**Add approved & assigned issue number here:**
N/A — maintainer follow-up to #4227.
## Description:
Follow-up to #4227, finishing the "info.json is the single source of
truth" refactor.
**Maps.gen.ts now generates one `MapInfo` interface and a `maps` list**
instead of parallel lookup records. `mapCategories`,
`mapTranslationKeys`, and `multiplayerFrequency` are gone — consumers
read the list directly (`map.categories`, `map.translationKey`,
`map.multiplayerFrequency`). MapPicker got simpler in the process: it
renders from `MapInfo` objects, so the reverse
`Object.entries(GameMapType)` lookup to recover the enum key is gone.
The featured-rank sort moved out of the Go codegen into the picker,
where the presentation concern belongs.
**`SPECIAL_TEAM_MAPS` moves into info.json** as an optional
`special_team_count` field (set on the same 17 maps with the same
values). MapPlaylist derives its map from the generated list;
`SPECIAL_TEAM_FORCE_CHANCE` and the frequency multiplier behavior are
unchanged.
**The en.json `map` section is now generated.** A new optional
`display_name` field in info.json (defaulting to `name`) is written to
`resources/lang/en.json` by the generator, preserving the section's
non-map UI keys (`map`, `featured`, `all`, `favorites`, `random`). The 8
maps whose English display name intentionally differs from the frozen
enum value (e.g. `MENA`, `Milky Way`, `Europe (Classic)`, `Baikal (Nuke
Wars)`) declare it via `display_name`, so no display text changes. The
section is emitted alphabetically; since #4232 already sorted en.json
and every value matches, regeneration is byte-identical and this PR has
no en.json diff. Other languages remain Crowdin-managed.
The generator also now validates `translation_key` is exactly
`map.<folder>` and `special_team_count >= 2`. MapConsistency tests
compare info.json directly against the generated list and the en.json
section, and fail with a "run `npm run gen-maps`" message on drift. No
behavior changes: enum values, playlist frequencies, special-team
counts, featured order, and display names are all byte-identical.
## Please complete the following:
- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates (no UI changes —
internal refactor, rendering output identical)
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
evanpelle
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**Add approved & assigned issue number here:**
N/A — maintainer refactor.
## Description:
Makes each map's `info.json` the single source of truth for map metadata
— adding a map is now a folder with `image.png` + `info.json`, a
`gen-maps` run, and an en.json display name.
**info.json / manifest.json carry full map metadata.** Every
`map-generator/assets/maps/<map>/info.json` declares `id` (the
`GameMapType` enum key), `name` (the enum value — wire format, unchanged
for all 94 maps), `translation_key`, `categories`, and
`multiplayer_frequency` (the public-playlist weight that used to be the
`FREQUENCY` record in MapPlaylist.ts). The generator validates
everything and mirrors it into `resources/maps/<map>/manifest.json`. 23
stale info.json `name` values were normalized to the canonical enum
value; enum values are byte-identical, so replays and stored game
configs are unaffected.
**The generator emits the TypeScript and discovers maps itself.** New
`map-generator/codegen.go` generates `src/core/game/Maps.gen.ts`
(`GameMapType`, `GameMapName`, `mapCategories`, `mapTranslationKeys`,
`multiplayerFrequency` — now a full `Record<GameMapName, number>`,
killing the old `Partial`) on every run; `Game.ts` re-exports it. The
hardcoded map registry in `main.go` is gone — maps are auto-discovered
from the `assets/maps` / `assets/test_maps` directories. MapConsistency
tests fail with a "run `npm run gen-maps`" message if info.json,
manifest.json, and Maps.gen.ts drift. The tracked
`map-generator/map-generator` binary is rebuilt to match.
**New categories: continents + world/cosmic/tournament/other,
multi-category support.** `continental`/`regional`/`fantasy`/`arcade`
are replaced by `featured`, `world`, `europe`, `asia`, `north_america`,
`africa`, `south_america`, `oceania`, `antarctica`, `cosmic`,
`tournament`, and `other`. Maps can list multiple categories, so
straddlers (Black Sea, Bosphorus, Caucasus, Between Two Seas, Bering
Sea/Strait, Mena, Strait of Gibraltar, Hawaii, Arctic) appear under both
regions. Featured is itself a category (same 7 maps as before).
MapPlaylist keeps its arcade exclusion via an explicit set.
**Map picker UI.** Two tabs: **Featured** (default — featured maps plus
a Favorites section when maps are starred) and **All** (one prominent
collapsible bar per category with a map count, collapsed by default).
The selected map is prepended to the featured grid when it lives
elsewhere. `getMapName()` resolves through the generated
`mapTranslationKeys`, which also fixes tourney maps never resolving a
valid translation key.
## Please complete the following:
- [ ] I have added screenshots for all UI updates (maintainer change —
picker described above)
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:
evanpelle
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Evan