====== Making a batch of maps automatically ======

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This option is only available in [[http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/downloads/professional.php|L3DT Professional]].
</note>

You can run a batch of maps using the '//File->Run batch...//' menu option. If you select an L3DT [[l3dt:formats:specs:run|batch file]] (*.run), L3DT will make all the maps in the batch sequentially and auto-save each one. If instead you choose a [[l3dt:formats:specs:def.xml|map definition file]] (*.def.xml), L3DT will make one map using that definition and will not auto-save.

L3DT does not as yet include a nice easy way to generate batch files. This is on my [[l3dt:plan|to-do list]]. However, the RUN files are simple text files, so you shouldn't have any problem working them out. The syntax of the DEF.XML files is a little more complex, but these files are automatically generated for each project. Thus to make a DEF.XML for a batch run, simply generate one copy of the map in the normal, manual way.