VBGamer

Actually, the Byte type goes from 0 - 255. What you could do is set up an array for every 255x255 tiles of you map. For example... Your map is perhaps 400x300, you would have 4 arrays, 255x255 for the first, (top-left) 145x255 for the second, (top-right) 255x45 for the third, (bottom-left) 145x45 for the fourth, (bottom-right) As for loading, are you using Open for Input? If you are, it can be a little slow when using Input and the For-Next statement. Have you tried using Types and loading and saving by Binary? I found that through using Binary, I have reduced the loading time by a lot, especially when loading a very large file.