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megamog75
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Joined: 20 Nov 2002
Posts: 627
Location: USA
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 Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:41 am
mapper question
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Is there a way to make the map into a .txt document like the way you would see it in the mapper? Using Zmud?
6.40 ver.
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TonDiening
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Joined: 26 Jul 2001
Posts: 1958
Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:17 am
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What do you mean exactly?
Outputting a conceptualization of what your map shows into a text file?
(You could make a script that would look at each rooms x y z and exits
and try and make something - would be quite some work)
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megamog75
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:19 pm
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yes that is what I think I want to do.
I will start reserchin XYZ ,but if you know of anything that might help me speed this up I would sure be apeciative.
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Kjata
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:34 pm
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What you want to do is really complex. Basically, you want to emulate the whole display functionality that zMUD's mapper has, but instead of displaying squares, circles and lines, you want to display ASCII characters.
To start you should become familiar with the way the map's database is structured. It is also necessary to learn about ADO and SQL (you might get by without these by using zMapper's COM interface, but a good understanding of both would certainly help a lot). Then start to think about how you can represent graphically a map with only ASCII characters in a text file (this involves thinking about what to do for doors, one-way exits, non-standard exits, looping exits, etc.). You then need to think about different methods of translating the x, y, z coordinates and other information (such as exits) of a room into something displayed in the text file.
I did ASCII maps of my MUD for a long time. I can tell you that this is a hard task for even a person to do, so it isn't going to be any easier for a computer that can't think like a person can.
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megamog75
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:19 pm
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I see what you mean this would definatly be a project, and I am not sure it would prduce the resaulte I want so this it what I have come up with:
Print map
Scan map
Run Draw program for anyting I want to add
Save as .jpg .bmp .txt
Does this sound eaisier?
Now if I could just print right to the competer!! ,instead of the printer.
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