Map Save Overview

by Dale M.A. Johnson

 

created 8/27/06

last altered 9/16/06

 

The following is a explination of how the system will save the data created by the map editor. For the time being, all data is saved in a .map file in the \multiplayer\maps directory. All data is to be saved in the order listed.

 

VERSION 1.0 (Proposed)

 

IMPORTANT! This version has not yet been finalized.

 

Header Data

 

• Map Name
• Author's Name
• Map Description
• Data Version (for backwords compatibility; in this case "v1.0")
• Map Width (in tiles)
• Map Height (in tiles)

 

Team Data

 

For each team:

• Victory Condition

 

Faction Data

 

For each faction:

• Faction Name
• Faction Description
• Team the Faction is On
• Faction "Emotion"

 

Terrain Data

 

• The Terrain for Every Map Tile
• Terrain Name Over-Ride for Every Tile

 

Characters and Units

 

• Location of Generic Units
• Faction Control Flag for Units
• Unit Name Override for Units (added 9/16/06)
• Flag for Important Units
• AI Strategy for Every Unit