Mapping SDKBy Mega Bear, ID 15972----------This is written with Windows in mind. If anyone would be willing to write the following paragraphs for a Mac user, it would be appreciated.----------Interiors:If you haven't already, go to C:\Blockland\base\data\shapes (default Blockland path, your's may differ)and create a folder called "Interiors" without the quotation marks. This is where you will put all the interiors and their textures you use, and will allow for easier organization. Make sure to place yourinterior into your map's folder and reference it correctly or nobody will be able to see it! Do notmake the mistake of ignoring this fact, it got me perma'd from RTB once.Includes the following interiors:- Flat Bridge- Angled Bridge- Tower (Tier 1 Defense Building)- Outpost (Tier 2 Defense Building)- Cottage- Farm- Dock- Pyramid- Ruins----------Skyboxes:To use a custom skybox, place the folder containing all of its textures into your map's folder. Then reference the skybox's resource.dml through the .mis and you're done.Includes the following skyboxes:- Greensky (Plant-filled mountains accompanied a blue sky filled with faint clouds).- Whiteplanet (Space skybox with two white planets against a purple-ish gas background).- Zombienight (Mountains in the distance of a night landscape with only the moon for light).- Hazylake (A lake covered in a gold fog matched with a green tint).----------Water Textures:Water textures, like the previous two resources, are referenced through the .mis! They change the way water in your map appears. You are able to give different waterBlocks different textures, so you can have a red-hot volcano in one part of your map and an azure ocean in another part. You'll find that, for some reason, Torque requires water textures to be ridiculously blue, yet in-game they get toned down to a more natural color.That's TGE for ya.Includes the following waters:- Lava1- Lava2- Greenwater- Graywater- Purplewater- Water01- Water02- Water03- BrickWater---------Terrain Textures:Terrain textures are used for grass, sand, rock, detail, snow, and other things. Their name have to be specific orthey break completely, which I am not exactly familiar with the rules as a whole--though I do know enough to get byand teach you how to work them. Terrain textures are commonly reffered to as simply "tetxures" so I'll do the same forthis guide. In order to correctly use textures in your map, you must give them the names "grass.jpg" "rock.jpg" etc. forthe texture they represent. You can also name them "grass01.jpg" or "rock03.jpg" if you use other grass or rock textures in your map. The same goes for all other textures like sand or detail. You CAN NOT name them things like "lightgreengrass" or "layeredrock."Includes the following textures:- Rock01- Rock02- Rock03- Grass01- Grass02- Grass03- Sand01- Sand02- Sand03- Detail01- Detail02---------Scripts:The scripts included in this pack are intended for experienced mappers, primarily ones that have good knowledge of how toscript. Each of the scripts are getting their own paragraph due to lengthy explanations.Rain - Place all the rain files/textures into your map's folder. Add exec("./rain.cs"); to your .mis as its own line of code. Then add the following to your .mis as its own code as well: new Precipitation() { position = "-56.5783 30.1905 0"; rotation = "1 0 0 0"; scale = "1 1 1"; dataBlock = "HeavyRain"; minSpeed = "1.5"; maxSpeed = "2"; minMass = "0.75"; maxMass = "0.85"; maxTurbulence = "0.1"; turbulenceSpeed = "0.2"; rotateWithCamVel = "1"; useTurbulence = "0"; numDrops = "5000"; boxWidth = "200"; boxHeight = "100"; doCollision = "1"; };This allows rain in your map, good job! Don't forget to place the other rain files in your map too!Lava - This script was made by McTwist for Demian's Slate Edits. All credit to the two of them for the creation of this niftyscript. To use it, add exec("./Script_Lava.cs"); to your map's .mis like you would for rain. Remember those lava water textures? This is where they come in handy! You can reference the lava water texture through the .mis and have lava that looks like lava AND kills the player when the touch it! Bravo! Additionally, you can modify the viscosity and color of the water to give ita more lava-y feel. Cool huh?----------
Too simple meshes and rather bad texturing. Needs more pics.
Cave(all credit to Mega Bear) too?
Err. this is Software development kit? its just models and scripts and textures in a file...I would call it resources. some skidde might get the wrong idea.Also the readme is easy for mac users to follow.