Making Models for Transit Networks: Some General Specifications

[mtg]

I think I have most of it right now!?

[MandelSoft]

Not quite. The numbers at AddTypes refer to the corresponding H3ID's of the puzzle pieces. So they shouldn't be "5480, 5481, 5482, 5483", but "5480, 15480, 25480, 35480". I believe the rest should be O.K.

[Jonathan]

Yes that seems correct. Except I didn't notice what Maarten did

btw, All AddTypes lines that follow a rotationRing are part of that RotationRing, and the game completely ignore comments. So when this is in the RUL:


The Game sees this:


so the last AddTypes of the ped malls button is the one which HID is DC90.

So when I said put your puzzle piece at the end of the pedmalls button, I meant put it after the line which starts with AddTypes = DC90, however it doesn't matter really so just leave it as it is.



Now you need to put the RUL file back into the controller:
So save the file_dec00000000 and then:

Once you want to reinsert the RUL, open the controller dat, remove the current RUL0 from the dat (right click on file > remove file), then right click > insert and compress file...
Select the file, yes to "append to end?", and viola.

Then save the NAM Controller dat and open in game and go to the pedmalls button, and press TAB (you should have to press TAB 6 times) until you get to your puzzle piece, or until you get to a red cursor (in which case something is wrong with the RULs)

Jonathan

[mtg]

Not quite. The numbers at AddTypes refer to the corresponding H3ID's of the puzzle pieces. So they shouldn't be "5480, 5481, 5482, 5483", but "5480, 15480, 25480, 35480". I believe the rest should be O.K.

Thanks, I thought why are my AddTypes 5 digits and the rest 4, well I shouldn't think myself

[mtg]

Ok I'll start the game, (keeping my fingers crossed)

[mtg]

you get to a red cursor

I've got a red cursor 

[Jonathan]

Well I don't of anyone who hasn't had the red cursor on their first piece. It would be abnormal if it wasn't a red cursor

I think I know what your problem is, and I should have caught it earlier:


You have not changed the HID highlighted in red.

Try changing that to the 5480 it should be.

Jonathan

[mtg]

Ok I've no more red cursor, instead I've got a CTD when i get to the piece???

[Jonathan]

Ok, well I just got your email, you have not updated the IID in the RKT in the Exemplars.

In your dat, look in the Exemplars and look at the RKT you should see that the IID (the 3rd value) is incorrect.

[mtg]

hmm I really thought I already changed that?!

[mtg]

changed it but still CTD

[Blue Lightning]

You have a malformed Piece line. Should be 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0, 0x55... (not 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0, 0, 0x55...) which would be why its a CTD upon selection.

[mtg]

Thanks blue, not more CTD, but now I've got this. still no ramp..

[Blue Lightning]

Plop it down, it should appear. You hadn't made a preview model yet I assume?

[mtg]

When I plop it doesn't show, but it seems that there is something ploped, It does the terraforming and my cursor tells me there's something there. But It's invisible  spooky!?

[Blue Lightning]

Run the query tool on each tile, if it ghosts, then you need to flip all the triangles (fill you in if that is the case later). If not, check your exemplars; the IID of the exemplar, the RKT, and the model IID.

[Jonathan]

I think its more likely that somewhere the IIDs aren't matching up, because the Puzzle piece description is not there either.

But I looked into the latest dat you sent me and it is correct.

The only thing I can think of is if for some reason you don't have the dat in your plugins folders still.

[mtg]

Ok this means it's there or not?

[Blue Lightning]

Well, there goes the ghost issue. If all the IIDs match up, the only thing I can see that might be an issue is the GID of the model.

Transit model GID is 0xBADB57F1.
Exemplar GID is 0xA8434037.

[mtg]

Well, there goes the ghost issue. If all the IIDs match up, the only thing I can see that might be an issue is the GID of the model.

Transit model GID is 0xBADB57F1.
Exemplar GID is 0xA8434037.

I think I've got those right!?