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Revision as of 06:02, 23 February 2007
Contents
Values of terrain letters
What each letter represents in Wesnoth maps, and the possible values of the letter key.
See TerrainWML for information on how to define a terrain.
- A human (snow) hill village
- a human hill village
- B desert village (adobe)
- b human mountain village
- C castle
- c shallow water, "coast"
- D underground village (cave, village), "dungeon village"
- d sand, (old desert)
- E desert road
- e elven (snow) village
- F forest (snow)
- f forest
- G savanna (grass)
- g grass
- H hills (snow)
- h hills
- I desert
- i ice (tundra)
- J desert hills
- j -nothing- (will be snowy mountains)
- K keep (castle)
- k river ford (grass, shallow water)
- L tropical forest village (savanna, village)
- l lava (canyon)
- M desert mountains
- m mountain
- N ruined castle
- n encampment (castle)
- O -nothing- (will probably be an Orc Castle one day)
- o dwarven castle (castle)
- P desert oasis
- p dwarven village
- Q sunken ruin
- q ruin (swamp)
- R road (grass)
- r dirt (grass)
- S tundra
- s deep water
- T forest (tropical)
- t village
- U desert village (tent)
- u cave
- V snow village (tundra, village)
- v human village (village)
- W cavewall
- w swamp
- X canyon (replaced by chasm in trunk)
- x reserved for UMCs
- Y swamp village (swamp, village)
- y reserved for UMCs
- Z mermen village (shallow water)
- z reserved for UMCs
- /,|,\ bridge (grass, shallow water)
- ~ fog
- ' ' void/shroud (it uses the "space" character)
- * reserved for UMCs
- ^ reserved for UMCs
- % reserved for UMCs
- @ reserved for UMCs
- [ rockbound cave
- ] mushroom grove
- ' illuminated cave
- ? great Elven tree
- & impassable mountains
- " ???
- $ ???
- . ???
- ; ???
- : ???
- < ???
- > ???
- _ ???
- ` ???
Reserved letters and non-letter Characters
Reserved letters are for custom terrains in user-made campaigns. In addition to these it is currently also possible to use other characters not on the above list to represent custom terrain, such as ½ § @ % etc., but new "official" terrain may be assigned for these characters in the future. So when creating custom terrain, the letters marked as reserved on the above list should be used first. Use campaign definitions (see CampaignWML) to prevent your custom terrains from interfering with other campaigns.
Terrain strings (SVN terrain only)
The terrains will be changed from a single letter to a multi letter system. There will be a compability layer for a short while. This layer doesn't work for campaigns with custom terrains, these campaigns have to be changed to use the new system.
The following rules are stated for the new terrain letters, note most of these rules are not validated since it would slow down Wesnoth; not following these rules might break Wesnoth.
- terrain strings are between 2 and 4 characters
- terrain strings start with a capital letter and the following letters are lower case
- terrain strings can only contain letters and the symbols /|\ which are meant for directional items like bridges.
- the underscore is used for internal terrains
- the star '*' can be used for wildcards in some parts
Starting positions are defined by a number followed by 1 space and then the terrain string; this means that a starting position is no longer automatically a keep.
The letters Y,y,Z,z are reserved for UMC so any string containing any of these letters is a custom terrain. Other undefined terrain strings are reserved for future expansion within Wesnoth.
Conversion form old to new
There's a conversion perl script for map named map_convert.pl. This script will convert a map with the old letters to the new strings. Some parts still have to be done manually, here a lookup table with the letters.
char= a b c d e f g h i j k l m str= Vhh Vhm Ww Ds Vea Ff Gg Hh Ai Wwf Ql Mm
char= n o p q r s t u v w x y z str= Ce Cud Vud Chs Re Wo Veg Uu Vhg Ss
char= A B C D E F G H I J K L M str= Vhha Vda Ch Vu Rd Fa Gs Ha Dd Hd _K Vht Md
char= N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z str= Chr Do Chw Rr Aa Ft Vdt Vha Xu Qxu Vs Vwm
char= / | \ & _ ~ ? ] [ ' str= Bww/ Bww| Bww\ Xu _s _f Fet Uf Uh Uui
terrains sorted per group
This list shows the string for the terrains, the italic strings are reservations for terrains. The old letter is extra shown for as an extra reference.
Snow terrains
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Ai | i | ice | snow |
Aa | S | tundra "Arctic" | snow |
Bridges
Since bridges are directional all strings here will be appended with either /|\ to show their direction. In this list these signs are replaced with a *.
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Brx* | Bridge of stones over chasm for aboveground | bridge | |
Bxu* | Bridge over chasm underground | bridge | |
Bsw* | wooden bridge over swamp | bridge | |
Bwr* | Stone Bridge over shallow water | bridge | |
Bww* | /|\ | wooden bridge bridge, over wadeable, wooden | bridge, common |
Castles
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Ce | n | encampment (castle) | castle, common |
Ch | C | human castle | castle, common |
Cv | Elven castle | castle | |
Chr | N | ruined castle | castle |
Chs | q | human ruin (swamp) | castle |
Chw | Q | human sunken ruin | castle |
Co | O | will be an Orc Castle one day | castle |
Cud | o | dwarven castle "castle underground, dwarf" | castle, underground |
desert
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Dd | I | desert | desert |
Do | P | desert oasis | desert |
Ds | d | sand, (old desert) | desert |
Forest
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Fa | F | forest (snow) "forest arctic" | forrest, snow |
Fb | Sinister Forest "Forest, Bad" | forrest | |
Fet | ? | great Elven tree | forrest |
Ff | f | forrest | forrest, common |
Ft | T | forrest tropical | forrest |
Grass
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Gb | dying "Grass brown/bad" | grass | |
Gf | Farmer's Fields | grass | |
Gg | g | grass | grass, common |
Gs | G | savanna (grass) | grass |
hill
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Ha | H | hills (snow) "hills arctic" | hill, snow |
Hd | J | desert hills (dunes) | hill, desert |
Hh | h | hills | hill, common |
Keep
The keep definition is now done with terrain transition WML, since we're no longer out of letters, this will be done manually. the _K is for backwards compability but this will be removed in the near future. The _K uses the special castle transition WML the new ones don't. This would also allow to mix items, eg a Kh keep in a Ce castle.
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
_K | K | keep (castle) | keep, common |
Ke | encampment (keep) | keep, common | |
Kh | keep castle | keep, common | |
Khr | ruined keep | keep | |
Khs | human ruin keep(swamp) | keep | |
Khw | human sunken ruin keep | keep | |
Ko | will be an Orc keep one day | keep | |
Kud | dwarven keep "keep underground, dwarf" | keep, underground |
Mountain
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Ma | snowy mountains | mountain, snow | |
Md | M | desert mountains | mountain, desert |
Mm | m | mountain | mountain, common |
(mostly) Impassable
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Qx | chasm for above ground | misc | |
Qxu | X | chasm for underground | misc, underground |
Qxw | aboveground chasm with water pouring over the edge | misc | |
Ql | l | lava | misc |
Qr | stone wall | misc |
road
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Rc | Carpeted Floor | road | |
Rd | E | desert road | road, desert |
Re | r | dirt road "earth" | road, common |
Rr | stone road "rock" | road | |
Rw | Wood floor (interior) | road |
swamp
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Sb | fetid swamp "Swamp Bad" | swamp | |
Ss | w | swamp | swamp |
underground
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Uu | u | normal cave | underground |
Uf | ] | mushroom grove "underground forest" | underground |
Uh | [ | rockbound cave (functionally "underground hill") | underground |
Uhi | illuminated rockbound cave (functionally "underground hill") | underground | |
Uuc | normal cave, carved | underground | |
Uui | ' | illuminated cave | underground |
village
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Vda | B | desert village (adobe) | village, desert |
Vdt | U | desert village (tent) | village, desert |
Veg | t | elven village "village elven grassland" | village |
Vea | e | elven (snow) village | village, snow |
Vha | V | village, snow snow village (tundra, village) | village, snow |
Vhg | v | human village (village) | village, common |
Vhh | a | human hill village | village, hill, common |
Vhha | A | human (snow) hill village | village, snow, hill |
Vhm | b | human mountain village | village, mountain |
Vht | L | tropical village (savanna, village) --nothing foresty about this village | village |
Vu | D | underground village (cave, village) | village, underground |
Vud | p | dwarven village | village, underground |
Vwm | Z | mermen village (shallow water) | village, water |
Vs | Y | swamp village (swamp, village) | village, swamp |
Vsm | swamp merfolk village (swamp) | village, swamp |
water
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Wo | s | deep water "water, ocean" | water, common |
Ww | c | shallow water, "water, wade-able" | water, common |
Wwf | k | river ford "water wadeable, ford" | water |
Wwu | shallow underground water | water, underground |
Impassable
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
Xm | & | impassable moutains | impassable, mountain |
Xrw | Impassable stone "rock" wall (interior) | impassable | |
Xu | W | cavewall | impassable, underground |
Xuc | cavewall, carved | impassable, underground | |
Xww | Impassable wooden wall (interior) | impassable |
Specials
These terrains are hardcoded in the game and translated automatically. The old UMC terrains are here for backwards compability this compability will only be guaranteed till the next major release after 1.2.(That would be 1.4 or 2.0.) As stated before the * will no longer be supported.
String | Old letter | Description | Theme |
---|---|---|---|
_f | ~ | fog | misc |
_s | (space character) | void/shroud | misc |
Adding terrains
When adding terrains make sure the following files are also checked:
data/faction/* contains favorite positions for the different factions, this is only used for the random map generator at the moment so it is not very important.
data/abilities.cfg contains the definition of submerge and ambush so depending on the change these need to be updated.
data/utils/utils.cfg containt the macro STARTING_VILLAGES which contains a list of village strings. This list doesn't support wildcards (yet).