GameTools gameStarter

This function is a handy-dandy completely automatic way of getting all of the annoying game startup stuff done:

 const char *gameStarter ( int argc, char **argv,
                           const char *gameExec,
                           const char *gameDataDir,
                           const char *title,
                           float r, float g, float b ) ;

Pass it your command-line arguments, the name of the game executable, the data directory from which to run it, the title of the game and a 'theme' colour for the menues and such.

Everything else comes automatically from data/ultimate.xml.

The returned result is the name of the XML file containing game level information.

GameTools - File Formats explains the functions of these files..

Wikiid Pages relating to gameTools ()

gameTools - Main page

gameTools - Support Tools : plb_to_ac3d, mklevel, mktile, mktree, tiled, autogen_java, mk3dgallery

gameTools - File Formats : title_screen.rgb, ultimate.xml, material.xml, decoration.xml, physics.xml tiled.xml, tiled_autotiles.xml, Level files, Tile naming scheme, PLB files

gameTools - Source Code : Game functions: gameCamera, gameClock, gameChecksum/gameHashTable, gameHTTP, gameIsect, gameJoystick, gameParticleManager, gameScreen/gameMouse, gameSky, gameStarter, gameStrokeFont, gameUtils Material database: MatList/MatEntry Tile map handling: TileObject/MapFlag/MapEntry/Map Java Interfacing: JavaLink Image file loading: liImage/liImageFactory 3D Model file loading: loadPLB, PLB exporter Physics: Sabot, Bullet, gameTools - Use with Blender, PLB exporter Object management: Object