[Abandoned] Knights & Warlocks

[DiM]

i don't know what to say, andy. it's been yet another week.
3 and a half months since sully says he started the xml. might be a new record...

i'll pm him about it.

[lostatlimbo]

I can't blame him, I bet this will be a very difficult xml.

[swimmerdude99]

I'm so freakin excited about this map its not even funny...

[DiM]

calling all sully, come in sully

[koontz1973]

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I am sure Sully is here, but I cannot find him anywhere.

[AndyDufresne]

Found him. Somehow I think Sully would be the only guy in a V-neck sweater and a collared shirt at the beach:



Here's to hoping for this map!


--Andy

[DiM]

it's been 4 months since Victor Sullivan was supposed to work on the xml. since then he told me it will be done in 1-2 weeks at least 3 times. and each time i asked again what happened he came up with various excuses. lately he stopped responding to my pms regarding this xml. oddly enough he talked to me about other stuff. on april 26th i sent him one final pm telling him i'm gonna start looking for another xml writer unless he finishes the xml by sunday. he read and ignored my pm. now it's sunday evening so our collaboration is over. i don't know why he chose to act like this but it doesn't matter at this point. as of today zimmah will be taking care of the xml for this map.
here are the images changed to include zimmah's name:


map of neutrals:

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[koontz1973]

About time you got this one sorted out DiM. Would of thought it should of been binned as an update had not been made for a while.

[AndyDufresne]

Probably for the best to get someone else to do the XML.

Cool lookin' map.


--Andy

[zimmah]

since you all have been waiting for 4 months i'll do my best to finish it quickly, however since i have to work from scratch, it may take some time still.

[zimmah]

still working on it.

may take quite a few days/weeks (probably not months, hopefully) still.

it's now something like 3300 lines and basically only did the territories themselves (and the borders, bombardments etc.)

still have to do the coordinates, and off course, the hardest part, the continents.

i also want to let you know that i am beginning a study in math next monday so i can only spent some time when i have energy left for it.

[zimmah]

as to why it's taking so long, here's an explanation:

let's take for example Kufyle and Herw.

possible unique connections (without detours/double entries) are:

Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Yetic -> Grat -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Grat -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murg -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Yetic -> Tryn -> Melq -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Yetic -> Cairns -> Melq -> Herw

and if traderoutes crossing other kingdoms is allowed (which would make it far more complicated):

Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Neda -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Drule -> Erti -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Turyx -> Gurad -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Turyx -> Guard -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Bofert -> Rogh -> Gurad -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Bofert -> Rogh -> Gurad -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Dolge -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Dolge -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uca -> Mankey -> Putu -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uca -> Mankey -> Putu -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uca -> Bulis -> Albina -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uca -> Bulis -> Albina -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uxi -> Bulis -> Albina -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Bofert -> Huyt -> Uxi -> Bulis -> Albina -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Murt -> Valer -> Bofert -> Rogh -> Jangos -> Sorle -> Mogh -> Herw
Kufyle -> Ufasa -> Voif -> Valer -> Bofert -> Rogh -> Jangos -> Sorle -> Mogh -> Herw

now do this for every territory.

and now factor in capitals.



i'm gunna finish it eventually though. don't worry.

[DiM]

[AndyDufresne]

Yowza!


--Andy

[zimmah]

ok i think i have found a way to do this. i'll see if it works, i'll try to make a code snippet i can use for the orange continent first and see how far i get.

the basic idea is, i make a (hidden) continent that gives 0 bonus for each possible route (without adding the unneccesary routes). in above example i'd make 21 continents for all the routes between Herw and Kufyle. than i make yet another continent that has all of the other 21 continents inside it, and it also gives a 0 bonus, and it will be viable if you have 1 or more of the routes. and than i will make a list of continents that gives you 1 army for each set of supply routes you have. and than repeat the whole process to include capitals.

that would mean i'd end up with like maybe a thousand continents, so i'm not sure if i will exceed the limit for XML size (if there is any) but well, i can't really think of a more efficient way to do it.

you know what i'm most worry about though? that i forget a route or two..

when this map goes beta, please don't hesitate to let me know when you're not getting a bonus and state exactly which territories you own. because i'm quite sure i'll mess it up somewhere and it'll be a pain in the ass to look through thousands of lines to find where the mistake is

below is what i have so far

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<continent>
   <name>Melepe to Mucea</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe to Chu</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Chu</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<!-- IMPORTANT! The following continents are all the possible routes between Melepe and Cris, they should all

provide 0 bonus and the name of the continent should include all the territories that are required, if this is

not the case, I made a mistake somewhere -->
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Chu Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Chu</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Ahtrilope Scutaraz Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Ahtrilope</territory>
      <territory>Scutataz</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Robole Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Robole</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Moca</territory>
      <territory>Scutataz</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Robole Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Robole</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Tulangeo</territory>
      <territory>Ruga</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Didy Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Didy</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Moca</territory>
      <territory>Scutaraz</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Didy Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Didy</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Tulangeo</territory>
      <territory>Ruga</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Rinat Jolk Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Rinat</territory>
      <territory>Jolk</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Moca</territory>
      <territory>Scutaraz</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Rinat Jolk Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Rinat</territory>
      <territory>Jolk</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Tulangeo</territory>
      <territory>Ruga</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Sigustur Lo Jolk Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Sigustur</territory>
      <territory>Lo</territory>
      <territory>Jolk</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Moca</territory>
      <territory>Scutaraz</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Mucea Sigustur Lo Jolk Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <territory>Melepe</territory>
      <territory>Mucea</territory>
      <territory>Sigustur</territory>
      <territory>Lo</territory>
      <territory>Jolk</territory>
      <territory>Nec</territory>
      <territory>Tulangeo</territory>
      <territory>Ruga</territory>
      <territory>Cris</territory>
   </components>
</continent>
<!-- Below continent checks if you own at least one of the routes between melepe and cris -->
<continent>
   <name>Melepe to Cris</name>
   <bonus>0</bonus>
   <components>
      <continent>Melepe Chu Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Ahtrilope Scutaraz Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Robole Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Robole Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Didy Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Didy Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Rinat Jolk Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Rinat Jolk Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Sigustur Lo Jolk Nec Moca Scutaraz Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe Mucea Sigustur Lo Jolk Nec Tulangeo Ruga Cris</continent>
   </components>
   <required>1</required>
</continent>
<!-- The continents below check how many resources you have supplied to villages and capitals AND GRANT THE

ACTUAL BONUS -->
<continent>
   <name>Melepe Iron to One village</name>
   <bonus>1</bonus>
   <components>
      <continent>Melepe to Mucea</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Chu</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Cris</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Tulangeo</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Scutaraz</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Ahtrilope</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Moca</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Nec</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Didy</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Jolk</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Robole</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Sigustur</continent>
      <continent>Melepe to Rinat</continent>
   </components>
   <required>1</required>
</continent>