Metal n Geo map

Metal map should be done as a lua file included in the map.
Information: http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=28077
Example File: http://code.google.com/p/zero-k/source/browse/trunk/mods/zk/LuaRules/Configs/MetalSpots/Azure%20Rampart.lua

Geothermal spots are features, they can be placed by setting a pixel to a certain colour in the geomap. I don't know more details but the software requirement is "any image editor". More information can be found in the mapping forum. http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=56

It would be good if we have some kind of editor - should be pretty easy to do in JavaScript.

canvas-element to draw scaled map (image) and simple points
parse mex info (x, y, m) from lua, convert coordinates and use 0..1 *canvas.width/height
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Add click events and nearest spot dedection - right/left to delete/add mex spots, middle click to enter metal value...
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output as lua-file (in a textbox)


But should we have something like:

User> !mexlayout|!geolayout auto|USERNAME|default|borders|centered
Host success> mex|geo layout changed to -"-
Host failure> no mex|geo layout provided for -"-

Each user could have simultanously up to 3 custom configs.
Admins could copy these to a system-default|borders|centered config.
auto is the automatically generated layout, default the prefered config OR auto as fallback.

If someone wants to implement the server-side code, I would do the Java-script part.

I think the thread I linked also has a tool in it which makes mex placement as easy as clicking on the map.

Spring Map Edit:
http://springrts.com/wiki/Maps:SpringMapEdit

What metal texture? The metal map, where you go to paint metal map and it all goes black and you paint in green?

Yes.

But you need to be sure of how much you're putting on the map, and the map def file will determine how much each pixel of metal is worth, etc. You should read up about this.

There is no problem with making maps that are compatible with other Spring games... but chose whatever you find easiest.