_Fandal_ Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hi all! I spent a lot of time with Boulder Dash Construction Kit as a child and I always wonder how to create executable file with my own caves. Is there any tool or all those file versions flying around (e.g. Bandit Boulderdash XY) were done "by hand"? Thanks a lot for any help! F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fandal_ Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 For those who care: I wrote simple PC DOS utility for creating A8 standalone executable binary from BD Kit "CAV" and "INT" data files. Many many thanks for help to Homesoft!! F. BD.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 For those who care: I wrote simple PC DOS utility for creating A8 standalone executable binary from BD Kit "CAV" and "INT" data files. Great, thanks a lot! Could you post some details about the EXE/cave structure and/or the source? so long, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fandal_ Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 (edited) For those who care: I wrote simple PC DOS utility for creating A8 standalone executable binary from BD Kit "CAV" and "INT" data files. Great, thanks a lot! Could you post some details about the EXE/cave structure and/or the source? so long, Hias OK. More details. My utility uses BD engine compiled by Homesoft which is able to handle up to 47 levels. Number of caves is stored in the last byte of engine data block. The first cave is strored at memory address $60F0, the second one on $62F0, the third one on $64F0 and so on. I don't have any source of engine itself, I just received compiled binary and instructions how to use. All my work was to write that short PC DOS program. F. ENGINE.ZIP Edited April 15, 2011 by _Fandal_ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 cool Fandal, I'll check this out tomorrow. I've just been finishing off the bd2 revamp this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Fantastic! Fandal & Homesoft Now I can dust off my levels and release them to the world Hey Fandal is there any way 'the community' can support you more - e.g. subscribing to zong magazine or something really appreciate the work you put in for our beloved 8-bit machines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiassofT Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 OK. More details. My utility uses BD engine compiled by Homesoft which is able to handle up to 47 levels. Number of caves is stored in the last byte of engine data block. The first cave is strored at memory address $60F0, the second one on $62F0, the third one on $64F0 and so on. I don't have any source of engine itself, I just received compiled binary and instructions how to use. All my work was to write that short PC DOS program. Wonderful, thanks a lot! I just had a quick look at it, and on the output of bd.exe: engine.dat is a single COM block without the $FF,$FF header, loading to $3000-$6042. $6042 then contains the number of levels. bd.exe also adds a RUN block at the end, with address $5bb5. Great, this is all I need to finally build a standalone EXE with the levels I created in the late 80s together with a friend :-) so long & thanks again, Hias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi, Here there is an executable with some brand new levels created by Doctor Mugen I hope you like them. Cheers, --Devwebcl BDMugen1.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ascrnet Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Thanks to all who shared their knowledge and improvements to BDCKIT.😉 Now I present a modern version to easily create your binaries with your caves, this little program requires to have installed the java virtual machine before running it. Download Enjoy it. 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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