Scape Description File - vanjac/zoomscape-info GitHub Wiki

.ZI files are referred to as "Scape Description Files" by zrun.exe. They define a ZoomScape game, including a list of rooms and the starting position of the player. They are compiled from ZoomScript files.

File format description

• WORD: zscript version. This must match the zrun version (see list of games)
• WORD: number of rooms
• For each room:
  • BYTE: 0x73 s
  • BYTE: name length
  • (name length) bytes: name string (no null)
  • WORD: room number (ranges from 1 to the number of rooms. This matches the order of definition in ZoomScript and corresponds to a numbered .ZA0 file)
• 3 * WORD: starting X,Y,Z coordinates of the player
• WORD: starting direction of the player (0 - 65535)
• BYTE: 0x24 $
• BYTE: starting room (as a 0-based index in the list, NOT the room number!)