Q: Why does my tilemap look screwed up?
A: Try to rebuild your program. If you have your tilemap inside a datafile, then select UPDATE from Grabber's menu.
Q: When I load the sprites, they all come out in wrong colors.
A: That's because you haven't loaded an appropriate palette. For truecolor or hicolor, palettes are not neccesary, otherwise they are. Also try to rebuild your program.
Q: Does all my graphics have to be of type RLE_SPRITE?
A: No, only those you use in your tilemap.
Q: Your readme file says i need to run make. What do you mean?
A: You need to have installed a complete set of DJGPP tools in order to use this package. Download DJGPP and Allegro. And install them according to their documentaion. The make utility is in a file called makXXXb.zip which can be obtained from http://www.delorie.com.
Q: I can't run the editor or any of the examples. Why?
A: You need a DPMI server. Either use QEMM, Win95, Win98, or CWSDPMI. I recommend getting CWSDPMI. It can be downloaded as a file called csdpmiXb.zip from http://www.delorie.com
Q: May I use the sprites that come with your editor in my game?
A: Please don't. Rip them from somewhere else. Remember: Ripping is uncool.
Q: I will distribute my game. What files do i need to distribute in order for the tilemaps to work?
A: The datafile and the tilemap file(s)... If you include the tilemaps in the datafile, you just need to distribute the datafile.
Q: Your tilemap editor sucks, you stoopid moron !!!
A: Different people have different taste. Try MAPPY then. Also keep in mind that i won't reply to rude e-mails.
Q: I love your editor, I'm totally addicted.
A: Thanks. Danke Schön, Merci, Takk, Tack. That should cover both english, deutsch, french, norwegian and sweedish users. :-)
Q: I have a question, and yes, I've already read all the documentation.
Q: I have a suggestion for your editor.
Q: I found a bug.
A: Ok, go ahead tell me about it. Send me the datafile, tilemap, and tell me how to reproduce the bug so I'll be able to fix it. If you for some reason don't want to send me the files, give me a detalied description instead.