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	== Scrolling ==		== Scrolling ==
	Let's continue to the hallway at the top where you can learn about scrolling elevators. Every time you see a flowing river or a waterfall; all of it is performed using the scrolling mechanism.		Let's continue to the hallway at the top where you can learn about scrolling elevators. Every time you see a flowing river or a waterfall; all of it is performed using the scrolling mechanism .

	=== Scrolling Floors ===		=== Scrolling Floors ===

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	'''WDFUSE Tutorials'''#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Introduction\|Introduction]]		'''WDFUSE Tutorials'''
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Introduction\|Introduction]]
	#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Configuration]]		#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Configuration]]
	#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Basic Geometry]]		#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Basic Geometry]]

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	# Look at the existing tutorials in the [https://df-21.net/articles/ Articles] section of DF-21.net		# Look at the existing tutorials in the [https://df-21.net/articles/ Articles] section of DF-21.net
	# Ask for support in the DF-21 [https://discord.gg/6T9NvMh2MC Discord] #df-modding or #level-editor channels.		# Ask for support in the DF-21 [https://discord.gg/6T9NvMh2MC Discord] #df-modding or #level-editor channels.


	Good Luck and go make some wonderful maps! =)		Good Luck and go make some wonderful maps! =)

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	Good Luck and go make some wonderful maps! =)		Good Luck and go make some wonderful maps! =)


			'''WDFUSE Tutorials'''#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Introduction\|Introduction]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Configuration]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Basic Geometry]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Basic Geometry II]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - 3D Renderer]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Advanced Geometry]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Advanced Geometry II]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Advanced Geometry III]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Objects]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Scripting]]
			# [[WDFUSE Tutorial - Scripting II]]
			#[[WDFUSE Tutorial - Scripting III]]

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	stop: 31 2		stop: 31 2
	seqend		seqend
	Above, the stop value 0 corresponds to total darkness and value 31 corresponds to full brightness. You can attach a switch trigger to this elevator and turn room lights on and off as you please!		Above, the stop value 0 corresponds to total darkness and value 31 corresponds to full brightness. You can attach a switch trigger to this elevator and turn room lights on and off as you please! By the way, Dark Forces supports certain colors (representing lights) to remain at their original colors regardless of the light level. These color mappings are part of a different ball game - Dark Forces palette editing.

	== Morphing Elevators ==		== Morphing Elevators ==
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	You can see that the first part is the movement part. It is moving back and forth just like the crates above. The second part is the spin you've seen before. As you see, once again, combining elevator classes creates some unique results. For fun, try changing the speeds of both elevators to '''500''' and see it spin maddingly across the sector. If you could wall damage flags to it you could create a nasty trap for Kyle!		You can see that the first part is the movement part. It is moving back and forth just like the crates above. The second part is the spin you've seen before. As you see, once again, combining elevator classes creates some unique results. For fun, try changing the speeds of both elevators to '''500''' and see it spin maddingly across the sector. If you could wall damage flags to it you could create a nasty trap for Kyle!

			Sadly, since Dark Forces does not support floor texture rotation, the same trick as above for scrolling sectors cannot be used here.

	== Text and Sounds ==		== Text and Sounds ==
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	client: complete		client: complete
	seqend		seqend
	Now when you walk ('''event_mask: 4''') over this sector, it will send a '''next_stop''' message to the elevator '''complete.'''		Now when you walk ('''event_mask: 4''') over this sector, it will send a '''next_stop''' message to the elevator '''complete.'''
	[[File:NextStop.png\|none\|thumb\|920x920px]]		[[File:NextStop.png\|none\|thumb\|920x920px]]
	Now run the game. When you walk over the sector '''OBJ''' you will hear the elevator moving to the next stop (it is placed right next to you so you can hear it. In a normal game the '''complete''' sector is usually placed far away). Then when you pick up the '''Death Star Plans''' you will hear the elevator once again moves to the next stop and thus completes the mission.		Now run the game. When you walk over the sector '''OBJ''' you will hear the elevator moving to the next stop (it is placed right next to you so you can hear it. In a normal game the '''complete''' sector is usually placed far away). Then when you pick up the '''Death Star Plans''' you will hear the elevator once again moves to the next stop and thus completes the mission. The neat thing here is that the '''complete''' elevator can be treated just like any other - with messages being sent to it, as well as its stops dispatching messages elsewhere. You can use that to enable something happening in the level at the moment the player completes a certain objective.

	Great Job! You've now reached the end of the current tutorial. You've learned enough to make your own missions. Here are some important pointers.		Great Job! You've now reached the end of the current tutorial. You've learned enough to make your own missions. Here are some important pointers.

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== Scrolling ==
Let's continue to the hallway at the top where you can learn about scrolling elevators. Every time you see a flowing river or a waterfall; all of it is performed using the scrolling mechanism.

=== Scrolling Floors ===
All flowing water in the game is performed with scrolling floors. Come to the river and take a look. You can hear water flowing.
[[File:WaterFlow.png|none|thumb|928x928px]]
Lets look at the '''WATER''' sector code. You can see that it is a new type of elevator.
seq
class: elevator scroll_floor
sound: 2 water1.voc
angle: 270
speed: 5
seqend

Elevator '''Scroll_Floor''' does what the name implies. It just moves the texture on the floor. You can also see that the elevator has a new parameter called '''angle -''' all it does is move the water flow in a particular direction. Additionally, to make a nice soothing sound effect, it has a '''sound''' value of a waterflow. This means that anytime you are near this sector you will hear '''WATER1.VOC''' .

=== Scrolling Walls ===
Continue down the hallway and you will see two walls. The one on the right is scrolling and the one on the left is not.
[[File:ScrollWall1.png|none|thumb|970x970px]]
Lets look at the code of the sector '''SCROLL.''' It is an elevator class of scroll_wall.
seq
class: elevator scroll_wall
angle: 90
speed: 30
seqend

'''Scroll_Wall''' elevators move a wall along a particular angle and speed. They can be applied to the whole sector or a single wall.

You must be wondering, how come the wall on the left is not moving? It's because for a scroll wall to work properly, you would need to apply a specific flag.
[[File:ScrollFlag.png|none|thumb|673x673px]]
Once the sector is set to be a scroll wall sector you must specify which of the wall sections (TOP / MID / BOT / SIGN ) should scroll. Depending on which you select, they will begin scrolling. To fix the other wall simply change the flag go '''128''' (Scroll Mid).

Once you fix the other wall you may notice that it scrolls at the same angle as the other one . That's because all the walls always move with the sector's angle command. Lets continue down the hall and around the corner.
[[File:ScrollSign2.png|none|thumb|913x913px]]
Here you will see a sign that changes between different aurebesh letters. Lets look at the texture first.
[[File:AurebeshSign.png|none|thumb|713x713px]]
You will see that it is a long texture divided into three parts. How does Dark Forces render it? Click on the '''SIGN''' sector code.
seq
class: elevator scroll_wall
angle: 0
speed: 0
event_mask: 0
stop: 0 2
stop: 43 3
stop: 86 6
stop: 0 5
stop: 43 5
stop: 86 3
seqend
As you see above, this sector is also a scroll_wall elevator class. However in this case, instead of using a hardcoded angle, it jumps between stops on the texture which are really the vertical offsets. You can see that the height of each sign portion is 43 pixels. The first offset starts with 0 while the second starts with 43 and the last is 86.

To prove that we are just scrolling the texture. Change the floor altitude of the sector to 0 and change the height to 16. Now you can see that the scroll_wall sector just changes the texture offsets as it scrolls.
[[File:FullScrollSign.png|none|thumb|680x680px]]

== Lights ==
You are already familiar that you can change sector or wall ambient lighting. You can also change them using an elevator. Go around the corner and look at the hallway with the changing lights.
[[File:ChangeLight.png|none|thumb|746x746px]]
This is a simple elevator. If you look at the code you will see that the '''elevator change_light''' just has stops that define the value of the light used by the sector.
seq
class: elevator change_light
stop: 0 2
stop: 31 2
seqend
Above, the stop value 0 corresponds to total darkness and value 31 corresponds to full brightness. You can attach a switch trigger to this elevator and turn room lights on and off as you please!

== Morphing Elevators ==
Go around the corner and look at this large room with multiple moving shapes,
[[File:Morph Shapes.png|none|thumb|1026x1026px]]