User:AVS/Map format

Notes about H3M

some bugs in VCMI

• unknown field p7 in player config is boolean flag controlling use of faction config for player (from SoD BT),
• field generateHero (unused) is wrong, this is if fact type of main city if it is random.

Map format

New map format

[WiP]

• JSON based
• External format. One of:

1. Single JSON (current)
2. Single ZIP (several JSON inside: at least header separated)

• packing tiles

1. JSON object (current)
   • + easy to implement
   • + more readable
2. single string
   • + faster

• (*) support for multiple levels of different size

• objects/object types

1. separated lists of templates and objects (as in h3m) (current)
2. embed objects in templates
   • + more redable