Mercurial > hg > batmud > maputils
changeset 2412:218af640851e
Move old format notes to bottom of the file.
| author | Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org> |
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| date | Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:23:51 +0200 |
| parents | d610de6baab1 |
| children | 7a8239b50db6 |
| files | README.loc |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README.loc Thu Nov 11 15:45:57 2021 +0200 +++ b/README.loc Mon Nov 15 01:23:51 2021 +0200 @@ -2,31 +2,6 @@ ========================================= This document describes format version 4.0. -CHANGES FROM v3.x ------------------ - - * Origin (origo) is now (1,1), compared to previous (0,0). This means - that coordinates < 1 are illegal and that the data files have been - adjusted +1,+1. This change was made to match BatMUD's internal - coordinates, as shown by 'whereami' command. - * Location name field can now have special flag prefixes on each - subfield to indicate original (in-game) area name, etc. - * Creator/coder name field can now have special flag prefixes on each - subfield to indicate original coder, maintainer or recoder. - * Certain new flags were added. - - -CHANGES FROM v2.x ------------------ - - * Records are no longer line-based, but can span multiple lines. - A new record can only start after a newline, though. - * String fields can have escaped sequences inside them. - * Name field can now contain optional alternative names, - separated by pipe ('|'). First name, is still used as the - primary "key", however. - - GENERAL FORMAT DESCRIPTION -------------------------- A properly formatted loc-file MUST start with line: @@ -131,3 +106,28 @@ * [OPT] Freeform: Any location-related data. Ends in linefeed as it is the last field. + + +CHANGES FROM v3.x +----------------- + + * Origin (origo) is now (1,1), compared to previous (0,0). This means + that coordinates < 1 are illegal and that the data files have been + adjusted +1,+1. This change was made to match BatMUD's internal + coordinates, as shown by 'whereami' command. + * Location name field can now have special flag prefixes on each + subfield to indicate original (in-game) area name, etc. + * Creator/coder name field can now have special flag prefixes on each + subfield to indicate original coder, maintainer or recoder. + * Certain new flags were added. + + +CHANGES FROM v2.x +----------------- + + * Records are no longer line-based, but can span multiple lines. + A new record can only start after a newline, though. + * String fields can have escaped sequences inside them. + * Name field can now contain optional alternative names, + separated by pipe ('|'). First name, is still used as the + primary "key", however.