https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/index.php?a=rssfeed&t=4747 The largest Smaug community resource site. - en SmaugMuds 60 https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23210#p23210 Just as a note... C sucks for having self-documenting data types, but if you're willing to spend a little extra memory, you can still use a serialization library and not have to maintain seperate read/write code. If your data structure looks like: [code] struct { int foo; int bar; int pfft[2]; char *ack; } thingy; [/code] A serializer (like JSON) will output something like (for example): [code] { 3, 8182, [ 23, 90 ], "some element" } [/code] This can be re https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23210#p23210 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:48:30 CDT General Discussions nobody@example.com (Quixadhal) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23209#p23209 Thanks for the suggestion, I never heard about JSON, but I will look at it now. I will likely not do a full key'd conversion, but just somethings that are easily mistaken on what they are in the file, namely integers. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23209#p23209 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:22:42 CDT General Discussions nobody@example.com (Guest) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23208#p23208 If you're adding such a thing from scratch, I'd suggest looking into JSON. You can easily just use one of the man JSON libraries out there to handle reading and writing objects in that format, it's easy enough to edit by hand if you like, and it gets rid of the ugly code involved in reading files now. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23208#p23208 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:41:45 CDT General Discussions nobody@example.com (Quixadhal) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23207#p23207 Well it does make adding stuff in the files manually easier also, same for removing it. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23207#p23207 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:52:54 CDT General Discussions nobody@example.com (Remcon) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23206#p23206 Good Morning, I am just wondering how people like the key'd area format. I know I could add it, by changing area version, making backups of my files first, and then putting in all the changes. If you didn't have key'd area format now, would you do it again? I mean I know it makes the files easier to read, but when your used to them as they are would it still be something you would do again? I am thinking of doing it, because upping area version anyway to add something for objects. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/keyd-area-format-4747/&p=23206#p23206 Sat, 21 Sep 2013 10:09:34 CDT General Discussions nobody@example.com (Guest)