SonED2 - Standard Level Project Format

SonED2 - Standard Level Project Format

This type of project allows for editing Tiles/Blocks/Chunks, Level Layout, and Object Layout for standard gameplay levels. The format varies slightly at several points depending on the type of data being referenced, so it is important to pay attention to how the fields are used under different circumstances. For complete and functional example usage, please see the Project Files within the included ROMulan packages.

Regardless of their exact contents, the following sections are always used in every Standard Level Project File, in this order:

[Project Type, Level ID, and Object Def references]

Type:
Zone ID:
Act ID:
Object Def:
Object Palette:

[Tiles]

8x8 Compression:
Num 8x8 Pages:
- 8x8 Tiles Page ?:

[Blocks]

16x16 Compression:
Num 16x16 Pages:
- Page? 8x8 Page:
- 16x16 Tiles Page ?:

[Metatiles/Chunks]

Metatile Size:
Metatile Compression:
Num Metatile Pages:
- Page? 16x16 Page:
- Metatile Tiles Page ?:

[Level Layout]

Layout Format:
Layout Compression:
(Sonic 1 / Sonic CD)
- FG Level Layout:
- BG 128x128 Page:
- BG Level Layout:
(Sonic 2)
(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))
- BG 128x128 Page:
- Level Layout:
(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)
- FG Size:
- FG Level Layout:
- BG 128x128 Page:
- BG Size:
- BG Level Layout:

[Object Layout]

Objects Format:
(No Objects)
- (Nothing here)
(Sonic 1)
(Sonic 2)
(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))
(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)
- Objects:
(Sonic CD)
- Objects Time:
- Objects:

[Rings Layout]

Rings Format:
(No Separate Rings Layout)
- (Nothing here)
(Sonic 2)
(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))
- Rings:

["Misc" Layout]

Misc Format:
(No "Misc" Objects)
- (Nothing here)
(Sonic 2 Casino Night Zone Bumpers)
- Misc:

[Player Start Positions]

Num Start Positions:
- Start Position ?:

[Palettes]

Number of files:
- Start index:
- Number of entries:
- File:

[Collision Maps]

Collision Map Format:
Collision Array:
Rotated Collision Array:
Angle Array:

[Collision Indexes]

Collision Index Format:
Collision Index Compression:
(Sonic 1 / Sonic CD)
(Sonic 3)
(Sonic & Knuckles)
(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)
- Collision Index:
(Sonic 2)
- Collision Index 0:
- Collision Index 1:

[Game Name]

Game Name:

[Project Type, Level ID, and Object Def References]

Type:

Type: Level

Zone ID:

Act ID:

Zone ID: 0
Act ID:  0

Object Def:

not

Object Def: ObjDef\s1obj

Object Palette:

Object Palette: ObjDef\s1obj.tga

[8x8 Tiles]

This section specifies how to load the 8x8 Tile graphic data:

8x8 Compression:

This entry specifies the

type of compression

8x8 Compression: 3

Num 8x8 Pages:

Num 8x8 Pages: 2

8x8 Tiles Page ?:

8x8 Tiles Page 0: ..\Levels\GHZ\Tile\8_0.bin

[Blocks]

This section specifies how to load the 16x16 Block Mappings data:

16x16 Compression:

This entry specifies the

type of compression

16x16 Compression: 2

Num 16x16 Pages:

Num 16x16 Pages: 1

Page? 8x8 Page:

16x16 Tiles Page ?:

Page0 8x8 Page:     0
16x16 Tiles Page 0: ..\Levels\GHZ\Tile\16.bin

[Metatiles/Chunks]

This section specifies how to load the MetaTile Mappings data:

Metatile Size:

Metatile Size: 256

Metatile Compression:

This entry specifies the

type of compression

Metatile Compression: 2

Num Metatile Pages:

Num Metatile Pages: 1

Page? 16x16 Page:

Metatile Tiles Page ?:

Page0 16x16 Page:      0
Metatile Tiles Page 0: ..\Levels\GHZ\Tile\256.bin

[Level Layout]

This section specifies how to load the Level Layout data. The first two entries are always the same, while the following entries differ depending on the "Layout Format" setting:

Layout Format:

0	-	Sonic 1 / Sonic CD
1	-	Sonic 2
2	-	Sonic 3 (& Knuckles)
3	-	Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers

Layout Format:         0

Layout Compression:

This entry specifies the

type of compression

Layout Compression:    0

(Sonic 1 / Sonic CD)

FG Level Layout:

BG 128x128 Page:

BG Level Layout:

FG Level Layout:       ..\Levels\GHZ\FG\1.bin
BG 128x128 Page:       0
BG Level Layout:       ..\Levels\GHZ\BG\1.bin

(Sonic 2)

(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))

BG 128x128 Page:

Level Layout:

BG 128x128 Page:       0
Level Layout:       	..\Levels\00_EHZ\Layout\1.bin

(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)

FG Size:

FG Level Layout:

BG 128x128 Page:

BG Size:

BG Level Layout:

FG Size:              ..\..\Levels\BBZ\FG\Size01MN.bin
FG Level Layout:      ..\..\Levels\BBZ\FG\1MN.bin
BG 128x128 Page:      2
BG Size:              ..\..\Levels\BBZ\BG\Size01MN.bin
BG Level Layout:      ..\..\Levels\BBZ\BG\12MN.bin

[Object Layout]

Objects Format:

0	-	No Objects
1	-	Sonic 1
2	-	Sonic CD
3	-	Sonic 2
4	-	Sonic 3 (& Knuckles)
5	-	Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers

Objects Format:         0

(No Objects)

(Sonic 1)

(Sonic 2)

(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))

(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)

Objects:

Objects:       ..\Levels\GHZ\Obj\1.bin

(Sonic CD)

Objects Time:

A	-	"Present"
B	-	"Past"
C	-	"Future"
D	-	"Future"

Objects Time:         A

Objects:

Objects:       ..\Levels\GHZ\Obj\1.bin

[Rings Layout]

Rings Format:

0	-	No Separate Rings Layout
1	-	Sonic 2
2	-	Sonic 3 (& Knuckles)

(No Separate Rings Layout)

(Sonic 2)

(Sonic 3 (& Knuckles))

Rings:

Rings:                 ..\Levels\0C_CNZ\Rng\1.bin

["Misc" Layout]

Misc Format:

0	-	No "Misc" Objects
1	-	Sonic 2 Casino Night Zone Bumpers

(No "Misc" Objects)

(Sonic 2 Casino Night Zone Bumpers)

Misc:

Misc:                  ..\Levels\0C_CNZ\Obj\Bump1.bin

[Player Start Positions]

This section specifies how to load the Player Start Positions data. The graphics that represent these positions within the editor are

loaded by the Object Listing File

Num Start Positions:

Num Start Positions:   1

Start Position ?:

Start Position 0:      ..\Levels\GHZ\Start\1.bin

[Palettes]

Number of files:

Number of files: 2

Start index:

Start index:        0

Number of entries:

Number of entries: 16

File:

File:              ..\Palettes\Sonic.bin

[Collision Maps]

Collision Map Format:

0	-	Sonic 1, CD, 2, 3 (& Knuckles)
1	-	Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers

Collision Map Format:    0

Collision Array:

Collision Array:         ..\Collisn\HMaps.bin

Rotated Collision Array:

Rotated Collision Array: ..\Collisn\HMapsR.bin

Angle Array:

Angle Array:             ..\Collisn\Angles.bin

[Collision Indexes]

This section specifies how to load the Collision Index data

Collision Index Format:

0	-	Sonic 1 / Sonic CD
1	-	Sonic 2
2	-	Sonic 3
3	-	Sonic & Knuckles
4	-	Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers

Collision Index Format:      0

Collision Index Compression:

This entry specifies the

type of compression

Collision Index Compression: 0

(Sonic 1 / Sonic CD)

(Sonic 3)

(Sonic & Knuckles)

(Knuckles' Chaotix / Sonic Crackers)

Collision Index:

Collision Index:             ..\Levels\GHZ\HMIndex.bin

(Sonic 2)

Collision Index 0:

Collision Index 1:

Collision Index 0: ..\Levels\0C_CNZ\Collisn\0.bin
Collision Index 1: ..\Levels\0C_CNZ\Collisn\1.bin

[Game Name]

Game Name:

Game Name: Sonic 1