Rename Worldspaces to Stages

[CryZe]

The game calls them stages, so there's no reason to name them "Worldspaces".

[LordNed]

The reason that we decided to call them "Worldspaces" is that there's three levels of organization in the Windwaker File Formats.

Room Stage "Worldspace".

The engine itself only seems to care about the Room and Stage folders itself (as they contain different data from each other and I'm sure the game does specific loading/looks for specific types of files based on whether a folder is named Stage or if it's named Room%d.

The problem for an editor that presents itself is what do you call the folder which contains both rooms and stages. The room and stage folders are each individually compressed for the engine but they are placed into a folder (such as "M_NewD2" or "MiniHyo") which resides on disk that is a collection/grouping of rooms with a single stage.

Our nickname for these was "Worldspace", though "Project" might be a better way to refer to them as it refers to a stage and a collection of rooms (as is the case in dungeons/multi-part maps) or, as a stage and a single room (in the case of things like MiniHyo (Ice Island where you get the iron boots).

Thus, in the context we're using "Worldspace" it doesn't refer to a Stage, it refers to a collection of both a stage and rooms. Let me know if you're thinking of something different tho. I'll get around to looking over your other PR within the next day.

Thanks!

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Christopher Serr [email protected] wrote:

The game calls them stages, so there's no reason to name them "Worldspaces".

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/LordNed/WindEditor/issues/19.

[Antidote]

Well, technically it is a stage, the Stage.arc file simply contains the common resources shared between the rooms (common textures, skyboxes, stuff like that). So calling it a "Project" or a "Stage" is rather nitpicky, as both equally apply. I'm going to agree with both sentiments as they're not mutually exclusive in all honesty.

Personally though, in the context of an Editor, "Project" would probably be a better choice, for a number of reasons:

1. Translations: It's easier to translate one word, than one phrase
2. Stage Folder is a bit cumbersome, it doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as easily as "Project", same as "World Space"