InstantMuffin
Archer
posted 07-27-17 09:34 EST (US)
Greetings my Lords,
I'm interested in writing a terrain generator for Stronghold Crusader. I have previously written one for the Source Engine and would love to take my experiences and apply them to Stronghold Crusader, so people can easily generate maps using different specifics.
Issue is I have no idea how the map files are structured. I know there is a software called "Stronghold PNG Generator" that seems to be able to read and draw map files, however, I can't reach the developer. After all the tool is like 15 years old.
Hopefully someone else can either point me towards him or share the file format specifications.
Unfortunately the FireFly support team was not allowed to fulfill my request and instead redirected me here.
Crusader Lord InstantMuffin
InstantMuffin
Archer
posted 07-29-17 16:25
EST (US)
2 / 6
Hmm that makes sense, I totally forgot about the previews.
I know there's a lot of challenges ahead, but I have a hard time finding maps that are close to the original style. Many maps are either balanced and/or have a paint-brushy style which is not what I want for a 7vs1 when I try to play against bots.
InstantMuffin
Archer
posted 07-30-17 14:37
EST (US)
4 / 6
All of the above.
I'd love if you would share your list of maps.
Also, that is partially what I want. There would be no effort implementing a mirroring/symmetry feature, the issue is understanding and writing the map data itself.