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Tile System

The document provides instructions for downloading and using TileSystem 3.0.6, a tile-based mapmaking program, along with a Space Hulk tileset. It describes how to open and play the included sample mission, and notes the different types of tiles, doors, and spawn points included. It also provides tips on using features like the global flags menu and designing and publishing custom Space Hulk missions.

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Tile System

The document provides instructions for downloading and using TileSystem 3.0.6, a tile-based mapmaking program, along with a Space Hulk tileset. It describes how to open and play the included sample mission, and notes the different types of tiles, doors, and spawn points included. It also provides tips on using features like the global flags menu and designing and publishing custom Space Hulk missions.

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TileSystem 3.0.6 and lastest Space Hulk tileset Everything is in a single download now. No more extra bits to install.

- Download this file: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1694147/Tile...Hulk3E_306.zip (42 meg) - Create a folder somewhere and unzip it into the folder. - The program's name is "TileSystem.exe". - Be sure to turn on OpenGL support in the View menu. For a speed and fidelity b oost. (assuming your video card can handle it. These days, it is pretty likely.) - There is a sample mission in the folder to play with named Sample.ts. From wit hin the program, just do a File->Open and locate that file. Note that there are two styles of doors in the tileset. The sample shows both. O ne is a blue blobby rectangle like the kind you see in the mission book. The oth er style looks more like the actual door model. The hazard stripes are just to h elp you pick it out at a distance. The doors with X's through them are "jammed" a concept covered in one of the missions. There are also multiple styles of gene stealer spawn points. Included are the regular "spacehulk3e.set" and "spacehulk3e_2sets.set" tilesets. Plus "spacehulk3e_basic.set" and "spacehulk3e_2sets_basic.set" tilesets. Which don't include the airducts and expansion tiles. These "basic" tilesets are usefu lf for people who just use the materials that came with the game. Also, they loa d faster than the originals, since they are smaller. There is a global flags button at the end of the toolbar. It will open a menu wi th the option to turn off "Glowing Jigsaw Edges". The jigsaw edges are useful fo r showing viewers which tiles are which. But some people find them too distracti ng. It will remember your choice between sessions. Background and Border tile categories are locked by default. Which makes it easi er to select tiles without accidentally grabbing the background instead. You can unlock them if you plan to play with the background, of course. The Edit Scenario text button has been removed from the toolbar, since it wasn't a very good feature. But it is still in the program. You can find it under the edit menu, if you wish to use it. If anyone is writing some handmade tile entries and want to know how the new fea tures work, I could write up some documentation. The help file is horribly outda ted. You might note that there are token Space Marine, Genestealer and Scanner Blip t iles in the tileset. Perhaps, one day, there will be a full set of the tokens to work with. ---------------------------------------------How to make and publish a Space Hulk mission map: - Design the map in Tilesystem. - Chose "Publish to JPEG" from the File menu. - Start a document in Microsoft Word, or any word processor. (http://www.openoffice.org/ has a good, free word processor)

- Insert the jpeg image into the document. - Write some mission description stuff. Make it pretty. - Keep refining the map and the document's description until you think it is rea dy to publish. - Convert it to a PDF file. The easiest way to do this is to install something l ike this: http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp It creates a bogus printer that, if chosen, will generate a PDF file. - Generate the PDF and then upload it to someplace on the series of tubes. - Post links to it on Warseer. I have noted on my machine that the latest ATI drivers, running on video chips b uilt into motherboards, cause TileSystem to run very slowly if you have more tha n a dozen different tiles on the screen. I have no idea why, but I will try to d ebug it. On regualr video cards, it seems to be fine. - CRasterImage

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