User:Markavian/DF Map Archive - Revision history

Markavian: Added detailed blurb reflecting DFMA

2007-12-11T17:39:48Z

Added detailed blurb reflecting DFMA

Markavian: Removed bb codes... [b]lol[/b]

2007-11-12T01:00:16Z

Removed bb codes... [b]lol[/b]

Markavian: A bit about the map archive

2007-11-12T00:58:17Z

A bit about the map archive

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''Note: The neutrality of this page has been thrown out the window, because this is my user page.''

The website, named, the '''D'''warf '''F'''ortress '''M'''ap '''A'''rchive ''(DFMA)'' is a repository and online viewer for player created maps exported from the game. The site revolves around an optimized file format (.FDF-MAP), which can produce files over 2000 times smaller then the ouputted bitmaps (for a 28 layer map) and 20 times smaller then equivalent PNG files. This makes them small enough to upload and transfer across the web without chewing up bandwidth. God forbid someone trying to upload the 150MB output file from a midsize fort, we can deliver exactly the same map for ~100kb!.

== Important points ==

* The web address for the DF Map Archive is: http://mkv25.net/dfma/
* The site was created and is maintained by [[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
* The Map Compressor[http://shadowlord13.googlepages.com/dfmap-index.html] was created by SL (ShadowLord)
* The map archive also features an online CMV player using Flash created by [b]Gonbon[/b] for ingame movies ([[CMV]]) that users have uploaded

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-''Note: The neutrality of this page has been thrown out the window, because this is my user page.''
+The website, named, the '''D'''warf '''F'''ortress '''M'''ap '''A'''rchive ''(DFMA)'' [http://mkv25.net] is a repository and online viewer for player created maps exported from Dwarf Fortress. The site revolves around an optimized file format (''.FDF-MAP''), which can produce files over ''2000 times smaller'' then the ouputted bitmaps (for a 28 layer map) and 20 times smaller then equivalent PNG files. This makes them small enough to upload and transfer across the web without chewing up bandwidth. God forbid someone trying to upload the 150MB output file from a midsize fort, we can deliver exactly the same map for ~100kb!.
-The website, named, the '''D'''warf '''F'''ortress '''M'''ap '''A'''rchive ''(DFMA)'' is a repository and online viewer for player created maps exported from the game. The site revolves around an optimized file format (.FDF-MAP), which can produce files over 2000 times smaller then the ouputted bitmaps (for a 28 layer map) and 20 times smaller then equivalent PNG files. This makes them small enough to upload and transfer across the web without chewing up bandwidth. God forbid someone trying to upload the 150MB output file from a midsize fort, we can deliver exactly the same map for ~100kb!.
+The map archive lets players upload ingame maps, compressed using SL's [http://shadowlord13.googlepages.com/dfmap-index.html DF Map Compressor], and view them online. The compressed image format, .FDF-MAP, is on average 50x smaller then .PNG files and 1500x smaller then .BMP files. The site also features an online player for .CMV files, the video format that DF uses. Visit the [http://mkv25.net/dfma/ DF Map Archive] to find out more!
-== Important points ==
+=== Using the map archive ===
-* The web address for the DF Map Archive is: http://mkv25.net/dfma/
+[[Image:mkv-dfma_instructions_v2.png|How to upload maps to the DF Map Archive]]
-* The site was created and is maintained by [[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
-* The Map Compressor[http://shadowlord13.googlepages.com/dfmap-index.html] was created by SL (ShadowLord)
+=== Key features ===
-* The map archive also features an online CMV player using Flash created by '''Gonbon''' for ingame movies ([[CMV]]) that users have uploaded
+''Taken from site navgation''