Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Development/FileFormats


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04/11/09 20:22:46 (11 years ago)
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    3636Each of the XML files has its own XML Schema to validate against. The latest versions of the schema should always be [browser:IBBoard.WarFoundry.API/trunk/dtds in source control], and any updates should always be backwards compatible (i.e. new tags should always be optional and new attributes should provide a default or be optional). As well as a schema for each file type, there is also currently a "categories" schema that defines common data about categories of units (used by the Game System and Race files) and a "core" schema that defines custom values that can be used in all of the other schemas.
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     38All of the following information is correct as of r96 of the files, but all future updates should be backwards compatible as much as possible.
    3739
    3840=== Game System Definition ===
     
    129131=== Army File Definition ===
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    131 ''Detail to follow''
     133An Army is the collection of units and their equipment that a user has created. The Army file stores this so that the user can come back to the army in the future. A Army file must have "WarFoundry_Army" at the start of the Zip file's comment and contain a file called data.armyx. The .armyx file should use the [browser:IBBoard.WarFoundry.API/trunk/dtds/army.xsd army.xsd schema].
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     135Army files are not currently created (as of r104, 11th April 2009) but when they are then a file should look something like the following:
     136
     137{{{
     138<army id="12345" name="Sample Army" system="sampleSystem" race="Empire" maxPoints="500">
     139        <units>
     140                <unit id="unit1" unitType="Empire1" unitName="General Eustace" size="1">
     141                        <equipment>
     142                                <equipItem id="equip1" amount="1"/>
     143                        </equipment>
     144                </unit>
     145                <unit id="unit2" unitType="Empire2" unitName="First Swordsmen" size="20">
     146                        <equipment>
     147                                <equipItem id="equip1" amount="1"/>
     148                                <equipItem id="equip2" amount="1"/>
     149                        </equipment>
     150                </unit>
     151                <unit id="unit3" unitType="Empire2" unitName="First Greatswords" size="15">
     152                        <equipment>
     153                                <equipItem id="equip3" amount="1"/>
     154                        </equipment>
     155                </unit>
     156        </units>
     157</army>
     158}}}
     159
     160This file would define a small Empire army in the Sample Game System with a limit of 500 points. The army contains a General with a sword, a unit of Swordsmen with sword and shield, and a unit of Swordsmen with Broadswords.