Potential software used by popcap to make level paths

[cuteio14]

Apr 2, 2016 16:03:09 GMT Bobik said:

I sent an email to PopCap about this, and the answer I received was just:

Hello from PopCap,

Thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. We appreciate it and consider all comments we receive.

Please continue to visit our website and let us know how we can make your experience more enjoyable.

Thank you for playing PopCap Games!

Cheyenne
PopCap Customer Support
www.popcap.com/

So...

Oh my god, what question did you ask, Bobik?

[Bobik]

cuteio14 That's the exact message:

Hello,
I'm Bobik and I'm an administrator of the Sphere Matchers Forum. We are a small but dedicated group of fans of Zuma Deluxe and Zuma's Revenge. On our forums, we share our ideas and thoughts about the games as well as we share our designs of new levels that we would like to see in Zuma Deluxe. There has been a discussion about the possibility of actually creating new levels for the game. We have been trying to find a way to do that; unfortunately we haven't. Therefore I'm asking PopCap Games as the developers of this wonderful game whether there is a way to open and edit the levels' *.dat files in a way that would allow creating custom curves and new levels? Or maybe is there a level editor for Zuma Deluxe that was used to create these? We'd be very grateful if you shared with us the information on creating new levels. Giving players the ability to make own stuff for the game would also have great effect on its popularity - it would bring back former players seeking fresh experience, keep the actual players interested and attract new players who haven't yet tried Zuma. Just to make it clear: our community is purely fan-driven - we are not involved in any money-making bussiness and we assure not to use this piece of information to make profits. Sincerely, Bobik. spherematchers.proboards.com

[Elder God of Salt]

Apr 2, 2016 16:03:09 GMT Bobik said:

I sent an email to PopCap about this, and the answer I received was just:

Hello from PopCap,

Thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. We appreciate it and consider all comments we receive.

Please continue to visit our website and let us know how we can make your experience more enjoyable.

Thank you for playing PopCap Games!

Cheyenne
PopCap Customer Support
www.popcap.com/

So...

We got snobbed. 

I steal (Get it?) have no response. So snobby!

[Domi2005]

The answer for Bobik's request is competely useless.
It has nothing to do with Zuma Deluxe at all!
Something is wrong here. The answer that Bobik has got,
is like a PopCap customer who didn't know about Zuma Deluxe at all or
maybe the path editor is a big top secret, or the ball paths can be edited
ONLY with the PopCap Framework, or there is NO way to edit the ball paths at all.
Believe me, one of these options are true.

Anyway, I'm still trying to replace values with other values or remove values
or adding even more values to path files, because it's pretty much
"trial and error". Try it out and then see the outcome.
Not a hard, but boring job. At least for me. XD

[cuteio14]

Apr 3, 2016 6:22:18 GMT Bobik said:

cuteio14 That's the exact message:

Hello,
I'm Bobik and I'm an administrator of the Sphere Matchers Forum. We are a small but dedicated group of fans of Zuma Deluxe and Zuma's Revenge. On our forums, we share our ideas and thoughts about the games as well as we share our designs of new levels that we would like to see in Zuma Deluxe. There has been a discussion about the possibility of actually creating new levels for the game. We have been trying to find a way to do that; unfortunately we haven't. Therefore I'm asking PopCap Games as the developers of this wonderful game whether there is a way to open and edit the levels' *.dat files in a way that would allow creating custom curves and new levels? Or maybe is there a level editor for Zuma Deluxe that was used to create these? We'd be very grateful if you shared with us the information on creating new levels. Giving players the ability to make own stuff for the game would also have great effect on its popularity - it would bring back former players seeking fresh experience, keep the actual players interested and attract new players who haven't yet tried Zuma. Just to make it clear: our community is purely fan-driven - we are not involved in any money-making bussiness and we assure not to use this piece of information to make profits. Sincerely, Bobik. spherematchers.proboards.com

That annoyed me.

[Elder God of Salt]

That's it, teach me how to code, and get me to make an editor!

[cuteio14]

Apr 3, 2016 10:48:11 GMT Elder God of Salt said:

That's it, teach me how to code, and get me to make an editor!

Quit Ragemoding geese.

[Domi2005]

Ragemod? Is that an application for every human?
XDXDXD
By the way, the answer for Bobik's request sucks.
(sorry, PopCap, but we just want to make better Zuma Deluxe mods)
So we have to act again as fast as we can.
Am I right?
By the way, I'm a bit raging, since we can't ball paths with Notepad
and any other similar programs, but PopCap didn't want tell
ANYTHING about this topic.

[Elder God of Salt]

If the devs only uploaded videos of them making the paths... huhhhh...

[cuteio14]

Apr 3, 2016 11:30:04 GMT Domi2005 said:

Ragemod? Is that an application for every human?
XDXDXD
By the way, the answer for Bobik's request sucks.
(sorry, PopCap, but we just want to make better Zuma Deluxe mods)
So we have to act again as fast as we can.
Am I right?
By the way, I'm a bit raging, since we can't ball paths with Notepad
and any other similar programs, but PopCap didn't want tell
ANYTHING about this topic.

I have an idea, search the web for a correct program.

[Elder God of Salt]

Apr 3, 2016 21:55:42 GMT cuteio14 said:

Apr 3, 2016 11:30:04 GMT Domi2005 said:

Ragemod? Is that an application for every human?
XDXDXD
By the way, the answer for Bobik's request sucks.
(sorry, PopCap, but we just want to make better Zuma Deluxe mods)
So we have to act again as fast as we can.
Am I right?
By the way, I'm a bit raging, since we can't ball paths with Notepad
and any other similar programs, but PopCap didn't want tell
ANYTHING about this topic.

I have an idea, search the web for a correct program.

I FOUND THIS LINK! forum.fischeronline.de/index.php?topic=5797.10;wap2
Maybe we could find NCS (No, not NonCopyrightSounds, Natural Cubic Splines!) and ZumaPath.cpp
Probably this is our light!

EDIT 1: Can't find download

[Elder God of Salt]

Email Newsflash:
No reply, no mail, no nothing! POPCAPSUCHLAZYBUMS! *Flips ragemode lever

[SnowyFredzskie]

Using other games Like
Zuma's Revenge, Tumble Bugs 1 and 2, Luxor 1, 2, 3, Afterlife and 5th Passage, Sparkle 1, 2 and Unleashed will not allowed to copy those level in Zuma Deluxe if you saw the skull on the top-left corner which means your game Directly Crashed. If you do it the game would be crashed they did not allow to apply those other games

[cuteio14]

Apr 10, 2016 2:16:27 GMT SnowyFredzskie said:

Using other games Like
Zuma's Revenge, Tumble Bugs 1 and 2, Luxor 1, 2, 3, Afterlife and 5th Passage, Sparkle 1, 2 and Unleashed will not allowed to copy those level in Zuma Deluxe if you saw the skull on the top-left corner which means your game Directly Crashed. If you do it the game would be crashed they did not allow to apply those other games

Grammar, but true.

[Elder God of Salt]

Email Newsflash:
I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY REPLY FROM POPCAP! US WANT ZOOMA PATH EDIT SOLUUSHON RAIT NAW! US WANT IT PLES
WEE WONT MAEK ENY $$$CAZH$$$ WEE PROOMEEESSSS
sorry for big text and bad grammar i was mad (and the big text and bad grammar was intended)

Today i don't feel like replying that email
I just wanna lay in my bed

Don't feel like revealing Zuma path files
So leave me alone and go away
'Cause today I swear I'm not telling it forever
No-no at all!
TELL US! TELL US! TELL-TELL-US!
No-no at all!
TELL US! TELL US! TELL US!
Fine i'm replying.

(That parody tho. And it's the lazy song by Bruno Mars.)

So yeah nothing.