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This is not good because the game defaults to MS play....

I read somewhere that there's a way to play in Lynx without using DAC files, but i don't remember how it worked exactly, just something about the first byte of the file.

EDIT: Just found it. It was Tile World 2's README file:

Normally, ChipEdit creates levels for the MS ruleset. If you wish to make a

level set for the Lynx ruleset, you have a few options:

* A very simple command-line utility is included with Tile World, called

mklynxcc. This program will change a normal .dat file to one that will

use the Lynx ruleset instead of the MS ruleset. Running mklynxcc foo.dat

will change foo.dat's ruleset from MS to Lynx.

* You can use a configuration file to override the builtin ruleset. This

method requires creating an extra file, but does allows you to avoid

making changes to the .dat file. See the complete documentation for

information on how to set up a configuration file.

* Finally, ChipEdit has an obscure feature which allows you to control the

signature of the data file. This is done by adding a SIGNATURE entry to

the chipedit.ini file. The default signature value is 0x0002AAAC, which

indicates a data file that uses the MS ruleset. If you set the SIGNATURE

to be 0x0102AAAC, then ChipEdit will create data files marked to use the

Lynx ruleset instead.

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*I hesitate to call it a menu, because a menu implies options to change.

It lets you change which set and ruleset you're currently playing.

Also, only the "file" parameter in the DAC file has to be specified. If you delete the line "ruleset=ms" or "ruleset=lynx", Tile World will default to MS. The default for "lastlevel" is 144, and there are two other parameters not mentioned here: "fixlynx" (which i assume determines pedantic mode) and "usepasswords". I don't remember what exactly their parameters are, whether it's "yes" and "no", or "y" and "n", but their defaults are no and yes, respectively.