DisplayChunk Window

Page
Cycles through the various pages of editable data in the Display Chunk.

Graphics Page

Map
The name of the background Map to be used in the level. If you do not want a Map in the background then leave this field blank. The question mark brings up a list of currently loaded Maps.

BlockSet
The Blockset used by the Map, if any.

BackDropPic
An picture (IFF ILBM) to use in the level background instead of a Map. The first 13 letters of the pictures file name is entered here, without the directory path. The question mark gadget lets you select a picture using a file requester.

Palette
The Palette used by the level is stored in the display chunk. You can copy the palette from one already loaded into Zonk using the question mark, or you can import one from disk using the "Import Palette..." button. "Import Palette..." can extract palettes from IFF ILBMs and Conk files.

Players Page

Player0Init, Player1Init, Player2Init, Player3Init
These four fields hold the ActionLists used to initalize any Player objects at the start of the level. Any (or all) of these fields may be left blank.
Any ActionLists specified here execute on the context of the player they are initializing.
Select "?" to select an ActionLists from the ones currently loaded into Zonk.

Misc Page

AGA only?
If this checkmark is set, then Ponk will stop the level from running on a non-AGA machine.

Frame Rate
The speed at which the game runs. At full frame rate, the game will try to update with every retrace of the raster. At half frame rate it will update every second retrace. If a lot of things are happening in the level, then the computer may not be fast enough to keep up with the specified rate. Half frame rate gives the processor twice as much time to get a frame ready for display than full frame rate does.

Game Init
ActionList executed at the start of the level. Usually used to set up scrolling and assorted global data. This ActionList executes in a global context, and cannot contain any actions which require access to an object. This field may be left blank.

Game Update
An ActionList that is executed every frame. It can, for example, be used to update items in the StatBox. Again, this ActionList executes in a global context.

NumberOfPlayerObjs
The number of player objects that are allocated at the beginning of the level. If Ponk runs out of objects during gameplay it will allocate more, but allocating objects on the fly is inefficient and generally considered a Bad Thing. Incidentally, you can have more than four player objects, but usually you wouldn't really want to.

NumberOfBulletObjs
The number of PlayerBullet objects allocated in advance.

NumberOfBadDudeObjs
The number of BadDude objects allocated in advance.

StatBoxPic The Picture (again an IFF ILBM) to use as the StatBox. The palette for the StatBox is taken from the ILBM. Only the first 13 characters of the filename is entered, without the path.

Default Borders Page

This page lets you set up the default borders for the level. All objects in the level are initially created with the border values specified here. The borders can be set on a per-object basis using the 'SetBorders' action.