[Tool Design] (fuse)

[snake-biscuits]

fuse.py

• parse .xml (mrvn/)
  • collect overrides from pilot/ (index by Block)
• collect .json for current .xml
• parse .json (pilot/)
• insert new choiceTypes
• apply json overrides
  • credit .json contributor(s) in a comment above definition
  • override Type (xml tag)
  • override header (index by Entity)
    • color
    • box
    • model
  • override Keys (index by keyname)
    • type
    • name
    • default
    • description
  • append additional Keys
  • override Spawnflags (index by bit)
    • name
    • default
    • description
  • append additional SpawnFlags
  • override Notes (preserve "Introduced by Source / Titanfall" on first line)
• write to f"simulacrum/{game}/{ent_filename[xml_filename]}"

tests/

• validate xml schema
  • write schema/entity_definitions.xsd
  • automate mrvn/ validation
  • automate simulacrum/ validation
• .json schema
  • write schema/entity.json
  • write schema/choiceType.json
  • automate pilot/ validation
  • automate choiceType validation
  • dynamic type checking (get what the static schema misses)

[snake-biscuits]

override Notes (preserve "Introduced by Source / Titanfall" on first line)

Appending might be easier, since everything else is automatically generated
Either notes will be "New in Titanfall" or a copy of the Source Engine description + new vs. deprecated key-values