EB2制作组开发日志（1）

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转自TWCEB2专区，文章比较长，检主要的说

这是我们小组的第一篇开发日志，可能在很久以前就应该这么做了，但条件不允许。。。

开发日志的目标是有规律的为大家提供mod进度和想法的信息（大概两星期更新一次），并且通过这些告诉大家mod没有死。Mod计划很多年以前就开始了，尽管工作的热情有冷有热，关心的方面也会改变，但我们尝试保持进度。我们错过了许多EB粉丝的回复和热情，现在我们尝试解决它。。。

我们做了很多，不知从何说起。我需要向我们的进度看齐，这样以后就不用把几个月的进度一起发出来了，可以专注于汇报近期的工作。也许最好的方法使用数字说明我们干的大量工作：

- 现在我们为第一版选择了超过180个单位，目前164个单位已经做完了（包括兵模和贴图）
- 超过50个其他模型也做完了，包括将军、军官、掌旗官、马、象、攻城器械。。。
- 以上代表了大约880张贴图，占用了2G的硬盘空间
- 250张渲染制作的小兵牌以及相同数量的大兵牌（兵牌是用3D软件渲染图做的，不是游戏截图
- 80个战略地图人物模型
- 26战略地图资源模型
- 大约50个新的战略地图建筑模型
- 100个战略地图声音文件和150个梵语战斗语音（为塔克西拉制作的）
- 1150个新的动画文件包括：马其顿方阵、重装步兵方阵、标枪兵的移动、持重标枪的动作、军团、军官、掌旗官的动作、标投石手从胸前和侧面取物的动作、持盾的动作、弓箭手从左右及后面箭袋取箭的动作。。。我们还优化了战车动作。。。

我想这些数字能说明问题，尽管如此，兵种方面还是有很多没完成，我们会用许多EB1的素材，但以上

的这些是全新的。。。

以后的开发日志将会介绍改革机制，他的触发条件和影响，单位的招募与补充，我们开发了些新工具让这些工作变得容易和有效。

开发工具的介绍（就不介绍了）
已经出了的：
CUF（编译字体和文本的工具）: tool to compile fonts and text descriptions. Supports folding multiple "font styles" into a single CUF file for better formatting in descriptions and provides a more robust alternative to M2TW for generating strings.bin files from text.
SD（做SD文件的工具）: tool to compile SD files from UI code and TGA pages. Alternative to the M2TW engine which provides error checking (with actual error messages) and does not suffer from some crippling M2TW bugs. Supports a simplified XML format as well as the M2TW SD.XML format. Additionally it provides more robust handling of TGA files than alpaca's original tool for working with SD files.
XIDX （打包解压工具）(packer/unpacker for M2TW IDX/DAT archives) Alternative to the original XIDX which now runs on Linux and can deal with M2TW versions of the original RTW files formats with new support for the EVT variant (events.dat/events.idx).
PACK (packer/unpacker for M2TW PACK archives). Alternative to CA's unpacker which may additionally be used to manipulate PACK files (add, replace or delete files) and runs on Linux as well.
还没出的：
EVT （bin文件转换工具）(tool to deal with binaries in events.idx/events.dat, alternative to the M2TW engine for converting sound code)
内部工具：
Scripts to build tools or fetch them from our FTP server (used for setting up a dev copy of EB2)
Launcher script which can additionally "register" or "unregister" the mod with CA's Launcher program. (Enables dev copies in arbitrary locations.)
Mi我妈list touch utility for Windows written in C to alter file timestamps. Originally used to trick the game engine in accepting stale strings.bin files, no longer required.
Mi我妈list launcher written in C which provides a "normal user" version of the dev launcher script. To be used as a fallback option when 8.3 pathnames are not supported.
Restructure Aradan's EDUMatic to abstract VBA calls and port to LibreOffice.
NSIS Installer scripts for EB2 installer
Script to partition the mod in "packs" and generate installer code for them
Script to check a我妈tion files names (comparing versioned a我妈tion file names with unversioned Vanilla placeholders to make sure they do not overlap).
Script to automate building the installer from the mod's "source" and pack results in an ISO file (can be burned to CD/DVD)
Scripts to build CUF files from TTF sources.
Scripts to build SD files from XML sources.
Scripts and XSLT stylesheets to convert XML files into strings.bin files (ongoing port from plain text to XML). Allows us to do more things with fonts (CUF files), removes need for maintaining additional "lookup" table code and enables better error checking.
Script to check name labels (descriptions) against name declarations (code)
Script to validate unit descriptions (strings.bin file) against EDU, checks for missing descriptions.
Script and XSLT stylesheet to convert certain description XMLs into RTF so they can be proofed using a Word processor.
Utilities to analyse EVT binaries and speed up reverse engineering them.
还没出的内部工具：
Scripts to compile XML sources into EVT binaries and decompile EVT binaries to XML source.

一开始我们会讲一下技术方面的成就，之后我们就会开始介绍派系、改革、宗教、文化以及其他游戏机制，乃们可以闲一下了，我要回去做最后的安纳托利亚单位了。。。

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