Difference between revisions of "GameTools - File Formats"

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The games that use the gameTools suite require a number of support files - most of which are XML files.

Note that all XML 'filenames' mentioned in the game can also be URL's. So rather than putting 'mymodel.plb', you can use http://www.mywebsite.com/whatever/mymodel.plb instead.

The title_screen.rgb file: The startup screen for the game.
The ultimate.xml file: Which is the overall game description file.
The material.xml file: Which controls how materials behave.
The decoration.xml file: Which controls what decorations the 'mktile' program generates for automatically created terrain tiles.
The tiled.xml file: Which controls what hand-built tiles the 'tiled' program allows you to choose from.
The tiled_autotiles.xml file: Which controls what automatically built terrain tiles the 'tiled' program allows you to choose from.
Level files: Which control the contents of each level in the game.
PLB files: Which permit blender to be used for making models.
Tile naming: How auto-generated terrain tiles are named.

Wikiid Pages relating to gameTools (edit)

plb_to_ac3d, mklevel, mktile, mktree, tiled, autogen_java, mk3dgallery

gameTools - File Formats :

title_screen.rgb, ultimate.xml, material.xml, decoration.xml, physics.xml

tiled.xml, tiled_autotiles.xml, Level files, Tile naming scheme, PLB files

Game functions: gameCamera, gameClock, gameChecksum/gameHashTable, gameHTTP,

gameIsect, gameJoystick, gameParticleManager, gameScreen/gameMouse,

gameSky, gameStarter, gameStrokeFont, gameUtils

Material database: MatList/MatEntry

Tile map handling: TileObject/MapFlag/MapEntry/Map

Java Interfacing: JavaLink

Image file loading: liImage/liImageFactory

3D Model file loading: loadPLB, PLB exporter

Physics: Sabot, Bullet, gameTools - Use with Blender, PLB exporter

Object management: Object