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"Wizardry Disk Browser"

Posted by dmolony on Feb-01-09 at 03:37 AM
First of all, it's great to see that Wizardry is still so popular.

For those that may be interested, I have a couple of java utilities available at www.bytezone.com/apple. One is a dedicated Wizardry utility which reads scenario disks and displays the contents - maps, characters, monsters etc. This hasn't been updated for several years, but handles scenarios 1 & 2, and most of 3.

The second is a general purpose apple disk browser, which also handles wizardry disks. I am currently incorporating the wizardry utility into this program, and it is a little better with scenario 3.

To use these programs you may need to install a java runtime (details on the web page).

Enjoy.


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"RE: Wizardry Disk Browser"
Posted by Snafaru on Feb-03-09 at 03:39 PM
Hi dmolony,

I've downloaded the software, I've got Java... but could not figure out how to get the program started, can you give us a hint or two on how to do that.

Thank,

Snafaru


"RE: Wizardry Disk Browser"
Posted by dmolony on Feb-04-09 at 02:03 PM
If you have the java runtime installed correctly, you just double-click on the jar file.

Which program are you trying to run? On which platform?


"RE: Wizardry Disk Browser"
Posted by Snafaru on Feb-04-09 at 05:09 PM
Hi Denis,

Downloaded it again, now it works... strangely the first time I downloaded it downloaded as .zip files instead of .jar files.

Soooo... I fired it up and oh my!!! What can I say, this is excellent work, well above and beyond expectations. Now I'll be able to post much better maps of the custom Wizardry scenarios other fans and I did!

I wish I had known about your work before now, but better now than never.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Snafaru

P.S. My web site is at http://www.zimlab.com/wizardry/ if you ever get the hitch of playing Wizardry I again but with a different maze, monsters, items, races, classes, etc. There's also Oubliette that you can play which is one of Wizardry's ancestors and inspiration.


"RE: Wizardry Disk Browser"
Posted by dmolony on Feb-06-09 at 02:44 PM
Glad you like it.

I've just dug out the code for the Wizardry Browser and updated it for scenario 3. Once I've sorted out a few other things, I'll put it up on the web site.