Scenario and script database

The scenario/script database for the FEWS Game is a directory containing an arbitrary number of scenarios/script. A scenario consists of a FEWS database (the so-called local data store) that contains measurement data and model data. A script is the story line and consists of all events that happen during the game. Each directory in the scenario/script database that contains a file named script_config.xml is considered a scenario/script and will automatically appear in the list of scenarios/scripts that can be selected by the user of the FEWS Game. The following files/directories must be part of a scenario/script directory:

• A script configuration file named script_config.xml.
• A directory named localDataStore which holds the pre-loaded FEWS database. When a scenario/script is started in the FEWS Game, this directory is copied to the FEWS region directory.
• An arbitrary number of files that are associated with events specified in the script configuration.

Below is an example of a database containing two scenarios/scripts.

ScenarioScriptDatabase
|-- storm surge March 10-13
|   |-- script_config.xml
|   |-- localDataStore
|   |   `-- local.fdb
|   |-- exercise1_EN.txt
|   |-- exercise1_NL.txt
|   |-- start_session_EN.txt
|   |-- start_session_NL.txt
|   |-- telephone_call_EN.txt
|   |-- telephone_call_NL.txt
|   |-- weather_map_March12_00hr.pdf
|   |-- weather_map_March12_12hr.pdf
|   `-- weather_map_March13_00hr.pdf
`-- another storm surge
    |-- scenario_config.xml
    |-- localDataStore
    |   `-- local.fdb
    |-- file1.pdf
    `-- file2.pdf

It is also possible to group several scenarios/scripts (that belong to different FEWS configurations for example) by using an extra level of subdirectories, i.e.

ScenarioScriptDatabase
|-- Sea
|   |-- scenario1
|   |   `-- script_config.xml
|   `-- scenario2
|       `-- script_config.xml
`-- River
    |-- scenario1
    |   `-- script_config.xml
    `-- scenario2
        `-- script_config.xml

In the application configuration a reference to the appropriate scenario/script database can be set, for example ScenarioScriptDatabase/River.