Battle Terrain

Battle backgrounds are an important component during the fight.

File JSON

Battle Terrains in Tuxemon can be created by adding a JSON file to the mods/tuxemon/db/environment directory.

"slug": "grass",
"battle_music": "music_battle_loop",

the category: "battle_graphics": this is the main category which contains hud and icons and it manages the islands (terrain below the monsters) as well as the background. You can see many examples below (islands and backgrounds).

"island_back": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_island.png",
"island_front": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_island.png",
"background": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_background.png",

the subcategory "battle_graphics" > "hud": this manages the hud graphic, the one where appears the name, level, gender symbol, hp bar, etc.

"hud_player": "gfx/ui/combat/hp_player_nohp.png",
"hud_opponent": "gfx/ui/combat/hp_opponent_nohp.png",
"tray_player": "gfx/ui/combat/player_party_tray.png",
"tray_opponent": "gfx/ui/combat/opponent_party_tray.png"

the subcategory "battle_graphics" > "icons": this manages the small tuxeball icons in the graphic battle, the ones below the hud.

"icon_alive": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon01.png",
"icon_status": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon02.png",
"icon_faint": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon03.png",
"icon_empty": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_empty.png"

Here is an example of what a technique file might look like:

`mods/tuxemon/db/environment/grass.json`

 json
 {
 "slug": "grass",
 "battle_graphics": {
   "island_back": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_island.png",
   "island_front": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_island.png",
   "background": "gfx/ui/combat/grass_background.png",
   "hud": {
     "hud_player": "gfx/ui/combat/hp_player_nohp.png",
     "hud_opponent": "gfx/ui/combat/hp_opponent_nohp.png",
     "tray_player": "gfx/ui/combat/player_party_tray.png",
     "tray_opponent": "gfx/ui/combat/opponent_party_tray.png"
   },
   "icons": {
     "icon_alive": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon01.png",
     "icon_status": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon02.png",
     "icon_faint": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_icon03.png",
     "icon_empty": "gfx/ui/icons/party/party_empty.png"
   }
 },
 "battle_music": "music_battle_loop"
 }