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Robot Arena => General Support => Topic started by: Wolfsbane on August 03, 2011, 09:56:51 AM

Title: .map files?
Post by: Wolfsbane on August 03, 2011, 09:56:51 AM: what the heck is a .map file?

a couple questions about them.

1.What are they used for?
2.How do i edit them?
Title: Re: .map files?
Post by: G.K. on August 03, 2011, 11:49:36 AM: I believe they are used to help navigate AI bots on arenas with multiple levels. Unless you are making a complex arena, there's really no need.
Title: Re: .map files?
Post by: Trovaner on August 03, 2011, 03:35:32 PM: Map files are used to mark walls, hazards, ramps, and empty space within arenas. They don't work well for overlapping floors but they were designed to mark a multi-levelled surface. The only time that I'm aware of this data being used is when "Arenas.currentArena.IsStraightPathClear(XYZ-StartingLocation, XYZ-EndingLocation, IgnoreHazards)" is called. Which happens to be in most of the AI tactics ('Charge', 'Shove', 'Reorient', 'PushOffEdge', and 'Dethrone').

Arenas/__init__.py has methods for loading, saving, and creating map files but loading is the only one that works. It is possible to get the other two to work but it requires a bit of tweaking. Another option would be to use a text editor to make the map files by hand (it really isn't that hard to figure them out).