Jazz 1 Layout Editing Suite file

To use, extract all files into your main JJ1 folder. Run j1etojcs.exe and type the filename of a JJ1 level you want to edit (e.g. LEVEL0.000). Then rub J1LES.exe, open LEVEL.j1l, and edit away. Finally, you can run imprt.exe manually to send the edited layout back into the JJ1 file, or else run it from within J1LES by pressing Ctrl+R.

Notes: due to palette limitations on .j2t files, the final sixteen colors from each JJ1 palette get lost in the conversion process. This only affects Deckstar and potential custom blocks files, and the colors are still in the original blocks file, just not the .j2t. Flipped and animated tiles will be normalized, so there’s no point in trying to use them. Layers 1-3 and 6-8 will not be read. Any non-blank tile will count as background in layer 5, but it makes the most sense to use the provided black tile since that way the parallax view will be accurate. Gradient backgrounds are not included since there’s not enough space in a palette for all their colors.