Hi, I'm making a game where I use Maps of 500 x 500 where I only use 9 pieces for each screen like this:


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oxxxo
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I load In memory only 25 pieces and I rotating it, depending of where he (the player) moves. I made an Array like this:

Code:
Dim World (1 to 500, 1 to 500) as Byte

then I read a Text File and I load it to my Array:
Open ...... as #1
For I = 1 to 500
  For J = 1 to 500
....
  Input #1, Piece
  World (I,J)=  val(Piece)
...
...
Piece can be Numbers from 1 to 255 then you can have the pieces loaded in a Sprite and get it from there.

I hope you find this usefull. (sorry my english)

[Edited by Lepe on 07-18-2000 at 01:34 PM]