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#summary Protocol for frontend/engine interaction.
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#labels Documentation,Engine,Frontend,Protocol
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<wiki:toc max_depth="3" />
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= Introduction =
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The frontend interacts with the engine in two separate occasions:
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  * map preview generation;
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  * game setup and statistics messages.
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Messages are always in form of a string of bytes, and the first byte contains the message size (hence the maximum length is 255-1).
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= Map Preview =
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Frontend needs to generate a preview of the map that is going to be used in game; there is no handshaking.
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Files in which this protocol is implemented: [http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/browse/QTfrontend/hwmap.cpp hwmapp.cpp], [http://code.google.com/p/hedgewars/source/browse/project_files/HedgewarsMobile/Classes/MapConfigViewController.m MapConfigViewController.m]
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== Protocol ==
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|| *Frontend*      || *Engine*          || *Format*                  ||
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|| UUID            ||                   || {{{eseed { ... }}}}       ||
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|| Template Filter ||                   || {{{e$template_filter N}}} ||
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|| Map Type        ||                   || {{{e$mapgen N}}}          ||
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|| Maze Value      ||                   || {{{e$maze_size N}}}       ||
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||                 || 128x32 byte array || {{{0YSD3 ... FSAD0}}}     ||
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== Message Format ==
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=== UUID ===
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The UUID is a 32 bytes array composed of ASCII characters; groups of letters should be separated by '-'. There are standard function calls to automatically generate this string depending on the tools used.
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Example: _eseed {AERTB-62FASDSAD-NNIASDSADASD-12P}_
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=== Template Filter ===
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_N_ selects the type of map that is going to be generated. This command is ignored when MapGen is not 0, but it must be set anyways.
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|| *Value* || *Filter Selected* ||
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|| 0       || None              ||
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|| 1       || Large             ||
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|| 2       || Medium            ||
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|| 3       || Small             ||
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|| 4       || Cavern            ||
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|| 5       || Wacky             ||
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Example: _e$template_filter 0_
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=== Map Type ===
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_N_ is a boolean variable (0/1) that selects standard map generation or maze map generation.
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|| *Value* || *Map Type*   ||
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|| 0       || Standard Map ||
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|| 1       || Maze Map     ||
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Example: _e$mapgen 1_
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=== Maze Value ===
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_N_ selects the type of maze selected, similarly to Template Filter
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|| *Value* || *Filter Selected*       ||
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|| 0       || Small Tunnels           ||
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|| 1       || Medium Tunnels          ||
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|| 2       || Large Tunnels           ||
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|| 3       || Small Floating Islands  ||
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|| 4       || Medium Floating Islands ||
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|| 5       || Large Floating Islands  ||
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Example: _e$maze_size 4_
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=== Image Array ===
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The reply from engine is a 128x32 bytes array which contains the preview image in pixel-dot notation: every bit represents a pixel of the image, 1 is black, 0 i white. Clearly it can only contain a monochromatic image, but it can be colored by the rendering engine of the frontend.
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This image format is supported by many platforms, but it's very easy to parse anyways. The result is always a 256x128 pixel image.
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_No example needed_
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= In-Game =
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This doc needs more fleshing out, but in the interest of contributing, submitting an image I'd made after reading a GCI task.
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[http://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/doc/hwdemo.png HWD file] with a little colour markup of various interesting parts of the game.  BTW, if you ever need to debug a crashing demo, 032BFF is a good way to make sure the demo doesn't close too early (see the image for why).