Overgrowth Levels - Revision history

Silverfish: Removed WIP note

2018-01-11T13:26:59Z

Removed WIP note

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	~~'''NOTE: This page is a work in progress.'''~~

	A level for Overgrowth comes in the shape of an XML file. This is a human readable format, so you can open a level up as a text file and see everything that's in it. This page will go through all the aspects of these XML files, with extra focus on the ones you can't change via the editor.		A level for Overgrowth comes in the shape of an XML file. This is a human readable format, so you can open a level up as a text file and see everything that's in it. This page will go through all the aspects of these XML files, with extra focus on the ones you can't change via the editor.

Silverfish: Added and

2018-01-08T14:03:00Z

Added <NavMeshParameters> and <RecentItems>

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	'''<RayToSun/>''' - The 3 attributes in this tag describes the location of the sun in the sky. Use the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]] to change it.		'''<RayToSun/>''' - The 3 attributes in this tag describes the location of the sun in the sky. Use the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]] to change it.

			== Other ==
			'''<NavMeshParameters>''' - The settings when generating the navigation mesh. These are most easily changed in the editor under the [[Editor_Interface#Nav_Mesh_menu\|Nav Mesh Menu]]. See the [[Editor_Interface#Nav_Mesh_menu\|Nav Mesh Menu]] page to see what each setting does.

			'''<ActorObjects>''' - This tag contains all the objects in the level. Everything from characters and models to hotspots and groups.

			'''<RecentItems>''' - This is a list of objects that have been used in the level. These objects can be found in the editor under "Load → Open Recent..." for easy access.

Silverfish: /* Unimportant or Deprecated Tags */

2018-01-08T13:38:27Z

Unimportant or Deprecated Tags

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	'''<Script>''' - Specifies a script file that runs for this level, this is not used in official levels anymore. We recommend using a hotspot for this type of functionality instead.		'''<Script>''' - Specifies a script file that runs for this level, this is not used in official levels anymore. We recommend using a hotspot for this type of functionality instead.

	'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level. Since Overgrowth now uses an uber shader you should use the [[Script_Parameters#Level\|Custom Shader script parameter]].		'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level. Since Overgrowth now uses an uber shader you should use the [[Script_Parameters#Level\|Custom Shader script parameter]] in most cases instead.

	== Terrain ==		== Terrain ==

Silverfish: Added to deprecated tags

2018-01-08T13:37:34Z

Added <Shader> to deprecated tags

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	'''<Script>''' - Specifies a script file that runs for this level, this is not used in official levels anymore. We recommend using a hotspot for this type of functionality instead.		'''<Script>''' - Specifies a script file that runs for this level, this is not used in official levels anymore. We recommend using a hotspot for this type of functionality instead.

			'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level. Since Overgrowth now uses an uber shader you should use the [[Script_Parameters#Level\|Custom Shader script parameter]].

	== Terrain ==		== Terrain ==
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	'''<RayToSun/>''' - The 3 attributes in this tag describes the location of the sun in the sky. Use the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]] to change it.		'''<RayToSun/>''' - The 3 attributes in this tag describes the location of the sun in the sky. Use the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]] to change it.

	~~== Other ==~~
	~~'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level.~~

Silverfish: /* Unimportant or Deprecated Tags */ Added more unimportant/deprecated tags

2018-01-08T13:20:12Z

Unimportant or Deprecated Tags: Added more unimportant/deprecated tags

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	'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.		'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.

	'''<AmbientSounds>''' - Ambient sounds used to be global, but now you should use "Load → Sounds → Ambient sound hotspot" hotspots instead so you can have different ambient sounds in different parts of the level.		'''<AmbientSounds>''' - Ambient sounds used to be global for a level, but now you should use "Load → Sounds → Ambient sound hotspot" hotspots instead so you can have different ambient sounds in different parts of the level.

			'''<OutOfDate>''' - Specifies if the nav mesh is out of date, not used anymore as we now use the hash of the level to determine if the nav mesh is out of date.

			'''<Script>''' - Specifies a script file that runs for this level, this is not used in official levels anymore. We recommend using a hotspot for this type of functionality instead.

	== Terrain ==		== Terrain ==

Silverfish: /* Unimportant or Deprecated Tags */

2018-01-08T12:42:48Z

Unimportant or Deprecated Tags

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	'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.		'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.

	'''<AmbientSounds> - Ambient sounds used to be global, but now you should use "Load → Sounds → Ambient sound hotspot" hotspots instead so you can have different ambient sounds in different parts of the level.		'''<AmbientSounds>''' - Ambient sounds used to be global, but now you should use "Load → Sounds → Ambient sound hotspot" hotspots instead so you can have different ambient sounds in different parts of the level.

	== Terrain ==		== Terrain ==

Silverfish: /* Unimportant or Deprecated Tags */ Adde ambientsounds to deprecated tags.

2018-01-08T12:41:12Z

Unimportant or Deprecated Tags: Adde ambientsounds to deprecated tags.

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	'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.		'''<Description>''' - Map description. Is not used by the engine.

			'''<AmbientSounds> - Ambient sounds used to be global, but now you should use "Load → Sounds → Ambient sound hotspot" hotspots instead so you can have different ambient sounds in different parts of the level.

	== Terrain ==		== Terrain ==

Silverfish: /* Sky */ rewrite

2018-01-08T12:30:27Z

Sky: rewrite

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	== Sky ==		== Sky ==
	~~'''<DomeTexture>''' - Filepath to~~ the texture of the ~~skydome~~. ~~Some already exist in Data/Textures/skies/~~		The sun placement, intensity and color can be changed in the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]]. The sky dome texture can also be changed in the editor via the "Set Sky Texture..." button in the [[Editor_Interface#Edit_menu\|edit menu]]. Below is a quick explanation of what each tag in the <Sky> tag does.

	'''<~~SunAngularRad~~>''' - ~~Angular size~~ of the ~~sun~~.		'''<DomeTexture>''' - Filepath to the texture of the skydome, some already exist in Data/Textures/skies/.

	'''<~~SunColorAngle~~>''' - ??		'''<SunAngularRad>''' - The lower this is, the darker the shadows are.

	'''<~~RayToSun/~~>''' - ~~This Tag has 4 Attributes, r0, r1~~, ~~and r2~~. ''~~NOTE: Range? they have floating point values, generally close~~ to 0. ~~what do they do?''~~		'''<SunColorAngle>''' - Where the color dot is in the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]], tints the color of the sunlight.

			'''<RayToSun/>''' - The 3 attributes in this tag describes the location of the sun in the sky. Use the [[Editor_Interface#Sun_Editor\|sun editor]] to change it.

	== Other ==		== Other ==
	'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level.		'''<Shader>''' - Shader that is used in this map. This value should be set to "''post''", unless you plan to use a custom shader in your level.

Silverfish: /* Terrain */ Updated detail objects entry

2018-01-04T15:24:59Z

Terrain: Updated detail objects entry

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 The above example will make the surface look like grass up close, and it will make grassy sounds when you step on it. You can find a list of all material types in ../Overgrowth/Data/Materials/.
-'''<DetailObjects>''' - '''TODO:''' Write this.
+'''<DetailObjects>''' - Can be used to automatically spread smaller objects across the terrain, such as grass and rocks.
 == Sky ==

Silverfish: /* Terrain */ Updated DetailMaps.

2018-01-04T14:46:34Z

Terrain: Updated DetailMaps.

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	'''<WeightMap>''' - A .tga in which colors (RGB + Black) are used to define which DetailMap to use on which part of the terrain.		'''<WeightMap>''' - A .tga in which colors (RGB + Black) are used to define which DetailMap to use on which part of the terrain.

	'''<DetailMaps>''' - DetailMaps are used to tile ~~various objects~~ across the terrain, for ~~example of a patch of gravel: a local change~~ in ~~terrain color to grey, a normal map~~ that ~~gives~~ the ~~impression of gravel, and~~ the ~~corresponding materialobject which generate a~~ "~~gravel~~" ~~sound~~ when ~~interacted with~~.		'''<DetailMaps>''' - DetailMaps are used to tile textures across the terrain for more detail up close. Keep in mind that the color is tinted by the <ColorMap> texture.

			Example:

			<pre>
			<DetailMap
			colorpath="Data/Textures/Terrain/DetailTextures/grass.tga"
			normalpath="Data/Textures/Terrain/DetailTextures/grass_normal.png"
			materialpath="Data/Materials/grass.xml"
			/>
			</pre>
			The above example will make the surface look like grass up close, and it will make grassy sounds when you step on it. You can find a list of all material types in ../Overgrowth/Data/Materials/.

	'''<DetailObjects>''' - '''TODO:''' Write this.		'''<DetailObjects>''' - '''TODO:''' Write this.