MSDOS

File list

The MSDOS version contains the following files:

47
Probably the guild images
b0.huf
Image for House type 0, compressed, using CGA palette
b1.huf
Image for House type 1, compressed, using CGA palette
b2.huf
Image for House type 2, compressed, using CGA palette
b3.huf
Image for House type 3, compressed, using CGA palette
bard.exe
The executable, can be used to locate game strings, other game data is difficult to obtain as the exe file is compressed (Does anybody know the decompression alg? Otherwise memdumps can be used to access that data; use the debug version of dosbox and the do a memdumpbin)
bardscr
The main game screen, compressed, using CGA palette, the image is color separated: first come all blue pixel values, then all green pixel values, then red, and then the one for highlight.
bardtit
The title screen. Format is the same as bardscr.
bigpic
Indexed/compressed file containing all the monsters, images inside buildings, probably also city pictures except the big images of the four house types.
cga_scr
Not checked yet
city.nam
Contains an index to the street names. Compressed.
city.pat
Contains an index to the house numbers and specials in Skara Brae.
citypics.bin
Not checked yet.
color.cmp
No clue.
color.rgb
No clue.
comp
No clue.
comp_tit
No clue.
dpics0

Contains the dungeon pictures for the standard dungeons. Image data is partitioned with partitioning like:

[(56, 88), (192, 86), (120, 54), (80, 33), (48, 17), (16, 40),
(32, 88), (48, 85), (32, 52), (16, 31), (16, 15), (48, 32), (40, 18), (80, 8)]
dpics1
Dungeon pictures for the dungeon levels in Mangar’s tower. Otherwise like dpics0 (endianess is a bit different for the first two longs here, than in dpics0 and dpics2
dpics2
Dungeon pictures for the dungeon levels in the Catacombs. Otherwise like dpics0.
graphics.drv
Probably uninteresting
icons.bin
Not checked.
items
Contains the items available in Garth’s equipment store. The value of byte x corresponds to the number of items Garth has to sell of item type x. A value of 0xFF means an infinte supply.
levs
Contains the levels. File is indexed and compressed. Longer description needs to be given elsewhere.
rgb
Not checked.
rgb_tit
Not checked.
tdy
Not checked.
tdy_scr
Not checked.
tdy_tit
Not checked.

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