[akOOma]

Hey Tenshi...I would be cool to see a tutorial about such a kind of scripting (if it doesn't already exist....)...would you like to write one?
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[ThousandKnives]

My current project uses XML for all non-tile map data, including event scripts. The XML is parsed when the map is loaded and converted into generic "event" data objects (arrays of numbers and characters), each containing an ID as to how the data should be read. It's obviously not the most compact or efficient way to store it, but it makes creating map data remarkably easy to manage.

Of course, XML is SO easy to edit that it also leaves a huge back-door for players to make the game easier.

I'm storing item and magic data in this same way, so I can create online data for players simply by writing some XML-DTD.

I'm not claiming that this is a good way to do the job, but I thought I'd report my method since it hadn't been mentioned.

[DrunkenCoder]

hmm... actually the only thing I think went wrong here is that you distribute everything in plaintext... why not just add a precompile step that way you can move the XML parsing out of the game itself and into its own app, and also the most blunt hacking attempts will be thwarted
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[Tenshi]

- I guess I could write one...
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