Unification Flags

Flags are defined in the XML level files and can be positioned using tiled (where they appear as little triangular flags) or by hand-editing the level file. You can attach Java plugins to them and reference them within other plugins using the getObjectHandle/getX/getY/getZ/getH methods.

Each flag has a colour (Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, White, Orange or Grey), a name (which must be unique or may be left blank) and a position. So far, we have not used specific flag colours for specific things - however, the following flag names are significant:

TuxStart 

The place where Tux (and therefore, the player and camera) start off.

Gravity0, Gravity1...GravityN 

Position gravity sources into the world. If you want a 'flat world' level, position Gravity0 at (0,0,-1000000) or so - and things will work as if we were in a flat-earth.

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