In the game, there is only ever one special direction, and it is for the astral space.

less XML, more code.
cleaning up the special direction parsing a bit.

conf/e2/config.xml

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <xi:include href="config:///game/familiars.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///core/terrains.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/terrains.xml"/>
-  <xi:include href="config:///default/directions.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/artrewards.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/buildings.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///core/calendar.xml"/>

conf/e3/config.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   <xi:include href="config:///core/common/buildings.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/familiars.xml"/>
 
-  <xi:include href="config:///default/directions.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///default/adamantium.xml" />
 
   <xi:include href="config:///game/ships.xml"/>

conf/e4/config.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   <xi:include href="config:///core/common/buildings.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/familiars.xml"/>
 
-  <xi:include href="config:///default/directions.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///default/adamantium.xml" />
 
   <xi:include href="config:///game/ships.xml"/>

game-e2/config.xml

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   <xi:include href="config:///game/familiars.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///core/terrains.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/terrains.xml"/>
-  <xi:include href="config:///default/directions.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/artrewards.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///game/buildings.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="config:///core/calendar.xml"/>

game-e3/config.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <eressea xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
-  <xi:include href="config:///default/directions.xml"/>
-
   <xi:include href="config:///core/messages.xml"/>
 
   <xi:include href="config:///core/de/strings.xml"/>

res/directions.xml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<directions>
-  <dir name="vortex" desc="vortex_desc"/>
-</directions>

src/kernel/xmlreader.c

@@ -461,33 +461,6 @@ static int parse_calendar(xmlDocPtr doc)
   return rv;
 }
 
-static int parse_directions(xmlDocPtr doc)
-{
-  xmlXPathContextPtr xpath = xmlXPathNewContext(doc);
-  xmlXPathObjectPtr xpathDirections;
-  xmlNodeSetPtr nsetDirections;
-  int rv = 0;
-
-  /* reading eressea/directions/dir */
-  xpathDirections =
-    xmlXPathEvalExpression(BAD_CAST "/eressea/directions/dir", xpath);
-  nsetDirections = xpathDirections->nodesetval;
-  if (nsetDirections != NULL) {
-    int k;
-    for (k = 0; k != nsetDirections->nodeNr; ++k) {
-      xmlNodePtr dir = nsetDirections->nodeTab[k];
-      xmlChar *propValue = xmlGetProp(dir, BAD_CAST "name");
-
-      register_special_direction((const char *)propValue);
-      xmlFree(propValue);
-    }
-  }
-  xmlXPathFreeObject(xpathDirections);
-  xmlXPathFreeContext(xpath);
-
-  return rv;
-}
-
 static int parse_ships(xmlDocPtr doc)
 {
   xmlXPathContextPtr xpath = xmlXPathNewContext(doc);
@@ -2309,6 +2282,5 @@ void register_xmlreader(void)
   xml_register_callback(parse_equipment);       /* requires spells */
   xml_register_callback(parse_races);   /* requires spells */
   xml_register_callback(parse_calendar);
-  xml_register_callback(parse_directions);
 }
 #endif

src/move.c

@@ -1086,7 +1086,11 @@ int movewhere(const unit * u, const char *token, region * r, region ** resultp)
         break;
 
     case NODIRECTION:
-        r2 = find_special_direction(r, token, u->faction->locale);
+        token = (const char *)get_translation(u->faction->locale, token, UT_SPECDIR);
+        if (!token) {
+            return E_MOVE_NOREGION;
+        }
+        r2 = find_special_direction(r, token);
         if (r2 == NULL) {
             return E_MOVE_NOREGION;
         }

src/spells.c

@@ -6868,6 +6868,7 @@ void register_spells(void)
     register_function((pf_generic)sp_kampfzauber, "combat_spell");
 
     register_spelldata();
+    register_special_direction("vortex");
 
     register_unitcurse();
     register_regioncurse();

src/util/language.c

@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ void ** get_translations(const struct locale *lang, int index)
     return lstrs[0].tokens + index;
 }
 
+void *get_translation(const struct locale *lang, const char *str, int index) {
+    void **tokens = get_translations(lang, index);
+    variant var;
+    if (findtoken(*tokens, str, &var) == E_TOK_SUCCESS) {
+        return var.v;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 void free_locales(void)
 {
     while (locales) {

src/util/language.h

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ extern "C" {
     UT_MAX
   };
 
-  void ** get_translations(const struct locale *lang, int index);
+  void ** get_translations(const struct locale *lang, int type);
+  void * get_translation(const struct locale *lang, const char *str, int type);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }

src/util/translation.c

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void opstack_push(opstack ** stackp, variant data)
   opstack *stack = *stackp;
   if (stack == NULL) {
     stack = (opstack *) malloc(sizeof(opstack));
-    stack->size = 1;
+    stack->size = 2;
     stack->begin = malloc(sizeof(variant) * stack->size);
     stack->top = stack->begin;
     *stackp = stack;

src/vortex.c

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void register_special_direction(const char *name)
             var.v = str;
             addtoken(tokens, token, var);
 
-            if (lang == default_locale) {
+            if (lang == locales) {
                 dir_lookup *dl = malloc(sizeof(dir_lookup));
                 dl->name = str;
                 dl->oldname = token;
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ attrib_type at_direction = {
     a_readdirection
 };
 
-region *find_special_direction(const region * r, const char *token,
-    const struct locale *lang)
+region *find_special_direction(const region * r, const char *token)
 {
     attrib *a;
     spec_direction *d;
@@ -146,14 +145,8 @@ region *find_special_direction(const region * r, const char *token,
         a = a->next) {
         d = (spec_direction *)(a->data.v);
 
-        if (d->active) {
-            void **tokens = get_translations(lang, UT_SPECDIR);
-            variant var;
-            if (findtoken(*tokens, token, &var) == E_TOK_SUCCESS) {
-                if (strcmp((const char *)var.v, d->keyword) == 0) {
-                    return findregion(d->x, d->y);
-                }
-            }
+        if (d->active && strcmp(token, d->keyword) == 0) {
+            return findregion(d->x, d->y);
         }
     }
 

src/vortex.h

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
     struct region;
     struct attrib;
-    struct locale;
 
     typedef struct spec_direction {
         int x, y;
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ extern "C" {
     extern struct attrib_type at_direction;
 
     struct region *find_special_direction(const struct region *r,
-        const char *token, const struct locale *lang);
+        const char *token);
     void register_special_direction(const char *name);
     struct spec_direction *special_direction(const struct region * from,
         const struct region * to);