Guide to making levels for Absolute Beginners

[Avaguard]

Okay very near to being done    but  still got some more to do thought

[Avaguard]

LAST question ... (maybe) how do i make all the asteroids visible 

[annikk.exe]

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GetAsteroid(0):Reveal(1)
That makes asteroid 0 visible to player 1.  :>

You can either do a whole bunch of those commands at the end of your LevelSetup or the start of your LevelLogic, or a possibly better way of doing it is to just include it when you're declaring your asteroids.
EG:

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a = AddAsteroidWithAttribs(0,0,0.5,0.5,0.5)
a.owner = 1
a.treecap = 3
a.radius = 400
a:Reveal(1)

[Avaguard]

MY map is done BUT you never really clarified how to post them

[Pilchard123]

Save map as a Lua file, attach it to a post.

[Widget]

Blimey, this is getting to be really fiddly... which attributes does the game auto-adjust to make a map playable? Is it only the send distance or will it play with others aswell? Finally, is there any way to stop it doing that other than not setting send distances until everything's in place?

Edit: I think I've answered my own question. I should've hammered down some new values for more objects before I tried to look at send radius, I guess. The only possible issue at this point is the scale of the map. The seedlings were bigger than I assumed so it's already 15k by 18k and probably needs to grow substantially again. Will that sort of size be an issue once the map's more populated? Be a shame to build something that would lag purely due to ignorance  

Oh! And thankyou for the rapid reply annikk. I'm sorry for the barrage of really simple questions but you've been an enormous help.

[annikk.exe]

which attributes does the game auto-adjust to make a map playable?  Is it only the send distance or will it play with others aswell?

If you've set a.Moveable = false, then it will only adjust the send distance.
If a.Moveable = true or if you don't specify it one way or the other, it will adjust send distance and the X/Y coordinates of the asteroid.

Finally, is there any way to stop it doing that other than not setting send distances until everything's in place?

My preferred method is to set my Send Distances at the top of LevelLogic, before my while GameRunning() do loop starts.  :>

[annikk.exe]

Okay then, here I am.

How did you get on with this in the end, Bonobo? :>
As you're not churning out maps I'm guessing your progress faltered along the way at some point.  Did you just get tired of it, or did you get stuck on something specific?  Lots of support is available if you ever want to give it another try.. :>

[Bonobo]

Dear Annikk,

How did you get on with this in the end, Bonobo? :>

Although my nickname is “Bonobo” I’d prefer you & folks call me Tom

As you're not churning out maps I'm guessing your progress faltered along the way at some point.  Did you just get tired of it, or did you get stuck on something specific?

I got stuck in Real Life (as you may have read in some other thread, thrombosis and stuff). And although I still read every post here, it’s been over one or two months that I’ve played Eufloria … it’s annoying me always having to fire up Parallels Desktop to play it; starting the Windows VM is a PITA, takes half an hour sometimes, I don’t have the time and patience for this. After it’s up, the Windows VM runs fine & fast, but the wait for everything is not fine. I may be more motivated once a Mac OS X version is out … though then there still will be the Real Life issue.

Lots of support is available if you ever want to give it another try.. :>

Thank you, Annikk, I know this forum and all you fine folks are VERY helpful and friendly, I guess that’s what keeps me reading here even if I am not currently playing.

BTW I’ll have an iPad 2 soon, one of my clients thought it might be a nice idea to give me one for my Mac support <happy happy joy joy> I wonder whether that version, once it comes out, will also allow to load user-generated maps and whether the maps you guys are churning out here will be compatible …

And, Annikk, thanks for remembering me and for asking, I’m touched

Greetings, Tom

[Pilchard123]

I don't remember reading about the thrombosis. Are you okay now?

[Aino]

Real Life? Tried that game, it sucks...

Jk

[Bonobo]

I don't remember reading about the thrombosis. Are you okay now?

Well … they say I’ll have to wear these friggin compression stockings until EOL  and the thrombosis will stay; I could be lucky if it dissolves by time. Currently I must inject some Heparin derivate (leech juice, sort of) twice daily <graaaaah> and this while I abhor injections. And worse, they want to switch me to Marcumar, another anticoagulant whis IMHO is an elixir of the devil. But I guess I’ll have to take it, anything is better than getting another thrombosis or, even worse, pulmonary embolism or the like.

But what I can tell you all: DON’T SIT TOO MUCH, don’t sit too long, MOVE at least once an hour, DO NOT SIT WITH LEGS CROSSED cause it interrupts the bloodflow. And, well, don’t smoke <cough>. You definitely don’t want to wear these stockings.

Real Life? Tried that game, it sucks...

Jk

As long as one has not yet set their own controls settings, shortcuts and all.

- DON’T LIVE WITH DEFAULT SETTINGS!

- NO CHEATS! Won’t work.

- Overclocking is harmful.

<nk>

[Aino]

Good advice and rulles, Tom

[annikk.exe]

Hello Tom :>

I got stuck in Real Life (as you may have read in some other thread, thrombosis and stuff).

I have to admit, I completely had not noticed/heard anything about that...  I'm sorry to hear about the rough time you are having :/  I don't blame you for not playing Eufloria much.  I can imagine it would be the last thing on my mind, were I in your position.

I know this forum and all you fine folks are VERY helpful and friendly, I guess that’s what keeps me reading here even if I am not currently playing.

I think it's as supportive as it is because we're still such a small community... those that actually do some coding.. so we're always very eager to help when someone starts learning how to do it.  :>
Maybe we'll get more coders once the PSN thing goes live, hopefully we'll be able to retain the supportive atmosphere though.

BTW I’ll have an iPad 2 soon, one of my clients thought it might be a nice idea to give me one for my Mac support <happy happy joy joy> I wonder whether that version, once it comes out, will also allow to load user-generated maps and whether the maps you guys are churning out here will be compatible …

I hope levels have cross-platform compatability too!  We should really ask A&R about that to be honest..

And, Annikk, thanks for remembering me and for asking, I’m touched :)

No worries :>

[Aino]

I really hope a wild map coder appears soon D:

The forums could need it, And I'm quite annoyed by the amount of guests but no users too, but I don't really mind it either... I like to talk: maybe noticed xD

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It's so sad that many people are shy at the internet, nobody knows you, and if you make a mistake, atleast here, nobody cares: we just wanna help