data dump (alternative to file formats)
 

I dont see the file formats request moving in a direction that is likeky to happen soon.

On the other hand:
did anyone come up with anything in particular that they can specifically use?

Personally Id like to see a hosts option to see a world view with all the nations flags on it at once. If not, then a dump of what provinces are owned by what nations could be used to create it.

Re: data dump (alternative to file formats)
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ehm, what do you mean? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Noone's has been able to gather much from the raw files, and as you say a ASCII dump feature would be preferable.
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If so, this should be an option upon game creation. Remember, if the host is also a player, and this player would have easy access to cheating
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'd say only the player himself should have access to dumping the info.

Re: data dump (alternative to file formats)
 

A full ascii dump is part of the other thread. It would be fun but I dont considerit likely so I will let others talk about how nice that would be. But we do have 2 ascii exports already. We fought long and hard for them. The stats file and the scoreboard. They are both great but I havent seen much done with them yet.

If we can come up with specific items that we want exported, and reasons, then we might be able to get them added to stats or scoreboard. Thats what I was looking for in this thread. Specific info that would be specifically useful for 3rd party writing.

[ May 16, 2004, 13:30: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]