Map loading

[Mille]

HI there is one thing i don´t understand. I created the basic settings of my campaign with campgen and edited it afterwards. Everything works fine beside the map loading. By default campgen includes the whole map inside the scenario cfg. I would like it much ore, if i could include the mapfile tself, but when i replace it this way

map_data="{campaigns/Deep_down_in_the_sludgy_swamp/maps/01_swamp}"

wesnoth couldn´t load the map anymore.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is.


(campgen 0.17 and wesnoth 1.1.3

[zookeeper]

map_data="{campaigns/Deep_down_in_the_sludgy_swamp/maps/01_swamp}"

wesnoth couldn´t load the map anymore.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is.

First of all, try writing it as:

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map_data="{@campaigns/Deep_down_in_the_sludgy_swamp/maps/01_swamp}"

And if it still doesn't work, verify that the directory structure is right and that the map file actually exists.

[Mille]

HI

Thanks Zookeeper. This works. But can you explain it?
I´m just curious. In "Heirs to the the throne" there is no @ character ?

map_data="{campaigns/Deep_down_in_the_sludgy_swamp/maps/01_swamp}"

wesnoth couldn´t load the map anymore.
Can anyone tell me what the problem is.

First of all, try writing it as:

Code: Select all

map_data="{@campaigns/Deep_down_in_the_sludgy_swamp/maps/01_swamp}"

And if it still doesn't work, verify that the directory structure is right and that the map file actually exists.

[zookeeper]

I´m just curious. In "Heirs to the the throne" there is no @ character ?

I think the @ just points to the userdata/data/ directory. Mainline campaigns don't need to use it, since they don't reside in userdata.

[Mille]

I´m just curious. In "Heirs to the the throne" there is no @ character ?

I think the @ just points to the userdata/data/ directory. Mainline campaigns don't need to use it, since they don't reside in userdata.

ok thanks

[scott]

The ~ points to the userdata directory. The @ points to both - it looks first in the game directory then the user directory. Before the @ symbol, we used to have to use this construction:

map_data="{CAMPAIGNS/MYCAMPAIGN/MAPS/mapname}{~CAMPAIGNS/MYCAMPAIGN/MAPS/mapname}"

Also, back then people were sometimes installing campaigns into the game data directory, thus the need for the two entries.