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Ashhawk: BSN link flagged for maintenance - using AWB

2022-02-01T15:42:26Z

BSN link flagged for maintenance - using AWB

Sunjammer: Fixing link, fixing typos

2011-06-11T12:52:13Z

Fixing link, fixing typos

Eshme at 23:10, 30 January 2010

2010-01-30T23:10:41Z

BryanDerksen: /* Two-dimensional Arrays */ link compiling 2DAs

2010-01-28T23:19:58Z

‎Two-dimensional Arrays: link compiling 2DAs

Eshme: /* Art Resources */

2010-01-27T00:58:13Z

‎Art Resources

BryanDerksen: /* Overview */ minor copyedit

2010-01-25T23:53:12Z

‎Overview: minor copyedit

Eshme: /* Art Resources */

2010-01-25T22:56:31Z

‎Art Resources

Eshme: /* Overview */

2010-01-25T22:53:29Z

‎Overview

BryanDerksen: /* Overview */ using image formatting tag to achieve the right-aligned effect

2010-01-25T18:07:23Z

‎Overview: using image formatting tag to achieve the right-aligned effect

Eshme: /* Art sources for the Single Player campaign */

2010-01-25T16:06:02Z

‎Art sources for the Single Player campaign

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	Game Art in general is created via various external Applications, [[3rd_party_extensions]] ,and with the Dragon Age Toolset. Which you will need depends only on the type of Resource.		Game Art in general is created via various external Applications, [[3rd_party_extensions]] ,and with the Dragon Age Toolset. Which you will need depends only on the type of Resource.

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 Game Art in general is created via various external Applications, [[3rd_party_extensions]] ,and with the Dragon Age Toolset. Which you will need depends only on the type of Resource.
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 [[Image:Overview.png|right|]]
-Creating content to be usable with the Toolset can probably be separated into 2 fields. That is the actual Resourcetype, and telling the Toolset about it.
+Creating content to be usable with the Toolset can probably be separated into 2 fields. That is the actual Resource type, and telling the Toolset about it.
-For example a Model in itself is only a set of files, while 2DA's assign ID's and kind of like a place in the "Shelf" which is what you are seeing in the Toolset. Otherwise it wouldnt be able to tell what a given Model is supposed to be. Furthermore, the Toolset will get to know Properties once it knows which kind of Model it is.
+For example a Model in itself is only a set of files, while 2DA's assign ID's and kind of like a place in the "Shelf" which is what you are seeing in the Toolset. Otherwise it would not be able to tell what a given Model is supposed to be. Furthermore, the Toolset will get to know Properties once it knows which kind of Model it is.
-*Art Resources are the Files that exist in the Filesystem.
+* Art Resources are the Files that exist in the file system.
-*Two-dimensional Arrays ([[2DA|2DA's]]) are compiled Excel Tables, containing various Data about the Resources.
+* Two-dimensional Arrays ([[2DA|2DA's]]) are compiled Excel Tables, containing various Data about the Resources.
-Art Resources are, with the exception of Level layouts, only indirectly linked to what you see in game. A Model has to be applied to a Item, a Facemorph to a NPC, etc. This whole Art category ends for the most part once the Resources are available to be used in the Toolset. Anything you make with the art resources there is a matter of [[Design]].
+Art Resources are, with the exception of Level layouts, only indirectly linked to what you see in game. A Model has to be applied to a Item, a Face morph to a NPC, etc. This whole Art category ends for the most part once the Resources are available to be used in the Toolset. Anything you make with the art resources there is a matter of [[Design]].
 The diagram illustrates the general outline of how each of these types of resource is edited, processed, and used by the game.
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 == Module Foundation ==
-Resources arent created into the blue, as each has to be created on top of a so called Module. Art Resources and 2DAs arent directly tied to a Module, however they are referenced by Designer Resources which instead are. When creating an installable package, an Resources has to be present in the correct Modules override folder. There are multiple Override Folders which the Game reads, however it is important to choose the correct one for the Module to be separated and Toolset functions to work later on.
+:''See Main Article: [[Module]]''
-*Art Resources and 2DA Files have to be placed into the Modules directory by hand.
+Resources are not created into the blue, as each has to be created on top of a so called Module. Art Resources and 2DAs are not directly tied to a Module, however they are referenced by Designer Resources which instead are. When creating an installable package, an Resources has to be present in the correct Modules override folder. There are multiple Override Folders which the Game reads, however it is important to choose the correct one for the Module to be separated and Toolset functions to work later on.
-*The Toolset is responsible for exporting Designer Resources out of the Database into the corresponding Module directory.
-:''See Main Article: [[Module]]''
+* Art Resources and 2DA Files have to be placed into the Modules directory by hand.
 == Art Resources ==
 <!-- Need clarification, is it Art or Design Resources? Need clear separation, and an Article about it but nobody does so :P -->
-<!-- However the Design Section titles that basics are already created, yet its contents go into iE texturecreation, this is a mess! -->
+<!-- However the Design Section titles that basics are already created, yet its contents go into i.e. texture creation, this is a mess! -->
-Art Resources are all Art created and stored into the Dragon Age Filesystem. Creators of Worldmaps will need Art Resources to shape them with Models, while creators of Facemorphs need Models of Faces. With that ,they are also creating Art Resources.
+Art Resources are all Art created and stored into the Dragon Age file system. Creators of world maps will need Art Resources to shape them with Models, while creators of face morphs need models of faces. With that, they are also creating Art Resources.
-Art Resources include the following, but not exclusivly:
+Art Resources include the following, but not exclusively:
-*[[Animation blend tree editor|Animations]]
+* [[Animation blend tree editor|Animations]]
-*[[Model|Models]]
+* [[Model|Models]]
-*[[Sound and music|Sounds and Music]]
+* [[Sound and music|Sounds and Music]]
-*[[Morph|Morphs]]
+* [[Morph|Morphs]]
-*etc..
+* etc.
-−
-:''Main Article: [[Art Resources]]''
 Any Art Resource is also made available to the Game Design Process, where Game Designers create [[Designer Resources]] like Characters.
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 === Models (Art Resource) ===
 <!-- Adding this here because its a big topic. Main topic should stay under Art Resources -->
 Models are the smallest Pieces in Art Creation, that make up any visible Entity in the Game, consolidated into the complete visible appearance of the Gameworld by the Worlddesigner.
 Walls, Houses, Creatures are all made up of one or multiple Models. They are as such 3d Meshes, created using external modelling Applications, which export them into a gamereadable Format.
 === Level/Area layouts (Art Resource) ===
 <!-- Adding this here because its a big topic. Main topic should stay under Art Resources -->
 Level layouts (also called Area layouts) are another Art Resource in itself. They are a simple world Design, that includes nothing more than wide Terrain with Trees, Lakes, Bridges, and pratically a playground where any game can take place. Dragon Age play-areas are based on such Layouts.
 Models is what makes up a layout for the most Part. Terrain, Lakes, and Weather are however unique to the Level Editor and can only be created with it.
 Note that Level layouts are non interactive. Interactive Areas are build based on these layouts, and described in the Article [[Area]].
 == Two-dimensional Arrays ==
-DA's contain various Data not only for Art Resources, but for the whole game as well. 2DA's are packed into [[GDA]] [[File types|Filetype]], which are generated from XLS (Excel) Files. With the Toolset come the original XLS Files, to be editable and regenerated to GDA to allow for modding. They can be found at:
+DA's contain various Data not only for Art Resources, but for the whole game as well. 2DA's are packed into [[GDA]] [[List of file types|file type]], which are generated from XLS (Excel) files. The original XLS files supplied with the Toolset can be found in:
-<pre>(Dragon Age install dir)\tools\source\2da</pre>
+<pre>[Dragon Age install directory]\tools\source\2da</pre>
-*Main Article : [[2DA]]
+For converting XLS files into GDA files, see [[compiling 2DAs]].
-*For methods you can use to convert XLS files into GDAs, see [[compiling 2DAs]].
 == Art sources for the Single Player campaign ==

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	The diagram illustrates the general outline of how each of these types of resource is edited, processed, and used by the game.		The diagram illustrates the general outline of how each of these types of resource is edited, processed, and used by the game.
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		+	== Module Foundation ==
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		+	Resources arent created into the blue, as each has to be created on top of a so called Module. Art Resources and 2DAs arent directly tied to a Module, however they are referenced by Designer Resources which instead are. When creating an installable package, an Resources has to be present in the correct Modules override folder. There are multiple Override Folders which the Game reads, however it is important to choose the correct one for the Module to be separated and Toolset functions to work later on.
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		+	*Art Resources and 2DA Files have to be placed into the Modules directory by hand.
		+	*The Toolset is responsible for exporting Designer Resources out of the Database into the corresponding Module directory.
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		+	:''See Main Article: [[Module]]''

	== Art Resources ==		== Art Resources ==

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 <pre>(Dragon Age install dir)\tools\source\2da</pre>
-:''Main Article : [[2DA]]''
+*Main Article : [[2DA]]
 == Art sources for the Single Player campaign ==

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 Art Resources include the following, but not exclusivly:
-*Animations
+*[[Animation blend tree editor|Animations]]
 *[[Model|Models]]
 *[[Sound and music|Sounds and Music]]
-*Morphs
+*[[Morph|Morphs]]
 *etc..

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 == Art sources for the Single Player campaign ==
 For size reasons the sources for the levels, head morphs, and visual effects projects used in the Single Player campaign were not included with the toolset installer. You can find these available for download at [http://social.bioware.com/project/1331/#files the Single player and core resource source files] project.
 [[Category:Art resources]]