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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Build Level Not Working?

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Leon Kennedy
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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 04:13
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Ok, so I'm pretty close to building the test level that I've got going, and I understand that when testing a level the engine uses the information in languagebank\english\gamebank\mygame. That's all fine and dandy. But when I click on Build Game and try to select my map (which is in that folder), it won't let me select my map. What gives?

I click on the sample map thing that's in the dialog box, it takes me to the windows explorer window to select an fpm file. I navigate to the folder, select the map, and click ok, and...nothing. It reverts back to the sample file that is there originally.

v1.18. Windows Vista. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here?

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maho76
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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 09:47
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Quote: "But when I click on Build Game and try to select my map (which is in that folder),... "


your map shouldnt be in the languagebank, but in the mapbank (as name says)

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Leon Kennedy
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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 15:41
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Ok, that makes about...zero sense. I mean, I can move the map to the mapbank folder, but why does the test engine rely on files in one folder and the build engine on files in a completely different one?

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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 16:44
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Quote: "but why does the test engine rely on files in one folder and the build engine on files in a completely different one?"


During a "test game", the test game will use the setuplevel.fpi that is located in the "languagebank\english\gamebank\mygame" folder. When you first create a level, click on File >Build Game, then on the Game Project Settings tab you can specify a project filename. That filename relates to the folder in the "gamebank" folder. So for example, I make a level, click File >Build Game, then give a name of "Test1", the level will use the setuplevel.fpi file in the "Test1" folder. Unless you specify that project filename, the "mygame" is the default for test and build.

Your maps need to be in the mapbank folder, just as scripts must be in the scriptbank folder or they will not work. The only thing that will work outside of the normal directories are hud images and the paths defined in the scripts.


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Leon Kennedy
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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 19:22
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Yeah, I have a project folder for my game (in addition the mygame folder in languagebank), so I guess that works.

Just seems to me that everything should be contained in one project folder, instead of scripts here, map there, etc. But I'll move a copy of the final map to the mapbank folder so I can do the build, I guess.

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Posted: 28th Feb 2012 19:39 Edited at: 28th Feb 2012 19:39
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Quote: "Just seems to me that everything should be contained in one project folder, instead of scripts here, map there, etc."


That is how the engine itself is coded. Scripts need to be in the scriptbank folder, segments in the segments folder, maps in the mapbank folder. Otherwise you will have nothing but issues and frustrations.

As I mentioned before, test games only use the "gamebank\mygame" folder and the fpi files that are in there (gameover, gamewon, setuplevel, titlepage, loadingpage). When you build, it will use either the folder that corresponds from your project name or default to the "mygame" file and therefore use the fpi files in whichever folder it uses. So all the developer (you) have to do is keep track of where you put your huds, having the correct path in scripts that use huds, saving map(s) in the mapbank folder, and what game project folder to use. Everything else is pretty much in the proper place.


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That Guy John
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Posted: 29th Feb 2012 07:25
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Something I do to separate "projects":

Take the default "files" folder and rename it "X Files" or what ever.
Make a copy of the contents of the default "files" folder. Rename that copy as "files" then delete all of the unwanted \ un needed content from those directories. Magic... a new "project".

Or (shameless self plug and pat on my own back) you can have an application that would do this properly for you.

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