On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 02:31:28PM +0200, Fabian Mueller wrote: > This is about a patch I am writing, > the prototype phase is over jumping into the final implementation. > > http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=29670 > https://gna.org/bugs/?8832 > > Since I want to contribute the patch into mainline I would like to hear > your opinions and thoughts on the specification. > > Let's define some vocabularies to make the talking easier. > > Core -- A core is the base of Wesnoth's wml datatree. > Currently that is all the files in datadir/data. > There is only one Core loaded at the same time. > > Default Core -- Current Wesnoth > > Conversion -- A conversion provides another core. > > mod -- A mod provides extra code for a specific core. > You can only load mods if the target core is loaded.
In which way differs a mod from a normal addon? And I'm also not sure, but I think that what games call a mod is what you call a conversion. (Not entirely sure so correct me if I'm wrong.) > Conversions and mods can be downloaded from the addon server like > normal. Another gui dialog similar to the campaign selector will let > the player switch to another core, making it also the default for the > next start of Wesnoth. Sounds good. > A second dialog will provide all mods matching the current core and > let the player select a subset of them. Not entirely sure what you mean with this sentence. > Any thoughts? One of the ideas behind gui2 was move the hardcoded gui stuff to config files, was when somebody wanted to make a conversion (to use your term) they can also change the look of the gui without having to work on the source code. Spacenoth could then use a more modern look instead of our fantasy look. So yes I really like the idea that it will be easier to make conversions of Wesnoth. Of course such a task is a huge undertaking but it allows non-coders to completely change Wesnoth into something else. -- Regards, Mark de Wever aka Mordante/SkeletonCrew _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
