Editing the Catacomb Series Maps

From WinWolf3D/WDC

Editing Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb trilogy games can be a bit funky and this page is here to help you through it.

Contents 1 Catacomb 3D 1.1 Doors 1.2 Weakened Walls 1.3 Transport Codes 1.4 Magic Mirrors 2 Catacomb Trilogy 2.1 Doors 2.2 Key Codes 2.3 Door/Wall Codes 2.4 Transport Codes 2.5 Timing Codes 2.6 Magic Mirrors 3 Catacomb Apocalypse Only 3.1 Floor/Ceiling Colors 3.1.1 Color Table 4 Hex Editing 4.1 Catacomb Abyss

Catacomb 3D

Doors

Doors are pretty easy in Catacomb 3D. Easy door color has its own code.

Door Color	Decimal Code
Red	20
Yellow	24
Green	28
Blue	32

Weakened Walls

These walls are destroyable by magic missile. Adjoining weakened walls will be destroyed simultaneously. They are easy to set because each wall type (1 through 7) has its own matching weakened wall code (8 through 14).

Transport Codes

When setting the exit gate (object 24), you set the map to which it warps using the floor code. Floor code 180 always goes to the next map in the file. Floor codes starting at 181 will cause the player to warp to map "FloorCode - 181".

Magic Mirrors

These must be set in pairs. Mirror A warps you to the other mirror A, etc.

Catacomb Trilogy

Doors

To set up a door, first you must be using a door wall code. Then place either a door code or a transport code in plane 3 of door's tile. Then, if it's a locked door, place the key code in the plane 3 of the tile immediately to the south of the door.

Key Codes

Key Color	Hexadecimal Value
Red	0x0100
Yellow	0x0200
Green	0x0300
Blue	0x0400

Door/Wall Codes

Action	Hexadecimal Value	Notes
End Game	0xFB00	Only valid on door codes.
Weakened Wall	0xFC00	Only valid on wall codes. Causes the wall to be destroyable by magic missile. Adjoing walls with this code will be destroyed simultaneously.
Blocked Door	0xFD00	Only valid on door codes. This stops the door from being used and tells the player that the door is block when they try to use it.
Keyed Door	0xFE00	Only valid on door codes. Requires a key code.
Level Exit	0xFF00	Only valid on door codes. Can use a key code.

Transport Codes

Level	Hexadecimal Value	Level	Hexadecimal Value
00	0x0080	10	0x0A00
01	0x0100	11	0x0B00
02	0x0200	12	0x0C00
03	0x0300	13	0x0D00
04	0x0400	14	0x0E00
05	0x0500	15	0x0F00
06	0x0600	16	0x1000
07	0x0700	17	0x1100
08	0x0800	18	0x1200
09	0x0900

Timing Codes

Actors can have a delayed reaction time by setting a timing code in a plane 3 tile adjacent to the actor.

Delay (in seconds)	Hexadecimal Value	Delay (in seconds)	Hexadecimal Value
1	0x0100	11	0x0B00
2	0x0200	12	0x0C00
3	0x0300	13	0x0D00
4	0x0400	14	0x0E00
5	0x0500	15	0x0F00
6	0x0600	16	0x1000
7	0x0700	17	0x1100
8	0x0800	18	0x1200
9	0x0900	19	0x1300
10	0x0A00	20	0x1400

Magic Mirrors

These must be set in pairs. Mirror A warps you to the other mirror A, etc.

Catacomb Apocalypse Only

Floor/Ceiling Colors

First, place 0xFA00 in the plane 3 tile at (0,0) in your map. Then you form the word that represents the color codes you want and place it in the plane 3 tile at (1,0). There are four nibbles to deal with (going from the most significant to the least):

Nibble	Notes
Ceiling Type	Can be either 0 (normal) or 2 (flashing).
Ceiling Color	A value from 0x0 to 0xf representing a color.
Unused	Always 0.
Floor Color	A value from 0x0 to 0xf representing a color.

Color Table

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
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8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
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Hex Editing

Catacomb Abyss

Byte Range		Description
0x023642	0x023649	Day fading to night sequence: 0909 0101 0808 0000
0x02364c	0x023655	Lightning flashes: 0101 0909 0F0F 0808 0000
0x023658	0x023681	Ceiling color pairs
0x023682	0x0236ab	Floor color pairs, 0101 (blue) causes anything with a "water version" to use it.