E32 Profiles: Difference between revisions

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 *"<u>version</u>" <float>: for each mod, mutator, etc (possibly version checker/downloader?)
 *"<u>autoload</u>" flag: default on (HRP, music pack) vs. default off (mod)
-*"<u>game</u>" <string>: (global, duke3d-family, duke3d, nam, ww2gi) (theoretically [duke3d-based, sw, rr, tekwar, whaven-family, whaven, whaven2, corr8]); profiles not matching the current selection of the game tab are simply not shown
+*"<u>game</u>" <string>:
+**Some method of describing a set of supported EDuke32 games for which a mutator can run. An incomplete tree follows. In this example any bullet point can be used and all include any descendants. Naming is inexact and for illustration only.
+**global
+***'''duke3d-based'''
+****''duke3d-family''
+*****duke3d
+******duke3d shareware
+*******duke3d shareware v0.99 beta
+*******duke3d shareware v1.0
+*******duke3d shareware v1.1
+*******duke3d shareware v1.3D
+******duke3d registered
+*******duke3d registered v1.3D
+********duke3d registered v1.3D United States
+********duke3d registered v1.3D South Korea
+*******duke3d registered v1.4/v1.5
+*****nam-based
+******nam-family
+*******nam
+*******napalm
+******ww2gi
+****''redneck-family''
+*****rr
+*****rrra
+*****redneckdeerhuntin
+****''paintbrawl''
+***'''sw'''
+***'''blood'''
+***'''tekwar'''
+***'''exhumed-worldwide'''
+****''PowerSlave''
+****''Exhumed''
+****''Seireki 1999: Pharaoh no Fukkatsu''
+***'''witchaven-family'''
+****''witchaven''
+****''witchaven2''
+***'''corridor8'''
+***'''lo7p'''
+***'''fate'''
+***'''Ken-BUILD (Test Game)'''
+**profiles not matching the current selection of the game tab are simply not shown
 *"<u>commands</u>" { }: contains list of files/data to load
 **"<u>con</u>" (-x)
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 *sub-profile automatically "<u>depend</u>" on the parent
 *by default, sub-profiles inherit properties like game and version from parent unless the value is overridden
-*"<u>tie</u>" <profile>: sub-profile is ALWAYS enabled if both its parent and the specified profile are enabled, otherwise never; has the capability to allow more than one "<u>base</u>" flagged profile to run (the profile with the tie command is loaded after the specified profile)
+*"<u>tie</u>" <profile>:
+**sub-profile is ALWAYS enabled if both its parent and the specified profile are enabled, otherwise never
+**has the capability to allow more than one "<u>base</u>" flagged profile to run (the profile with the tie command is loaded after the specified profile)
+**the idea is to reconcile compatibility between mutators that may need it
 ==implementation strategy==
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 ==GUI mockup==
+This image is outdated in the following ways:
+*Ideally, the Duke Plus Extension and "HRP XXX" would be hidden and transparent to the user because they would be <u>tie</u>d to the mutator for which they are a compatibility layer anyway.
 [[File:E32_profiles_mockup.png]]
 [[Category:Developer's corner]]