Conquer Club

lackattack wrote:XML Extensions
This isn't really part of the update but I thought I should mention that the XML which cartographers use to make maps on CC has become more flexible and allows for these new possibilities:

1. Neutral Territories
2. Territorial Bonus
3. Bombardments
4. Final Objectives
5. Partially Held Continents
6. Continent Overrides

We still have to properly document the XML for newcomers to the Map Foundry. Nonetheless, we all can look forward to a new generation of maps with exciting twists to the gameplay


Enjoy!

lackattack wrote:So I would like to go ahead with these proposals:

Starting Neutral Territories (e.g. Ethiopia starts with 6 neutral armies)

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<country>
<name>Ethiopia</name>
<borders>
  <border>Somalia</border>
  <border>Kenya</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
  <smallx>424</smallx>
  <smally>213</smally>
  <largex>569</largex>
  <largey>277</largey>
</coordinates>
<neutral>6</neutral>
</country>


Final Objective (e.g. win the game by conquering the west coast)

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<continent>
...
</continent>
<objective>
  <name>West Coast</name>
  <components>
     <component>Burkina Faso</component>
     <component>Benin</component>
     <component>Ghana</component>
     <component>Liberia</component>
     <component>Guinea</component>
     <component>Senegal</component>
     <component>Mauritania</component>
     <component>Western Sahara</component>
     <component>Morocco</component>
  </components>
</objective>
<country>
...
</country>

Territorial Bonus (e.g. Ethiopia gets a +2 bonus each round, negative numbers also allowed)

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<country>
<name>Ethiopia</name>
<borders>
  <border>Somalia</border>
  <border>Kenya</border>
</borders>
<coordinates>
  <smallx>424</smallx>
  <smally>213</smally>
  <largex>569</largex>
  <largey>277</largey>
</coordinates>
<bonus>2</bonus>
</country>


lackattack wrote:Here's the latest on XML extension:

Ranged attacks
They are going to be called "bombardments". The dice will function as normal but there is no advancing or fortifying.

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<country>
   <name>Yellow King</name>
   <borders>
      <border>Y2</border>
   </borders>
   <bombardments>
      <bombardment>Red King</bombardment>
   </bombardments>
   <coordinates>
      <smallx>184</smallx>
      <smally>283</smally>
      <largex>219</largex>
      <largey>332</largey>
   </coordinates>
</country>

2007-05-22 09:04:01 - lackattack bombarded Red King from Yellow King and annihilated BeerMeNow's armies

Final Objectives
The game will re-initialize if someone is dealt an objective (up to 50x which should never happen :!: ) In team games an individual player must hold the entire objective, just like a continent. Holding an objective in Assassin gives full points. I propose this for Terminator: Holding the objective ends the game and gives you points for all non-terminated and non-deadbeat opponents. Comments?

Collections / X of Y Bonus
Instead of introcuing a new <collections> tag how about adding a "required" (or "quantity"?) tag to <continent>, like this:

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<continent>
   <name>Any 4 Kings</name>
   <bonus>5</bonus>
   <components>
      <component>Red King</component>
      <component>Green King</component>
      <component>Blue King</component>
      <component>Purple King</component>
      <component>Yellow King</component>
   </components>
   <required>4</required>
</continent>

This will require a bit more XML but is more flexible and similar to what we already have. Comments?

Overruling continent bonus
Instead of a <bestof> tag how about a set of <overrule>s, like this:

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<continent>
   <name>Any 4 Kings</name>
   <bonus>5</bonus>
   <components>
      <component>Red King</component>
      <component>Green King</component>
      <component>Blue King</component>
      <component>Purple King</component>
      <component>Yellow King</component>
   </components>
   <required>4</required>
   <overrules>
      <overrule>Any 2 Kings</overrule>
      <overrule>Any 3 Kings</overrule>
   </overrules>
</continent>

gimil wrote:BUMP

lackattack wrote:hey guys, we're going to start documenting the xml extensions in a few days and have it in a sticky soon enough...

KEYOGI wrote:He may be referring to the XML Tutorial, which can be found via the Map Making Tools thread.

Click here for a direct link to the XML Tutorial.

KEYOGI wrote:I'm not quite sure I see the point to be honest Cairns. It's all in the 'How to Make A Map' and 'Map Making Tools' threads.