Object Types

The xml element ObjectTypes defines all the geographical object types in a session.

<ObjectTypes>
  <ObjectType> 
  <ObjectType> 
  ...
  <ObjectType> 
</ObjectTypes>

The xml element ObjectType defines a geographical object type and contain a set of basic properties. Beside the basic properties the activated modules can add properties for the ObjectTypes. See documentation for each module.

A geographical object type is defined with the following properties:


Property	Module	Value
IDName		The identification name for a object type. Value example = "Pine", "Birch", "House", "Water"
Description		Object description. Value example= "Water post"/>
DestroyEffect	Forest Fire	What happens when the object are in fire. See DestroyEffect Value example= "Fuel station"/>
FireSpeed	Forest Fire	The fire spread factor for this object. The ignite time is multiplied with this value. Value example= "1" Value example = "0.5" For more information see the fire simulation documentation.
FuelRefillSpeed	Logistic Fuel	The amount of fuel this object can to deliver every second to a unit that is refilling fuel from this object. Apply on object type "fuel". Value example = "15" Module : Fuel Logistic Should only be defined if the module FuelLogistic is active.
Image		The Image
UnitMovementSpeed		Units movement delay factor.
ValueEmotional		Emotional value.
ValueMaterial		Material Value.
WaterRefillSpeed	Logistic Water	The amount of water this object can to deliver every second to a unit that is refilling water from this object. Apply on object type "water". Value example = "15" Module : Water Logistic Should only be defined if the module WaterLogistic is active.

    <ObjectType
      IDName = "Normal"
      Description = ""
      DestroyEffect = ""
      FireSpeed = "1"
      FuelRefillSpeed = "5"
      Image = "Object/Normal.gif"
      UnitMovementSpeed = "1"
      ValueEmotional = "1"
      ValueMaterial = "1"
      WaterRefillSpeed = "5" />

Objects

The xml element Objects contains all map objects that should exist in the simulation.

Object

Defines where a map object should exist.

Configuration example:

<source>
<Objects>
  <Object> ... </Object>
  <Object> ... </Object>
  ...
  <Object> ... </Object>
 <Object Type = "Pine" Pos = "12,12" />
    <Object Type = "Pine" Pos = "12,11" />
    <Object Type = "Pine" Pos = "11,2" />
    <Object Type = "Birch" Pos = "38,23" />
    <Object Type = "Birch" Pos = "23,40" />
    <Object Type = "Birch" Pos = "2,32" />
    <Object Type = "House" Pos = "40,40" />
    <Object Type = "Water" Pos = "17,22" />
    <Object Type = "Fuel"  Pos = "11,12" />
    <Object Type = "Water"  Pos = "10,10" />
</Objects>
</source>

A object is defined with the following properties:


Property	Value
Type	The object type identification number. Value example = "House" Value example= "Pine"
Pos	Pos on the map Value example = "2, 20" Value example= "12,12"

<Source>
    <Object
        Type = "Pine" 
         Pos = "12,12" 
    />
</Source>

Object Image

The image representing this object on the map should have the file name IDName with '12.gif' as a
extension ( <IDName>12.gif).

Example : Pine12.gif

The image file should be stored in the map image catalog <C3FIRE-MAP-IMAGES> , located at <C3FIRE-WWW-ROOT>/pic/

Example : C:\c3fire\www\pic\Pine12.gif

The standard experiment setting defines four object types. They are Normal, Pine, Birch and House.
The module extended setting defines an additional object type, Water. The type must be represented
of an image, named and saved according to examples above.

Standard experiment setting

Normal :

Pine :

Birch :

House :

Module extended setting
Water :

The different
geographical objects

Display Objects

The xml element Objects contains all map objects that should be visible on the users map at start.

DisplayObject

Defines where a map object should exist on the map.

Configuration example

<source>
<DisplayObjects>
  <DisplayObject> ... </DisplayObject>
  <DisplayObject> ... </DisplayObject>
  ...
  <DisplayObject> ... </DisplayObject>
    <DisplayObject Type = "Pine"  Pos = "5,10" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Pine"  Pos = "38,22" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Birch" Pos = "37,23" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Birch" Pos = "1,2" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Birch" Pos = "23,34" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "House" Pos = "1,38" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Water" Pos = "17,22" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Fuel"  Pos = "11,12" />
    <DisplayObject Type = "Water"  Pos = "10,10" />    
</DisplayObjects>
</source>

A DisplayObject is defined with the following properties:


Property	Value
Type	The object type identification number. Value example = "House" Value example= "Pine"
PosX	Pos on the map Value example = "5, 10" Value example= "12,12"

 
<Source>
    <DisplayObject
        Type = "Pine" 
         Pos = "12,12" 
    />
</Source>

DestroyEffect

 
  <DestroyEffects>

    <DestroyEffect
      IDName = "FuelStation"
      Description = "When the fuel station is in fire it will explode, All unit in the area 3x3 will be destroyed."
      DestroyTime = "0.0"
      FireRadie = "2"
      FireType = "Fire"
      ObjectRadie = "0"
      ObjectType = ""
      UnitRadie = "2"
      UnitType = "Destroy"
      WhenFireBurnedOut = "False"
      WhenInFire = "True"
      WhenInFireAndOutOfWater = "False" />

  </DestroyEffects>

Edit Objects on Map

Examples

Change House to School

If you have a map with houses and want to change some house to a school follow these steps.

Make sure that the a school object is defined in the XML ObjectTypes Tag in the definition file, Example file name ...-ObjectsTypes.coni

<ObjectTypes>
  <ObjectType
    ...
    <ObjectType
        IDName = "School"
        AidRefillSpeed = "0"
        Description = ""
        DestroyEffect = ""
        FireSpeed = "1"
        Image = "Object/School.gif"
        PeopleTransportAlwaysSendNrOfPeople = "False"
        PeopleTransportEnterLeaveSpeed = "0"
        PeopleTransportUnload = "False"
        PowerRefillSpeed = "0"
        SandbagRefillSpeed = "0"
        UnitMovementSpeed = "1"
        ValueEmotional = "1"
        ValueMaterial = "1" />
    ...

Make sure that the a school object is defined in the user interface object palette definition.

XML ObjectPalette Tag is defined in the Main UI file. Example file name ...-UIMain.coni

Resize the object panel if needed.

<UserInterfaceLayout>
    <Layout
      Name = "Ground Chief" >
      ...
      <Object
        Name = "ObjectPalette"
        ...
        VisibleObjects = "Pine,Birch,House,School,Hospital,Tent,Water" />
...

<ManagerConfig
  ...
  <SessionControlLayout>
    ...
    <Object
      Name = "ObjectPalette"
      ...
      VisibleObjects = "Pine,Birch,House,School,Hospital,Tent,Water" />
...

<ReplayConfig
  ...
  <SimulationMapLayout>
    ...
    <Object
      Name = "ObjectPalette"
      ...
      VisibleObjects = "Pine,Birch,House,School,Hospital,Tent,Water" />
...

Update simulation information where the school should be.
The positions is defined in the XML Objects tag in the definition file.

Example file name ...MapObjectsPos.coni
```
<Objects>
  ...
  <Object
    Type = "House"
    Pos = "2,17" />
  ...
```
Pos is the position on map "x,y" / "Column,Row"

Change "House" to "School"
Update map information where the school should be.
The positions is defined in the XML DisplayObjects tag in the definition file.

Use to be the the same file as where the XML Objects tag is.

Example file name ...MapObjectsPos.coni
```
<DisplayObjects>
  ...
    <DisplayObject
       Type = "House"
       Pos = "2,17" />
  ...
```
Pos is the position on map "x,y" / "Column,Row"

Change "House" to "School"

Map Editor

Description below make it possible to manipulate the map objects with the user interface and save it to disk.

The units position is moved with the map manipulation commands described below.

Activation and editing steps

In Players UI configuration in file <config_name>-UIMain-Mac.coni set ObjectPalette config to the information below.

In most configurations the players UI is defined in <Layout Name = "Ground Chief" >.

   <Layout
      Name = "Ground Chief" >
      ...
      <Object
        Name = "ObjectPalette"
        BorderVisible = "True"
        Enabeled = "true"      Should be true
        Pos = "1222,290"   
        Size = "120,180"
        Visible = "true"       Should be true
        VisibleObjects = "" /> Should be empty

Start the session and let the session run.
Edit the map in player A´s UI

You need to ignore the fire or crenate an scenario that does not start the fire.
Save the map: Alt-S : Se description below.

Replace the map information in the map object position definition file.

Example: located in condition folder, <config_name>-MapObjectsPos.coni

  <Objects>
    Insert all <Object>'s here
  </Objects>

  <DisplayObjects>
    Insert all <DisplayObject>'s here
  </DisplayObjects>

Copy the units positions to the unit start position definition file.
Example: located in condition folder, <config_name>-UnitsPos.coni

Restor the Players UI configuration in file <config_name>-UIMain-Mac.coni ObjectPalette information.

Example

   <Layout
      Name = "Ground Chief" >
      ...
      <Object
        Name = "ObjectPalette"
        BorderVisible = "True"
        Enabeled = "true"      
        Pos = "1222,290"   
        Size = "120,180"
        Visible = "true"       
        VisibleObjects = "Pine,Birch,House,School,Hospital,Tent,Water" />

Map editing: You can select objects in the object Palette. The selected object get a white marking.; Then you can put the objects on the map. Point on the map an press left mouse button.

C3fire doc map map editor object palette.png

Map manipulation: While the session is running you can do the commands described below, (Save before session end); The mouse pointer needs to be on the map to make the key commands to work.

When you are ready save the map and copy the saved object and unit positions to you configuration

Alt-S : Save, saves the map to, ...\C3LearningLabs\C3Fire\Client\Files\Root\saved-map.txt

or ...\C3Systems\C3Fire\Client\saved-map.txt

Alt-R : Rotate the map clockwise
Alt-L : Rotate the map counter clockwise

Alt-H : Mirror horizontally
Alt-V : Mirror vertically

Alt-T : Mirror top right bottom left
Alt-U : Mirror top left bottom right

Map with place names

With some image editing it is possible to make good maps with place names.

Background Image

The map names should be placed in the map background image.

What map background image that should be used is defined in the session main configuration, in the <Map> element.

Example file name: P4-F4B4L4D4-C1-F80-HV.con (the main configuration files ends with '.con')

<Source>
  ...       
  <Map
    IDName = "Main"
    ...
    BackgroundImage = "fhs23b-40x40.gif"
    ...
</Source>

All map background image files are stored in C:\C3LearningLabs\C3Fire\Client\Files\Root\Map on both sever and client (Player) computers.

Normal Background are file for map size 40x40: Background-40x40.gif

How to steps

To use a map with place names do the following.

Create the c3fire map with the vegetation and hoses as normal.
Reserv plases were you want to put the names.
In an image editor load a background image with the grid.
Support and example design files exist in C:\C3LearningLabs\Resources\C3Fire\Resorces\Map\fhs23a

There exist a 40x40 grid file, Mapgrid-1.png.

The example design files are made in the image editor program Gimp (https://www.gimp.org).
Add map names to the background image in an image editor. Save the image file as a gif file.
Support and example design files exist in C:\C3LearningLabs\Resources\C3Fire\Resorces\Map\fhs23a

map-names.xcf contains example names, One layer for each name.

FHS23b-40x40.xcf is an example file, it contain all names layers, only the selected layers are visible.

If you use this file, then make all name layers you want to use visible and move them to position on the map.

If you want to use C3Fire's vegetation and house icons do not insert the icons in the map image, they are inserted by the C3Fire system.
In C3Fire the map will look like this.
C3fire-config-map-map-with-place-names-howto-end.png

C3fire-config-map-map-with-place-names-howto-end2.png
On all computers (Server and player Clients), copy the map image to. C:\C3LearningLabs\C3Fire\Client\Files\Root\Map
In the session main configuration set the name of the map image in the <Map> element.
Example file name: P4-F4B4L4D4-C1-F80-HV.con (the main configuration files ends with '.con')
```
<Source>
  ...       
  <Map
    IDName = "Main"
    ...
    BackgroundImage = "fhs23a-40x40.gif"
    ...
</Source>
```

In the session main configuration set the map configuration so that it does not view the grid in the <Map> element.

<Source>       
  ...
  <Map
    IDName = "Main"
    ...
      GridUse = "False"
    ...
</Source>

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