Mod Levelmaps

Post by **tulip** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:56

I posted this in Keen modding as well:

I've made 343 Level Maps of Keen Mods and I've thought about if someone would like to see them or if it's a good idea to put mod level maps into KeenWiki? Is this spoiling the mod fun? (I have made them after beating the levels, but others may look at it before)

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:03

That's quite a solid effort! Yes, it would be great to see them. There are already a few mods documented on DOSClassics, but it wasn't maintained after its initial creation.

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:21

Sounds like a plan to me. KeenWiki could be a good place for.them. Maybe put a spoiler warning somewhere if you're worried about giving spoilers for people who haven't played the particular mods.

Post by **KeenRush** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:32

Wow!

I'd like to see some, as I've never seen my own levels (in case they're included) in one view. How did you make them?

Post by **tulip** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:41

Only the Maps of Yorphius II ar included, as it is the only one of your mods I was able to finish, yet...

I just opened the levels with iKeen, set my screen resolution to max and made a screenshot with the "print" key. Then i imported it to Corel Photopaint. Some of the biggest levels I had to put together from several images...

EDIT: KeenRush seems to like the idea, so i started with uploading the Yorphius level maps and linking to the Yorphius article. But i still think its kind of ugly how the thumbs all sit on the right side. If anyone knows how to put small images on the left or even more compact in lines you're welcome to change it, I'll ad the next ones according to this example then..

EDIT again: I found out myself, have a look at it if you like it that way.

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 22:10

Wow, that was lucky. I moved the KeenWiki across to a new (hopefully faster) webserver a couple of hours before you uploaded the files - but to avoid downtime it's still linking back to the old server's database (so that any edits that still get made on the old server won't be lost, while all the updated DNS entries are settling across the 'net.)

Unfortunately this means any files uploaded on the old server won't appear on the new one - so it was really lucky all your uploads ended up on the new server!

This is a great idea though, I didn't even know you could use the <gallery/> tag to list all the level photos like you did - excellent job! It'll make it easier for people like me to appreciate the effort that goes into mods (because I'm terrible at playing them and the cheats are often disabled, so I usually don't see beyond the first level...)

Post by **KeenRush** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 22:33

Looking good! Ah, the memories...

I should really play it again, haven't done that for a long time.

Post by **tulip** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:35

Lucky indeed.
The idea with gallery came from the Kinks Discography site on Wikipedia which I remembered. I had to look up an old version from 2007 to find it, though.
So I shall proceed uploading other levelmaps.

Post by **tulip** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 21:31

Just if anyone's interested, all of the levelmaps I've done so far are up now.
More will follow, but propably not before december as I will be on vacation for a month.

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 22:03

They're fantastic, thanks for going to the trouble of creating and uploading them! They make the mod pages much more interesting. Here's a link to one of the pages for those who aren't sure where to look.