2D Level File Format

Tarviathun · 2005-01-05T03:12:17

I'm making a 2D tile-based RTS engine. Right now, I'm still designing the classes and how I'm going to put this together. One of my questions so far is, which was is best to store the level data? My plan was to use an XML document and layout different tiles and triggers, spawn points, etc. I know that this can be done in different ways, maybe less readable and far less bulky. Yet, this seems to be a simple, easy-to-do, easily extensible, and supported method. What do you guys think? Is there a better way to do this than laying out the level data in an XML format?

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Started by Tarviathun January 03, 2005 09:11 PM

11 comments, last by Tarviathun 19 years, 3 months ago

deadimp

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January 04, 2005 08:37 PM

I'd go with the binary map-making. I don't know anything about XML, but I've tried doing 'levels' with text, and it's [WORD:a bad place]. Just plan out the format, and go with it. It's simple, because for options and such, you can just load a structure directly from the file. That's just my opinion.

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nagromo

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January 04, 2005 10:11 PM

I personally am actually using .net serialization to save and load data. I just have a class with the data I want to save and I serialize it and compress it with SharpZipLib. It's really easy, but the C++ equivalent (writing a struct directly to a file) may not be that safe.

Tarviathun

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January 05, 2005 03:12 AM

I believe that for now, I'll stick with XML. Easy, simple, extensible, and supported. Eventually, I'll move over to a binary format, seeing as it's just better for performance and size. However, because I need a flexible file format seeing as I'm working with an in-developement engine, I'll use the XML idea.

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