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Message: 4860

Author: john_elliott_uk

Date: 06/08/2005

Subject: Mapping and screenshots

 

--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel"
wrote:

> Andrew wrote:
>
> > But the real issue is that it would take an enormous number of man-
> > hours to take a screenshot of every single room in every single
> > game, and even more time to make maps with these screenshots.
>
> Yes, exactly, it is a mammoth task, but I am willing to undertake it.
> In fact, I have been taking screenshots of every room in every game I
> have played so far, so I am quite advanced in this endeavour.

Now, if I had to do this, I'd try to automate as much of the process
as possible.

i) JSWED can take a snapshot and render all its rooms, one at a time.
ii) JSWED can save PNG files.

So what I'd do is extend JSWED to render each room in turn to a PNG file.

 

 

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