Script for a DayZ mod that ultimately allows configuration or addition of darkness areas using Namalsk's darkness system.

My script enables easy conversion between two different coordinate systems:

# initialize result dictionary
result = {"Triggers": []}

# loop through locations object
for location in locations_object['locations']:
   # extract minimum and maximum coordinates
    min_coords = location['min']
    max_coords = location['max']

    # calculate sizes and positions based on min and max coordinates
    sizes = [((max_coords[i] - min_coords[i])/2) for i in range(len(min_coords))]
    positions = [min_coords[i] + sizes[i] for i in range(len(min_coords))]

    # create a new location dictionary with required fields
    new_location = {
        "_Name": location['name'],
        "Position": positions,
        # orientation is always 0
        "Orientation": [0, 0, 0],
        "Size": sizes,
        "EyeAccommodation": location.get('darkness', 0),
        "Breadcrumbs": []
    }
    # append the new location to the result list
    result["Triggers"].append(new_location)

Original solution involved multiple for loops, which worked, but considering the need to process large amounts of data, list comprehensions were a better choice. List comprehensions are generally faster than for loops because they are optimmized for creating lists in Python.

The resultant object is formatted and written to a file:

# format the result dictionary as a JSON string with indentation
formatted_output = json.dumps(result, indent=4)
# write the formatted JSON string to a file
with open('processed_coordinates.json', 'w') as file:
    file.write(formatted_output)

Overall, this script reads location data from a JSON file, processes the coordinates to convert to specified fields, writes the processed data to a new JSON file (processed_coordinates.json), and optionally prints the formatted JSON string to the console for verification or debugging purposes.