can show individual bits like I found on Mac OS's calculator?

To set the value, you'll need to take the first two bytes in the map file. They are little endian, so the bytes are swapped. If the bytes (in hex) are 34 12 then they are the hex value 1234, or the decimal value 4660. To figure out whether the rain flag (64) has been set, you need to use a logical ...

Do we have the level format anywhere? Yes, on the Modding Wiki: http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/Cosmo_Level_Format but the format breakdown is very rough and is hard to quantize. (e.g. For the music index of the iFlags value, what's the smallest value that each of those symbols refer to? Would o...

Now that we have the ability to change all of the graphics and tile attributes, I'm having a slight problem reading the format for the level to change its more complex attributes, namely: Whether or not it has rain The palette rotation attribute If its background moves horizontally, vertically, both...

Thanks to levellass' help, I was able to hack together a test level with the tiles I already had. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcntk9je9mds2k3/vortivilletest.png Yes, your eyes are NOT deceiving you. That is a portion of Vorticon VI, but the sign is in English instead of SGA. (There's a reason for that...

YAY!

It's a bit crude, but I believe I can make do with it. :D

Hey levellass, do you have that tile attribute editor still?

Oh right sorry, I thought you were posting the graphics because you couldn't import them. How are you going with the mod in general then? If you're looking at tile attributes you must have a few levels done - can you post some screenshots of them? I'm curious to see what they look like. Any plans f...

I was going to import some of the tileset images, but they'll need to be reduced to 16-colour EGA with the correct palette before that can be done. The importing of images or tilesets into the game is not the problem. I already have a program for that. (Two, actually, thanks to levellass.) What IS ...

Hellooo?


*crickets*



*a tumbleweed blows by*


I have some music for the game (And some other graphics) in my DropBox...:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ul8gsihslzh11op/ypJGwVA1O0

OOH! May I try the program? :D (If it works, that will be perfect!)

(BTW, I'm also working on Atroxian Realm. Check out the BWB Megaraocket story image I did, under T-Squared Productions in the Dropbox folder.)

Yes! Exactly! Tile properties like whether Cosmo can grip onto a surface, or if it appears in front of him instead of behind him, or if it is a surface that Cosmo can't walk up.

One of the more difficult challenges will be making custom TILEATTR maps by hand. :( (Yes, I could just as easily place the tiles where the attributes I already want are, but I could run out of already-present attributes quickly. The custom map could probably be done, but I could easily lose track o...