FAangband - 64 x 64 graphics

[Shockbolt]

Of course - but since you're the guy who gets to choose how your tiles are organised in folders, I just wanted to make sure you didn't end up with something we couldn't use!

Ok, so how about this setup then:

Main folders:

Shockbolt_64/
Shockbolt_32/

Then the subfolders would be the same for both:

Objects/
potion_
weapon_
armor_
helmet_
shield_
food_
drink_
lightsource_
scroll_
ring_
amulet_
cloak_


Terrain/
wall_top_
wall_bottom_
wall_vertical_
floor_
door_vertical_
door_horizontal_
stair_up_
stair_down_
shop_door_

Shops/
Graphics for the various shops on lvl 0


Spells/
bolt_
bolt_lightning_dir1_ (directional bolt that travels from 9 to 1)
bolt_lightning_dir9_ (directional bolt that travels from 1 to 9)
ball_
ball_mana_1_


Traps/
spell_
acid_
physical_
physical_pit_


UI/
files for future UI graphics


Monsters/
dragon_
humanoid_
spiderkin_
undead_
unique_

Player/
dunadan_male_fighter_
elf_female_mage_

Misc/
If anything


I have not included everything, on purpose, but these examples would be something to improve upon.

[Magnate]

Looking at object_base.txt:

Objects/
potion_
weapon_ -- this needs to be sword, hafted, polearm
armor_ -- this needs to be hard_armor, soft_armor
helmet_ -- helm
shield_
food_
drink_ -- this needs to be food also (drinks are not separate)
lightsource_ -- light
scroll_
ring_
amulet_
cloak_

Looking at terrain.txt:

Terrain/
Shops/
Graphics for the various shops on lvl 0 -- General_Store_ etc.

Traps/
spell_ -- strange_rune or discolored_spot
acid_ -- gas_X (several types of each)
physical_ -- dart_X (ditto)
physical_pit_ -- just pit

Looking at monster_base.txt:

Monsters/
dragon_
humanoid_
spiderkin_ -- spider
undead_ -- ghost_, lich_, skeleton_, vampire_, wraith_, zombie_
unique_

[Shockbolt]

kk...I'll leave the rest up to you guys and keep pumping out tiles here myself

[Derakon]

Buzzkill: index numbers are bad because they mean reordering the list is a major pain. For example, monster.txt is mostly in order of increasing monster level, with townspeople at the beginning and Morgoth...not quite at the end, because new monsters got added and rather than reorder the entire list so they'd be at the right place, they were just tacked onto the end where there was room for them.

It's like how BASIC's enforced code line numbers were bad; any time you want to insert something into the middle, you have to push everything else down.

[Nick]

I have started a list of the distinct tiles needed for FAangband (and Beleriand) here.

There are a few relevant comments about FA which may affect tile drawing:

1. Traps and runes are not terrain, but exist 'on top of' terrain.
2. The races are quite different from Vanilla (although a lot of them are elves...)
3. There are a number of monster races which come in player race varieties; so, for example, you can have Dwarf Hardened Warrior, Green Elf Hardened Warrior, etc. Moreover, these use the same monster number and (currently) tile; the race is kind of an add-on.

I think number 3 is trickiest to deal with - as a mainly ASCII player, I haven't really let it concern me much...