Settlers 4 remake (File Formats)

This is a Settlers 4 (Siedler 4) Remake (it will be :-) ) written in JavaScript (Typescript) so it can be run in your browser.

🎉 run the "game" 🎉

How to compile:

1. Install NodeJs

2. run on command line:

    npm install
    npm run build
   

➜ This will create the ./dist/ folder with the app.

How to start:

You need a WebServer that serves the App. E.g. you can use the included one:

1. Install NodeJs
2. Copy the Settlers-4-game folder with the files (game.lib, gfx.lib, Gfx/0.gfx, ...) to the /dist/ folder - e.g. to ./dist/Siedler4/
3. Run ./dist/run.bat
   This will:
   • create a list of all files in your e.g. ./dist/Siedler4/ folder.
   • start a local Webserver on your PC
4. Open: http://localhost:8888/

How to edit:

You can use Visual Studio Code to edit and debug your code:

1. Visual Studio Code

2. Install Debugger for Chrome Plugin in Visual Studio Code

3. Copy the Settlers-4-game folder to ./public/ e.g. to ./public/Siedler4/

4. run

    npm install
    npm run serve
   

   Or press Ctrl+Shift+B to start the live-server in VS-Code

   ➜ This will start a live-server on http://localhost:8080/

• Fix code style / linter errors

    npm run lint -- --fix
  

• Run unit tests

    npm run test:unit
  

Next BIG steps:

1. using webGl to render the state of a game by loading a save game and pushing all data to webGl: see: https://jsfiddle.net/fsg2kw3o/

2. adding game logic to process state changing in the game see: game.lib/objectInfo.xml and game.lib/buildingInfo.xml see: https://github.com/jsettlers/settlers-remake

3. adding backend logic using websocket to communicate with local webserver. The webserver now can provide:

   • Folder access to e.g. list all save games
   • Network access to allow network gaming

State:

Load/view a Map

View Landscape using WebGL

View / decode file formats

You can access 'all' Settlers file formats

gfx-file view:

gl-file and gh-file view:

lib-file view:

map-file view:

Disclaim

This Software reads the original graphics/data from the original Settlers 4 title released by Blue Byte® - The authors of this Software do not clam any rights on any of that data nor the name Siedler and Settlers.