vlog file format

General Discussion
1

Hi all,

Is there a document that goes over the format of the vlog file? I’d like to read it in another program to do game analysis.

Thanks!

2

I’ll PM you.

3

Thus spake ceckman:

Hi all,

Is there a document that goes over the format of the vlog file? I’d
like to read it in another program to do game analysis.

The only documentation for the vlog format is the code which writes it.
We’ll have a documented log and save format for VASSAL 4.

–
J.

4

Hi! First time poster here, love the tool, thank you for it.

For those of us intrepid and impatient enough to not want to wait until the 4x release, do you have a url out to the particular source file (will save me time in getting started in the right place)?

Thank you and keep up the great work!

5

Thus spake sozinsky:

Hi! First time poster here, love the tool, thank you for it.

For those of us intrepid and impatient enough to not want to wait until
the 4x release, do you have a url out to the particular source file
(will save me time in getting started in the right place)?

What goes into logs is not in one place, it’s in dozens. Pretty much
every class which implements GamePiece could contribute something to a
log.

–
J.

6

thank you for the quick response. is there a common formatter class that governs the write format to the log file, or is every log file contributor free to define the (presumably binary, based on peeking at the saved game files) format?

7

Thus spake sozinsky:

thank you for the quick response. is there a common formatter class
that governs the write format to the log file, or is every log file
contributor free to define the (presumably binary, based on peeking at
the saved game files) format?

It’s not binary, just really, really grotty. The formatter is
SequenceEncoder.

–
J.

8

Thanks - sounds like the easiest plan is to wait for version 4 :slight_smile: Cheers!

9

Any general timeframe for an alpha or beta of v4? I’m also highly interested in a readable .vlog format :slight_smile:

10

Thus spake kinwolf:

Any general timeframe for an alpha or beta of v4? I’m also highly
interested in a readable .vlog format :slight_smile:

My plan is to start documenting the V4 prototype after we release
3.2.10. I’m not willing to give an estimate for when there will be
a V4 demo for people to try, other than that it will be next in the
queue, after the design documents.

–
J.