changes to maps in 1.3.6

[Bob_The_Mighty]

Hey. I got 1.3.6 but now maps i made in 1.3.2 don't work. In the multiplayer window when creating a game and selecting a map it just says error, map contains invalid character. So i try loading the map with the map editor, but it says it is not a valid map file or something.

I presume this problem is to do with the terrain letters all changing. But do i really have to go through changing each letter manually, wasn't there a script that did this?

[ivanovic]

In a nice little commandline:

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cd /your/wesnoth_maindir
./data/tools/wmllint --help

wmllint will do all the work of converting stuff. The --help param should give you a list of possible options. It should even work on windows if you have a python interpreter installed, not sure though...

In the wiki you can find more infos about the great tools written by esr:
http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Maintenance_tools
I don't know if the page in the wiki is always up to date, but esr works on improving the scripts all the time.

[Bob_The_Mighty]

Thanks for the speedy response. Only problem is, I don't know how to run wmllint. Where do I type that command line?

I am using windows but i have no python interpreter.

[governor]

Thanks for the speedy response. Only problem is, I don't know how to run wmllint. Where do I type that command line?

I am using windows but i have no python interpreter.

On windows:

Start Button-> run
type 'cmd' press enter

then follow above instructions

[Bob_The_Mighty]

Thanks governor, I'm still having problems though. I don't know what I am doing at all.

I have got the command line to say:

C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.3.6\data\tools>

What do i have to type next?

[Sapient]

First go to this directory:

C:\Program Files\Wesnoth 1.3.6\>

Then type this command:

"C:\Python2.5\python.exe" data\tools\wmllint --help

(Substitute Python2.5 with the directory you installed python to.)

Then type this command:

"C:\Python2.5\python.exe" data\tools\wmllint -o 1.3.2 userdata\data\campaigns\Bobs_Stuff

(Substitute Bobs_Stuff with your directory of stuff)

[viorc]

In the multiplayer window when creating a game and selecting a map it just says error, map contains invalid character.[...]
I presume this problem is to do with the terrain letters all changing.[...]

As a side note, from version 1.3.5 (if I remember well), there cannot be any map in the previous format under editor/maps/ directory otherwise wesnoth would crash in the multiplayer map selection screen with message (in the command box):

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wesnoth: terrain_translation.cpp:715: t_translation::t_layer t_translation::string_to_layer_(const std::string&): Assertion `str.size() <= 4' failed.

The only solution now to make 1.2.x and 1.3.x version live together is to configure them to use different preference directory (setting up --with-preferences-dir in the configuration before compilation).

I suddenly remember I was asked to report that information on IRC but at that moment the forum became unavailable until I forgot

[jb]

for an easy fix, take any 1.3.2 map and load it in the 1.3.4 editor and re-save it.

EDIT- To convert any map older than 1.3.2. you must first load it in the 1.3.2 editor and resave. Then take the resaved file and load it into 1.3.4 editor and resave again.

[Bob_The_Mighty]

Thanks JB, I tried your trick and it worked.