On the eve of releasing my Taanab, but need guidance

[Takhomasak]

Well, still having no luck with native resources.  I let the server run for an hour or two with the spawn times set down ridiculously low, wiped the database first, but it's still spawning these erroneous types.  Taanab is in the .cpp and resource manager, and I have triple checked the rows I added in the resource tree.

I think I'm close to figuring the baby and the NPC group name display, though.  Just gotta give the beast what it wants, where it wants it!

The last step before Beta release is making the package, wiping my Dev environment, and making sure a fresh install works.  

 Can't wait to get people running through the world and giving feedback.  I want people to give it that Summer of 03 wonder.  It's a whole new world!

While I'm no Slartibartfast, I believe that I used some of what was there, and some of my vision... as an SWG explorer, there are some spots on the planet that I really love.

 

[Valkyra]

What if everyone and their mom makes a planet and Sytner has queues lined up for making the satellite maps?

 

[Sytner]

What if everyone and their mom makes a planet and Sytner has queues lined up for making the satellite maps?

If there was suddenly more than 5 people interested in making planets it might motivate me to finish the tools, bring it on.

 

[Takhomasak]

What if everyone and their mom makes a planet and Sytner has queues lined up for making the satellite maps?

If there was suddenly more than 5 people interested in making planets it might motivate me to finish the tools, bring it on.

I kinda like doing it the hard way...   I used to be afraid of the idea of your tool coming out and making it easier.  

But all it really means is that the standard will be pushed higher.  

BTW - 

my Taanab is inching closer to release...

Issues still remain:
datapad planet button texture still defaults to Tatooine
babies are being tested TODAY
native resources - I think a fresh server with the scripts I made should work...?
new NPC names being tested again today... I got Norulac faction points working yesterday

the vast majority of remaining work is simply snapshot population.  when I turn it over to choice for testing, I will package a minimal install, for people who want to explore it in the MTGClient or their dev environment.

 

[Skyyyr]

What if everyone and their mom makes a planet and Sytner has queues lined up for making the satellite maps?

If there was suddenly more than 5 people interested in making planets it might motivate me to finish the tools, bring it on.

dude... uh I've been working on my own version of kashyyyk semi secretly... I'd probably die if I had your tool. It's obviously still something I work on when I get time, but here are some screenshots of it. It currently works on a pre-cu server just fine, and it's not a rip of another planet with modified entries. So here's some links.

http://imgur.com/ZnxEwgD
http://imgur.com/YYqtZtz
http://imgur.com/eXFs8RW
http://imgur.com/cDWUmkU
http://imgur.com/gnVjQ1V

 

[Sytner]

What if everyone and their mom makes a planet and Sytner has queues lined up for making the satellite maps?

If there was suddenly more than 5 people interested in making planets it might motivate me to finish the tools, bring it on.

dude... uh I've been working on my own version of kashyyyk semi secretly... I'd probably die if I had your tool. It's obviously still something I work on when I get time, but here are some screenshots of it. It currently works on a pre-cu server just fine, and it's not a rip of another planet with modified entries. So here's some links.

http://imgur.com/ZnxEwgD
http://imgur.com/YYqtZtz
http://imgur.com/eXFs8RW
http://imgur.com/cDWUmkU
http://imgur.com/gnVjQ1V

You're not alone https://s21.postimg.org/8xnh02pqv/kash1.png

 

[Takhomasak]

heh.  I have been working on Kashyyyk for a long time too.  I've just been working on resurrecting the CU era terrain though.  Have a pretty good plan lined up for it...   but looks like it might be covered!

 

[Takhomasak]

Especially with the tool release eminent, perhaps we should make a thread organizing which planets are out there, who is working on them, and link to the last known status...  kind of a shopping list for server admins looking for them...

Also a way for those of us interested in making some to keep track of what's out there already.  The planet building resources are scarce right now, spread around.

 

[Vidi]

Well done! I didn't realize so many of us are working on planets.

 

[Halyn]

I've had vague plans to work on a couple planets, but the lack of tools for it means I need to be fairly committed to it since I'll need to learn the file type. Mark that up as one more thing to do...

 

[Pake]

For the datapad and button stuff I think there was something in Lasko's post. I remeber I was able to do that, at least I'm pretty sure. Think its related to what I pasted below

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162187&highlight=taanab

Ui files

There a two files that need to be amended if you want to add the planet buttons to the starport term galaxy map:

/ui/ui_planet_map.inc
/ui/ticketpurchase.inc

These are not the easiest files to read, but once you've got the hang of them their actually quite straightforward. They contain the location data for the written planet names and the clickable planet buttons on the map (these are in pixels with top left corner of the image as 0,0). A guide on filling them out would probably make no sense what so ever (at least if it was written by me lol), so just jump in and read them. Best to break them into chunks and see how it all fits together. The section for adding the runners is the last big section towards the bottom of the file

EDIT....
In Notepad++ search inside the file for one particular planet name ...eg. Endor and see how the file is broken into sections for each component. Again, just cut n paste your new planet in. You may have to add/copy new images for the actual planet button pictures (the planet buttons that rotate), but you'll see what components are needed to add the images and where they are located.

As for testing these files, I found the best way is to make a /ui/ folder in the client and put the two working files in it, just like a normal mod, then edit them directly from there and once finished paste em back into your tre folder. You don't have to keep restarting the server to see the changes, just make a change, save and restart the client.

 

[Takhomasak]

Yeah, I have the travel system fully integrated, it's specifically the datapad button texture.

I have just about everything fixed though, a clean environment, and first build with my files installed did the trick. I have the server-side package made now too.

Look out for the release! Then, the next planets aren't going to have full integration

 

[Cyberspike]

If your looking for the planet picture in the data pad it is located at datatables/player/waypoint_planets.iff

 

[Takhomasak]

If your looking for the planet picture in the data pad it is located at datatables/player/waypoint_planets.iff

THANKS!

Well shoot.  I may yet get this in beta by the weekend.

 

[Takhomasak]

Well, I think I have all the info I need. I have every system working... going to make a modular package since some might be troublesome to implement.

I want this to be seamless, so taking another week probably to make sure all is precise. Maybe I'll throw up a screenshot or two after the weekend...

 

[Pake]

Cool. Will it be on Choice's TS or their live server?

I could pop on and give a hand testing if you need.

 

[Takhomasak]

Cool.  Will it be on Choice's TS or their live server?

I could pop on and give a hand testing if you need.

Test first.  They are still integrating Pub 8, so I am going to try to put it on test before they upgrade it, so I can't do any damage.   Getting a trial by fire, implementing my first mod release myself...

I am pretty sure I'll have the test package ready there over this next week.  Got the bugs squashed and it's all about content building now.


BY THE WAY- drawing the green lines on the travel map wins my 'most needlessly frustrating portion' award, for unabashedly switching coordinate systems arbitrarily within the same file. But I own it now.

 

[Sytner]

BY THE WAY-  drawing the green lines on the travel map wins my 'most needlessly frustrating portion' award, for unabashedly switching coordinate systems arbitrarily within the same file.  But I own it now.

+1

We definitely need a tool for this.

 

[Pake]

BY THE WAY-  drawing the green lines on the travel map wins my 'most needlessly frustrating portion' award, for unabashedly switching coordinate systems arbitrarily within the same file.  But I own it now.

+1

We definitely need a tool for this

Oh yah.  I remember this now when working with my own version of Taanab.  I decided that for any future planets, well it just wasnt worth it lol.

 

[Takhomasak]

BY THE WAY-  drawing the green lines on the travel map wins my 'most needlessly frustrating portion' award, for unabashedly switching coordinate systems arbitrarily within the same file.  But I own it now.

+1

We definitely need a tool for this

Oh yah.  I remember this now when working with my own version of Taanab.  I decided that for any future planets, well it just wasnt worth it lol.

The easiest way I found was to copy an existing one about the length you wanted, rotated to point where you wanted, and bring the planet button to it, since the planets are on a sensible origin, and aren't segmented cascading helicopter blades.