Xml File Formats

TODO:

Level, Saved Object, Prefab - These have more confusing schemas, to the point where I'm not entirely sure they're distinct types from one another, and I haven't nailed them down yet -merlyn

Actor XML

This is the top-level XML file for an NPC or combat character. It binds a Character XML file to an AI angelscript file.
When a level references a character, this is the file type that is referenced.

Example

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Actor>
    <Character>Data/Characters/rabbot.xml</Character>
    <ControlScript>enemycontrol.as</ControlScript>
</Actor>

Character element

<Character>Data/Characters/rabbot.xml</Character>

Required - Path to Character XML

ControlScript element

<ControlScript>enemycontrol.as</ControlScript>

Required - Path to AI angelscript. Relative to Data/Scripts folder

Asset Preload XML

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Attachment XML

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Attack XML

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Character XML

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Decal XML

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Events XML

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Hotspot XML

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Item XML

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Layered Song XML

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Level Meta XML

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Material XML

Example

From Data/Materials/default.xml, which is the material XML file that is used from other XMLs, if not required and not specified.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<material>
    <events>
        <leftrunstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_run.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightrunstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_run.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftwallstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_wallrun.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightwallstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_wallrun.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_walk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_walk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_jump_land.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land_soft soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_jump_land_soft.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land_slide soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_jump_land_slide.xml" attached="true"/>
        <slide soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/slide_concrete_short.xml" attached="true"/>
        <kick soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_kick.xml" attached="true"/>
        <sweep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_sweep.xml" attached="true"/>
        <jump soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_jump.xml" attached="true"/>
        <roll soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_roll.xml" attached="true"/>
        <edge_grab soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_edge_grab.xml" attached="true"/>
        <edge_crawl soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_edgecrawl.xml" attached="true"/>
        <bodyfall soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/bf_concrete.xml" attached="true"/>
        <bodyfall_light soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/bf_concrete_light.xml" attached="true"/>
        <bodyfall_medium soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/bf_concrete_medium.xml" attached="true"/>
        <bodyfall_heavy soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/bf_concrete_heavy.xml" attached="true"/>
        <weapon_drop_light soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/weapon_drop_light_stone.xml" attached="true"/>
        <weapon_drop_medium soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/weapon_drop_medium_stone.xml" attached="true"/>
        <weapon_drop_heavy soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/weapon_drop_heavy_stone.xml" attached="true"/>
        <blood_spatter soundgroup="Data/Sounds/blood/spatter_hard.xml"/>
        <blood_drip soundgroup="Data/Sounds/blood/drip_lowpass.xml"/>
    </events>
    <events mod="heavy">
        <leftrunstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_run.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightrunstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_run.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftwallstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_wallrun.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightwallstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_wallrun.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_walk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_walk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_crouchwalk.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_jump_land.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land_soft soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_jump_land.xml" attached="true"/>
        <land_slide soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_jump_land.xml" attached="true"/>
        <kick soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_kick.xml" attached="true"/>
        <sweep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_sweep.xml" attached="true"/>
        <jump soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_jump.xml" attached="true"/>
        <roll soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_roll.xml" attached="true"/>
        <edge_grab soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_heavy_concrete_edge_grab.xml" attached="true"/>
    </events>
    <events mod="soft">
        <weapon_drop_light soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/soft_bag_on_hard.xml" attached="true"/>
        <weapon_drop_medium soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/soft_bag_on_hard.xml" attached="true"/>
        <weapon_drop_heavy soundgroup="Data/Sounds/weapon_foley/impact/soft_bag_on_hard.xml" attached="true"/>
    </events>
    <physics hardness = "1.0" friction = "1.0" sharp_penetration = "0.0" />
</material>

From Data/Materials/base.xml, which specifies the default max_distance values for all materials.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<material>
    <events>
        <leftrunstep max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <rightrunstep max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <leftwallstep max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <rightwallstep max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <leftwalkstep max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <rightwalkstep max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep max_distance = "10.0"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep max_distance = "10.0"/>
        <land max_distance = "60.0"/>
        <land_soft max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <land_slide max_distance = "20.0"/>
        <slide max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <kick max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <sweep max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <jump max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <roll max_distance = "15.0"/>
        <edge_grab max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <edge_crawl max_distance = "15.0"/>
        <bodyfall max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <bodyfall_light max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <bodyfall_medium max_distance = "60.0"/>
        <bodyfall_heavy max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <weapon_drop_light max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <weapon_drop_medium max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <weapon_drop_heavy max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <blood_spatter max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <blood_drip max_distance = "20.0"/>
        <flip max_distance = "20.0"/>
        <choke_grab max_distance = "10.0"/>;
        <choke_move max_distance = "10.0"/>;
        <choke_fall max_distance = "10.0"/>;
    </events>
    <events mod="heavy">
        <leftrunstep max_distance = "50.0"/>
        <rightrunstep max_distance = "50.0"/>
        <leftwallstep max_distance = "50.0"/>
        <rightwallstep max_distance = "50.0"/>
        <leftwalkstep max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <rightwalkstep max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <leftcrouchwalkstep max_distance = "20.0"/>
        <rightcrouchwalkstep max_distance = "20.0"/>
        <land max_distance = "80.0"/>
        <land_soft max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <land_slide max_distance = "40.0"/>
        <kick max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <sweep max_distance = "30.0"/>
        <jump max_distance = "50.0"/>
        <roll max_distance = "25.0"/>
        <edge_grab max_distance = "40.0"/>
    </events>
</material>

Events element

<material>
    <events mod="soft">
        ...
    </events>
</material>

Contains a list of event elements that override default properties for this material.

Mod attribute

Optional - Specifies that this list of events only apply when the given material modifier is specified. TODO: what is a material modifier?

Event element

<material>
    <events>
        <leftrunstep soundgroup="Data/Sounds/concrete_foley/fs_light_concrete_run.xml" attached="true" max_distance = "40.0"/>
        ...
    </events>
</material>

The sound (and physical properties of the sound) for a given material interaction event. The name of the element corresponds to the name of the event (in this example, leftrunstep).

soundgroup attribute

Optional - Specifies the Sound Group XML for the material interaction event.

attached attribute

Optional - Boolean value. If true, the sound (group) will be played as a sound that is attached to the character that triggered the material event.

max_distance attribute

Optional - Decimal value. The max distance that the sound can be while still being made audible to the player.

Mod XML

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Music XML

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Nav Mesh Meta XML

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Object XML

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Particle XML

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Path XML

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Reaction XML

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Retarget XML

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Rig XML

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Shader Preload XML

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Sound Group XML

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Synced Animation Group XML

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Version Manifest XML

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Voice XML

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