As part of the development plans as we move to OpenLabyrinth v4, we are currently working on a converter from OpenLabyrinth v3 cases → OLab4. This will be quicker to implement as a transitional measure, while we take the time needed to design a good authoring interface.

There are a number of items in the OLab3 spec and format which see very little use and will be deprecated in OLab4.

• Clusters
  • These were a superset of Elements and were a holdover from OLab2.
  • We are not aware of any projects currently using them.
• Elements
  • The only type of Element now being used are simple ‘narrative text’.
  • This effectively means that they act like simple substitution text constants.
  • They will be replaced by Constants.
  • The converter will include this change.
• Chats
  • An interactive object, with an odd name.
  • They are not at all related to the text-based chat approach that we use in Turk Talk.
  • Being changed to a Question sub-type
  • The converter will include this change.
• Skins
  • Change to templates and themes
  • CSS style sheets will work in a more standard way
  • Previous custom Skins will not be converted.
• Sets
  • These were a partially implemented superset of Maps.
  • Not being used.
  • Will no longer be supported.
• Changes to Global files, avatars, questions
  • The scope of many objects will change so the partially implemented Global Files, Global Avatars and Global Questions will not be converted.
  • There was no significant use of these to date because of the odd way in which they were implemented.
  • Scope of an object can now be set to node-level, map-level or scenario-level in OLab4
  • The default for the converter will be to map-level, which is the equivalent to current OLab3 functionality
• Links & Counters
  • These will function as previously
  • The converter will attempt to adapt these automatically
  • Link buttons and Counters can be placed anywhere on the page in OLab4
  • Default placement will be at the bottom of the Node/page, as is most commonly seen in OLab3 cases.
  • Skins will not be taken into account for those maps where object placement is non-standard.
• Counter Displays
  • These are not likely to be supported in OLab4
  • They might be considered as a micro-service add-in

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