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Travi Savvy
Dianoga
Joined: 23 May 2005
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 Posted: May 23, 2005 00:11 Post subject: Help with making a level |
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I have a couple questions.
I have been using Wedit, as opposed to WDFUSE, because I like the 3D representation and find it easier to work with.
The problem is, my crates appear only on the floor. There is the floor of my crate subsector, but the ceiling (which is at 5 height) does not appear, and there is a black square on the ceiling of the room (sector) it is in. The walls do not appear at all.
My other question is about importing downloaded WAXs. I would like to use them because eventually my level is supposed to be a raid on a pirate smugger ship, instead of some imperial entanglement. I have them in a seperate folder, so I was wondering how to make use of them in the game using Wedit.
Thanks in advance!
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Fenwar
Admiral Ackbar
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
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| Posted: May 23, 2005 08:59 Post subject: |
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The second question first - using imported files should be as easy as dumping them in a particular directory. At least, in WDFUSE it is - you'd look in the WDFUSE directory for the subdirectory that had the same name as the project. I presume WEdit has a similar system. If you can find the directory with your .lev, .inf and other files, add them there and see if it picks them up.
With the crate sector - remember you want to set the floor and ceiling relative to the surrounding room. If your room's floor is at 0 and your ceiling is at 16, the crate sector should have a floor of 8 and a ceiling of 16 (unless you want the crate to be hanging from the ceiling!)
But if your floor's not at 0, the floor height in the crate sector should be floor height of room + crate height.
Any help?
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Travi Savvy
Dianoga
Joined: 23 May 2005
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| Posted: May 24, 2005 03:00 Post subject: |
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Thanks a ton.. That solved my problems.
I couldn't quite wrap my brain around the idea of the floor being off the floor of the sector at first, but it works now.
Thanks again, I know I'm an annoying newbie.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: May 24, 2005 05:29 Post subject: |
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We all start out that way 
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japh
Gamorrean
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: May 29, 2005 22:18 Post subject: |
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Yeah, the sector isn't your crate, the sector is the empty space above the crate.
It's a bit like sculpture, really.
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Burning Gundam
Kell Dragon
Joined: 28 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2005 04:31 Post subject: |
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Ha ha! Crates were my arch nemesis when I first started out 5 years ago 
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DF4GL4ever
Gamorrean
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2005 05:41 Post subject: |
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Ah crates, come on they're not that bad I use 3DO crates now. If only I knew how to make VUEs on Mac to make the crates move around and do stuff...
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