Spring RTS Engine

KDR_11k wrote:s3o. If you type s30 you get that error. You have to type the extension out when saving.

Whoops


Thanks XD

Whenever I try to save any model to Upspring it says "Unknown Extension" "File could not be saved"


How can I get.. the right extension? I was saving it as .S30

tombom wrote:OK here are a couple of ideas:
1) Press the reload mod list button.
2) Unzip everything into a folder called <modname>.sdd. Then you don't have to rezip things. You still have to use reload mod list though.

That works until I can figure out how to zip it right. Thanks! =DDD

I messed around with scripts a bit.. using 7-Zip to unpackage them and edit things, but when I rezip them to .7z then rename them to .sd7 the mod won't appear in the lobby. I think I'm doing it wrong. Halp? :\ I searched through the wiki to no end but I can't find a solution.

rattle wrote:Is that some alien frog creature?

A few more attempts later... ;\

Strategia wrote:Google is your friend.

You're right of course :> *lazy*

99% darkness? Areas with no team color should be at 0, total black in the alpha channel. I know Gimp sucks too much to handle that so you need an extra prog called DxtBmp to combine the alpha and color afterwards. Photoshop doesn't provided you use the right exporters so you can just paint the alph...

"The second thing we want to do to the texture is add an alpha layer and stick it at about 99% darkness, this makes sure spring displays it correctly, you can also draw lighter patches that will appear as team colour." I can add an alpha layer.. but how do you "stick it at about 99% d...

I have it almost done..


One thing I'm stuck on with the texture though.. It shows up black in the editor. I don't use photoshop, I use gimp and I heard you have to set the darkness or something to 99%? How would I do that? Thanks again :<

rattle wrote:It's pointing into the wrong direction. Should point in Z+ (where the blue line goes to ).

It has to point to Z? Why? :c

You are supposed to make it external, which saves it outside of your wings file, by going to Window -> Outliner and selecting your pieces and clicking on Make External. This will save it as an image file, and you should color this image file, cuz each piece is a face, and each face needs a texture....

smoth wrote:It is not really animation the script orientates parts to the target.

I get it now :>

I can get it so it unfolds and all the pieces are there.. but what do I do with it? There's no way to save it and such.. do I just take a screenshot and put it into photoshop or something? :\

Remember to research it, UV mapping is a lot easier than it sounds, animating is technically non existant for towers, putting it in is gunna be a pain... Remember to use the wiki and study other peoples mods and examples. Towers would need to rotate the turret to what they're firing at, is that not...

Well, mostly, you should try to keep it as low as you can, but if ya gotta go high, then its okay.. Well, heres my idea of where the numbers are at... <300 Poly - Rush Unit 300-600 Poly - Standard 600-1000 Poly - Not seen very often. 1000-2000 Poly - Super Unit-ish 2000+ - Super Unit, game ending/c...

How many polys should you aim for each unit? What will cause too much lag and what is okay for zerg units etc?

lawl, I'm not even gunna start on how to help with that... The pics too small, anyways >.> Trust me, it won't take much time before your efficient at it, but you need to kill polygons as much as possible. Another helpful tip would be to see what all you can do. The Model itself for my Gunship, with...

...And my second attempt. *runs*


http:/<remove>/img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Cazruzult/robot.png

The legs are hideous e_e;

You need to break it into parts one solid object cannot move spring/ta works on an object based system. don't use inset and extrude like that. it is a beginner's mistake. the neck of the turret probably should not be a hour glass shape. It's in two objects, the base and the turret so it can rotate ...