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Developer: Traveller's Tales
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Bionicle Heroes is a game with nice graphics and lame gameplay that features the characters and setting from the 2006 Toa Inika era of the series with other non-canon enemies from different eras. Just be careful with your eyes as the world of Voya Nui is suffering from a serious case of next-generation bloom.
Contents
Unused Graphics
There are several placeholder graphics from a prototype of the game. These include two sets of icons for the Toa, one set with the Voya Nui island logo with a colored border, and another depicting BIONICLE Hordika from 2005. There are also placeholder health bar and sniper scope graphics.
Whenua
Nokama
Onewa
Matau
Vakama
Nuju
Black icon
Blue icon
Brown icon
Green icon
Red icon
White icon
Health bar outline
Health piece
Sniper scope graphic
Developer Messages
There are several .txt files with long messages from the developers.
Wacky.txt
Facts: ------ Some of the games golden constractions are based on MoC's from the Rahi book (title to be added) It took 20 people 10 months to make the game. The game originally started life as a FPS. There are over 200km of real estate in the game. There are over 44 actual Bionicle characters in the game. There are over 500 constractions in the game. The critters in the game were actually built in lego prior to being built electronically. Real bionicle fans from fan forums helped create the huge number of bionicle themed collectibles in the game. Over 1000 doughnuts were eaten during development There are (approximately) 308,436 lines of C/C++ code in the game Bionicle sounds like Barnacle when said quickly Several Bionicles were actually harmed during the making of this game. Several older Bionicle toys had to be tracked down on EBay for the artists to use as reference. Over (insert large impressive number here) Bionicle pieces had to be flown over from Denmark to help the team make Bionicle Heroes! Bionicle swords actually make for excellent desert knifes... a bit tricky to clean though! if you rearange the letters in bionicle, you get, nice boil Team members claims to fame: --------------------------- One member of the team regularly wore Patrick Stewart's (Alias Jean Luc Picard from TV's Star Trek) old shoes to work during the making of Bionicle. i once sat on roy castle's knee i once ate an earthworm for a five pound bet in high school but never got given the fiver.... -->mug. I'm wearing your momma's slippers whilst typing this. Previous titles from team members: --------------------------------- Quake 2 Wargasm Toy Story 2 Muppet Racemania Galleon Finding Nemo Lego Star Wars Haven Lego Soccer Barbie race and ride Black & White 2 Chronicles of Narnia F1 Grand Prix World Rally Championship Blade Crash Bandicoot - Wrath of Cortex Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Leander Puggsy Emperor - Battle for Dune FA Premier League Football Manager '99 and 2000 IndyCar Series 1+2 Fussball Flipper UEFA Champion's League 2000/01 world championship snooker Mat Hoffman Pro BMX Conker Live and Reloaded Unrelated training from staff: --------------------------- Building Engineer Car designer Ninja Formula 1 test driver Strange previous jobs: ---------------------- Strawberry picker Lettuce Packer runner Valve Cleaner in a Chemical Factory Make magnets for tv tubes. (thats a tube like what they used to have in teles... not your flat screen thing your dad just bought you) Welder Laser Quest Supervisor
niggles.txt
This is a place to note anything that you notice needs doing - whether AI, geometry, terrain issues, cutscenes, etc. Please initial your comments so we can easily get more info if needed. CUTSCENES -------------- objects like the toa masks should not be drawn during cutscenes. EC WEAPON EFFECTS -------------- If you hold down fire with the blue weapon for an extended period of time whilst moving close to a wall the beam starts to seperate and spreads across the screen in all directions. EC GENERAL ------- when you lose the brown mask his weapon drops to the floor and is also occassionally drawn in his hands at the same time. EC If you hold fire and press left or right on the right stick the toa plays the strafe anims but doesn't strafe. EC The blue technics pieces should be vibrant blue like the blue studs in LSW - AP when jumping it is possible to land in silly places by holding down fire and poiting in different directions. i hazzard a guess that it is the straffe controls which conflict with the jump direction. - CM red toa dies while standing on lava - turned into brown toa and could still move around the lava area - CM when the game is paused, animaed scene objects (using the animLib attributes) do not pause. - CM A.I. ---- When the Vahki performs his ground smash area attack he is flung up in the air, along with everyone else. Shouldn't he be the only one who is still? EC The Visorak do NOT use their spinners? Or if they do then not enough. - CM Creatures don't ever seem to want to avoid attacks. Most noticable on the Vahke who just stand there and take it. - CM CHRISS - we have the wrong AI creatures for the first difficulty level HUB --- The portal splines are too close to the walkways leading up on the sides .Rotating the camera while at the edge makes the scene disappear. KW DESERT1 ------- No terrain on the two derricks - CP The blend layer at the base of the first building is not shadowed. Also, some of the buttresses don't cast shadows. - CP You can fall out of the level inside the first building, in the corner just to the right of the exit door. - CP There is a cactus that blows in the wind just after the first building you pass through. The rocks at it's base also blow in the wind. - CP The windows in the final building that Vorahk shoots out of are very small. Can we lose the center pillar and extend the floor out a bit so he can step out onto a balcony to do his attacks please? - CP There's no terrain on the back wall of the final building, so bullets and missiles that enter the windows never detonate. - CP Bad terrain in the bonus gateway on the right of the boss arena - you can climb over it to get in, but can't get out. - CP DESERT2 ------- Portal volume too close around first interior room - CP DESERT3 ------- The doorway into the boss area MUST reseal once the player has entered the room - AP DESERT4 ------- JUNGLE1 ------- JUNGLE2 ------- Terrain object on the sniper door in the underground tunnel is flagged as visible geometry instead of terrain. - CP When you climb out of the underground tunnel, there is a waterwalk with a blue mask on the far side. Surely it should be on the near side? - CP JUNGLE3 ------- JUNGLE4 ------- MOUNTAIN1 --------- MOUNTAIN2 --------- MOUNTAIN3 --------- MOUNTAIN4 --------- STRONGHOLD1 ----------- STRONGHOLD2 ----------- STRONGHOLD3 ----------- STRONGHOLD4 ----------- VOLCANO1 -------- VOLCANO2 -------- VOLCANO3 -------- VOLCANO4 -------- There is a bush floating above the rocks in the middle section ... WATER1 ------ Some of the clifftop in the start area is portaled away. Start the level and bring up the debug menu straight away to see what's missing - CP WATER2 ------ WATER3 ------ WATER4 ------ Grass is all floating in midair... - CP
Game Setup Documentation.txt
This doc explains how to set up various game elements in the config files.
[] - brackets optional parameters
<> - brackets params which you should replace with the relevant name
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TOA ABILITIES - ChrisS, ChrisP, ChasM
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Jump Ability ( Landing Pads )
Define the area that the player can jump from ( a spline ), call if "EnterAbilityJumpTest1" for instance
Define the landing spot
Create a two point spline called "AbilityDirJumpTest1", 1st point ( flashing one in the editor ), is the landing spot, place it exactly on the ground if you want the player to land at that point,
2nd Point, is used to determine how steep the player will take off ( not land ), the steeper it is the steeper the jump, the 2d direction is irrevelent, just the steepness that counts
The landing spot will act as a point of interest when appropriate so the camera will try to get it on screen
Fire/Water ability
We use splines ( called "EnterAbilityFireTest1" ), to define a fire area, you can only enter this if you are the red guy, and within these areas you cant change toa. These areas can overlap if it will make it easier.
The splines MUST be made in a clockwise manner, as I also generate edge collision from them to block the player when not red
Water ability is the same, substitute Water for Fire in above
Climb ability
We use a spline ( called "EnterAbilityClimbTest1" for example ), to define the area you can begin a climb,
we then use a 2 point spline ( called "AbilityDirClimbTest1" ) to describe the direction towards up the wall, ideally this should be 45 degrees pointing at the wall and upwards. In the editor, the flashing point should be the lower one. This spline is also used to restrict the Climb button to work only when facing the wall.
We also use a spline called "ExitAbilityClimbTest1", when the player is withing this standing on the ground almost vertically they will exit climb wall mode
Edge collsion splines are ignored except special wall edge ones ( pairs of splines called WallEdgeAMatchingName & WallEdgeBMatchingName ), see end of volcano 2
as an example
This bit below needs reworking!!!!
They will be detected by the game and used with the default settings. Some abilities can
have their settings altered by adding a line to the CONTROL section of the appropriate
Level.cfg (found in the level folder):
ABILITYJUMP <spec_object_name> <fw> <up> [ hidden <shootable_name> ] [ progress ]
eg. ABILITYJUMP abilityGreen2 0 10 hidden fallenstruts3
This sets the jump point called "abilityGreen2" to fling the player straight upwards by 10 metres.
It also sets it as hidden until the shootable called "fallenstruts3" is destroyed.
NB: The shootable name is the name given in the CFG file, not the name of the special object!
Vortexes are special cases of shootables, so they can be used to hide ability points.
Climb Strafe Mode canbe set up as follows
For Climb mode we have
ABILITYCLIMB AbilityBlack2 VerticalStrafe
ABILITYCLIMB AbilityBlack2 VerticalDownStrafe
ABILITYCLIMB AbilityBlack2 NOStrafe
ABILITYCLIMB AbilityBlack2 SplineStrafe SplineNameLeft SplineNameRight
Where SplineNameLeft and Right refer to the edges of movement ( for the centre of the toa ), the code uses these splines
to determine the strafe direction ( so it can go round corners etc ), The two splines DONT have to have the same number of points
The code uses all the points, not just the knots, ideally spaced about 4 meters apart
Adding "progress" flags this ability as a game critical one, so it will appear on the radar.
For Fire and Water areas, we use a slightly different method. An icon is placed at the location
of special objects called:
abilityBlue* (enter water)
abilityRed* (enter fire/lava)
When in either red or blue ability mode the player is then able to walk over the relevant splines with the
following naming convention:
edgeANotWater* (collision spline except when blue player)
edgeANotFire* (collision spline except when red player)
To exit an ability we need to describe an area with a spline and name it in the following way:
exitAbilityBlue* (exit water walk mode)
exitAbilityRed* (exit fire/lava walk mode)
exitAbilityBlack* (exit climb mode)
You can still define these spline-based abilities as "hidden" and "progress" in the CFG like this:
eg. ABILITYFIREWALK abilityRed1 progress hidden BigRockShootable
eg. ABILITYWATERWALK abilityBlue1 progress hidden BigRockShootable
eg. ABILITYCLIMB abilityBlack1 progress hidden BigRockShootable
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VORTEXES - ChrisP
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Vortexes are a special case of a shootble object. They are placed in Maya just like shootables,
and set up in the CFG file.
In Maya, you must place a plinth special object (See MikeS) on the ground and a dummy vortex
object (a cube will do) about 1 metre above it.
In the Level.cfg, add a shootable description in the CONTROL section like this:
SHOOTABLE Vortex*
VORTEX [BOMB]
OBJ Vortex_Locator0*
OBJ Plinth_VortexA_*
LEGOPICKUPS 40 50
DETONATEPART VortexPlinth
HITS 90
MAXTARGETRANGE 30
FORCEFIELD forcefieldplane
TARGETABLE
END
VORTEX tells the game to play the vortex VFXs (see Kenny) at the position of the first OBJ.
VORTEX BOMB would tell it to trigger the elemental smartbomb when fully "charged"
The first OBJ must be the dummy object representing the vortex. This is what the player will
target and shoot at. The second OBJ is the plinth.
DETONATEPART specifies the PART3D effect to trigger when the vortex explodes. Unlike normal
shootables, this will trigger at the position of the second object (the plinth).
HITS is the number of individual lego bullets that must hit the vortex to detonate it. It
ignores the damage amount set on the bullets.
FORCEFIELD gives it the name of a special object to turn OFF on detonation. You can also
trigger cutscenes and send AI messages from vortexes the same as any other shootable.
TARGETABLE makes the vortex targetable so the player can easily shoot it.
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CONSTRACTION/PUZZLE SETUP - ChrisP
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The puzzle cutscenes must be added to Level.cfg in the usual way.
Then you also need to add this bit in the CONTROL section (along with shootables):
PUZZLE BridgeCar
CUTSCENE 1 "makecarpart1" 20.0f
CUTSCENE 2 "makecarpart2" 20.0f
CUTSCENE 3 "swapcar" 0.0f auto resetfirst
CUTSCENE 4 "gocar" 20.0f nohold
END
Each actionable cutscene must have a function locator to indicate the hotspot for triggering
the cutscene. The number after the cutscene name is the radius within which the hotspot is
actionable.
You can trigger any cutscene, but if you don't do them in the correct order, the errant cutscene
rewinds back to the start. When the level resets, they ALL return to their start positions.
The player camera will follow the hotspot locator during the cutscene, but only while the action
button is held. This allows the player to stop halfway through a constraction, turn and shoot things
even though the constraction is still rewinding.
PUZZLE PARAMETERS:
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RESETTOCHECKPOINT <CheckpointName> = if Checkpoint 'CheckpointName' hasn't been reached then reset this puzzle when player dies.
This causes the puzzle to reset when the player goes back to CheckPoint040, or any prior to that.
Useful for lifts minecars etc, where the puzzle needs reseting to allow game progression.
COLOUR <colour> = puzzle only actionable by specified colour: GOLD, RED, BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, BROWN (default), WHITE, PIRAKA_BLACK, etc.
CUTSCENE PARAMETERS:
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AREA <area_name> = with this you can only trigger this constractable segment when within a spline names area_name, useful for lifts, minecarts etc
NOBUTTON = use with AREA, allows puzzles to trigger when player enters an area. Useful for resetting lifts etc.
HOPSCALE <HopScale> <HopAngScale> = if hopscale not present, these are assumed to both be 1.0, set both to 0 for no hopping
hopping is the jiggling of the cutscene pieces to indicate it can be constracted,
AUTO = don't wait for the player to trigger it (so no locator required!) Allows you to chain cutscenes together.
HIDEHOTSPOT = don't show the trigger hotspot until puzzle has progressed enough for this cutscene to
be actioned.
NOHOLD [duration] = does not require the button to be held throughout the cutscene. Duration is the
length of time you DO have to hold it (defaults to 0 if not specified). This allows you to set up
cutscenes that must be held down for the first second, but will complete by themselves after that point.
DELAYEDPICKUP <duration> = Will delay when the pickups are created from a puzzle. Should really only be
used alongside NOHOLD. duration is how many seconds to wait until spawning the pickups, a value of 100.0f
will always spawn the pickups at the end.
REPEAT = Cutscene can be actioned repeatedly, but will only spawn LEGO the first time. This prevents
any further progress of the puzzle, so only use on the final segment.
HIDDEN <shootable_name> = Trigger hotspot is not shown until <shootable_name> has been destroyed.
Useful for hiding puzzles under or behind things.
HIDDENALL <shootable_name> = As above, except the cutscene is not even drawn until the shootable
is destroyed. Useful for making puzzles out of carefully set up "debris" from shootables.
RESETFIRST = reset this BEFORE other cutscenes. Useful for cutscenes which hide/unhide LODs or
such like, to make sure they reset to the correct state. You shouldn't need this, hopefully.
LEGOPICKUP <min> <max> = number of lego pickups to spawn when this segment is completed.
SPAWNMASK Colour spawns a mask of the appropriate colour
CANISTER NumCanisters [NumBonusCanisters]
ZAMORSPHERES NumSilver [NumGold] [NumBlack]
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PUZZLES Becoming Shootables Chris S
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This might get a bit complicated!!!
GOAL!!!!
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To allow a puzzlesegment to generate a shootable composed of the pieces in the cutscene
To use a default makeup for the shootable, or to allow more control where required
To be compatable with the existing systems
1st
In the cutscene command add the command
BECOMESHOOTABLE InitShootName UniqueShootName
This makes the cutscene segement become a shootable of type InitShootName, with a unique name of UniqueShootName
What this means!!!
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The InitShootName refers to the shootable type it is to become, and must match a shootable in the cfg ( should
you want ultimate control ), or be set to "default*"
The UniqueShootName is used to replace any wildcards in the init name ( and is required even if no wildcards are present )
EXAMPLE!!!
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BECOMESHOOTABLE Default* WoodPile
This generates a shootable called DefaultWoodPile, with a standard num of lego created and a generic part effect on destruction
MORECONTROL!!!!
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Instead of Default* add into the cfg a shootable description, just like any other except that we also add
the command RefOnly ( which tells the cfg not to automatically generate shootables from this info, but to use
it for reference only )
This allows us to change the number of hits, lego generated, effects used or anything normally set by a shootable
It also means we can add extra objects and specify replacement objects, much like any other shootable, using the
UniqueShootName as the wildcard.
MORE + DIFFERENT CONTROL
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In the cutscene used to generate the shootable,
any object who's name includes
"NoShoot", will not be added to the shootable ( and will therefore be left unscaved ),
any object who's name begins with
"TargetMe", will be make the 'locator' for the shootable
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PLANTABLES/GROWABLES Or shootables becoming puzzles- Pete A
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:Used to turn a shootable into a puzzle or a cutscene then a shootable
Creating plantables/growables is almost exaclty the same as Puzzles becoming Shootables. First of all you need to make a puzzle structure as you would for a normal puzzle, then simply place a REFONLY command in the structure. The only snag is the cutscenes specials must be placed at the origin and invisible.
PUZZLE shoot2Puzz
REFONLY
SPAWNYOFFSET -0.9
CUTSCENEBEGIN s2c
RATE 25.0
STAGE 1
RADIUS 10.0
ZAMORSPHERES 15 5 1
BECOMESHOOTABLE Default* Explode
END
END
There are a few optional parameters that can be placed in here
SPAWNYOFFSET <float> - Simply adjust the Y offset of the current growable
(if you want the cutscene to start underground?)
RATE <float> - The speed the cutscene plays at
AUTO - As soon as the shootables destroyed the puzzle solves itself
Once you've created the reference puzzle you need to link it the shootable it grows from; this is done simply by the command SPAWNPUZZLE <refpuzzlename>.
SHOOTABLE Bio_Shrubs*
OBJ BIO_Shrub*
DETONATEPART Shrub
HITS 20
ZAMORSPHERES 5 2 0
MAXTARGETRANGE 15
HEALTHPICKUP 0.1
SPAWNPUZZLE shoot2Puzz
SPAWN 0 2 APHID DRAGONFLY
DETONATESFX STRUC_DEST_MED
END
Theres one optional parameter on the list
S2CLOOP <int> - allows you to shoot->Puzz->shoot->puzz..etc <int> times, if no value or 0 is put as a parameter it will loop infinatly. The loop will always end on the shootable
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Growable Splines - Pete A
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Now you can place your very own garden of growables throught the level…
All you need to do is to place a spline in your level with the name Grow_NAME (i.e. Grow_1 Grow_2 Grow_lots). Then open the level.cfg and create a new shootable, its exactly the same as any other shootable but with three extra commands
SPLINE <spline_name>? What spline to plant these on
REBUILD <cutscene_name>? What cutscene is used for the shootable/rebuildable
RESPAWNTIME <Min seconds> <Max Seconds> ? Random respawn time value
So an example structure would be
SHOOTABLE Thingy
SPLINE Grow_1
REBUILD shoot2constract_vPipes
RESPAWNTIME 20 40
DETONATEPARTICLE Shoot_Explode1
HITS 50
ZAMORSPHERES 10 2 0
MAXTARGETRANGE 20
SPAWN 0 1 APHID
DETONATESFX STRUC_DEST_MED
END
The growables will always vertically snap to the terrain, if you don’t want them to do that put NORAYCAST in the list of options
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CONTEXT SENSITIVE MOVEMENT - ChasM
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When it is necessary to switch player movement from free roaming to straffe controls we define the movement area with
splines (Maya/editor) in the CONTROL section of the level.cfg as follows:
CONTEXTMOVE bananaman
BOUNDS enterRoom
TARGETBOUNDS enemiesInHere
FRONT straffeFront
BACK straffeBack
EDGE straffeEdge
SETMESSAGE Set a 'message' when entering this mode
WAITSTARTMESSAGE Don't start straffe until message is set
WAITENDMESSAGE Don't end straffe until message is set
END
BOUNDS = when the player crosses this spline they will be pushed into the bounding area defined by the three splines
for front, back and edge
TARGETBOUNDS = the player is released from the straffe controls when all targets in this area are dead.
FRONT = spline describing the front edge of the straffe movement area
BACK = spline desribing the back edge of the straffe movement area
EDGE = a spline desribing the edge(s) of the straffe movement area. If more than one edge is required then use the same
spline but bring it around the back of the 'BACK' spline and up the other side. Finally, it DOES matter which direction edge splines
are facing; they need to be draw from left to right if in front of the player.
NB. the corresponding points on the 'front' and 'back' splines dictate the direction in which the player will be facing.
In the first diagram below, 'O' is a point on a spline. As the player moves from left to right between theses two splines they will
gradually turn from facing left, to looking straight ahead in the middle, to facing right. In the second diagram, the player
will always face forwards:
straffeFront 1) x-----------------x 2) x-----------------x
straffeBack x-----------x x-----------------x
Typical layout below. Note that the BOUNDS and TARGETBOUNDS splines can have as many or few points in as necessary (the
fewer the better) and they can be left open as they are in the diagram.
x--------------------------------x TARGETBOUNDS
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Checkpoints - ChrisS
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The placement of the checkpoints is obviously a design issue, but the method of putting them in is thus
define an area with a spline, (maya or editor ), call this CheckpointXXX where XXX repesents some unique alphanumerical name/number, these will also be used to sort them into order so I suggest
using 010 020 030 etc, as this allows us to insert ones in the middle at a later time
then place a special obj ( maya only ), or a two point spline (maya/editor)( 1st point location, 2nd point determines direction ),
When the player enters a checkpoint area, and is not currently in straffe section mode, then if the checkpoint has is further into the level ( determined by the above sort ), it will become the new checkpoint, where the player will return upon loss of mask.
In the Cfg for the level we can add the default masks for a checkpoint -- See StartMask below
NoRespawn Splines ( splines named NoRespawnxxxx ), define areas where the last safe position ( where we would respawn the player to upon mask loss ), arn't updated.
The system already wont update this when climbing, jumping fire or water walking, but this gives extra control
Why would I need this????
Walking over an island in the water then loosing your mask whilst in the water, you would otherwist respawn on the island with no way of getting the blue mask again
You might have a bonus area reached by a jump, water fire or climb area. With this you wont be forced to lay a mask so the character doesn't get stuck there without the correct mask
TBD...
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Context Camera - ChrisS
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Context camera system allows 'help' for the autolook system
CONTEXTCAMERA <Name>
BOUNDS <AreaEffectName> ;; only within thes area spline does it do anything
[SPLINE <SplineName>] ;; this optional parameter describes a spline that tells the camera where to look
;; ahead for the floor data ( so it looks up/down correctly ), this can be useful
;; in tight windy corridors
[CAMDIST <ScalVal>] ;; Limits the max cam dist 1.0 by default, try about 0.5 suitable for tight corridors
END
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Points of Interest - ChrisS
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Create a special obj called CamPoixxxxxx, when there is a line of sight between this nd the player, the camera system will try and take account of this
use this to bring to attention objects that are normaly not quite visible enough
if you stick Areaxxxxx in the name, then the Poi will only be visible from within that area ( spline ), stick the area command at the end of any others as anything after it in the name
will be need to match the spline name
if you sticl NoRay in the name then raycasts will be ignored
points of interest will 'help' the camera, the camera wont ( anymore ), look directly at the poi, but will try to make it appear on screen, which is much better
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Ai placement and creature sets
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Use the ai editor to path the level and place creatures according to the designs. When placing a creature assign it to a set in the editor. Creature sets are controlled by the creature manager. You set the params for creature sets in an ai level script using the CreatureSet command...
CreatureSet
set=n[1:15] the creature set we are setting params for
state=[activate,deactivate,respawn] the state we are setting a trigger for
obj=[name of shootable,puzzle,movecontext or n[1:15] for creature set id] set the object we are monitoring for this state
val=n the state is true when the value of the object matches val
some examples are
CreatureSet "set=1" "state=activate" "val=1" ;; Initially active set
CreatureSet "set=2" "state=activate" "obj=1" "val=0" ;; Activate when all creatures in set1 are dead
CreatureSet "set=2" "state=respawn" "obj=Vortex1" "val=1" ;; Stop respawn when vortex triggers
CreatureSet "set=6" "state=activate" "obj=set6" "val=1" ;; Activate when player is in area set6
CreatureSet "set=6" "state=respawn" "obj=vortexBridge" "val=1" ;; Stop respawn when vortex triggered
CreatureSet "set=6" "state=deactivate" "obj=preMineCartStraffe" "val=1" ;; Deactivate when player enters strafe section
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Character System CFG
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I've added a plugin interface to the charsys which allows systems to be added which extent the basic charbase functionality. Initial there is a SFX and Particle (PTL) plugins and a VFX plugin will follow shortly.
SFX Plugin
Add the following to your charbaseInit() args list.
CB_CHARMODULE, charsfxmodule,
You will then be able to use the SFX poi handler to play sfx.
ACTIVATEPOIONCE left_foot 3 SFX Footstep - One shot SFX
ACTIVATEPOIONCE right_foot 18 SFX Footstep - One shot SFX
ACTIVATEPOI left_foot 0 1 SFX BohrokShieldLp - Looping SFX
PTL Plugin
Add the following to your charbaseInit() args list.
CB_CHARMODULE, charptlmodule,
You will then be able to use the PTL poi handler to play sfx.
ACTIVATEPOI righthand 0 1 PTL ray_blue - Add single frames worth of particles at poi (AddVariableShot)
ACTIVATEPOI righthand 0 1 PTL ONCE ray_blue - Play the ptl effect once at poi (AddFiniteShotDebrisEffect)
ACTIVATEPOI righthand 0 1 PTL LOOPING COUNT 3 ray_blue - Play ptl effect 3x at poi (AddFiniteShotDebrisEffect)
ACTIVATEPOI righthand 0 1 PTL ATTACHED ray_blue - Play ptl effect poi (AddDebrisEffect and update key pos)
ACTIVATEPOI righthand 0 1 PTL ATTACHED ONCE ray_blue - Play ptl effect poi only once (AddDebrisEffect and update key pos)
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Shootable System -- Level.cfg
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LEGOPICKUP <min> <max> = number of lego pickups to spawn when this segment is completed.
SPAWNMASK Colour spawns a mask of the appropriate colour
CANISTER NumCanisters [NumBonusCanisters]
ZAMORSPHERES NumSilver [NumGold] [NumBlack]
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StartMask -- Level.CFG
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STARTMASK Red Black Brown -- Start the level with red, black & brown also available
STARTMASK Checkpoint010 Blue Red Green -- Start Checkpoint010 with Ble, Red & Green also available
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Difficulty -- Remap -- Bionicle.Cfg
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The level of difficulty can be set in one of two ways
Via the commandLine using "DiffLevel 12", where 12 indicates the 12th level played ( i.e diff level 12 ) in the range 0 .. num levels
via the Change Difficulty menu option. -- NOTE this will only take effect the next level load, so alter it then change level ( poss back to the one your already on )
In Bionicle.cfg we have
DIFFICULTYREMAP
then
LEVEL 0 Bohrok 1 2 Visorak 1 2 Vahki 1 2
LEVEL 1 Bohrok 1 3
LEVEL 2 Visorak 1 3
LEVEL 3 Vahki 1 3
which describe how the characters progress their difficulty according to the level
so Bohrok 1 3 means EasyBohrok would be type 1, HardBohrok would be type 3
then
CREATUREREMAP Bohrok 4_kohrak_kal 1_tahnok_kal 2_gahlok_kal 5_pahrak_kal 3_lehvak_kal 6_nuhvok_kal
CREATUREREMAP Visorak 1_vohtarak 2_boggarak 3_keelerak 4_suukorak 5_roporak 6_oohnorak
CREATUREREMAP Vahki 1_nuurakh 2_bordakh 3_vorzakh 4_keerakh 5_zadakh 6_rorzakh
which represent which gfx correspond to which difficulty for each creature type
NOTE that this remapping is disables if you are running the Creature Editior ( or have it available )
ALSO NOTE
Creatures should be placed Red for easy, Blue for Hard, they are then remapped accordingly on level load
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TINT SPLINES - Dunc W
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Tint Splines: Allows various tints to be used on the screen in different areas of the level
On a particular level if tint splines are to be used we must define both 'Tint Colours' and 'Tint Splines' in the level cfg. A Tint colour
carries a name, a 128 colour ,an alpha modulation type and a burnout level.
e.g. TINT_COLOUR Colour1Name 99 23 75 35 MOD 0.75
^--Name ^--RGBA ^----Burnout level 0.0 -> 1.0
Tint splines carry a unique name, an Id, and the names of four Tint Colours to interpolate between over the course of the day-night cycle.
e.g. TINTSPLINE 1 COURTYARD Dawn_Rainy Noon_Rainy Evening_Rainy Night_Rainy
^-Colours names in order of Dawn, Noon, Evening, Night
To activate these tints, splines must also be placed through out the level like so:
x--------------------------------x TINT_COURTYARD_OUT
|
| x-----------------------x TINT_COURTYARD_IN
| |
| |
| |
| |
| x-----------------------x
|
x--------------------------------x
There should be an inner spline for where when the player is standing inside, the tint will be at full strength. When the player moves towards
the outer spline the tint will fall off. If there is an 'Everywhere' spline defined (as below), which has a reserved ID of 0, then the screen will tint
according to the Tint Spline's colours whenever the player is not within any of the other splines.
e.g. TINTSPLINE 0 EVERYWHERE Colour1Name Colour1Name Colour1Name Colour1Name
^- If ID is zero then this will be used as the everywhere spline, no actual spline needs to be placed
If you wish to have a single tint for the whole of the level, and not have it changed by the day-night cycle, the set up should be as follows
TINT_COLOUR Colour1Name 99 23 75 35 MOD
TINTSPLINE 0 EVERYWHERE Colour1Name Colour1Name Colour1Name Colour1Name
^-Fill the four slots with the same tint colour to avoid being affected by day-night cycle
If we want a Day/Night transition to happen, there are 4 transition state and 4 static states.
DAY_NIGHT 40 10 20 10 40 10 20 10
In the above we see the first static state is 40 seconds long, followed by a 10 second transition to the next static state. This static state
then last for twenty seconds followed by a 10 second transition to the next state and so on.
Depending on the order of the colours specified in your tint spline, the above transition combined with the Tint spline below would
translate as follows.
TINTSPLINE 0 OUTSIDE NIGHT SUNRISE NOON SUNSET
>40 seconds of night state,
>10 seconds of transition,
>20 seconds of Sunrise state
>10 seconds of transition,
>40 seconds of Noon state
>10 seconds of transition,
>20 seconds of Sunset state
>10 seconds of transition,
This of course would wrap back round to night after the last transition. The cycle does not have to begin with night, it just depends on the
order that you give the four colournames in the tintspline.
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Placehold Progress Constractions - Pete A
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:Used as a placeholder while a gold constraction asset is being waited for
To use simply create a new 2 point spline in the spline editor, give it a name, then in the Level.CFG simply make your Progress Puzzle as normal, but instead of giving it a name, give it the name of the spline you created in the spline editor. Job sorted. When the gold constractions completed, simply delete the spline and rename the progress structure.
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Individual Cutscene Weapon Loading - Pete A
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;Only load cutscenes/characters when needed (removes the need to global every cutscene and character)
Nice and simple, simply place a CUTSCENE statement in the CharacterAttributes.cfg in the toa specific toa.
CUTSCENE <weaponUpgradeValue> "<reference name>" "<Cutscene file>" "<Character file>" "<SceneFile">
<weaponUpgradeValue> 0-2 depending on level of the toa's weapon, the rest is just like adding a cutscene to the level config.
;;;example, blue toa1
FACECHARBEGIN
INCLUDE Faces/FaceBlue1.cfg
FACECHAREND
NEWTOYWEAPONCHARBEGIN 0
INCLUDE Toy_Weapons/Weapon_Blue_1.cfg
NEWTOYWEAPONCHAREND
CUTSCENE 0 "bluebeam_3" "Levels/Testarea/cutscene_assets/bluebeam_3.cu2" "Levels/TestArea/cutscene_assets/bluebeam_3.ghg" ;Cutscene info goes here!
BulletType 0 Blue1
WeaponFireDelay 0 0
WeaponHeat 0 0.013 0.075 ; heats up by .05 every shot
WeaponCool 0 5 ; takes 7 seconds to cool Down
;;End random example
If the character needs more than one cutscene simply place NUMCUTSCENES <num of cutscenes> before you use the CUTSCENE command.
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