Revision as of 19:49, 30 August 2012

Current version of town description format.

Remaining tasks

• Remove usage of numeric ID's. Long-term goal due to heavy usage of id's in VCMI code.
• Determine location of name and descriptions (buildings or structures)
• Collect any remaining hardcoded data

Split faction description from town description

Currently there is no separation between "faction" and "town" concepts. This results in several issues:

• Neutral creatures have invalid faction - no town with such description is present
• Loading towns requires creatures and loading creatures requires towns

This should be split into several parts:

• faction: stores all information that can be separated from town (e.g. puzzle map, hero classes, creatures)
• town: stores only information required for town (e.g. buildings and recruitable creatures)
• (optional) town gui: separate structure will all gui-specific data (e.g. structures)

Merge in remaining json configs

• (DONE) buildings.json (used as base for this configuration)
• (DONE) creatures_backgrounds.json
• (DONE) hall.json
• (DONE) town_pictures.json
• (DONE) towns_defs.json
• (DONE) wall_pos.json (needs removing hardcoded name)
• puzzle_map.json (needs removing hardcoded name)
• commanders.json (leave it as it?)
• terrains.json (movement speed should be left in terrain configuration I think)

Merge in data from HoMM3 txt files

• BldgNeut.txt
• BldgSpec.txt
• Dwelling.txt
• (DONE) Building.txt
• (DONE) TownName.txt
• (DONE) TownType.txt

Current config structure

{
	"adventureMap" : // adventure map object animations
	{
		"village": "",
		"castle" : "", // town with fortifications
		"capitol": "", // town with both fort and capitol
	},
	"icons" : //icons, small and big. Built versions indicate constructed during this turn building.
	{
		"small" : "",
		"smallBuilt" : "",
		"big" : "",
		"bigBuilt" : "",
	},
	"structures" : // Structures. Represents visible graphical objects on town screen.
	[
		{ "id" : -1, "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0 },
		{ "id" : 0,  "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "" },
		{ "id" : 1,  "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "" },
		{ "id" : 2,  "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "" },
		{ "id" : 3,  "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "" },
		{ "id" : 18, "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "" },
		{ "id" : 19, "animation" : "", "x" : 0, "y" : 0, "z" : 0, "border" : "", "area" : "",
// building required for this structure to appear, default = id
		             "requires" : [37]
// should be temporary workaround until we get GUI scripting.
// Needed for dock in Castle and mana whirpool in Dungeon:
// these two buildings have two sets of animation with second one used after building of specific structure
		             "altAnim" : { "building" : 8, "group" : 1} 
	],
	"townName" : "", // localized town name.
	"townNames" : [ "", ""], // list of names for towns on adventure map
	"townBackground": "", // backgound scenery
	"guildWindow": "", // mages guild window

	"buildingsIcons": "HALLCSTL.DEF", // Not sure what to do with this

	"hallBackground": "", // Background image for town hall window
	"hallSlots": // list of buildings available in each slot of town hall window
	[
		[ [ 10, 11, 12, 13 ], [ 7, 8, 9 ], [ 5, 22 ], [ 16 ] ],
		[ [ 14, 15 ], [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ], [ 6, 17 ] ],
		[ [ 21 ], [ 18, 19 ] ],
		[ [ 30, 37 ], [ 31, 38 ], [ 32, 39 ], [ 33, 40 ] ],
		[ [ 34, 41 ], [ 35, 42 ], [ 36, 43 ] ]
	],
	"creatures" : [ [0, 1], [2, 3] ], // List of creatures available on each tier
	
	"creatureBackground"
	{
		"120px" : "",
		"130px" : ""
	},

	"buildings" : // Buildings, objects in town that affect available options
	[
		{ "id" : 0, "name" : "", "description" : "" },
		{ "id" : 1,  "upgrades" : [ 0 ], "cost" : { "gold" : 1000} },
		{ "id" : 2,  "upgrades" : [ 1 ] },  // 5-levels mage guild
		{ "id" : 3,  "upgrades" : [ 2 ] },
		{ "id" : 4,  "upgrades" : [ 3 ] },
		{ "id" : 19, "mode" : "autobuild" },                      // creature horde, hardcoded ID for now
		{ "id" : 30, "requires" : [ 7 ] }   // dwelling
		{ "id" : 37, "upgrades" : [ 30 ] }, // dwelling upgrade
	],
	"siege"
	{
		"towers":
		{
			"top" :
			{
				"tower" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
				"battlement" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
				"creature" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
				"shooter" : { "name" : "", "cropHeight" : 0}
			},
			"keep" : { ... },
			"bottom" : { ... }
		},
		"gate" :
		{
			"upperWall" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"bottomWall": { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			
			"gate" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"arch" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 }
		}
		"walls" :
		{
			"upper" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"upperMid" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"bottomMid" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"bottom" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 }
		}
		"moat" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
		"static"
		{
			"bottom" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"top" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 },
			"background" : { "x": 0, "y": 0 }
		}
	}

	// Entries that should be replaced with autodetection

	"horde" : [ 2, -1 ], // Which tiers in this town have creature hordes
	"primary_resource" : 127, // Resource produced by resource silo, 127 = wood + ore
	"mage_guild" : 4, // maximum level of mages guild
	"war_machine" : 4, // war machine produced in town
}