Re: [vassalengine-devel] Import module

[Joel U. <uck...@no...>]

Thus spake "Michael Kiefte":
> I have an almost complete module that imports an ADC2 module into
> VASSAL.  So far, it is capable of rendering maps made up of discrete
> elements (hexes, hexsides, hexlines, etc.) as well as maps that are
> made up of sheets.  It does hex numbering correctly and renders
> counters correctly as well.  It also does a separate counter tray that
> better mimics the behaviour of the ADC force pools. There are a number
> of things it does not do yet and there are a few quirks still. It
> actually renders maps made of discrete elements substantially better
> than the original program (except for scanned maps, which look exactly
> the same).
> 
> You can compare these two screenshots:
> http://myweb.dal.ca/mkiefte/adc2.png
> http://myweb.dal.ca/mkiefte/vassal.png
> 
> The reason I did this is because it is excruciatingly difficult to get
> my 64-bit Linux machine to run ADC2 (I did get it to work
> eventually--but not before I wrote the module).  It will run all of
> the ADC2 modules that I have, so it makes me happy at least.
> 
> With respect to copyright, my intention was not to write a converter,
> but rather something that just read in an ADC2 file such that it would
> operate correctly.  It does that.
> 
> The problem is that the improvements to this module are coming more
> and more slowly.  I've got the bulk of the information in ADC2 files
> into VASSAL, but it's the little stupid bits that are starting to take
> a lot of time to translate into VASSAL functionality.  If I try to
> complete this module, it will bog me down for a significant amount of
> time.
> 
> What do you guys think?  Should I try to tidy this up for public consumption?
> 
> - Michael.

That's great!

Wouldn't it make more sense to have it spit out a VASSAL module, since
clearly you can read enough of the ADC2 file to do that?

(I'm planning to make something which does exactly that for Cyberboard
gameboxes as soon as the source is public.)

-- 
J.