Documentation
OttoMap is a tool for TribeNet players to visualize their TribeNet maps. It reads your TribeNet turn reports and generates a Worldographer map that you can view on your computer.
The OttoMap tool is designed to be as easy to use as possible, but it does require installing a Go compiler and working from the command line. This website was created to help you avoid all that hassle.
“OttoMap is a great tool for TribeNet players. It's easy to use and it generates a map that you can view on your computer. But this web site makes it so much nicer to use!”
OttoWeb makes it easy to use OttoMap without installing any software. Just upload your turn reports and OttoWeb will generate a map for you in seconds. (Okay, the background services run once a minute, so there's a slight delay, but it's still pretty quick.)
OttoMap is a powerful tool for converting your report files to map files, but it can't do it alone. You must first convert the reports from Word to plain text documents. This can be done by exporting the Word document to a plain text document, or by copying and pasting the text from the Word document into a plain text document.
YYYY-MM.CLAN.report.txt
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The year must be four digits (e.g., "0899" not "899") and month must be two digits (e.g. "04" not "4" or "April").
The clan name must be four digits long (e.g. "0987" not "987").
This helps ensure that the report files are processed in the correct order.
It sets us up to allow for clans to share maps with each other in the future.
I might update OttoMap to read the Word file directly in the future, but getting the maps right is the priority for now. There are packages that read Word files but the free ones don't correctly handle tables, formatting, and line endings. If OttoMap becomes popular enough, I might be able to find the time to do it write my own Word file reader.