What's up, RMers?

[Kain Nobel]

I'm not putting out a script request but, if somebody manages to beat me to this one, I wouldn't mind.

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Basically, I need to write a script that converts an image into map (Map00X.rxdata) data. The script would look for certain palette colors within a basic image, then it would index it to the designated tile (or auto-tile) and fill it as designated. Here is a GIF as an example...



The example would be a 40x30 pixel image making a 40x30 tile map, picking tiles based on colors. Ignore the faded Layer 2 and Layer 3 objects, I would only expect the script to fill in Layer 1 with Auto-Tiles. If the palette was more than 7 colors, it would fill in normal tiles from the Tileset.

With that said, here is a prototype image of half of the Western Hemisphere. Granted, there will be even more towns and land, but this is just a start.



Each of these 9 maps are 500x500, but I might scale it down considerably (probably to 1/3rd, so the 9 maps would fit into ONE 500x500 map). I do wonder what it would look like if the image was converted into a tiled map. The rough version of the map would probably look awful, but I've got so many fine details in the actual tileset so it would work out once I applied the "polish". For instance, there are 32 variations of the desert sand tile which helps to break up the monotony. Nobody would want to walk 800 steps just to see the same exact tile everywhere they go, it would probably make their eyes bleed.

Until then, I'm going to keep refining this concept and see where it goes. My favorite thing about FF and other RPGs is the experience of exploring a large world and having to utilize vehicles to traverse various terrains.