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[ 13:21 ] [ 16 Oct 2013 ]

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Alright here's how custom objects will be organized. There will be a line in init.con of map that will loaded another init.con file.

Images showing what things will look like:

Any mapper who decides to make custom objects, Kindly place your con files in a folder with your name on it and load it from there. Here's how the init.con file in the objects folder currently looks like:




rem **************************

rem *** Primary Map Assets ***

rem **************************





rem

rem *** Custom Effects ***

rem



include Global/Effects/e_DoorOpen/Effects.con

include Global/Effects/e_Collision_Metal_ForceField/Effects.con



rem ***

rem ***  Load Custom object con files from here.  ***

rem ***



include Global/ForceFields/Geometries.con

include Global/ForceFields/Objects.con



rem

rem ***  Animated Door for entrance/exits. ***

rem



include Global/Doors/Geometries.con

include Global/Doors/Network.con

include Global/Doors/Objects.con



rem

rem *** Materials ***

rem



include Global/DamageSystem.con





rem ****************************************

rem *** Custom Assets from verious users ***

rem ****************************************





rem  *** Apache Thunder's Billard Table Game ***

rem  *** Table mesh created by BrightRetro. Distrubution is allowed. ***



include ApacheThunder/Objects.con

include ApacheThunder/Network.con

include ApacheThunder/Geometries.con

include ApacheThunder/Effects.con

include ApacheThunder/Materials.con

I have global assets separated from things I made for my own square. So if you create custom objects, using similar structure as above will speed up the merger process.

Note the extra folders in the first image:

Animations
Objects
Sound
StandardMesh
Texture

These emulate the folders/archives found in the mod's main folder. The game will automatically load custom meshes from StandardMesh, so your geometry templates do NOT need to path all the way to the map folder.

(only the debugger requires this)

Same goes for the texture folder. You can path your textures and geometries the same way as if they were in a custom mod and they will work fine in this map.

However for custom animations, they MUST be loaded from an include command in the StaticObjects.con file. I have found this to be the only way to have custom animations in a mapside mod. Note that battlecraft will remove include lines from staticobjects.con file, so if you are feeling adventurous and want some animated Mesh's (sorry custom handweapons still won't work mapside.

) You can certainly make them work. Pathing to the SKN/SKE files works the same way as textures/standardMesh, you don't need to path out to the map folder. just "animations/Nameofyourskin.skn" and "animations/NameOfYourSkeleton.ske" will work just fine.

Here's what the Animations folder looks like:

Init.con file loads custom animation states. Keep your animations in your own con file and use include command to run them from init.con file. This will help me/fo0k sort through all the custom assets created by each mapper so that we can quickly merge them into the map for release.

That should cover how custom assets will be done in this map. So have at it.

I have Cameras in your head!