RE: [Rails-devel] RE: SVG

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> > A quick google search shows me that there's Batik ( 
> http://xml.apache.org/batik/ ), which is an SVG Toolkit for 
> Java. > I'll check that out and see if it'll allow us to 
> display SVGs in our game.
> 
> 
> It looks like Batik may solve our SVG problem.  However, the 
> SVGs that Tile Designer outputs are a little strange.
> 
> I've committed an example application in /test that will load 
> and display SVG graphics. You may need to fiddle with your 
> .classpath file before it'll work.
> 
> The demo app seems to parse Tile Designer's SVGs without 
> complaining, but it doesn't display the graphic. However, any 
> of the sample files distributed in the Batik package work 
> just fine.  I'm not quite sure what the deal is yet, but I'm 
> still looking into it.

You could ask Marco how he has tested his SVG files.

I'll have a look into the batik stuff later.


In the meantime I have implemented (very) basic maps for 
1830 and 1856: just the hexes with your label names,
to which I have added the mapboard hex names.

To make 1856 fit, I have reduced the scale of NS maps by a factor of 2.

To make this all work, I had to make several changes to your 
hexmap GUI classes, to the extent that your test class does not work
anymore.

I don't know yet how to fit your and mine hexmap-related
stuff together (I have added game.MapManager and game.MapHex,
which are configured in the usual way via game.ComponentManager).
I suppose it will be a trial-and-error exercise again....

Erik.