MAPS

General Information

Pre-generated Battlescape terrain blocks (.MAP). These are filled in with terrain tiles. A few dozen blocks make up a battlescape. The .MAP files contain all the levels of that particular section of the battlescape map.

Aside from a three byte header indicating their length, width and height, .MAP files use the same format as MAP.DAT with each record (cell) containing 4 bytes.

• The first byte is the ground.
• The second is the west wall.
• The third is the north wall.
• The forth is the contents (not usable objects - dirt and stuff).

Tiles are stored in order of left to right, top to bottom, top floor to bottom floor.

Note: When opening map files with MS-EDIT, open it in 4-column widths, but remember that the ground tile of the cell will be found at the last byte in the row above.

Below are examples of the .MAP file data. Each level in the .MAP file is shown as indicated.

Craft & UFOs

X-COM Ships

AVENGER.MAP (Avenger)

The Xcom Avenger craft

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

LIGHTNIN.MAP (Lightning)

The Xcom Lightning craft

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

PLANE.MAP (Skyranger)

The Xcom starter carrier - the Skyranger

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

UFOs

UFO1A.MAP (Small Scout)

The Small Scout used by the aliens

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

UFO_110.MAP (Medium Scout)

The Medium Scout used by the aliens

Level 1

Level 2

UFO_120.MAP (Large Scout)

The Large Scout

Level 1

Level 2

UFO_130.MAP (Harvester)

The Harvester UFO mainly crewed by Floaters, and sometimes Snakemen

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

UFO_140.MAP (Abductor)

The Abductor. Mostly Floaters use this UFO

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

UFO_150.MAP (Terror Ship)

The alien's Terror Ship

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

UFO_160.MAP (Battleship)

The Battleship

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

UFO_170.MAP (Supply Ship)

The alien's Supply Ship. Used to resupply bases

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Terrain

There are also MAP files for the terrain in the Battlescape missions.