Wartbed:Files/Structure
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==Modules and campaigns== | ==Modules and campaigns== | ||
| + | Modules are large-scale settings. Though intended to represent game remakes (f.i. [[Wartbed:Bright Portents|Bright Portents]] and [[Wartbed:Saga|the Saga modules]] are modules implementing Dark Omen and the Myth games in WARTBED) they can of course be totally new games. Modules in turn contains campaigns which are sequences of connected battles within the setting of a module. Modules and campaigns also allow basic customisation of the WARTBED framework, for instance of user interface appearance etc. | ||
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===The '''<tt>.module</tt>''' file=== | ===The '''<tt>.module</tt>''' file=== | ||
:''Should be moved to the Files/Formats article | :''Should be moved to the Files/Formats article | ||
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<div style="margin-left:2em;border:1px solid gray; background:rgb(215,225,215);"> | <div style="margin-left:2em;border:1px solid gray; background:rgb(215,225,215);"> | ||
<div style="float:right;text-align:right;padding:0.5em;background:grey;color:rgb(225,225,225);width:25%;">game name'''.module'''<br>(text file)</div> | <div style="float:right;text-align:right;padding:0.5em;background:grey;color:rgb(225,225,225);width:25%;">game name'''.module'''<br>(text file)</div> | ||
| - | <div style="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Really Cool Tactical Fantasy Epic<br>folder = RCTFE/<br>requires = another module<br>requires = yet another module<br> | + | <div style="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Really Cool Tactical Fantasy Epic<br>folder = RCTFE/<br>requires = another module<br>requires = yet another module<br>interface=filename.xml<br> |
<span style="outline:1px solid black">''Rules section goes here...''</span> | <span style="outline:1px solid black">''Rules section goes here...''</span> | ||
</tt></div> | </tt></div> | ||
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<div style="margin-left:2em;border:1px solid gray; background:rgb(215,225,215);"> | <div style="margin-left:2em;border:1px solid gray; background:rgb(215,225,215);"> | ||
<div style="float:right;text-align:right;padding:0.5em;background:grey;color:rgb(225,225,225);width:25%;">campaign name'''.campaign'''<br>(text file)</div> | <div style="float:right;text-align:right;padding:0.5em;background:grey;color:rgb(225,225,225);width:25%;">campaign name'''.campaign'''<br>(text file)</div> | ||
| - | <div style="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Good guys rules!<br>requires campaign = another campaign<br>requires module = still another module<br> | + | <div style="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Good guys rules!<br>requires campaign = another campaign<br>requires module = still another module<br>interface=filename.xml<br> |
<span style="outline:1px solid black">''More stuff will go here...''</span> | <span style="outline:1px solid black">''More stuff will go here...''</span> | ||
</tt></div> | </tt></div> | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 12 April 2009
| Note: | This article is ahead of itself. It does not represent how WARTBED currently looks or a decision as to how it will look. It is written as a guideline and as a place to jot down ideas. |
Also see WARTBED file formats article. |
WARTBED main folder
- Bin - Executables and libraries
- Resources - All common resources
- Modules - All game module description files and data folders
- Example file.module - see module format below
- Example module folder
- Good faction.campaign - see campaign format below
- Evil faction.campaign
Modules and campaigns
Modules are large-scale settings. Though intended to represent game remakes (f.i. Bright Portents and the Saga modules are modules implementing Dark Omen and the Myth games in WARTBED) they can of course be totally new games. Modules in turn contains campaigns which are sequences of connected battles within the setting of a module. Modules and campaigns also allow basic customisation of the WARTBED framework, for instance of user interface appearance etc.
The .module file
- Should be moved to the Files/Formats article
The .module file defines a module that can be executed in WARTBED (and provided as a parameter to the executable). It describes the name, location and any toggles to global WARTBED rules. Modules may require (depend upon) other modules for data etc.
(text file)
folder = RCTFE/
requires = another module
requires = yet another module
interface=filename.xml
Rules section goes here...
The .campaign file
- Should be moved to the Files/Formats article
Campaigns are settings (sequences of battles) in a module. Campaigns may depend on other campaigns and modules. (It has not been decided whether campaigns may depend on campaigns in other modules).
(text file)
requires campaign = another campaign
requires module = still another module
interface=filename.xml
More stuff will go here...
Dependencies
A possible alternative for the requires format could be a block like
requires
{
module = a module.module
campaign = evil guys.campaign
}
Alternatively to the requires module and requires campaign tags above, the dependency could be resolved by filename extension.
