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Thn files (why....)

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Post Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:03 pm

Thn files (why....)

ok i got no idea what i'm doing, as this is the first time i'm trying thn's out, is this a wide problem:

when i start FL it goes to the main menu and the screen is blank, what's happing?

i got entry's in the 3 room files that goto it, i've added a custom ship, path and a engine effect, there are a few things that get me though:

under path is this right?
template_name="",

and under attach entity for a a engine
target_part="", (changed to target_part="HpEngine01", )

are they surposed to be empty?

and is there anything i missed, that you need?

EDIT: atm i'm trying to add, not to start a new one

EDIT: the entity for the ship hasen't got the lt_grp=4, it's set at 0

Edited by - NightHound on 11/23/2004 4:50:09 PM

Post Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:02 am

The THN files are very tricky. One little typo and it just comes up as blank black screen. I would especially look for a missing quotationmark " or a missing bracket { or }

I always save backups after each change I make, because sometimes it just takes way too long to find a typo. It's easier to just start from a backup and redo my latest changes.

As for the light group, that refers to what lights hit your object. You'll have to look at your actual lights and see what groups they are. So, if you have 3 light sources, and they are groups 1, 2 and 3, but your object is light group 1, well only the 1st light will shine on that object. When I make custom thn's, I always make all my lights group 1 and all my objects group 1, it's just easier that way.

Post Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:12 am

You'll quickly learn to hate the cutscenes

'template_name = "" ' is correct for the path, since you aren't basing it off anything. If you change the "target_part" to HpEngine01 then you'll need to change "target_type = ROOT" to "target_type = PART" as well.

Post Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:35 pm

thx guys

just a quick question, is this right or the other one?

{{1, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}

or

{{1,0,0},{0,1,0},{0,0,1}}


??

Edited by - NightHound on 11/24/2004 5:37:25 PM

Post Wed Nov 24, 2004 11:34 pm

should both work. spaces are usually ignored in ini files -> they only serve as a seperator. The brackets, commas, ... dont nessessarily need spaces after them.

but sometimes its good to have some formatting.

Fjord

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