Map specification

Strategic map: provinces, grid rendering, ownership, and army placement.

Scope

• New-game map load pipeline (l2_maps.dat, map01.pl8)
• 64×64 province cell table and neighbor topology
• Province selection and highlighting
• Starting unit placement by difficulty tier
• View modes and scroll behavior on the campaign map

Evidence

• ../../architecture/map/MODULE.md — load pipeline, grid, neighbors
• ../../architecture/game/MODULE.md — province click/selection handlers

First spec targets

1. Province selection — click hit-test, lotr2_game_select_province, scroll update, highlight clearing.
2. New-game map load — order of dat/PL8/neighbor/setup steps; what l2_maps.dat fields seed into the live cell table.

Spec pages

• ../data/l2_maps_dat.md — l2_maps.dat record layout and decode rules