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Modding => Help => Topic started by: luke83 on January 01, 2019, 02:23:47 pm
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Hey,
Has someone got a link to a Ufopedia article or a forum post about modifying the world terrain, wondering if there are still limits on number of differnt terrain items and the sprites used to Texture them? I did a quick search but didnt find what i was after.
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I am not aware of any such limits... although I am not sure if I even understand the question correctly.
As for modding globe terrain, pretty much all bigger mods modified it at least a bit... try looking at Hobbes' Area51.
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I am building a new globe ( see image) each colour is a different region, i am wondering if there is a limit on the total number of region type? I am sure i can assign multiple map types to the same region if i need to, however i am wondering if i can increase the total number of regions from 12 to 24 if i wanted/needed to ( at this point i dont think i need to but i just though i would ask).
Yes, i should dig through Hobbes work he would of done this several times.
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There are 15 regions in vanilla (north america, arctic, central asia, etc.). https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Geoscape_(EU)#World_Regions.2FCountries
They are not limited.
The colors on your globe correspond to textures, not to regions, AFAIK.
Textures are also not limited...
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sorry i was using the wrong word, now i understand your confusion... Yes Textures.
Textures are not limited, Excellent :)
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sorry i was using the wrong word, now i understand your confusion... Yes Textures.
Textures are not limited, Excellent :)
The reworked WORLD.DAT used in the Terrain Pack/Area 51 has more than 20 textures assigned.
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The reworked WORLD.DAT used in the Terrain Pack/Area 51 has more than 20 textures assigned.
Interesting, so how did you assign these textures to globe, Currently i am using Falkos tools and his editor only goes up to 12, did you manually change them in the Code after the fact or is there another way?
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Interesting, so how did you assign these textures to globe, Currently i am using Falkos tools and his editor only goes up to 12, did you manually change them in the Code after the fact or is there another way?
I use volutar's WORLD.DAT editor - if you search UFOPaedia.org, there's a page describing it and a download link. The editor allows you to add as many additional textures as you like (by manually editing the config file, IIRC) and then assign them to polygons
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Falkos tool creates a Rulefile, does that mean its not compatable with Volutars work?
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Falkos tool creates a Rulefile, does that mean its not compatable with Volutars work?
You can either use a modified WORLD.DAT file, like Volutar's editor creates, or you can define the polygons by adding them to globe.rul, like Falko's tool does. WORLD.DAT is merely a collection of polygons.
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Found a work around for Flakos tools, i changed the old layers via notepad++ (eg: from ID: 0 to ID 0# and it shaded the globe differently) in doing so i can add new regions, change there number via Find and Replace and then turn back on original numbers :)
Just posting this incase any one else in the future wants to use the world builder like i am.