First attempt; works, but has regressions in several areas

OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/Map.cs

@@ -41,17 +41,19 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 		public string Author;
 		public int PlayerCount;
 		public string Tileset;
-
+
+		public Dictionary<string, PlayerReference> Players = new Dictionary<string, PlayerReference>();
 		public Dictionary<string, ActorReference> Actors = new Dictionary<string, ActorReference>();
 		public List<SmudgeReference> Smudges = new List<SmudgeReference>();
 		public Dictionary<string, int2> Waypoints = new Dictionary<string, int2>();
-		
+
 		// Rules overrides
 		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Rules = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
 		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Weapons = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
 		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Voices = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
 		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Music = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
-		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Terrain = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
+		public Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> Terrain = new Dictionary<string, MiniYaml>();
+		
 		// Binary map data
 		public byte TileFormat = 1;
 		public int2 MapSize;
@@ -93,13 +95,20 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 				string[] loc = wp.Value.Value.Split(',');
 				Waypoints.Add(wp.Key, new int2(int.Parse(loc[0]), int.Parse(loc[1])));
 			}
-
-			// Actors
+			
+			// Players
+			foreach (var kv in yaml["Players"].Nodes)
+			{
+				var player = new PlayerReference(kv.Value);
+				Players.Add(player.Name, player);
+			}
+			
+			// Actors
 			foreach (var kv in yaml["Actors"].Nodes)
 			{
 				string[] vals = kv.Value.Value.Split(' ');
 				string[] loc = vals[2].Split(',');
-				var a = new ActorReference(vals[0], new int2(int.Parse(loc[0]), int.Parse(loc[1])), vals[2]);
+				var a = new ActorReference(vals[0], new int2(int.Parse(loc[0]), int.Parse(loc[1])), vals[1]);
 				Actors.Add(kv.Key, a);
 			}
 

OpenRA.FileFormats/Map/PlayerReference.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007,2009,2010 Chris Forbes, Robert Pepperell, Matthew Bowra-Dean, Paul Chote, Alli Witheford.
+ * This file is part of OpenRA.
+ * 
+ *  OpenRA is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ *  OpenRA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with OpenRA.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
+{
+	public class PlayerReference
+	{
+		public readonly string Name;
+		public readonly string Palette;
+		public readonly string Race;
+		
+		public PlayerReference(MiniYaml my)
+		{
+			FieldLoader.Load(this, my);
+		}
+	}
+}

OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Primitives\int2.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Map\MapStub.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Map\SmudgeReference.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Map\PlayerReference.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.