User:AF/SCURK

SCURK Observations

Various observations concerning the different versions of SCURK.

This will also highlight certain pitfalls and "gotcha" cases when it comes to WinSCURK.

DOS SCURK

• Runway tiles are available for modification and placement.
• The palette that you get here isn't a one-to-one match when it comes to WinSCURK (see more detail under the Windows SCURK section).
• Objects are top-aligned to the empty base tile background.

Macintosh SCURK

• The base tileset used here is a special MAC-headered MIF.
• Saved working tilesets use the standard Windows header.
• If you do a standard save of the base object set, certain palette indices are not preserved (glaring examples would be the Marina and Load Bay).

Windows SCURK

• The right-most column of pixels is inaccessible (off-by-one case in various places)
• Tilesets converted from DOS are off-set downwards by one row (the bottom row of the active tile ends up truncated upon view/change/interaction) (However when used in-game - aside from the bottom row truncation - their Y-position is correct)
• The Plymouth Arcology suffers from some bizarre clipping cases on both the farthest left and right-hand sides within the top left/right portions of the tile base. (this is a more general problem for 4x4 objects)
• TILES.DB:
  • Residential Apartment 1 (3x3) is off-set downwards by one row
  • All other tiles vertically align to the tilebase, however this sets up another off-by-one case where said buildings will subtly shift up by one-row when used in the main game.
• Clipping far-horizontal extent is off-by-one.