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camlorn · 04-07-2013, 10:21 PM

There is documentation available, but I do not have a link. What codebase is this?
Personally, I'd not write a parser. You've already got a parser that can convert it to the format of the codebase that they were written for, that is diku itself. I'd just rip out everything except the saving code and use that to load the files into the structs that diku uses and read those. What codebase are you trying to go to?
If these are the stock areas, I'd suggest considering not using them at all. Having original areas will make your mud much, much more appealing in my opinion.

04-07-2013, 10:21 PM	#2
camlorn Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 144	Re: How do Diku .are files work? There is documentation available, but I do not have a link. What codebase is this? Personally, I'd not write a parser. You've already got a parser that can convert it to the format of the codebase that they were written for, that is diku itself. I'd just rip out everything except the saving code and use that to load the files into the structs that diku uses and read those. What codebase are you trying to go to? If these are the stock areas, I'd suggest considering not using them at all. Having original areas will make your mud much, much more appealing in my opinion.