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mik1 Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:06 pm Posts: 165	modifying exiting maps i was wondering.. is it possible to modify exiting maps with bsp? i would like to do some cool maps from them _________________ Playing: Vido gams xRDVx wrote: "Put oil in your hands and your hands around his wiener"
Sun May 25, 2008 11:34 am

Fido Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:22 pm Posts: 81	Re: modifying exiting maps It is possible, but only entities. It means you cant put walls, change textures, remove walls, etc. But only add/remove monsters, players, effects, objectives and sounds. Note from moderator : you don't need to quote the entire previous message, we can read it.
Sun May 25, 2008 7:35 pm

mik1 Joined: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:06 pm Posts: 165	Re: modifying exiting maps i know but how do i do it? Note from moderator : you don't need to quote the entire previous message, we can read it. _________________ Playing: Vido gams xRDVx wrote: "Put oil in your hands and your hands around his wiener"
Wed May 28, 2008 4:40 pm

Fido Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:22 pm Posts: 81	Re: modifying exiting maps Open one on QuArK... as easy as that.
Wed May 28, 2008 7:56 pm

Pat AfterMoon Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2002 7:07 pm Posts: 628	Re: modifying exiting maps I need to write an up to date guide describing the process, but you can actually read some discussion related to xmlrules in the forum: Suggestion About xmlrules (answer to fujiJuice) Mapping for COOP or DIE _________________ Playing : Tiny Attacks
Thu May 29, 2008 10:01 am

Fido Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:22 pm Posts: 81	Re: modifying exiting maps I edited an original ID map, security complex and changed the entities, spawn points, added some lasers, etc. The thing that limits you are the trigger_once/trigger_multiple as you cannot place them on the map and depend entirely on where did the original author place them. This is fixed, however, by adding killtargets on idling monsters that are somehow trapped. I used Lazarus, so I had the misc_actors and target_monsterbattles so It was easy to trigger.
Fri May 30, 2008 1:42 am

Pat AfterMoon Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2002 7:07 pm Posts: 628	Re: modifying exiting maps For coopordie, trigger_once and trigger_multiple can be added through XmlRules. I don't remember if my xmlrulestool automatically does it, but in short these entities look like that in xmlrule file : Code: <entity>{ "classname" "trigger_once" "message" "Please fill your profile with geographic information...." "sounds" "2" "mins" "-928 264 -32" "maxs" "-536 424 200" }</entity> "mins" and "maxs" define the bounding box. _________________ Playing : Tiny Attacks
Fri May 30, 2008 9:22 pm

Fido Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:22 pm Posts: 81	Re: modifying exiting maps So that means I could actually add triggers through xml rules? Do you have any tutorial anywhere so I could know how?
Sat May 31, 2008 4:32 am

Pat AfterMoon Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2002 7:07 pm Posts: 628	Re: modifying exiting maps Time time time ! I need more time Try the xmlruletool on the coopordie download page, I haven't used it since 2003, but the readme text said it manage triggers entities. You only have to add a custom field named "xmlrule", it take less than 10 seconds per entity with GtkRadiant. Quote: XmlRulesTool Version 1.0 - copyright 2003 Pat Aftermoon Licenced under the term of the GNU GPL licence (see http://www.gnu.org) Extract entities from a Quake2 map file The XmlRules file can be used with COOP or DIE version 0.3a Only entities with an "xmlrules" field are stored, even if this field is empty. usage : XMLRULESTOOL map_filename [output_filename] piece of a map file : { "xmlrules" "1" "origin" "-2152 1504 -24" "classname" "monster_parasite" } xml code generated : <entity> { "classname" "monster_parasite" "origin" "-2152 1504 -24" } </entity> Triggers are also managed : { "message" "simple trigger with a message" "xmlrules" "1" "classname" "trigger_once" // brush 0 { ( -1928 1832 -48 ) ( -2000 1832 -48 ) ( -2000 1768 -48 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ( -2000 1768 8 ) ( -2000 1832 8 ) ( -1928 1832 8 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ( -2000 1768 8 ) ( -1928 1768 8 ) ( -1928 1768 -48 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ( -1928 1768 8 ) ( -1928 1832 8 ) ( -1928 1832 -48 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ( -1928 1832 8 ) ( -2000 1832 8 ) ( -2000 1832 -48 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ( -2000 1832 8 ) ( -2000 1768 8 ) ( -2000 1768 -48 ) unnamed 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 } } become <entity> { "classname" "trigger_once" "message" "simple trigger with a message" "mins" "-2000 1768 -48" "maxs" "-1928 1832 8" } </entity> I have only tested it with qeradiant, so feel free to post here any comments or bug report (becareful about field name, it's case sensitive, all need to be lowercase) _________________ Playing : Tiny Attacks
Sat May 31, 2008 8:45 am

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