InfoTips¶

You can patch data/infotips/export.bin by adding an export.bin.xml patch file to your mod.

Select InfoTip¶

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<ModOp GUID="500934" Add="">
  <!-- .. -->
</ModOp>

<ModOp Add="@500934">
  <!-- .. -->
</ModOp>

<ModOp Type="add" Path="//InfoTipData[Guid='500934']">
  <!-- .. -->
</ModOp>

Structure¶

117 & 1800

The structure of the InfoTips is different depending on the game version.

Anno 117 uses attributes to make InfoElements and VisibilityElements much more compact and readable.

117 1800

<InfoElement Type="Container">
  <VisibilityElement Type="Group">
    <VisibilityElement Type="Condition">
      <CompareOperator>Greater</CompareOperator>
      <!-- .. -->
    </VisibilityElement>
  </VisibilityElement>
  <!-- .. -->
</InfoElement>

The counts InfoTipCount, TemplateCount and ChildCount are hidden in XML.

Note: These improvements are not part of FileDBReader, except the type and operator names. Keep that in mind when comparing FileDBReader and xmltest output.

Reminder: Texts use OasisIDs now (TextId) instead of GUIDs (TextGUID)

<InfoElement>
  <ElementType>23</ElementType>
  <ChildCount>1</ChildCount>
  <VisibilityElement>
    <ElementType>
      <ElementType>2</ElementType>
    <ElementType>
    <VisibilityElement>
      <ElementType>
        <ElementType>1</ElementType>
      <ElementType>
      <ChildCount>1</ChildCount>
      <CompareOperator>
        <CompareOperator>5</CompareOperator>
      </CompareOperator>
      <!-- .. -->
    </VisibilityElement>
  </VisibilityElement>
  <!-- .. -->
</InfoElement>

The counts InfoTipCount, TemplateCount and ChildCount will be adjusted automatically, you don't need to change anything.

The format is the same as used in the FileDBReader.