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Beginners > maps

#9107 - thijs - Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:36 pm

Probly a very very dumb question, but is it possible to get the whole map from the *.gba file, and if yes, how?

n00b me

#9110 - mtg101 - Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:18 pm

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "the whole map". Maybe if you explain in more detail what you're trying to do it would help.
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#9111 - ChaosX2 - Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:21 pm

Mappy VM and Visualboy Advance have options to view the map in memory. Play with those

#9116 - tepples - Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:50 pm

In most cases, you will not be able to trivially extract map data from a GBA ROM the way you can extract tile data and audio samples. Most GBA games with scrolling maps use some sort of proprietary compression on their maps.
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#9147 - thijs - Tue Jul 29, 2003 9:42 am

hmm, ok thanks anyway :) i was meaning a rpg like pokemon etc, i saw some big maps on sites, but i didnt know how to make them :(

Thijs