----------------------------------------------------------------------- SwMapper - Name Editing - File grouping and Launch Program By Ben Smit - email: bens@dbn.lia.net (c) Copyright 1998 - ProAsm http://users.lia.net/util ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shadow Warrior does not utilize group .GRP files or allow you to change the Cheat Codes,Inventory or Weapon names, Quantity or Strengths, but now with SwMapper you can do just that for that map you are making. SwMapper will see to it that you map is 100% compatible with both the two UK registered versions of Shadow Warrior. When your Map executes it will take care of any duplicate files in the folder and also "all" .ART .VOC and .KVX files for you. Name Changes ------------ With SwMapper you can change the names of all Inventory and Weapons. Weapon Strengths and Ammo Amounts --------------------------------- Press 'Alt Q' to enter the Weapon Quantity - must be 3 figures Press 'Alt S' to enter the Weapon Strength SwMapper now offers you the option of changing the amount of ammo for certain weapons as well as the weapon strengths. Please note changing weapon strengths will also effect the Enemy that use that particular weapon against the player. Ammo amounts can be from 000 to 999. Weapon strengths range from 0 to 9 with 2 being the default. After a strength of about 7 the strengths become devestating. NB.. The strength of the Ripper Heart is actually the strength of the Rippers scratching the player. Tile Re-Direction ----------------- There are 4 popular Tiles map makers normally like to change. Any of these 4 Tiles can be re-directed to say a Tiles022 that you want to add to your map. For instance the Bottom Status Bar, create your own at say Tile 5632 and just change the Tile re-direction of that tile. Saving Games ------------ Your Map will have it's own personal 10 saved games. When the player saves a game it will go under the 1st 4 characters of your Map.sav. If your Map name has less than 4 characters it will pad the name with x's. PC Crash Recovery ----------------- Should the user's PC crash or hang during the game, your Map will know about this and when next executed a Crash Recovery program will come into effect and sort out all the unnecessary files in the folder. Swmap.Bin Editor ---------------- If you have the SWMAP.BIN file supplied with SwMapper then by pressing Ctrl F1 while in SwMapper the Swmap Editor will be activated giving you the option of editing the SWMAP.BIN file which you can add into your .GRP file to advertise your site or map or whatever. This is the very last screen displayed when exiting Shadow Warrior. Cheat Codes ----------- All cheat codes can be changed to whatever you like for you Map. If you like getting a lot of email - then change the codes ;-) Fortune Cookie Sayings ---------------------- Press 'Insert' to edit the Fortune Cookie Sayings All Fortune Cookie sayings can now be changed to whatever you like. You need key and You got key ---------------------------- Press 'Insert' to edit the Key saying These descriptions can now be changed to whatever you like. It is especially handy with the "You need key" as you can now put in a "riddle" or "clue" for the player on where the key is. Enable / Disable Functions -------------------------- The following items can be disabled :- Lo Wangs fists. The 2nd Uzi Submachine Gun. The Uzi or Uzi's from reloading. The Riot guns second choice. The Riot Gun from reloading. The 3 way switching of the Goro (Gaurdian) Head. The fire being spawned when you shoot the Goro Head The use of the Ripper Heart. All Fortune Cookie sayings. These weapons can have the number of rounds set before they reload. NB.. These numbers must be 3 digits - ie.. 50 = 050 Single Uzi Dual Uzi's Riot Gun Running SwMapper ---------------- SwMapper will first prompt you for a group filename of which you respond with a Filename depending on what you you call your Map. This filename must not be less than 4 or greater than 7 characters. NB... This MUST be the name of your map. Next SwMapper will ask if you want a .Bat (Batch) file created. Many Frontend Launchers need a .Bat file to execute the Map, but if you are generating your own or don't need one then just press enter. Frontend Launcher ----------------- Now SwMapper will ask if you want a Frontend Launcher added infront of the Map Launcher offering the following options :- Single Play - Multi Play - Readme - Uninstall - Quit NB... If the .Com program receives any '/' parameter then the Frontend Launcher will be by-passed ----------------- SwMapper will now look for a file, the same name as your Mapname.SMP This file stores all the name changes you made last time and saves you having to type them all in again. If it cannot find this file it will prompt you for a filename other than the filename of your Map. If you do not have one or it is the first time you are compiling your Map just press enter. SwMapper will create you one when you exit after your changes. SwMapper will now display a screen with all the original Shadow Warrior Inventory and Weapons. Page Down for Cheats and Tile Re-Direction. Just follow the on screen instructions. Pressing Ctrl F1 at this point will activate the BIN Editor. Press F10 when completed to compile the process. Pressing Esc will abort the process. SwMapper will now create a .GRP file and a .COM file with the filename you selected. A .BAT file will also be created if you requested one. A .TXX file is also created which is a text version of the .SMP This file is for your reference only. The only files you now need for the game itself are Yourmap.Bat - (Optional) Yourmap.Com - The Adaption program Yourmap.Grp - The Group file Yourmap.Txt - Your information file about your game This eliminates the problem of having all sorts of duplicate files in the Shadow Warrior directory as one never know's which file belongs to which map and many map developers always use the same .ART files etc. Yourmap.com will accept any of the standard Shadow Warrior parameters as well as a few extra's as shown below, except of course the '-map'. Yourmap.com /C (Wangbang) Yourmap.com /W (Wangbang) Yourmap.com /U (Uninstall) Yourmap.com /R (Readme) The /U parameter will now delete all the relevant files for your Map including itself, all the saved game files and return to MS-DOS. The "/C" parameter will take care of the Commit.dat file and then executes the Commit.exe file for multiplay purposes. On exiting the game the Commit.dat file will be restored. The /R parameter will now read the file with the same name as the .GRP file with a .TXT extension. External or Windows Frontend ----------------------------- Should you wish to have your own Frontend Launcher which is possibly a batch file or a EXE program you created with C++, Visual Basic, or some programming language, then your Frontend Launcher must :- For Single Play. Yourmap.com /X For Multi Play - it makes the changes to the Commit.dat file Yourmap.com /W Yourmap.com will now setup the TC and execute Commit.exe Remember on exiting the game it is also up to your Frontend Launcher to restore the Commit.dat file back to normal. Should your Frontend Launcher NOT do any changes to the Commit.dat file then it MUST execute :- Yourmap.com /C Yourmap.com will now setup the Commit.dat and execute Commit.exe Yourmap.Com will auto restore the Commit.dat file at game end. All other SW parameters can then follow if any. NB... Your Frontend Launcher MUST NOT have the same name as the .Com or .Grp files as it will crash, in other words if the .Com is Yourmap.com then your Launcher CANNOT be Yourmap.exe Dual Frontend Launchers ----------------------- Even if you have your Own Frontend Launcher you can still select to use the one SwMapper offers as it will be bypassed if it receives any form of '/' parameter. This can be handy should the user wish to execute the Map from MS-DOS. Grouping -------- Only files with these extensions can be grouped in Yourmap.GRP .art .anm .bin .dat .dmo .kvx .map .pal .sym .txt .voc .mid As far as text (.TXT) files are concerned only the "Swvoxfil.txt" and the "Swplock.txt" files will be accepted into the .Grp group file - all other text (.TXT) will be ignored. A word of advise - do not have any files with the above extensions that are not required by your game in the directory when grouping with SwMapper as they will all go into the .GRP file which only makes it unnecessarily bigger. NB.... If you end your map with a Serpent Boss or Zilla the game will end in the proper way ie.. go back to the menu. NB.... SWMAPPER ONLY SUPPORTS THE REGISTERED VERSION 1.2 OF SHADOW WARRIOR THIS INCLUDES THE TWO UK REGISTERED VERSIONS OF SW. DISCLAIMER ---------- I ASSUME NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF SWMAPPER - (SWMAPxx.COM). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the Names that you can edit with SwMapper ------------------------------------------- All names have a max length as seen below. They can be shorter but not longer except in some cases. Inventory and Weapons [Q] = Can change Quantities [S] = Strengths --------------------- Kevlar Armor Vest +100 [Q] (actually the strength) Armor Vest +50 MedKit +20 Fortune Cookie +50 BOOST Fortune Say: Portable MedKit Gas Bomb Flash Bomb Caltrops Night Vision Goggles Repair Kit Smoke Bomb Shurikens Sticky Bombs [Q] [S] UZI Submachine Gun [S] Uzi Clip [Q] Missile Launcher [S] Missiles [Q] Nuclear Warhead Grenade Launcher [S] Grenade Shells [Q] Rail Gun Rail Gun Rods [Q] Riot Gun [S] Shotshells [Q] Guardian Head [S] Firebursts [Q] Ripper Heart [Q] [S] Deathcoils Heat Seeker Card Cheat Codes ----------- swchan swgimme swtrek swgreed swghost swstart swres swloc swmap winpachinko swtrix swname Tile Re-Direction ----------------- 2324 - Menu Background 5109 - Ten Screen 2326 - Crosshair 2434 - Bottom Statusbar Sayings you can change ---------------------- You never going to score. 26-31-43-82-16-29 Sorry, you no win this time, try again. You try harder get along. Be a nice man. No man is island, except Lo Wang. There is much death in future. You should kill all business associates. (c)1997,3DRealms fortune cookie company. Your chi attracts many chicks. Don,t you know you the scum of society!? You should not scratch yourself there. Man who stand on toilet, high on pot. Man who fart in church sit in own pew. Man trapped in pantry has ass in jam. Baseball wrong. Man with 4 balls cannot walk. Man who buy drowned cat pay for wet pussy. Got the RED key! Got the BLUE key! Got the GREEN key! Got the YELLOW key! Got the GOLD master key! Got the SILVER master key! Got the BRONZE master key! Got the RED master key! You need a RED key for this door. You need a BLUE key for this door. You need a GREEN key for this door. You need a YELLOW key for this door. You need a GOLD key for this door. You need a SILVER key for this door. You need a BRONZE key for this door. You need a RED key for this door. Items you can Disable --------------------- Lo Wangs Fists The 2nd Uzi The Uzi Reloading The 2nd Riot Gun The Riot gun reloading The 3 way Goro Head Switch The fire the Goro Head spawns The Ripper Heart The Fortune Cookies