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This converts a set of elements in the element tree into XML. This is a format that can then be loaded as a map file. Each element represents a single XML node.

Syntax

bool saveMapData ( xmlnode node, element baseElement, [ bool childrenOnly = false ] )

Required Arguments

• node: An existing node that should contain the contents of baseElement
• baseElement: The first element to output to the XML tree. This element and all its children (and their children, etc) will be output.

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use.

• childrenOnly (default: false): Defines if you want to only save children of the specified element.

Returns

• bool: value

Saving your resource's data to an map file (untested)

Code Examples

shared

Saving your resource's data to anmap file(untested)

local mapFile = xmlCreateFile("saved.map", "map")

if mapFile then
  saveMapData(mapFile, resourceRoot)
  xmlSaveFile(mapFile)
  xmlUnloadFile(mapFile)
end

See Also

Map Functions

• loadMapData
• resetMapInfo
• saveMapData

Reference

• Scripting Functions