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[Zach Elko <zachelko@xxxxxxxxx>]

O.K., the design for the Tool-Object interactions in Sleuths has been
finalized.

Every scenario will have an Interactions.xml file associated with it.

The XML file would be full of <interaction> </interaction> tags. They'll
look like this:

// Interaction for Tool 1 with Object 1
<interaction>
  <id>1-1</id>
  <hint>You find blood on the window.</hint>
</interaction>

// Interaction for Tool 1 with Object 3
<interaction>
  <id>1-3</id>
  <hint>You find a hair under the pillow</hint>
</interaction>

So, in the game, they will select a tool and that gives us a tool id. Then,
they click on something, that gives us an object id. We put the two together
into the form of toolID-objectID, use that as the lookup into the XML. If
something is found, we give them that hint. If not, the interaction does
nothing.

Ian, with your scenario documents, you or someone of your choosing should be
able to create these documents with ease for all of the scenarios. Just keep
the tool ids consistent across all scenarios and once you decide on a
numbering of the tools, send out a message to the list showing what they
are. That way, when Doug and I are implementing the parsing within Sleuths,
we'll know which tool is which.

If anyone has any questions, comments, or suggestions, just let me or
someone else know.

Zach J. Elko
Ball State University Unified Technology Support
Certified Hardware & Software Technician