re: using Ted5 on Bio Menace

reble · 06-29-2014, 02:23 AM

I downloaded Ted5 editor from this web site to make a few small changes to level 3 ant town game level map in Bio Menace 2. Every time I save the level and start the game. The game stops before the main menu out to the DosBox c: prompt with the error message "RF_NewMap: Map to tall!" Why is this happening?

Steve

Litude · 06-29-2014, 11:13 AM

Did you run the compression thingy from the menu? IIRC Bio Menace requires all its maps to be compressed in order to work.

reble · 06-29-2014, 04:49 PM

The instructions I read said Bio Menace files were not compressed. By the way there is no compression cmd in TED5.

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Originally Posted by Litude

Did you run the compression thingy from the menu? IIRC Bio Menace requires all its maps to be compressed in order to work.

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The text below I pasted in from the instructions for TED5. Complete file link at http://www.shikadi.net/moddingwiki/TED5

"If the game is 'compressed', it will not have most of these files. Commander Keen 4-6 is one such game. In contrast 'uncompressed' games such as Bio Menace will have the full complement of files. Sadly, most games are compressed, as this is most efficient."

Litude · 06-30-2014, 01:52 PM

I think we are talking about different things when mentioning compressed. What I mean is that you need to compress the GAMEMAPS.BMx file before being able to run it, I'm not talking about all those external (or not) files. Though I honestly can't remember too clearly how it worked since I haven't used TED on a long time. I could have sworn there was a menu option to run the Carmack compression routine on the currently open map.

reble · 07-01-2014, 06:56 PM

That file I read said that Bio Menace is one of the few completly uncompressed games

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Originally Posted by Litude

I think we are talking about different things when mentioning compressed. What I mean is that you need to compress the GAMEMAPS.BMx file before being able to run it, I'm not talking about all those external (or not) files. Though I honestly can't remember too clearly how it worked since I haven't used TED on a long time. I could have sworn there was a menu option to run the Carmack compression routine on the currently open map.

Frenkel · 07-09-2014, 11:29 AM

I've only used Ted5 to create these Bio Menace maps. I can't remember if I ever edited a Bio Menace map with it.

But there are a few mods for Bio Menace, so it should be possible to edit the levels.

06-29-2014, 02:23 AM	#1
reble	re: using Ted5 on Bio Menace I downloaded Ted5 editor from this web site to make a few small changes to level 3 ant town game level map in Bio Menace 2. Every time I save the level and start the game. The game stops before the main menu out to the DosBox c: prompt with the error message "RF_NewMap: Map to tall!" Why is this happening? Steve

06-29-2014, 11:13 AM	#2
Litude	Re: using Ted5 on Bio Menace Did you run the compression thingy from the menu? IIRC Bio Menace requires all its maps to be compressed in order to work.

06-30-2014, 01:52 PM	#4
Litude	Re: using Ted5 on Bio Menace I think we are talking about different things when mentioning compressed. What I mean is that you need to compress the GAMEMAPS.BMx file before being able to run it, I'm not talking about all those external (or not) files. Though I honestly can't remember too clearly how it worked since I haven't used TED on a long time. I could have sworn there was a menu option to run the Carmack compression routine on the currently open map.

07-09-2014, 11:29 AM	#6
Frenkel	Re: using Ted5 on Bio Menace I've only used Ted5 to create these Bio Menace maps. I can't remember if I ever edited a Bio Menace map with it. But there are a few mods for Bio Menace, so it should be possible to edit the levels. __________________ Groeten van Frenkel Visit us at the Official S&F Prod. Homepage