script I came up with to download and convert all maps

[uRit1u2CBBA=]

This uses the "mapconvert" script that is stickied in this forum section.

have a copy of mapconvert in your home folder that you launch SEQ from along with the contents of this script (named whatever you wish it)

#!/bin/bash

wget http://www.mapfiend.net/fetchpack/ALL

mkdir tmpmaps
mv ALL tmpmaps/all.zip
cd tmpmaps

unzip all.zip

rm all.zip
rm *_2.txt

../mapconvert

mv *.map $HOME/.showeq/maps
rm *.txt
cd ..
rmdir tmpmaps

I delete the _2's since I don't want the text that shows up in the 2nd layer (comes in handy in game, but not here). The mapconvert script is smart enough to handle the missing _2 files.

Depending on how you have your permissions set up, you may need to sudo to run it to overwrite any old maps.

It took about 50 minutes to run the script on my linux box.

In case anyone's interested. Enjoy.