D A I K A T A N A   E D I T I N G

When you release a user-made map, it's been a convention for a long time to include a text file that provides some standard information. Always do this. Below is the basic setup that you can just cut and paste, then edit for your own map. The only other thing to remember, really, is to name the text file the same as your map, i.e. mapname.txt.

IMPORTANT: make sure the line below that starts with Title is on the third line of your document... this way the utilities for putting these maps into the Daikatana Multiplayer menu (if it's a multiplayer map) will work.

Download this sample readme.txt (right-click then "Save As" or click to view then "File==>Save As") and please, please don't forget to modify it with your map's particular info. :)

08-08-2000
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Title	                 	: Hall of Mirrors
Filename			: hom.bsp
Author				: Gwog P. Taquito
Address				: gwog@planetdaikatana.com
Description			: green marsh theme, sidekicks, 
				  savegems
Story				: You appear in a strange land where 
				  you decide that it would be fun to
				  kill everything.

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Other maps:
TheseMapsSuck series (download from 
http://www.planetdaikatana.com/pantz/)

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Play Information

Single Player			: Yes (sidekicks, savegems included)
Multiplayer			: Yes (CTF, deathtag)
Difficulty Settings		: Yes (Ronin not implemented)
New Sounds			: No
New Graphics			: No
New Music			: No

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Construction

Base				: New level from scratch
Editor Used			: IONRadiant
Known Bugs			: None (if found, email me!)
Build Time			: About 42 seconds

Texture Directory Used		: E5M9
Compile Machine			: P100 16MB<
QBSP Time			: About 8 min
Light Time			: 221 sec
Vis (-level 4) Time		: 2660 sec

Brushes				: 1752
Entities			: 512
Models				: 74
Portalleafs			: 1801
Numportals			: 5561
Average Leafs Visible		: 113

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Installation

To play this level, extract the file "hom.bsp" into your 
/Daikatana/data/maps directory and then start the game.  Choose 
which skill setting you wish to play on by typing "SKILL <0-2>" 
(0 for Ronin\\Easy (see above), 1 for Samurai\\Normal, 2 for 
Shogun\\Hard) and then type "map hom" to begin.

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Copyright and Permissions

This level may be electronically distributed only at NO CHARGE 
to the recipient, MUST include this .txt file, and may NOT be 
modified IN ANY WAY.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THIS LEVEL TO BE 
DISTRIBUTED ON CD-ROM WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION.  I reserve 
the right to refuse permission for this level to be distributed.