Development < Mod and Unit development

Contents 1 Game development 1.1 General 1.2 Unit Development 1.2.1 Units - Models 1.2.1.1 Models - Modeling, UV Mapping 1.2.1.2 Models - Textures 1.2.1.3 Models - 3do Files 1.2.2 Scripting and Animation - COB/BOS Files 1.2.3 Units - FBI Files 1.2.4 Units - MoveTypes 1.2.5 Weapons - TDF Files 1.2.6 Explosions 1.2.7 Misc 1.2.8 Legacy Porting Tools 1.2.8.1 Automated Game Creation

Game development

This information is meant to help newcomers learn how to develop their own games for the Spring Engine.

General

• Game specification
  
• What do I need to create a game?
• Simple Game Tutorial
• Freely available and reusable content for maps and games

Unit Development

Units - Models

• Click here to download UpSpring, our content support tool.
• Basic s3o unit making guide
• Argh's UpSpring Easy Workflow Guide
• Trouble-shooting s3o units
• Maestro's tutorial of Upspring and textures- very outdated.

Models - Modeling, UV Mapping

• Wings UV Mapping Tutorial
• Saving polygons in Wings3d Tutorial
• Runecrafter's 3DS Max UV Mapping Tutorial

Models - Textures

• DDS Textures: How To
• Greeble Tutorial 1
• Greeble Tutorial 2

Models - 3do Files

-NOTE- this is an outdated model format used by OTA models (Balanced Annihilation, NOTA, etc.).
(Note: UpSpring has some problems with empty objects and groundplates)

• use UpSpring and 3doBuilder to edit those files

Scripting and Animation - COB/BOS Files

To edit .bos files you need a program/compiler. The most famous one is Scriptor

• Animation-LuaScripting
  • Animation-LuaCallins
  • Animation-LuaCallouts
  • Animation-CobLuaDifferences
• Animation-CobOverview
  • Animation-CobExamples
  • Animation-CobAnimation
  • Animation-CobCallins
  • Animation-CobConstants
  • Animation-CobThreads
  • Animation-CobHitByWeaponID
• PlanetAnnihilation has a nice tutorial
• Units:LuaCOB - how to interface COB with LUA
• Game Development:Calling basic CEGs from COB
• GPL-compliant sourcecode, scripting code examples, and other things.

Units - FBI Files

• Units:FBI
• Units:FBI (variable datatype list)
• Unit_Categories

Units - MoveTypes

• Units:MoveTypes

Weapons - TDF Files

• Weapon Variables : This is the most up to date
• Units:WeaponMainDir
• Units:Weapons : Various informations about the weapontypes (uncompleted)
• Weapon datatype list : All weapon variables min/max/default values and datatypes listed.
• Weapons:Antinukes: All about antinukes.

Explosions

• CEG
  • CEG-Calls
  • CEG-Format
  • CEG-Classes
  • CEG-Operators
  • CEG-Miscellaneous
  • CEG-OldInfo

Misc

• Units:Design
• Units:Textures
• Units:Buildpics
• Units:SideData TDF
• Units:Download TDF
• Units:FlankingBonus
• Game Development:Armor
• Game Development:Cursors
• Game Development:Archives
• Game Development:Sidepics
• Game Development:Custom unit icons

Legacy Porting Tools

Automated Game Creation

• TA2Spring - Automatically adds and converts Total Annihilation unit packs (.ufo files, etc..) into Spring games (requires a base game for the game rules, XTA is recommended, it is probably not properly supported by current Spring)

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