Formations.reld

A RELOAD format lump for storage of battle formation definitions.

This lump is still being planned, but later it should replace the FOR binary lump.

• formations - this is the root node
  • formation int - one node for each formation. Value is the formation ID number
    • name string - Optional name of the formation (not use in game, would be handy for scripting constants)
    • hero_form int - ID number of the hero formation to use with this enemy formation
    • slots - node containing enemy slot positions (First implementation limited to 8 slots numbered 0-7, will raise that later)
      • slot int - one node for each enemy or explicitly empty slot. Value is slot id number
        • enemy_id int - Value is the ID number of the enemy who occupies this slot at the start of battle. This node is -1 for explicitly empty slots. If this node is missing, it should also be treated as an explicitly empty slot
        • x int - x coordinate
        • y int - y coordinate
        • anchorh - 0,1,2 for left, center, right
        • anchorv - 0,1,2 for top, center, bottom
    • background int - ID of the backdrop to use for the background
    • background_frames int - Background animation frames
    • background_ticks int - Background animation speed in ticks
    • music int - Battle music + 1, 0 if none, -1 for same as map
    • tags - parent node for tags
      • victory int - Tag to set if victorious
      • fled int - Tag to set if successfully ran away (not in first implementation)
      • death int - Tag to set if killed and gameplay continues (not in first implementation)
      • seen int - Tag to set at the beginning of battle if this formation is used (not in first implementation)
    • death - parent node for death options
      • continue bool - 0/1 if true, game continues without game over or game over script