Marathon Markup Language Reference

The Marathon Markup Language - Appendix 1: Additional Elements

Colors

Colors are specified with the element <color> colors may be either indexed (being list members), or non-indexed (being in isolation). The color channels are red, green, and blue, with values that range from 0 to 1.

index (mandatory if indexed; must be absent if not indexed)
red
green
blue

All the color-channel attributes (red, green, blue) are mandatory. This example makes color 7 be yellow:

<color index="7" red="1" green="1" blue="0"/>

Shapes

Shapes can be specified with the element <shape>. A shape specification includes which collection, which color table, and which sequence or frame; a shape may also be allowed to be blank. A shape's attributes are

coll: which collection (0 to 31)
clut: which color table; default is 0 (0 to 7)
seq: which sequence (0 to 255)
frame: like the above, included if the meaning of "frame" is clearer in some context.

A blank shape is specified as one having no attributes: <shape/>. A non-blank shape requires the collection and sequence attributes, and optionally the color-table attribute (default: 0).

Damage

Damage is specified with the element <damage>. Damage features are set with these attributes, which are all optional.

type ("true" damage index; none is -1)
flags (0 or 1 [is alien: weaker in easier difficulty levels])
base
random
scale (1 = identity scaling)

Fonts

Fonts are specified with the element <font> like colors, fonts may be either indexed (being list members), or non-indexed (being in isolation).

index (mandatory if indexed; must be absent if not indexed)
name: the font name; it can be a series of names separated by commas or semicolons, much like HTML font specifications. If a series of the names, the engine will look for a font with the first name, and then the second, and so forth, until it finds such a font.
size: the font size in points (standard unit)
style: the font style, which follows MacOS conventions; it is the sum of whichever of these attributes are used:
- 1: Bold
- 2: Italic
- 4: Underline
- 8: Outline
- 16: Shadow
- 32: Condense
- 64: Extend
Normal is none of these attributes, or 0.
file: this is for SDL support, and indicate which font file to use.

None of the font attributes proper are mandatory. This example sets font 4 to the default font for the computer terminals.


<font index="4" name="Courier" size="12" style="0"/>

Boolean data

This is not a separate element, but a kind of value of an attribute. These values for a boolean attribute,

1
t
true

indicate that a flag is to be on or an action is to be taken. These values,

0
f
false

indicate that a flag is to be off or an action is not to be taken.

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