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CHK file specs

Mar 6 2009, 5:56 pm
By: HotHeart

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Mar 6 2009, 5:56 pm HotHeart Post #1

Hello!
I'm developing java-based starcraft engine!
And now i need more detailed specs of CHK files.
Especialy i need information about TILE section. I need information about hot to render map.
Thanks 2 all!

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Mar 6 2009, 10:42 pm

chuiu Post #2

A simple google search is all you needed.

http://www.campaigncreations.org/starcraft/stardraft/

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Mar 7 2009, 12:05 am

Heinermann Post #3

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Starcraft doesn't read the TILE section. We have a [more complete] CHK spec here at SEN. http://www.staredit.net/wiki/scenario.chk_format

Starcraft only reads the MTXM section which is just a u16 tile ID for each tile.

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Mar 7 2009, 5:44 pm HotHeart Post #4

>>Starcraft only reads the MTXM section which is just a u16 tile ID for each tile.
Thanks! Where i could get tile by this ID?
>>A simple google search is all you needed.
I googled already and i know this site, but i can't find information about rendering(

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Mar 7 2009, 6:52 pm

Heinermann Post #5

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The tiles are stored in cv5(?) files.

SEN Wiki: http://www.staredit.net/wiki/Terrain_Format

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[2026-6-23. : 3:29 am]

DarkenedFantasies -- Probably just didn't care. For example, at some point before release, they've updated the graphics of some of the Protoss buildings (Forge, CyberCore, Citadel, Observatory, Arbiter Tribunal), but instead of properly re-rendering them with edited 3D models, they did crappy copy-paste jobs on the rendered graphics.

[2026-6-22. : 8:35 pm]

Ultraviolet -- :wob:

[2026-6-21. : 11:38 pm]

Symmetry -- :wob:

[2026-6-21. : 4:56 am]

Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically

[2026-6-21. : 4:26 am]

Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?

[2026-6-21. : 4:25 am]

Oh_Man -- the thing is thos buildings are from classic. that means they went ahead and made brood war without ever finishing the 'unfinished' buildings

[2026-6-20. : 6:15 pm]

Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.

[2026-6-20. : 3:47 pm]

NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.

[2026-6-20. : 3:43 pm]

NudeRaider -- Contained nothing new for me. Didn't know all building's behavior, but very much all unit's. Also Terran balance whine - also nothing new :lol:

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Oh_Man -- makes me wonder if SEN knows anything about the topic

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