Funstein's .map to Lua converter - 5:1 size efficiency

[funstein]

Hey there lads,

I recently scripted this map converter and I thought I'd post this here so that you guys could benefit from it too. It's not really a map, but since I'm practically showing it I decided to post it in the showroom section, can be moved if necessary.

Here's a link to it : http://funste.in/converter

Basically, instead of the classic converters that add createObject onto each line, mine simply converts the .map into a table and runs through it. You can use the check boxes to be able to keep scale / dimension / interior / doublesided information, but these drastically increase the result size, so I wouldn't do it unless it's really necessary.

I've done my test on an army base mapping and reached a reduction from 150kb to 30kb = 5:1. Results may vary according to map.

Oh, and if you want to keep one of those values, say dimension, but all your things are on the same dimension (let's say, 10) then still keep the box unchecked. You can edit the last couple of lines in the result to make changes that apply to the entire collection of objects.

The converter currently converts objects only - I will add support for removals, markers etc. very soon.

I hope you guys find this useful,

Enjoy!

Funstein

Edited February 6, 2014 by Guest

[Ren_712]

Thanks. I find it quite useful.

[funstein]

Converter was moved to a new location and the URL has been updated.

[myonlake]

Nice job. A very handy tool for converting maps indeed.

[TimeSwitcher]

Can you include removed from map objects support? Like you said it will be added very soon, but I still don't see it. Or maybe someone know any diff converter with removed objects support?

[xeon17]

Can you include removed from map objects support? Like you said it will be added very soon, but I still don't see it. Or maybe someone know any diff converter with removed objects support?

+1

[ChicoRDL]

Nice converter, but sadly is not detecting when we remove world objects, so after convert the map those world objects that we remove. it will not detect them when we convert.

[BluntZ]

It will be better if you will add RemoveWorldObject function