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Sun, 30 July 2017 20:37

The_Bob

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I've created a tool for converting JA2 maps between different mods. It works by remapping tiles and items in these maps, so they won't look all crazy when opened in the target mod.

Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kx6qjqg6patn2mt/ja2MapTool.jar?dl=1 (latest version posted later in this thread)
Github: https://github.com/starcatter/ja2tools

It may require a fairly recent Java version. Also, it eats up RAM like crazy, so be sure to bring plenty.

Perhaps what's more interesting than the tool itself are the utilities necessary to make it happen - Java classes for reading a bunch of JA2 data files and making sense of them. Hopefully someone will find a way to use these to make a bunch of other useful JA2 tools.

Here's a quick manual: http://imgur.com/a/dOHXx

Note that it's still rather rough around the edges, but since I'm out of time to regularly work on it, I'm releasing it as it is. The core functionality should be solid enough, I'm sure I've tested it at least once...

Also, I'm looking for people to help me finish this tool, so if you're interested in contributing, don't hesitate to let me know! There's plenty to do on this project.

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		ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 30 July 2017 20:37
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Flugente on Sun, 30 July 2017 21:14
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 30 July 2017 22:39
		Re: ja2MapTool By: pheloncab on Mon, 31 July 2017 07:21
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Tue, 01 August 2017 20:16
		Re: ja2MapTool By: edmortimer on Wed, 02 August 2017 01:09
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Darkling on Tue, 01 August 2017 23:47
		Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Fri, 04 August 2017 20:33
		Re: Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Sat, 05 August 2017 01:48
		Re: Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Sun, 06 August 2017 00:39
		Alpha 7: placements and layers By: The_Bob on Tue, 15 August 2017 14:03
		Re: Alpha 7: placements and layers By: The_Bob on Tue, 15 August 2017 22:30
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 25 February 2018 02:20
		Re: ja2MapTool By: edmortimer on Sun, 25 February 2018 02:44
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 06:49
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 13:10
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 14:28
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 15:38
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 17:02
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 17:39
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Thu, 12 April 2018 19:51
		ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: The_Bob on Fri, 13 April 2018 01:11
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Fri, 13 April 2018 07:17
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Fri, 13 April 2018 10:55
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Sun, 15 April 2018 10:32
		ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 April 2018 17:14
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: UBAH on Sun, 15 April 2018 19:01
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Thu, 19 April 2018 14:14
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Fri, 11 May 2018 13:33
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 03 July 2018 02:52
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Tue, 03 July 2018 16:52
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 03 July 2018 21:59
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Tue, 03 July 2018 22:32
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 03 July 2018 23:17
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Mon, 09 July 2018 18:32
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 10 July 2018 00:21
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 10 July 2018 22:28
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Sat, 14 July 2018 22:17
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 01:23
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Sun, 15 July 2018 11:01
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 14:33
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Sun, 15 July 2018 16:47
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 16:54
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Sun, 15 July 2018 17:20
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 17:28
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 20:58
		ja2MapTool Alpha12 By: The_Bob on Sun, 22 July 2018 05:23
		ja2MapTool Alpha13 By: The_Bob on Fri, 27 July 2018 22:37
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha13 By: SecretStamos on Fri, 15 March 2019 13:08
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 17 March 2019 05:14
		Re: ja2MapTool By: SecretStamos on Tue, 19 March 2019 13:23
		Re: ja2MapTool By: avasthisamar on Fri, 22 March 2019 07:08
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Fri, 22 March 2019 17:41
		Re: ja2MapTool By: SecretStamos on Mon, 25 March 2019 20:54
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Tue, 26 March 2019 17:35
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 27 March 2019 13:12
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Sat, 30 March 2019 12:14
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 31 March 2019 00:24
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Sun, 31 March 2019 18:07
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Kladdey on Mon, 04 November 2019 20:04
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Thu, 07 November 2019 04:31
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Parkan on Tue, 31 March 2020 20:49

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