Data specification

Configuration files, asset paths, and game data tables.

Scope

• Install config (lords2.inf) and runtime ini (l2.ini, _sierra.ini)
• Asset path resolution and PL8/256 loading
• Map data (l2_maps.dat), engine strings (l2.eng)
• Difficulty and audio tier defaults
• Castle tile slice (castles.dat) relationship to saves

Evidence

• ../../architecture/asset/MODULE.md — asset loading, PL8 paths
• ../../architecture/io/MODULE.md — file I/O helpers
• ../../architecture/game/MODULE.md — lotr2_game_load_lords2_inf, lotr2_game_load_config, init phases

First spec targets

1. Config files — fields read from lords2.inf and l2.ini; defaults applied at startup (lotr2_save_inf_init_defaults).
2. Asset path resolution — how the client locates .pl8, .256, and related files relative to install dir.

Spec pages

• l2_maps_dat.md — campaign map record format (0x80c1 bytes per index)