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bin - Executables and libraries (bin_d - Executables and libraries for debug build) cfg - Currently only contains application.config resources - All common resources and assets 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 Resources - Additional resources common to all campaigns under the module Good faction - Additional resources common to all campaigns under the module Resources - Additional resources specific to the campaign

Modules and campaigns

See The .module and .campaign file formats article

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.

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 ==Modules and campaigns==
+:''See [[Wartbed:Files/Formats/Modules and Campaigns|The <tt>.module</tt> and <tt>.campaign</tt> file formats]] article''
 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.
-All .module and .campaign files '''must''' specify a qualitiative <tt>name</tt> and a <tt>version</tt>, both of which are strings, and '''must''' further specify the <tt>folder</tt> that represent their local roots (the module path is always relative to the wartbed root/modules directory, and the campaign is always relative to the module root directory). Further, these files '''may''' specify an <tt>interface file</tt> detailing the graphical interface used (if none is given, the interface defaults to the module's or WARTBED's default one) and a <tt>homepage</tt> string that can be displayed if version dependencies fails.
-===The '''<tt>.module</tt>''' 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). Module files may only be placed in the modules directory under the wartbed root directory. It describes the name, location and any toggles to global WARTBED rules. Modules may require (depend upon) other modules for data etc.
-<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="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Really Cool Tactical Fantasy Epic<br>folder = RCTFE/<br>version = 1.0.0<br>requires = another module<br>requires = yet another module<br>interface = filename.xml //optional<br>homepage = www.mywartbedmodules.com //optional<br>
-<span style="outline:1px solid black">''Rules section goes here...''</span>
-</tt></div>
-</div>
-<br>
-===The '''<tt>.campaign</tt>''' 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'').
-<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="padding:1em; color:rgb(0,32,0);"><tt>name = Good guys rules!<br>version = 1.0.0<br>folder = good guys/<br>requires campaign = another campaign<br>requires module = still another module<br>interface = filename.xml    //optional<br>homepage = www.mywartbedmodules.com     //optional<br>
-<span style="outline:1px solid black">''More stuff will go here...''</span>
-</tt></div>
-</div>
-<br>
-===Dependencies===
-The dependency can be specified either by filename of the module file, including the trailing .module extension, or the qualitative name of the module.
-A possible alternative for the <tt>requires</tt> format could be a block like
- requires
- {
-     module = a module.module
-     campaign = evil guys.campaign
- }
-If slashes are forbidden in module names, a module and campaign dependency could be written as
- requires horror monsters/vampire fest
- requires horror.module/vampires.campaign
-This last syntax is more difficult to combine with version control, though, and would require something like this syntax:
- requires horror.module version:1.5 / vampires.campaign
-Alternatively to the <tt>requires module</tt> and <tt>requires campaign</tt> tags above, the dependency could be resolved by filename extension.
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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.