Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of code/doc/Pickups

Timestamp:

Mar 18, 2010, 4:11:29 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

dafrick

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code/doc/Pickups

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 === Including pickups in a level ===
 I wanted to make including pickups in level as simple as possible, while also ensuring a division between the pickup itself and how it looks. For you to be able to use pickups in your level you need to understand a few concepts.
--  Pickups (Pickupables) are entities which have no physical (or graphical) dimension. The simply represent the effect they will have on a carrier, when used.
-- The physical (or graphical) dimension of a pickup is called a PickupRepresentation (or in the following referred to as representation). 
-- The representation of a pickup and the pickup itself are linked to each other, meaning a representation can only represent one type of pickup.
-- The entity that actually gives a pickup to a carrier is called a PickupSpawner (in the following called spawner). A spawner creates (based on some parameters) pickups which can be picked up and how the spawner looks in the game is defined by the representation of the pickup it spawns.
-- A type of pickup is a specific pickup class with values for all its relevant parameters. This means, that a pickup of the same class with the same values for all parameters except for one is a different type of pickup and will therefore have a different representation.
+ * Pickups (Pickupables) are entities which have no physical (or graphical) dimension. The simply represent the effect they will have on a carrier, when used.
+ * The physical (or graphical) dimension of a pickup is called a PickupRepresentation (or in the following referred to as representation). 
+ * The representation of a pickup and the pickup itself are linked to each other, meaning a representation can only represent one type of pickup.
+ * The entity that actually gives a pickup to a carrier is called a PickupSpawner (in the following called spawner). A spawner creates (based on some parameters) pickups which can be picked up and how the spawner looks in the game is defined by the representation of the pickup it spawns.
+ * A type of pickup is a specific pickup class with values for all its relevant parameters. This means, that a pickup of the same class with the same values for all parameters except for one is a different type of pickup and will therefore have a different representation.
 
 ==== Using predefined pickups ====
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-==== Using not-predefined pickups ====
+==== Using non-predefined pickups ====
 
 Now let's assume you're not satisfied with the pickups that are provided by the two before mentioned file, but you're not much of a coder as well. Luckily there is a way for you. Pickups were created with a broad range of use in mind, which means that the pickups provided by the files are not all there is.
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 === Creating a new pickup ===
 
+Now it get's a little trickier. Therefore I'm just going to supply you with a recipe, or a set of steps you have to take, without which your pickup won't work.
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