Fabian Mueller <[email protected]>:
> Eric Raymond wrote:
> > ...
> > On the other hand, I think it *is* important that all the
> > static-object annotations associated with a map live in its .map file.
> > If they're separated from the map data, editing them and keeping
> > the map and annotation parts in sync will get messy and attract bugs.
> > ...
> >
> Yes and no.
> There are map related objects that don't change no matter which scenario
> is played on.
> And there are scenario specific objects that are better placed in the
> scenario.
Granted. The latter kind belong in the scenario file, the former in a map file.
> An example:
> LoW shares maps between several scenarios that take place at the same
> location.
> This is true for scenario7 where 2 battles take place.
> All named villages or sights will go in the map file
I think you mean "sites" here, not "sights".
> while the locations
> that are used
> for story cut scene movement will go in the scenario file.
Agreed.
> > The roadmap needs to look like this:
> >
> > 1. Design an enhancement to the map file format that allows it to
> > contain annotations for the three kinds of static objects.
> >
> My proposal is to leave the map file format as it is and introduce a wml
> tag called [map].
>
> The [map] recognises the already existing subtags [label], [item],
> [unit] and [sound_source].
> Additional code is needed for a [named_location] tag.
> The game engine will tread all children of [map] just like if they are
> processed in [scenario]'s toplevel.
> It can be located either in the scenario file or an extra file
> containing the map_data as well.
I strongly favor having it normally live in the .map file. There are
all kinds of ways to get into trouble when a file is both
machine-edited and hand-edited, so I'd prefer the machine-edited stuff all
go in one file and the hand-edited stuff in another.
> > 2. Make the map editor able to display and edit these annotations.
> >
> > 3. Enhance the WML engine so that scenario WML can aee the placed
> > labels, scenery/item images, and named locations.
> >
> This should be trivial. The [scenario] processor could just lift the
> [map] contents to toplevel.
> The only missing feature is the tag that describes the named map locations.
Agreed.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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