Level tutorial - Revision history

Ashhawk: Fixed some list markup

2022-09-09T20:29:54Z

Fixed some list markup

Ladyofpayne: /* Texture Settings */

2016-01-19T09:56:49Z

‎Texture Settings

Ladyofpayne: /* Texturing */

2016-01-19T09:56:05Z

‎Texturing

Ottemis: /* Materials */

2011-03-21T07:24:24Z

‎Materials

BryanDerksen: /* Creating an Exportable Area */ link exportable area

2010-01-27T23:47:13Z

‎Creating an Exportable Area: link exportable area

Portpolli: /* Creating an Exportable Area */

2009-11-08T03:35:24Z

‎Creating an Exportable Area

Zhash: /* Skyboxes */

2009-11-05T19:45:45Z

‎Skyboxes

Axe Murderer: /* Troubleshooting */

2009-10-18T22:06:52Z

‎Troubleshooting

BryanDerksen: /* New Room */

2009-09-09T22:17:10Z

‎New Room

BryanDerksen: /* Create a new level */

2009-09-09T22:16:25Z

‎Create a new level

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 #  I load an interior area in the engine and everything is black. Or, alternatively, I'm running through an area and suddenly I enter a black patch and am now stuck.
-** Rooms have to have a light, or be attached to a room that has a light, for anything to be visible. Artists and tech designers can fix this by attaching a Dynamic Ambient light to that room.
+#* Rooms have to have a light, or be attached to a room that has a light, for anything to be visible. Artists and tech designers can fix this by attaching a Dynamic Ambient light to that room.
-** An alternate problem that could cause this other than lighting is improper physics for floor pieces. This can cause the player to "fall through" the floor and have it seem like everything went black. Typically, if this happens, you can notice it by the fact that if you walk backwards the room does not show up again. If it were lighting that was causing this, you could walk back and see the room again the way it was before. The solution to this is to find the model which is causing you to fall in the art toolset and fix it.
+#* An alternate problem that could cause this other than lighting is improper physics for floor pieces. This can cause the player to "fall through" the floor and have it seem like everything went black. Typically, if this happens, you can notice it by the fact that if you walk backwards the room does not show up again. If it were lighting that was causing this, you could walk back and see the room again the way it was before. The solution to this is to find the model which is causing you to fall in the art toolset and fix it.
-−
 # My placeables in an interior area are not showing up in the engine. I see them in the toolset, but not in the game.
-** A tile needs to have physics attached to it, otherwise any placeable put on top of it will not appear in the engine. The model for the tile will need to be fixed.
+#* A tile needs to have physics attached to it, otherwise any placeable put on top of it will not appear in the engine. The model for the tile will need to be fixed.
 == Exteriors==

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 ===Texture Settings===
-'''UV Setting - UVTile is 1 by default but youneed to change it to 8- this way texture will loooks like in the file itself.'''
+'''UV Setting - UVTile is 1 by default but you need to change it to 8 if you use your own textures - this way texture will loooks like in the file itself.'''
 Relief Settings
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 Grid Opacity
 ===Important Things you should know===

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 [[File:Level editor SelectMaterial.jpg]]
-All textures you will need start with the "ter_" prefix. So if you wanted to add a rock texture look for
+All textures for terrain you will need start with the "ter_" prefix. Or you can find your own textures by name. So if you wanted to add a rock texture from DAO look for '''ter_rock_d'''
-ter_rock_d
+'''Note that all textures, will have 4 suffixes. d, n, h, and s. These stand for diffuse, normal, height, and specular respectively.''' So when you finish selecting the diffuse you like, go back and choose the corresponding textures for normal, height and specular to complete the texture.
-−
 Note that all textures, will have 4 suffixes. d, n, h, and s. These stand for diffuse, normal, height, and specular respectively. So when you finish selecting the diffuse you like, go back and choose the corresponding textures for normal, height and specular to complete the texture.
 [[File:Level editor ObjectIns-NewMat1.jpg]]
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 ===Texture Settings===
 Relief Settings
 Sound material Type

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 * Relief: How many times the texture is mapped onto the material (???)
-* UVTile: How the texture is mapped onto the material (???)
+* UVTile: Scale of the texture. Higher numbers shrink the texture down (for instance smaller cobblestones). Default value is 1.
 Textures:

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 In order to export an exterior, you must first designate what part of your Terrain world it takes up:
-* Create an Exportable Area (Look at the toolbar on the top, it's the purple plus button)
+* Create an [[exportable area]] ([[File:IconAddExportableArea.png]] button in the toolbar)
 ** When you are ready to export a part of your Terrain World, press this button. It will bring up a window allowing you to set many options that will effect the export. For now, you are only concerned with Defining the Area. (TODO: Other options are not covered.)
 ** After defining an area, close the window and select the Exportable Area you just created from the list. With this selected, you may now access the standard export and preview buttons on the menu.

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 Find "Skydome Model" Under the Atmosphere Settings. Select sb_newlayout from the list. This is a dynamic shell, you can change it's characteristics. Don't use any of the other shells.
 Creating an Exportable Area
 In order to export an exterior, you must first designate what part of your Terrain world it takes up:

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	Create a new room by right clicking on "New area" under "Room World". Then left click on the new room to select it.		Create a new room by right clicking on "New area" under "Room World". Then left click on the new room to select it.
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		+	Each room contains a list of models or objects including some lights, but it also has properties.

	=== Spawning Objects ===		=== Spawning Objects ===

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 ===Create a new level===
-[[File:New resource.png|100px]]
+[[File:New resource.png|200px]]
 Select "Room Level" and click next and finish.