aa2map (ASCII art 2 map) is a tool to parse ASCII Art into a Quake III: Arena (id Tech 3) map file.
Everyone who can operate a keyboard will be able to create custom maps for id Tech 3 based games with this.
Usage: aa2map [OPTION] ASCIIFILE
Parse ASCII Art into a Quake III: Arena (id Tech 3) map file
Options
-o=FILE output map data into FILE (default: stdout)
--maze[=SIZE] generate a random maze with SIZE (default: 20)
--emaze[=SIZE] like --maze but with random entities
--version output version information and exit
--help display this help and exit
ASCII art usage/translation
' ' floor
'W' wall
'X' info_player_start
'0' weapon_gauntlet
'1' weapon_shotgun
'2' weapon_machinegun
'3' weapon_grenadelauncher
'4' weapon_rocketlauncher
'5' weapon_lightning
'6' weapon_railgun
'7' weapon_plasmagun
'8' weapon_bfg
'9' weapon_grapplinghook
'!' ammo_shells
'@' ammo_bullets
'#' ammo_grenades
'$' ammo_rockets
'%' ammo_lightning
'^' ammo_slugs
'&' ammo_cells
'*' ammo_bfg
'h' item_health
'H' item_health_large
'M' item_health_mega
'+' item_health_small
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