Don't tie data files to world templates

ctorg · 07-24-2006, 12:42 PM

As it is, the nations.txt, cities.txt, and other data files that are in place when a world template is created are loaded back in when the template is loaded, even if different ones are actually installed at the time. So, if I make a template with the default set of files and later want to use the same template with, say, an alternate cities.txt file where I've fixed some things, I can't. I have to completely redo the whole template.

This makes templates very limiting. In the interest of making them more flexible, I think templates should not store this data, but should work from whatever the currently intalled data files are. It would mean not having to redo them from scratch whenever we want to change one thing.

kingcharlesxii · 07-24-2006, 12:52 PM

This is a really good idea.

Dr. Walter Doodah · 07-24-2006, 12:57 PM

You mean it doesn't work this way? Yeah, this is essential. Templates should be totally flexible like that...that's the point of them, no?

ctorg · 07-24-2006, 04:12 PM

I can see why it was set up the way it is. After all, it allows you to recreate the league with one click once you call up the template. However, the sacrifice is way too high in the flexibility department, IMHO.

silvam14 · 07-25-2006, 12:17 AM

I wholeheartedly agree with this idea

Raidergoo · 08-04-2006, 11:08 AM

Processed.

07-24-2006, 12:42 PM	#1
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	Don't tie data files to world templates As it is, the nations.txt, cities.txt, and other data files that are in place when a world template is created are loaded back in when the template is loaded, even if different ones are actually installed at the time. So, if I make a template with the default set of files and later want to use the same template with, say, an alternate cities.txt file where I've fixed some things, I can't. I have to completely redo the whole template. This makes templates very limiting. In the interest of making them more flexible, I think templates should not store this data, but should work from whatever the currently intalled data files are. It would mean not having to redo them from scratch whenever we want to change one thing. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

07-24-2006, 12:52 PM	#2
kingcharlesxii Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,731	This is a really good idea. __________________ Formerly in the OTBA - Stockholm Royal Squirrels of Sweden OOTP Grand League Champion 2015

07-24-2006, 12:57 PM	#3
Dr. Walter Doodah Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: not Libya Posts: 199	You mean it doesn't work this way? Yeah, this is essential. Templates should be totally flexible like that...that's the point of them, no? __________________ There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?

07-24-2006, 04:12 PM	#4
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	I can see why it was set up the way it is. After all, it allows you to recreate the league with one click once you call up the template. However, the sacrifice is way too high in the flexibility department, IMHO. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

07-25-2006, 12:17 AM	#5
silvam14 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dedham, MA Posts: 10,138	I wholeheartedly agree with this idea __________________ Senior "Nancy Boy" of the OOTP Boards _______________________________________________

08-04-2006, 11:08 AM	#6
Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,005	Processed.