Replacing object characters with graphics?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:45 pm
Is it possible to create custom graphics for ZZT to use? (possibly a font?)
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http://zzt.org/fora/
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Re: Replacing object characters with graphics?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:55 pm
You can create a font for it- Font Mania is a popular font creation program that will generate a COM file that can be run in DOS to apply it. A few games work like this.
Re: Replacing object characters with graphics?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:21 am
It's worth pointing out that not everyone will use your custom font, so design whatever games use it with that in mind (unless you're working on the font alone).Re: Replacing object characters with graphics?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:32 am
Is it something that can be defined in-game, so I could just package it with the .zzt?
Re: Replacing object characters with graphics?
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:48 pm
Not really. You'll have three files:
game.zzt
font.com
start.bat
The bat file, runs the font file, then runs zzt. Just search the archive for "font" and look at the games. You can edit the .bat files in notepad or similar.
game.zzt
font.com
start.bat
The bat file, runs the font file, then runs zzt. Just search the archive for "font" and look at the games. You can edit the .bat files in notepad or similar.