Form & Format

Form

Format of a World File

Filename Format: ##.wld where ## is the assigned zone number.

File Format:                         Field Descriptions:

     #virtual number                      * room vnum
     room-name                            * room name
     ~                                    * tildes are required
     room-description                     * sent on look
     ~
     zone-number flag-bitvector area-type * see tables below
     D0                                   * direction for exit #
     look-north-text                      * sent on look in dir. #
     ~
     door aliases                         * alias list for door
     ~
     door-type key-number to-room-#       * see tables, object vnum
     E                                    * extra description marker
     keywords                             * keywords for look item
     ~
     description of extra item            * sent on look at keyword
     ~
     S                                    * end of room marker
     $                                    * end of file marker

    +--------------------+-------+ Tables +------------+-------------+
    |  Flag  Bitvectors* |  Area types    | Directions | Door  Types |
    |--------------------+----------------+------------+-------------+
    |a  DARK           1 | 0 Inside       | 0 North    | 0 open exit |
    |b  DEATHTRAP      2 | 1 City         | 1 East     | 1 lockable  |
    |c  NOMOB          4 | 2 Field        | 2 South    | 2 pickproof |
    |d  INDOORS        8 | 3 Forest       | 3 West     +-------------+
    |e  PEACEFUL      16 | 4 Hills        | 4 Up       | if no key,  |
    |f  SOUNDPROOF    32 | 5 Mountain     | 5 Down     |   use -1    |
    |g  NOTRACK       64 | 6 Water_swim   +------------+-------------+
    |h  NOPSIONICS   128 | 7 Water_noswim |
    |i  TUNNEL       256 | 8 Underwater   |    End each room with
    |j  PRIVATE      512 | 9 Flight       |  the literal letter,  S
    |k  RUNNERSROOM 1024 |----------------+
    +--------------------+       End each world file with a $ sign.

     Bitvectors - alphabetic are used as a string, eg: adi for a dark
     tunnel; numeric are summed, eg: 265 for the same tunnel (1+8+256)