**TUTORIAL** BASIC ZONES

Sat Mar 15, 2003 4:23 am by Decado

i'l l start with a simple example with results you can see...a rock field

firstly choose where you are going to do it...i chose a space station in a system i made using Dawn's tutorial, its called da01

in the da01.ini file i added the following

[Asteroids
file = solar\asteroids\da01_rock_field.ini ;we need to make this file
zone = Zone_da01_rock_field_001

[zone
nickname = Zone_da01_rock_field_001
pos = -83976, 0, 49931 ; the center of the zone, also where my station is
shape = SPHERE ; the shape of the zone, in this case a sphere
size = 20000 ; zones size
property_flags = 132
Music = zone_field_debris
spacedust = debrisdust
spacedust_maxparticles = 150
sort = 99.500000

now we need to make the da01_rock_field.ini file mentioned above, it should contain the following and be placed in solar\asteroids\

[TexturePanels
file = solar\asteroids\rock_shapes.ini

[Field
cube_size = 355
fill_dist = 1250
tint_field = 15, 15, 15
max_alpha = 1.000000
empty_cube_frequency = 0.200000

[properties
flag = badland_danger_objects
flag = danger_density_low

[Cube
xaxis_rotation = 0, 0, 180, 180
yaxis_rotation = 0, 30, 90, 195
zaxis_rotation = 0, 0, 180, 180
asteroid = badlands_large1, -0.700000, 0.500000, 0.500000, 3, 35, 0
asteroid = badlands_medium2, -0.400000, -0.400000, -0.700000, 5, 0, 0
asteroid = badlands_small1, 0.300000, -0.650000, 0.200000, 0, 50, 8

this will give you a badlands style rock field around the position you chose

next - radiation zones

Sat Mar 15, 2003 4:30 am by Decado

so hopefully now you have a rock field around the station you chose...now we will add a radiation field

add the following to the da01.ini

[zone
nickname = Zone_da01_radiation
pos = -83976, 0, 49931 ;use your position
shape = SPHERE
size = 5000
edge_fraction = 0.300000
damage = 40
interference = 0.500000
visit = 128
sort = 99.500000

this will create a radiation zone inside your rock field, centered on the same position

next Exclusion Zones

Sat Mar 15, 2003 4:38 am by Decado

ok, s you should now have a rockfield and a radiation zone around the station you chose, but you may have noticed that some of the rocks are rather close to your station...to make it clear around your station we will need to make a small zone around it, and then exclude this zone from the asteroid field...heres how

i added this to my da01.ini

[zone
nickname = Zone_da01_01_station
pos = -83976, 0, 49931
shape = SPHERE
size = 1500

it creates a small zone that does nothing

then in your da01_rock_field.ini add the following

[Exclusion Zones
exclusion = Zone_da01_01_station

this will stop it from making rocks in the small zone u created around the station

i will add more to this in the next day or 2

"Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station." --Tarkin (concerning the Death Star)

Sat Mar 15, 2003 6:44 am by ikarus

Also there is a mine_field zone that you can add. Like the mines around the Alaska gate. Just thought I'd add my 2 cents. Haven't played with it other than to remove the mines from the gate so I'm not sure how the mines actually work (like do they explode if you put them in a new location?).

Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:12 pm by Decado

i'll take a look later on and see what i can do with the mines and post my results

"Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station." --Tarkin (concerning the Death Star)

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