[projectaon] Re: Graph

Each are slightly different in format at the moment, although we are working 
towards a standard format.
 
Mine is a simple spreadsheet that lists things like - to get from page X to 
page Y you need ..... - I translate this to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file 
and that is read by my program.
 
There is a copy of the spreadsheet in my staff area I think - I'll look it up 
later.



> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:58 -0700> From: blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx> To: 
> projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Graph> > On Sat, May 10, 
> 2008 at 10:36 AM, James Durrant> <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > That 
> would be unbelievably useful to the programmers among us - it would> > 
> replace the need for the custom navigation files we are working with at the> 
> > moment.> >> > I imagine it will be a lot of work (although you could use 
> our navigation> > files as a starting point) but we should certainly work 
> together to make the> > most of the additional information.> >> > One tricky 
> element we have encountered is how to keep items unique - some> > have very 
> similar names - so we seem to be turning towards keyed item files,> > with a 
> number or other reference replacing the actual item. If the item> > names can 
> be unique though, that may remove the need and simplify both sides> > of the 
> coin.> > I assume that for gameplay purposes, an item is unique within a 
> given> book. For example, I think you can get a couple different Silver Keys> 
> or something like that and it's apparent from the context that they> 
> shouldn't be equivalent. For items like this, perhaps an ID like> 
> "silver-key-03tcok" should work. Just a thought.> > Another issue is how to 
> specify items that have special effects, like> meals that restore EP.> > It 
> would be interesting to see the navigation files.> > --> Jon> > ~~~~~~> 
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