Keen 1-3 level drawer

Post by **Levellass** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:02

A.k.a KeenView: http://levellord.toxicsheep.com/KeenView%20.zip

A simple level drawer for Keen 1-3. Simply place it in the folder and drag-and-drop a level onto it. It exports levels as bitmaps, showing sprites and tiles. This is technically a beta and there are some issues:

* Translucent sprites are drawn as opaque
* Palette patches not noticed
* Renamed files cause problems

I might fix these problems in future, but I really don't think there is any demand for it. Enjoy!

Post by **tulip** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:34

Hey, I already asked for the translucent sprite update!

To all others: If you want to see what this program does, all the Levelmaps from the Silcar series on KeenWiki have been made with this.

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:47

levellord.toxicsheep.com
http://levellord.toxicsheep.com/KeenView.zip
You have requested a page or object that was not found on the server. This may be the result of a typo or broken link.

???

Post by **tulip** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 15:12

That's your second mistake I have to correct Levellass.

http://levellord.toxicsheep.com/KeenView%20.zip

Post by **Levellass** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:03

This is becoming worrying; what in heck's name is that %20 there for and WHY is it there? I'm copying the link, and it always works for me, but then you need to correct it. I smell windows bugs.

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:16

I tried it now, but it only gives me crappy .bmp lvls, and they are really fucled up. Is it because I use Vista?

Post by **Levellass** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:36

Hmmmn, what do you mean by 'crappy bmp levels'? That's as informative as 'it doesn't work' or my favorite comment 'I have a bug' (Thank YOU beta tester...)

Tulip reported bugs in which sprites were mis-positioned or absent. Or are the tiles all jumbled up?

If however you did not read the help file, then you have tried it on Keen 1 and got a total load of junk. KeenView does not work on the Keen 1 LZW compressed graphics, since nobody will want to view those levels anyway. (And all graphics programs undo the compression, so you'll only encounter in in a fresh copy of Keen 1)

ZidaneA · Post by **ZidaneA** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 17:16

I'm sorry, I should have been more clearer.. (and less rude, which I never intendet to be)

Well now, the .bmp file that pops up looks like porridge. I can only see green, blue, black and some red pixels everywhere. I can see that it is a Keen lvl, but it doesn't look too healty to me. I shall provide you with a picture:
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8756/garg.png

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 23:21

Levellass wrote:This is becoming worrying; what in heck's name is that %20 there for and WHY is it there? I'm copying the link, and it always works for me, but then you need to correct it. I smell windows bugs.

%20 is HTTP language for "a space in an URL". It's perfectly normal, at least, in cases where there ISN'T a space inbetween your file name and its extension. So the file you uploaded is called "KeenView .zip"...

Post by **Levellass** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:17

Strange, that really shouldn't have happened...

@ Zidane: Yes, from what I can tell your graphics are LZW compressed, IS this Keen 1, and a fresh copy? If not, we have an interesting issue. Try it on a mod.