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Revision as of 13:20, 21 August 2011
Packaging your finished map is the final step in the map making process, it's important to get this stage right.
Contents
Check list
Before you begin to package your map check the following.
- You've added Surface sounds to your map,if not see Surface sounds
- You've prepared a levelshot and it's been resized to a value which is a power of 2, 32,64,128,256,512,1024,2048, etc. For more information see Creating a levelshot
- You've created a bot navigation file (.aas). For more information about adding bots see Adding bots to your map
- All images are resized correctly
The folders
Personally I always start with clean folder somewhere on my system. In this folder I create the following sub-folders.
env levelshots maps models mapobjects mymapmodels anyothermodels scripts sound mysoundsfolder textures mytexturesfolder video
env
Generally sky textures go in this folder, if not used you may omit this folder.
levelshots
The image that is displayed while your map is loading. This should have been resized to be 1024x1024 and be in .tga or .jpg format.
For more information about creating a levelshot see Creating a levelshot
maps
The maps folder should contain the following objects
yourmap.bsp yourmap.aas yourmap.rad yourmap.tga
Of these the .bsp and .arena files are the most important. The arena file describes your map to the menu system, declares which game modes your map supports and contains a short description of your map which is displayed in the ui.
bsp
Your compiled map file.
aas
The bot navigation file, for more information about making bot files see Adding bots to your map
rad
The rad file is generated when you've compiled your map with the -radbump switch
tga
The mini-map. You can include the standard generated mini-map or with a little effort create a small work of art. For more information about creating stylish minimaps, see Packaging:Minimap
models
The most common mistake when first packing your map is to forget to include the textures/shaders for the models you've added. If you've not used models in your map you can ignore this section.
Models, like those you may have downloaded from blackrayne generally go in the mapobjects sub-folder, you should confirm this by looking at your own mapping configuration. You should include all textures and any licence information, the model maker will sometimes ask you credit his work by including his README file.
Do not distribute the actual models : md3, qc, ase models can be removed before packing your map.
scripts
An example arena file might take the form.
{ map "ut4_yourmapname" longname "The bestest map that ever lived" type "ut_ffa ut_team ut_survivor ut_follow ut_cah ut_ctf ut_bomb" }
You should remove any game modes which your map doesn't support. Game types are
ut_ffa ut_team ut_survivor ut_follow ut_cah ut_ctf ut_bomb ut_jump - please note : This is gametype 9 (jump mode) and not currently supported.
sound
Sound effects and music for your map should be placed in your maps folder inside the sound folder.
textures
Your map texture folder should be copied to the textures folder. Check and then recheck your image files.
- Remove any original artwork (photoshop and gimp files)
- Check the images sizes, power of 2 only sizes should be used, this includes levelshots
- Convert any non-transparent .tga (targa) files to .jpg - this can save an enormous amount of space
video
If your map includes video - place in this folder. Video files for q3 games use the .roq format. Videos can be used in shader stages in a similar way to images.
The readme with credits
In the course of building your map you will have used textures or models from a 3rd party source. You should at least the hard work of those people in some way.
Download and complete the following template to include as readme.txt in the root folder of your map
Template
================================================================ Title : Map Filename : Filename : Release Date : Author(s) : Email Address : Description : Additional Credits to : id Software: For making Q3 Silicon Ice Development/Frozen Sand LLC: For making Urban Terror and so strongly supporting the UT community. Artwork : Testers and other : contributions : Info about the Author : ======================================================================== Installation : ======================================================================== * PK3 File Information * Map(.bsp) Name : New Textures : New Sounds : New Music Track : * Play Information * Bot Support : Deathmatch : Last Man Standing : Follow The Leader : Team Survivor : Capture The Flag : Capture and Hold : Bomb : Jump mode : * Construction * Base : Editor(s) used : Other Prog(s) used : Build Time : Build Machine : Compile machine : Final Compile time : * Map/Creative Notes * * Copyright / Permissions * Authors MAY NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels, and the geometry CANNOT be changed in any way. If you wish to recreate this level for another game or mod, please inform me be e-mail, just so I know it's out there in other forms, and I might even help. Please retain this text file if you do. This .pk3 may be distributed over the Internet and/or BBS systems(like these exist anymore) as long as the ORIGINAL(this) text file is included in the .zip file. You may NOT distribute this map/.pk3/.bsp file commercially without my expressed WRITTEN permission. If you wish to include this in a compilation of some form, have your people contact my people and they'll talk, or just send me an e-mail and we'll talk.
Pages in category ‘Packaging’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.