Re: [Rails-devel] A question or two about the Rails XML interface.

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

Is anyone able to convert .gif to .svg?
See below for some requirements that include the required SVG size (copied
from CombineTiles.pl as mentioned in my previous reply).

Once that has been done, we can use the .svg equivalents in the displays.
Internally we still need standard TileDesigner equivalents, for which we can
use existing standard off-map city or town tiles
(or perhaps we need new ones, with stop type "mine" or such).

# Notes on creating new tiles:
# 1. In TileDesigner, export SVG tiles with size=170 and filename
template=tile<c0>.
#    Do this with ID checked into directory tiles/TDwithID, and again
#    with ID unchecked into directory tiles/TDwoID.
# 2. If the saved tiles turn out to invisible, use program
FixInvisibility.pl
#    to remove superfluous strings ' xmlns=""'. It is unknown why
TileDesigner
#    sometimes includes this string in the path tags.
# 3. If tiles are modified with Inkscape, before saving, set the following
properties
#    via File|DocumentProperties:
#    - First press 'Fit page to selection'. This should change the size to
#      Width=393.00 and Height=341.00.
#    - To add the extra whitespace below the tile image that TileDesigner
also adds
#      (for unknown reasons), change the Height to 357.50.
#    - Then save the tile.
# 4. Use this program to combine tiles from the following directories into
tiles/svg:
#    - From tiles/TDwithID: all tiles with an ID > 0 (not preprinted tiles).
#      These images have the id on the tile.
#    - From tiles/TDwoID: all tiles with an ID <= 0 (preprinted tiles).
#      These images do not have the ID on the tile (create these separately
from TD).
#    - From tiles/handmade: all tiles in that dir will overwrite any of the
above.
#      These are the tiles modified by hand or with Inkscape.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John David Galt [mailto:jd...@di...]
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 12:14 AM
> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] A question or two about the Rails XML
interface.
> 
> Here are the three "mine tiles", in the two sizes of .gif that 18xx.net
uses.
> I've left off the names and the values for the "offboard run" in the hope
that
> Rails can generate those dynamically.
> 
> If some other format would work better, I'll see if I can create it.  Let
me
> know.