CSB for DSB

[Sophia]

It always helps to have the latest version of DSB. If you're running an older DSB, you should upgrade!

Then use 'CSB for DSB' (available under 'Custom Dungeons' at Shared OneDrive). This is an automatically converted version of CSB from the Atari ST version. It should be faithful to the Atari ST version, save for ways that the DSB engine differs, like graphical enhancements and monster AI. Please mention any other conversion errors you find.

To play, simply start up DSB and select "csb," like normal. Once you've chosen your party, freeze the game and press enter to go to the DSB menu, and choose "Export To Dungeon." This will perform a CSB-utlity-disk-style export, loading your current party into the CSB dungeon. It will not automatically save your game, however, so it's probably a good idea to save as soon as you've gotten clear of the worms.

The Lua script that did the conversion is included.
Currently, it also kinda sorta works for converting DM. Finishing that up is my next project.
(And, along the way, devising some means of importing DM parties into CSB, of course...)

The conversion script is my own work, so any mistakes in the dungeon are probably my fault. However, it would not have been possible without a great deal of help and testing from Paul S, including modifying CSBuild to output the pseudo-Lua that the conversion script parses. Many thanks to him.

[Magica]

Hi Sophia,

Thank you for your amazing work on DSB, I want to try CSB and DM under your engine, you mention above that this is a faithful conversion of the Dungeons from the Atari ST version, but the link is not working, would you please share a new link of them.

Thank you very much

[ChristopheF]

I have updated the link. All known custom dungeons are stored at this location.

[Magica]

Thank you for the link Christophe, I downloaded CSB for DSB [Sophia], after chosing the party and saving the game, I cannot run the utility disk in the main screen, I tried clicking on the scroll in the bottom right but it just wouldn't work and I cannot make a new adventure to test the Dungeon against the Atari version, maybe there is something I am missing here?!

Magica

[Gambit37]

See Sophia's explanation in the first post above for how to start your CSB game properly in DSB:

To play, simply start up DSB and select "csb," like normal. Once you've chosen your party, freeze the game and press enter to go to the DSB menu, and choose "Export To Dungeon." This will perform a CSB-utlity-disk-style export, loading your current party into the CSB dungeon. It will not automatically save your game, however, so it's probably a good idea to save as soon as you've gotten clear of the worms.

Note that CSB for DSB does play differently. It's close to the original, but not exactly the same experience.

[Magica]

Hi Gambit, thank you very much, finally it worked !!! Don't know why I thought freeze the game is to save the game.. ha ha

Yes it as you said does feel different, when I launch a Fireball it strikes the worm from behind, nothing serious yet as I just started, and this of course is a valuable piece of work.

Magica