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=== defineThe data file "owterra.dat ===" contains the "over-world terrains" of the IVAN world map. These are so named, because they become the little pictures that sit over the ground terrain on the world map. They denote the
Adding Cities and Dungeons to the IVAN World Map (view source)
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== Three key resources ==
There are three key steps to getting your
=== Your dungeon data file ===
Your dungeon.dat file should reside in Script/dungeons where it will automatically be picked up by the
=== define.dat ===
Anything you put in define.dat, you can refer to in your other script files. This is a general rule and is applicable to any of the data files. For example, if you want to create another config of a guard, then you just put a new #define in define.dat, and you can now refer to it in char.dat and your dungeon data file.
So it follows that you can #define your own dungeon name, which will be essential when we come to link the dungeon data file to the terrain data file.
Stick to upper case lettering when adding a new #define, and be sure to put an underscore when separating words.
Dos and don'ts: be sure items that are enumerated follow a nice numerical sequence e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; or 2, 4, 8, 16, 32; rather than 1, 2, 5, 7, 8;
If we wish to refer to a particular dungeon in the code itself, say in game.cpp, then the code will need to know about it, and so a #define will need to appear in ivandef.h before compiling the game.
=== owterra.dat ===
== A worked example ==
== Known limitations ==
As of 0.50.6, the number of slots is 32.
Overflow of number of dungeons. Ways in which this can happen.
Population distribution of terrain types collected by the sampling algorithm.
