Unification Level design

In order to add a level to Unification, you need to do at least three things:

• Add an entry into the 'ultimate' file data/ultimate.xml to name the level. Add something like this to the list of levels after the closing </main> tag:

 <level name="My level" src="data/mylevel.xml" />

The 'name' field is what will be displayed in the level select menu (which will 'go away' eventually) it should be fairly short - just a few words. The 'src' field names the XML file that describes the level.

• Add a new XML file into the data directory that lists the parts that make up the level. In the example above, that would be data/mylevel.xml. The format of these files is described in "GameTools level files". Here is an example:

 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
 <game>
   <main>
     <flag name="TuxStart" colour="9" translation="0.0 0.0 0" euler_rotation="180 0 " />
     <flag name="Gravity0" colour="1" translation="0.0 0.0 -12.5" euler_rotation="0 0 " />
     <model euler_rotation="0 0 0" translation="0 0 0" src="models/moon.ac" />
   </main>
 </game>

At a minimum, you need to set up some position flags for Tux's start-point and to say where at least one gravity source is - and provide at least one model file to represent the level. If the level is a 'flat' level, set the gravity flag translation to "0 0 -1000000" which places the gravity source so far below the ground that it appears to produce pure 'vertical' gravitation.

• Add your new models into the 'models' directory (models/moon.ac in the example above).
• If those models add new materials, you should list them in the 'material' file data/materials.xml.

For now, that's all you need to do.

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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