Swords of Glass map format
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Swords of Glass map format
| Format type | Map/level |
|---|---|
| Map type | 2D cell-based |
| Layer count | 1 |
| Cell dimensions | 25×25 |
| Games |
The Swords of Glass map format is used to store the layout of the dungeon. There are eight dungeon levels, each level consists of 25×25 rooms, each room has 4 potential walls, an item, and a special type. The file has no header. Most of the wall, object, and special types have been catalogued, but some are still unknown.
File Format
Each room is 6 bytes, there are 25×25 rooms per level of the dungeon stored top-to-bottom, left-to-right, and there are 8 floors. This comes to 3,750 bytes per floor, and 30,000 bytes for the entire dungeon.
| Data type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| UINT8 | Wall North | Type of northern wall. |
| UINT8 | Wall East | Type of eastern wall. |
| UINT8 | Wall South | Type of southern wall. |
| UINT8 | Wall West | Type of western wall. |
| UINT8 | Object | Type of object in this room |
| UINT8 | Special | Special information about this room. |
Wall Types
The wall types are as follows:
| Value | Wall Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Open |
| 1 | Solid wall |
| 2 | Door |
| 3 | Green Lock |
| 4 | Torch |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Spider |
| 7 | Gargoyle |
| 8 | Leech |
| 9 | Jewel |
| 10 | Hallow Sound |
| 11 | Red Lock |
| 12 | Gold Lock |
Object Types
The object types are as follows:
| Value | Wall Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | None |
| 1 | Chest |
| 2 | Stairs Up |
| 3 | Stairs Down |
| 4 | Fire |
| 5 | Rubble |
| 6 | Stalactites |
| 7 | Unknown - Perhaps an enemy spawn point? |
| 8 | Teleporter |
| 9 | Tripwire |
| 10 | Pit |
| 11 | Pit w/ Poison |
| 12 | Spinner |
| 13 | Sliding Walls |
| 14 | Elevator |
| 15 | Statue |
| 16 | Dark |
| 17 | Chest w/ Item |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Trap Stairs Down |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Quicksand |
| 22 | Toll |
| 23 | Rope |
| 24 | Anti-Magic Zone |
| 25 | Weakness |
| 26 | Bonus? |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Message |
| 29 | |
| 30-65 | Riddle |
Special Types
The wall types are as follows:
| Value | Wall Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Nothing |
| 1 | Walls have green lines. |
| 2 | Walls have red lines. |
| 3 | Walls have brown lines. |
| 0-34 | If Object Type is #28 (message), this value will be the message index to display. |
| 0-49 | If Object Type is #17 (chest w/item), this value will be the index of the item it contains. 0 - Random. |