DIY terrain
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DIY terrains must be converted from an IFF template (pictured right). The template is laid out as follows:
| Ground | Texture for solid terrain. |
| Background | Texture for background terrain, revealed as ground texture is damaged (comparable to "soil" in W2/WA/WWP terrains). |
| Bridge | Three sections - upward-sloped bridge, flat bridge, downward-sloped bridge. Only used for map generation - girders retain their standard appearance. |
| Grass | Topsoil, place atop the generated landscape. |
| Shade | Bottomsoil, placed underneath the generated landscape for definition. |
| Remaining spaces | Objects which may be placed on the map, space-permitting. |
Of these, the only box that absolutely must have something placed within it is the "Ground" box. Everything else can theoretically be left blank, although no bridge objects mean no bridges. Additionally, the "Ground" box cannot have any pixels using palette reference 0 (used for transparency) as this results in unplayable maps.
The IFF template palette must contains the following colour references, as they are also used for other elements of the game:
- 00 - Black or dark colour (transparency)
- 01 - White or near-white (also used for sheep, worms' eyes, worms' name/HP font, and graves)
- 02 - Pink (also used for worms' bodies and antialiasing on worms' name/HP font)
- 03 - Any colour (also used for crates)
- 04 - Lighter variant of 03 (also used for shading on crates)
- 05 - Any colour (also used for mines)
- 06 - Lighter variant of 05 (also used for shading on mines)
- 07-15 - Any colours
DIY terrains support names up to 10 characters in length.
