Spark Editor

XuaxinodalXuaxinodal Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11158Members, Constellation
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Has anyone notice the <i>editor.xml</i> file inside the ns2 directory? It appears this file may be used to define entities for the spark editor.

I'm curious if anyone else noticed this and started to tinker.
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  • Dalin SeivewrightDalin Seivewright 0x0000221E Join Date: 2007-10-20 Member: 62685Members, Constellation
    I think lots of people have noticed it, actually, and I was recently reminded of it.
    I haven't started tinkering yet, but I do need some custom entities myself so I hope to start messing with it soon.
    I'm hoping it'll be a straight class variable to defined parameter relationship, therefore all global variables in a given class will match the parameter lists in the editor_setup.xml file, although, that probably won't be the case.
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  • SparkyMcSparksSparkyMcSparks Join Date: 2010-04-12 Member: 71347Members
    edited June 2010
    Shouldn't we avoid editing stock files like that now that there is SteamWorks.
    If we make one in our mod folder I wonder if the game will read it. I'll give it a quick try I guess.

    Edit: Yeah it works from the mod folder...
    <a href="http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3764/ns2customeditorxml.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3764/ns2customeditorxml.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
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  • XuaxinodalXuaxinodal Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11158Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1773070:date=Jun 2 2010, 03:05 AM:name=SparkyMcSparks)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SparkyMcSparks @ Jun 2 2010, 03:05 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1773070"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Shouldn't we avoid editing stock files like that now that there is SteamWorks.
    If we make one in our mod folder I wonder if the game will read it. I'll give it a quick try I guess.

    Edit: Yeah it works from the mod folder...
    <a href="http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3764/ns2customeditorxml.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3764/ns2customeditorxml.th.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Thanks for testing! I didn't have a chance to test this out since my original post.

    This is what I was thinking it would do since you have to pick the mod at the top of the Launchpad window.

    At least for now we can use the stock file as a reference for capabilities until documentation is released.
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  • MCMLXXXIVMCMLXXXIV Join Date: 2010-04-14 Member: 71400Members
    Ive been playing with this file too and was able to create a custom entity type with it (I made a "game" spawn point, as a subclass of base_spawn, that defines where my search starts from when defining AI nodes.

    Have a look at the NS2LUA work as well - they've gone a lot further with it!
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  • DelphicDelphic Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58262Members
    I wonder if they'll release us the schema.
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