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| ====== Converting "pts" point files to Calc or Excel ====== | ====== Converting "pts" point files to Calc or Excel ====== | ||
| - | When CaBSP [[mapping:cawe:leaks|finds a leak]] or when you [[http://www.cafu.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=714|record the player path]] in Cafu, a ''pts'' point file is written that describes the path through the level. | + | When CaBSP [[mapping:cawe:leaks|finds a leak]] or when you [[http://forum.cafu.de/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=714|record the player path]] in Cafu, a ''pts'' point file is written that describes the path through the level. |
| All resulting ''pts'' file can be [[mapping:cawe:leaks#locating_leaks_in_the_map|loaded into CaWE]] in order to visualize the path graphically, but some users may wish to load the point files into a spreadsheet application as well. | All resulting ''pts'' file can be [[mapping:cawe:leaks#locating_leaks_in_the_map|loaded into CaWE]] in order to visualize the path graphically, but some users may wish to load the point files into a spreadsheet application as well. | ||
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| The ''pts'' point files that are generated by CaBSP and Cafu are in fact small but complete Lua programs. As the Cafu [[usermanual:running#the_command_console|in-game console]] happens to be a full-fledged Lua interpreter, it is self-suggesting that we use a console function in order to convert ''pts'' files to ''csv''. | The ''pts'' point files that are generated by CaBSP and Cafu are in fact small but complete Lua programs. As the Cafu [[usermanual:running#the_command_console|in-game console]] happens to be a full-fledged Lua interpreter, it is self-suggesting that we use a console function in order to convert ''pts'' files to ''csv''. | ||
| - | Starting with [[http://trac.cafu.de/changeset/72|r72]], the required function ''pts2csv()'' is already available in file ''config.lua'' and is thus ready for use, but you may customize it if you wish: | + | Function ''pts2csv()'' in file ''config.lua'' is ready for use, but you may customize it if you wish: |
| <code lua> | <code lua> | ||
| function pts2csv(fileName) | function pts2csv(fileName) | ||
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| * [[mapping:cawe:leaks]] -- Describes how CaBSP writes point files and how they are viewed in CaWE. | * [[mapping:cawe:leaks]] -- Describes how CaBSP writes point files and how they are viewed in CaWE. | ||
| - | * [[http://www.cafu.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=714|Recording player paths]] in a Cafu game. | + | * [[http://forum.cafu.de/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=714|Recording player paths]] in a Cafu game. |