Age of Empires 1: Definitive Edition new features support · SFTtech/openage#1288

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Required skills: Python

Difficulty: Medium

At the moment, the converter has basic support for the Age of Empires 1: Definitive Edition (DE1) release. The modpack generator reuses the converter for the original 1998 release (AoE1 + Rise of Rome). New features from DE1, e.g. walkable farms, still need to be supported. A lot of the new features were taken over from AoC, so you can probably reuse functionality from its conversion processor.

Additionally, not all of DE1's media formats (terrain textures, UI, particle effects, etc.) are exported yet. Adding those to the converter would be optional for now. The data conversion is much more important.

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Tech stack: python
Domain: backenddata
Issue type: feature
Difficulty: 3
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Activity status: stale
Clarity: clear
Prerequisites: Pythonopenage converter architecture
Newbie friendliness: 50
Research direction: The issue requires implementing support for new DE1 features like walkable farms by reusing logic from the Age of Empires II (AoC) converter. Start by reading the DE1 converter code at openage/convert/processor/conversion/de1/processor.py and the RoR converter at openage/convert/processor/conversion/ror/processor.py. Then identify which features from AoC can be adapted and implement them. Optionally, add media format exports for terrain textures, UI, etc. Refer to the converter architecture and workflow documentation for broader context.