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Would anybody be interested in a library of functions that make loading/manipulating the UO data files super easy?

I would leave out classes so that you could link it to any language. They would also take advantage of file-mapping and assembly optimizations.

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That sounds very usefull for sure man, Id be interested at least

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What functions do you want to see included?

For map-altering purposes, I think I?ll include two versions of every function, one which loads the map initially into RAM, and one that does not. That way, if you need to make a ton of changes, it would be super-fast while in RAM, but if you don?t, then you can save the load time and the RAM requirement by only grabbing the stuff you need.

I can write the code if you guys can tell me what you would like.

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Some ideas:

For mapx.mul:

A function to get/write a block (8x8) of tiles.

A function to get/write a single tile (ID, alt, or both).

A function to load/write and convert the entire map into the standard ?X by Y? form (like an image, without the blocks).

Functions to load/write the map from RAM, and give you raw access to the data while in RAM.

For statics:

A function that gives you/writes a list of items within a (8x8) block.

A function that gives you/writes a list of items at a particular x/y (and x/y/z) location.

A function that gives you/writes the corresponding ?radar? color for an item id.

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Very interested in this!

How about:

Copy functions for both map and statics (provide x/y/offset info and off it goes)

A function to generate multimap.rle automatically.

Search and replace functions.

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There is a similar libarary (valley) over on the worldmaker site. Although it is c++ class based (so not meeting the same objectives as what you describe), it is a library class for manipulation of most of the mul's. This library is only c++, and is used by Worldforge.