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07/21/90
SC2DEGAS.PRG
A SimCity Utility
by Robert Lowrey - R.LOWREY
You should have in this ARC:
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SC2DEGAS.PRG - the program
SCGRAFX.DAT - the graphics file for the program
SC2DEGAS.DOC - what you are reading
Rationale:
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The Atari ST version of SimCity does not have a "Print" option. Maxis
has stated that they are not going to write a print utility for the
ST. This fired several random neurons in my brain and while this is NOT
a map print utility, if you print the DEGAS pics with CyberPrint and an
Okimate 20 color printer, you get pretty darn good results.
What it does for you:
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This program will read a SimCity save game file (.CTY) and produce 12
DEGAS .PI1 files which represent the playfield map. Original SimCity
graphics are used and, if printed, the DEGAS pics will form a nice map
for you.
What to do:
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Switch to low-rez. Place the .PRG & .DAT files in the same directory.
Make sure that wherever the .CTY file is, there is about 400K disk space
free (the program will write the DEGAS files to the same path as the
.CTY file). Run the program, it will load the graphics file and then
show a file selector box for a .CTY file. Pick a save game file and sit
back while it shows & saves the 12 pics.
Advanced User Hints:
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Before running the program, create at least a 400K RAM disk and copy the
.CTY file to it. Things will run much faster.
Press and hold both shift keys when a screen is being drawn to abort the
program and force an immediate exit.
Any SimCity save game file from Mac/Amiga/ST/IBM should load in and work
fine.
Program does not check for "out of disk space" (what do you expect for a
freeware program?), so check to be sure that you have all 12 output .PI1
files and that they are 32034 bytes long if you are tight on space.
Filenames for .PI1 files are derived from the city name from the save game
file and the letters 'A'-'L' appended to them. The 12 pics are laid out
in a 3-across - 4-down grid:
PICA.PI1 PICB.PI1 PICC.PI1
PICD.PI1 PICE.PI1 PICF.PI1
PICG.PI1 PICH.PI1 PICI.PI1
PICJ.PI1 PICK.PI1 PICL.PI1
Best print results are obtained by using CyberPrint & an Okimate 20 color
printer.
Disclaimer:
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THIS PROGRAM/DESK ACCESSORY MAY BE BENIGN OR IT MAY BE HARMFUL. IT IS
*NOT* GUARANTEED TO DO ANYTHING. BY READING THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ASSUME ALL
LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IT DOES TO YOUR COMPUTER, MEDIA USED BY YOUR
COMPUTER AND/OR DATA STORED UPON SAID MEDIA FOR NOW AND FOREVER MORE, UPON
THIS PLANET AND/OR ANY PLANETS OF LESSER OR HIGHER DIMENSIONS. I, THE
AUTHOR, ASSUME *NO* RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE USE/MISUSE OF THIS PROGRAM FROM
NOW TILL THE END OF TIME.
The End:
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If you have problems, suggestions etc, please leave E-mail on GEnie to
R.LOWREY.
Robert Lowrey
SimCity is a trademark of Maxis
Many thanks to Maxis for releasing the save game file format; without it,
this program could not have been written.