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Tarax the Terrible wrote:

gorboth wrote: It features maps that are quite a bit cooler than zmud maps!

cmud supporting gmcp allows them to make a window to include magic map beside zmud type map if they want, i believe

Kitriana wrote:

Tarax the Terrible wrote:

gorboth wrote: It features maps that are quite a bit cooler than zmud maps!

cmud supporting gmcp allows them to make a window to include magic map beside zmud type map if they want, i believe

How do you do this?

The GMCP interface for maps has been changed. The complete ASCII map is now passed with GMCP, along with the coordinates. This way the client doesn't have to rely on the maps being available before from a certain location. For this Room.Info has been amended with the coordinates. This is called when the player moves to another room.



Code:
Room.Info

Upon subscription of the Room package it will send information about the
environment the player is in. The payload for each room is an object with
the following keys:

id - A unique identifier for the room. This will remain static as long
as the code of the room isn't moved.
short - The short description of the room.
exits - An array listing the exits of the room.
doors - An array listing the exits of the room reachable through a door.
x, y - Coordinates of the room on the map. Omitted if the room isn't on
the map. Note x=0 will never happen, so you can test for that.
The zoomx, zoomy are only given if there is a zoomed map.

Example: { "id" : "iX5PnH",
"short" : "A pond with a waterfall.",
"exits" : [ "up", "east" ],
"doors" : [ "north" ],
"x" : x, "y" : y, "zoomx" : zoomx, "zoomy" : zoomy }




In addition, a new Room.Map has been created, that is called whenever the player moves to a new section of the map.



Code:
Room.Map

This package is sent when a player enters into a new map area. It contains
the map graphics and optionally the zoomed map graphics.

Example: { "map" : "map graphics",
"zoom" : "zoomed map graphics" }




Note, the Room.Map is NOT called when the player moves to an area that isn't covered by the Map. Whether the player is on the map can be determined by the Room.Info.X being positive (X=0 will not happen on maps). The presence of the zoom function can be determined by the Room.Info.zoomx being positive.

execwin MagicMap { #clr }
#win MagicMap  {%gmcp.Room.Map.map}