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SilverTW's Guide on Everything
« on: July 07, 2012, 04:41:38 pm »
Maps

Before you start on making maps, you must know what everything is:
Code: [Select]
[Map]
Map Name: The name of your map that will appear on your list in the Map Maker(NO SPACES; 20 Characters long; Numbers, Letters & several other characters)
Map Display Name: The name of your map ingame (32 Characters long; Spaces/No Spaces; Numbers, Letters & several other characters)
Save: Saves the data on only the current map you are on (NOTE: YOU CANNOT SAVE THE MAP IF THERE IS NO MAP NAME OR/AND DISPLAY NAME OR IF THE MAP NAME HAS ANY SPACES IN IT)
Export: Exports your map into the "Exports" folder (Located inside your FeralHeart folder) for use in-game (Note: To be able to Export you must have a "Map Name" & "Map display name")
Test: Test the map (Note: Recommended to be used to see if you can get to something or not)
Show collisions: Shows where you cannot walk in a object (such as trees) (Note: It should be a 3D yellow rectangle on certain objects [if checked yes] while you are in the "test mode") (It will always be visible in the map maker (not on "test" mode) on some objects)
Has Portal: Toggles on/off to be able to get to be able to get to the map from "Cape of Distant Worlds" & To "Cape of Distant Worlds" from your map; Destination Position is where this portal can be found. Arrival Yaw is the direction of the Portal.
No Flying: Toggles the ability to be able to fly in the map or not.
Music: Plays music in the game or not.
The List of maps: See all the maps you have saved;"Load" loads the map (You have to have selected the map on the list for it to load and you will see a yellow rectangle on the map on the list)
[World]
Terrain Height Map: The surface
Terrain Alpha Map: Image in red,blue,green so that you can have different textures for the surface/height map
Terrain Texture(s): Different Textures for the Terrain Alpha Map
Width & Height: Size of map
Sky: You can put different weather cycles you have made & Skies (If checked yes) you have made into the map;control the ceiling texture and weather cycle
(if checked no)
Ocean: Toggles on/off if you want to have water in your map, change how much water there is & You can change the texture of the water.
[Object]
Object group & Objects: find a object
New Object: Must have a object selected and you can put as many objects as you want.
Gate destination: You can make it so you can get to a map from this map (Must be a existing map you made), Control where the portal is, direction of portal, and change if it is a black or normal portal.
Water Material: Make a new water, and you can change the texture of the water.
[Controls]
You can control the size, and move a object, randomize its size, hide objects, change where it is, rotate the object , and show the objects, and update them, delete objects.

Making a map:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATeKYJrLaOk&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATeKYJrLaOk&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhkcRQrg00E&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNTlSVCLRAs&feature=relmfu

Downloading maps:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK59qupAwEA&feature=related

If you were looking for the place to get feralheart objects goto this section of feralheart

If you were looking on how to install objects:


Presets



Looking for the codes for presets? Go here

Looking for a way to make presets? I would go Here

FeralHeart Errors and Fixes

Lots of glitches/errors can happen:
Missing FeralHeart Files?
FeralHeart glitches
List of known "OGRE EXCEPTIONS" Errors


Sky maker

For using sky maker go here:
Ingredient's tutorial




Object Maker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50AYNClxE_I


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09iwc8Yt8Fk

Items

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKakpjgr-BM



Other good places:
Making your FeralHeart game run more stable/even faster!

Member Made Tutorials

Ouuka's Tutorial List

The BIG help thread

Help section
« Last Edit: July 11, 2012, 08:50:27 pm by SilverTW »

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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 07:46:12 pm »
« Last Edit: July 11, 2012, 10:31:27 pm by SilverTW »

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