Script for converting Advance Map .map files to map.bin for use with decompiled Pokemon games

advmap2mapbin.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

# conv2mapbin.pl - Convert Advance Map exports to map.bin for use
# with decompiled Pokemon games.
#
# Written by Aaron Blakely <aaron@ephasic.org>

use strict;
use warnings;

my $mapfile = $ARGV[0];
my $mapbin = $ARGV[1];

if (not defined $mapfile or not defined $mapbin) {
    print "Usage: $0 <advancemap.map> <map.bin>\n\n";
    print "This program converts Advance Map exports to map.bin for use with decompiled Pokemon games.\n";
    print "Written by Aaron Blakely <aaron\@ephasic.org>\n";
    exit;
}


open (my $map, '<:raw', $mapfile) or die "Can't open $mapfile: $!";
open (my $bin, '>:raw', $mapbin) or die "Can't open $mapbin: $!";

my $buf;
read $map, $buf, 20;

while(read($map, $buf, 1024)) {
    print $bin $buf;
}

close $map;
close $bin;

print "Done!\n";