Locked Reload Locators problem!

[Inez Dias]

Yes, some patches in the game move up and down. I can now convert them to gm so I can view them with the tool, but unfortunately not edit them. Theyre not really steps, just slopes (same for the steps in the buildings). I thought of maybe editing the patches in a modeler, but when reconverting to gm you have to put some more numbers besides the points and triangles into the .ptc file - I wish I knew what those numbers are.

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Ah, I see... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> I think... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> I was wondering how that worked... Oh well, I'm sure you'll crack that eventually. You seem to be pretty good at ferreting that kind of information out of the code! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[alan_smithee]

Yep, the edited bridge island model works fine. It gets weird toward the shore, where you can walk on water, but that don't signify; I have a "forced" reload locator before you walk under that rocky portal at the other end of the bridge.

One thing I see in my game that's not in your screenshots, though, is some random leafy bits floating in the air on one side. Small matter.

 

[CouchcaptainCharles]

There seems to be somthing like a patch for the islandmodels, to prevent ships and the camera from moving into the terrain.
But probably that covers the coastline only <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

 

[Inez Dias]

Hey, have to try that out

Edit: Can't find a .ptc file, where is it? Or is the patch in the script code, like for ships? If so, please let me know where - maybe we can generate a .ptc file form that.

 

[CouchcaptainCharles]

Ummm.. sorry, that was only intelligent guessing <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" /> (more guessing than intelligent <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" /> ). What I meant was: as ships and the camera do not move into cliffs there must be something like a patch which stops them at the surface of the model.

Sorry, i have actually no idea in which file that could be
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" />

 

[Inez Dias]

That could just be the bounding box.

 

[alan_smithee]

How does the game generate a location for the wide empty sea, like when you enter an empty bit of ocean from the overhead map mode?

An idea I maliciously entertained once, you see, was for some reason dropping the character into the middle of teh ocean and making him swim to the nearest island...

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

<!--QuoteBegin-alan_smithee+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alan_smithee)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->An idea I maliciously entertained once, you see, was for some reason dropping the character into the middle of teh ocean and making him swim to the nearest island...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/diomed.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":dio" border="0" alt="diomed.gif" /> You and CCC are a real deadly pair when it comes to mods that can provide bodily injury and merriment at the expense of the main character, LOL!!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />