From c353709f7efe6b66b3f661a67417f5209258ecd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Perttu Ahola Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:36:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mapformat WIP --- doc/mapformat.txt | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/mapformat.txt b/doc/mapformat.txt index 206f5f35..430be2d4 100644 --- a/doc/mapformat.txt +++ b/doc/mapformat.txt @@ -1,7 +1,72 @@ -I'll try to quickly document the newest block format in here (might contain -errors). Refer to the mapgen or minetestmapper script for the directory -structure and file naming. There are two sector namings possible, -sector/XXXXZZZZ and sector/XXX/ZZZ. +========================================= + Minetest World Format +========================================= + +Format used as of 0.4.dev-120322 +================================== + +This applies to a world format carrying the serialization version 22 which +is used at least in version 0.4.dev-120322. + +The serialization version used is 22. It does not fully specify every aspect +of this format; if compliance with this format is to be checked, it needs to +be done by detecting if the files and data indeed follows it. + +Legacy stuff: +------------- +Data can, in theory, be contained in the flat file directory structure +described below in Version 17, but it is not officially supported. + +Files: +------ +Everything is contained in a directory, the name of which is freeform, but +often serves as the name of the world. + +Currently the authentication and ban data is stored on a per-world basis. It +can be copied over from an old world to a newly created world. + +World +|-- auth.txt ----- Authentication data +|-- env_meta.txt - Environment metadata +|-- ipban.txt ---- Banned ips/users +|-- map_meta.txt - Map metadata +|-- map.sqlite --- Map data +|-- players ------ Player directory +| |-- player1 -- Player file +| '-- player2 -- Player file +`-- world.mt ----- World metadata + +auth.txt +--------- +Contains authentication data, player per line. +: SHA1 base64>: +Example lines: +Player "celeron55", no password, privileges "interact" and "shout": +celeron55::interact,shout +Player "Foo", password "bar", privileges "interact" and "shout": +foo:iEPX+SQWIR3p67lj/0zigSWTKHg:interact,shout + +env_meta.txt +------------- +--- Example content --- +game_time = 73471 +time_of_day = 19118 +EnvArgsEnd +----------------------- + +ipban.txt +---------- + + +Format used as of 2011-05 or so +================================ + +Map data serialization format version 17. + +Directory structure: +sectors/XXXXZZZZ or sectors2/XXX/ZZZ +XXXX, ZZZZ, XXX and ZZZ being the hexadecimal X and Z coordinates. +Under these, the block files are stored, called YYYY. There also exists files map_meta.txt and chunk_meta, that are used by the generator. If they are not found or invalid, the generator will currently -- 2.30.2