Tile World Downloads

Linux

Linux users can download the source code here:

tworld-1.3.2.tar.gz

Alternately, you can download this distribution, which comes with the fan-made Level Packs (CCLP1, CCLP2, and CCLP3) already installed:

tworld-1.3.2-CCLPs.tar.gz

You will also need to have the SDL library (version 1.2) installed if you do not already. SDL can be downloaded here:

http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php

Windows

Windows users can download pre-built binaries here:

tworld-1.3.2-win32.zip
tworld-1.3.2-win32.exe (self-extracting zipfile)

These zipfiles come with the fan-made level packs already installed:

tworld-1.3.2-win32-CCLPs.zip
tworld-1.3.2-win32-CCLPs.exe (self-extracting zipfile)

Separate Graphic Downloads

The above distributions all come with a set of graphic files that define a set of tiles that are 48x48 in size, with 24-bit pixels. (The graphic files account for nearly half of the distributions' file sizes.) The downloads in this section are made available for those wish to use an alternate set of tiles.

The following two distributions contain no tile sets at all:

Linux: tworld-1.3.2-noimgs.tar.gz (464k)
Windows: tworld-1.3.2-noimgs-win32.zip (502k)

After downloading and installing one of these, supply the missing bitmaps with those from any one of the following:

48 x 48 tiles	24 bpp	tar.gz	zip	(553k)
48 x 48 tiles	8 bpp	tar.gz	zip	(256k)
32 x 32 tiles	24 bpp	tar.gz	zip	(263k)
32 x 32 tiles	8 bpp	tar.gz	zip	(134k)

The 8bpp tile sets are faster to download, and will provide slightly better color on a 256-color system. The smaller, 32x32 tiles will work much better on systems with slow bus speeds.

Or, if you have a copy of the original MS version of "Chip's Challenge" and a resource editor, you can extract the original tile bitmap from the executable and use that for Tile World's MS-mode. See the documentation for more information.

Other

• c4
  c4.ex
  c4 is a Perl script that translates Chip's Challenge level sets between the various available formats. The name c4 is short for "Chip's Challenge comprehensive converter". c4 is able to read and write level sets as Microsoft .dat files, Lynx ROM images, and MS-DOS .pak files. c4 also defines its own text-file format for describing level sets. This allows you to design levels in TEOYC ("the editor of your choice"). Full documentation is included via perldoc. (The c4.exe file is a byte-compiled Windows executable.)
• hashset.c
  hashset.exe
  hashset is a very simple C program that calculates the CRC-32 hash value for the levels in the level sets named on the command line, and outputs these values in the format of the unsolvable levels list. By running this program and selecting the desired lines, one can add to the list of unsolvable levels.
• solex.c
  solex.exe
  solex is a simple C program that demonstrates how to read a Tile World solution file in order to separate solutions for individual levels into different files. It can be useful if you want to share your solution to a specific level with other people while keeping your other solutions private.
• twstoini.c
  twstoini.exe
  twstoini is a simple C program that reads your Tile World solutions for a given level set and outputs your scores in the format of Microsoft's entpack.ini file. This can be useful if you want your Tile World solutions to be reflected in MSCC.
• mklynxcc.c
  mklynxcc.exe
  mklynxcc is a very simple C program that marks a .dat file as to be played using the Lynx ruleset. This can be useful as programs like chipedit do not have an easy way to generate such a .dat file.

All of the above, plus older versions of Tile World and other support files, can be found by viewing the public download directory:

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/pub/software/tworld/

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Brian Raiter