Why so big change in XML files?

[Kaelimar]

Older version example below

<character name="Dianne" laston="Recently">
<race>Saracen</race>
<class>Scout</class>
<level>50</level>
<guildrank>0</guildrank>
<totalrp>1153987</totalrp>
<lastweekrp>32480</lastweekrp>
<anon>False</anon>
</character>

new version only on EU servers not on US

<character id="584767" name="Dianne" laston="Recently" race="9" class="21" level="50" guildrank="0" totalrp="1511063" lastweekrp="148929" housing="" anon="1" />

can some1 explain ? older version is still used in US

 

[Lyne]

Older version example below

<character id="584767" name="Dianne" laston="Recently" race="9" class="21" level="50" guildrank="0" totalrp="1511063" lastweekrp="148929" housing="" anon="1" />

can some1 explain ? older version is still used in US

EEK! Oh well back to the coding grindstone

 

[Urme the Legend]

25% less characters in the XML files.. so instead of writing "Saracen" as race on everyone, you can just have 1 number and that will make the file size smaller and faster to process perhaps.

 

[Ning]

so that you don't need to translate the french and german classe and race names to english anymore if you want to make a chronicle with all european servers.

 

[Kaelimar]

was the the new format

<character name=xyz race=21 etc lastweekrp=1234567 />

<character name=xyz etc>
<race>
21
</race>
<lastweekrp>
123456
</lastweekrp>
</character>

formatting i mean

those that arent that involved in php and did some minor changes on purpledragon scripts can have some hard time solving this

me included so if any php guru are handy drop me a pm if you are able to solve this matter for me

 

[Kaelimar]

problem solved.. turned my head inside out and got it working again

 

[Revz]

What happend to all of the extra features that the XML was supposed to get like Master Level rankings and so on?