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AB JOMed - You can have a daylight map in JO!!

Eagle_Eye - 7-22-2004 at 07:42 PM

OK, you can have a daylight map if you want, you don't have to use the 4 available Sky's..

But...you have to edit the mis file with a text editor, like editplus, or notepad will do..

Make your map, save it as a mis...

Open the mis file in a text editor, now, your looking for a line that says, it's not far down the list..

sunset FULL_00 or
sunset FULL_01 or
sunset FULL_02 or
sunset FULL_03

These are the 4 options you have, you would have FULL_00 as the default....now change the FULL_0X to DAY2 so it looks like this..

sunset DAY2

I tried a variety of these, day1, dawn1 etc, but they all turn out the same, a daylight map, with some fog..

Now, save the file

Start your Jo Med..load the mis, export it as a bms, and convert it..

Play the map..and you should have Daylight, with some fog about 800 metres out..

Better than having only night maps..

Have Fun
EE

Great tip, I have one too.

Sazza - 7-22-2004 at 10:55 PM

Copy this text bellow into a notpad and save it as "DAYTIME.ENV" Save into your med-folder. Now you can choose the daylight in the med. The result are day but no clouds, couse the ENV-file aren´t in the gamefolder. Copy the file into your gamefolder to get the clouds. But i will go with EE´s tips for now. Becouse i havent got any joiners to confirm the daylight or clouds. But maybe this can help anyone to better understand how the enviroment is working. lol

______________________Copy Start
enviro_name "DAYTIME"

timeofday "Day"

envscale 1.0

iris_percent 15
iris_center 1.0

water_rgb 56,59,39 ;color seen when under water and surface color

sky_map1 Cloud01.pcx ;cloud pcx - full range cloud image, square rooted (bright gamma)
sky_map2 Cloud01b.pcx ;cloud pcx, subtile modulation layer - centered at 128
sky_height 175 ;height in meters
sky_speed 15 ;movement rate

fog_level 1000 ;0=1000 meters 1=500 meters etc.
fog_type 3 ;0=fog, 1=haze, 2=haze wall, 3=mild haze wall

cloud_rgb 128,128,128 ;cloud color tinter
terrain_rgb 255,255,255 ;1.0 terrain tinting color (255,255,255 is default)
vertex_rgb 128,128,128 ;2.0 vertex tinting color (128,128,128 is default)

lightning_rgb 85,85,90 ;lightning color (from sky direction)
;lightning is added to sky_rgb
;and also affects fog and ambient slightly
sun_3di msun.3di ;sun object
moon_3di fmoon4.3di ;moon object
glare_3di mglare.3di ;glare object
star_3di ;star object / leave blank for null

;indoor ambient lighting values
;ceiling_rgb 80,80,80 ;overhead and wraps around
;floor_rgb 25,25,25 ;underneath, wraps around
ceiling_rgb 55,55,55 ;overhead and wraps around
floor_rgb 25,25,25 ;underneath, wraps around

curtime 1200


;new [Censored]
advanced_clouds 1

tod_begin 1200
sun_rgb 187,187,181
moon_rgb 0,0,0
sky_rgb 84,88,89
ground_rgb 49,55,46
skyfog_rgb 77,91,138
fog_rgb 77,91,138
skybase_rgb 57,77,138
skybright_rgb 19,19,31
skyhighlight_rgb 226,250,94
cloudbase_rgb 238,238,110
cloudhighlight_rgb 6,7,3
cloudedge_rgb 151,174,83
tod_end
________________copy end

Sazza

Sal UK - 7-24-2004 at 06:25 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Eagle_Eye
OK, you can have a daylight map if you want, you don't have to use the 4 available Sky's..

But...you have to edit the mis file with a text editor, like editplus, or notepad will do..

Make your map, save it as a mis...

Open the mis file in a text editor, now, your looking for a line that says, it's not far down the list..

sunset FULL_00 or
sunset FULL_01 or
sunset FULL_02 or
sunset FULL_03

These are the 4 options you have, you would have FULL_00 as the default....now change the FULL_0X to DAY2 so it looks like this..

sunset DAY2

I tried a variety of these, day1, dawn1 etc, but they all turn out the same, a daylight map, with some fog..

Now, save the file

Start your Jo Med..load the mis, export it as a bms, and convert it..

Play the map..and you should have Daylight, with some fog about 800 metres out..

Better than having only night maps..

Have Fun
EE



Have you noticed m8 using that makes the Sun Shine come from the ground. lol

Also it does the same if you just delete the FULL_00 from the sunset line in the mis.

Sal UK - 7-24-2004 at 10:46 AM

To Properly add daytime to your maps create a wac file with this line:

TOD(1200)

Save the wac the same name as your map, But make sure the server uses the /d command so it reads the wac file.
Clients dont need the /d command just the server.

Hope this helps, This is not from me but from Smokin from DFA.
I have tried it and it works fine. ;)

Sal.
*Edit* Just thought I would take a SS to show it working.

FOG!!!

Ammo - 7-24-2004 at 08:33 PM

Thanks for the info guys on the daytime but how the hell do I get rid of all the fog?
I`v tried changing the fog settings in the MED and in the text files but to no avail can anyone help?

Thanks in advance..

DV - 7-24-2004 at 11:46 PM

use fogdist(#)

but the max range is 1000meters

//and do the tod like this:

if never() then
TOD(1200)
endif

otherwise the TOD gets set to 1200 every second

Smokin@420.BUD - 7-25-2004 at 12:44 AM

thx for the tip to keep The TOD clock moving DV

Eagle_Eye - 7-25-2004 at 10:39 AM

Sal, DV, Smokin..thanks guys..

Tips very welcome, and appreciated..

EE

SnipherHunter444 - 7-26-2004 at 03:06 AM

how can i create a .wac file?

Eagle_Eye - 7-26-2004 at 03:30 AM

Take a look in the BHD Map Making section..lots of posts there, same format as JO..

EE

Sal UK - 7-26-2004 at 03:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SnipherHunter444
how can i create a .wac file?

Just download my wac file unzip it to your JO Folder.
To get it to work with your map just click your right mouse button on the wac file and rename it the same as your map.

Example my wac is named UrbanWarefare.wac just rename it to your map name so if your map is named City then change the name to City.wac

>>>Wac File Download<<<
Hope this helps you m8.

Sal.

Ammo - 7-26-2004 at 11:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DV
use fogdist(#)

but the max range is 1000meters

//and do the tod like this:

if never() then
TOD(1200)
endif

otherwise the TOD gets set to 1200 every second



Thank You Appreciate it.

Ammo - 7-27-2004 at 12:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Sal UK
To Properly add daytime to your maps create a wac file with this line:

TOD(1200)

Save the wac the same name as your map, But make sure the server uses the /d command so it reads the wac file.
Clients dont need the /d command just the server.

Hope this helps, This is not from me but from Smokin from DFA.
I have tried it and it works fine. ;)

Sal.
*Edit* Just thought I would take a SS to show it working.


How do I know the server uses the /d command and if it doesnt how do I turn it on?

Sal UK - 7-27-2004 at 12:38 AM

Its ok I have tried this out and the /d command doesnt need to be used in JO, It will read the wac anyway.

Just make sure the wac files for each map is in the jo folder with the bms`s.

Hope that make sense to you.lol

Ammo - 7-27-2004 at 01:19 AM

Ok Iv done all wat you guys said and put the wac. file into the JOps folder and renamed it the same as the map its all cool the sun is shining but I still cant get the sky showing and the fog is still prtty thick in the distance.

cr@zzyki££@ - 7-29-2004 at 04:52 AM

*EDIT*

ok i got my cloweds but dont this mean that every one playing the map have to have the DAYTIME.ENV file in there folder to see the cloweds and the sky???

Sal UK - 7-30-2004 at 06:18 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by cr@zzyki££@
*EDIT*

ok i got my cloweds but dont this mean that every one playing the map have to have the DAYTIME.ENV file in there folder to see the cloweds and the sky???



If you use the wac file then No, Everyone will see daytime only the server needs the wac file.

Oh and thanks for your comments on my map M8. ;)

drooby - 8-2-2004 at 10:01 PM

Hi all....
I've folloed those steps above and I tested my map with those tips, so I have this problem, I get this Picture.


BUT my friend that was testing with me, he can't see any clouds in the sky, only white..
What is wrong, we had almost tried anything, but proberly not all:)

day to night

genhicks(thg) - 8-3-2004 at 04:36 AM

ok!!! i just tried the wac file works great!!! now how do i get the env, to change from day to night just like the maps that came with retail CD????
P.S. thanks for helping

SH*PR* - 8-4-2004 at 07:19 PM

great tips here...cheers

question

how i can add fog for the water instead for the air...on some stock maps i see dense dirt water but less "air" fog
if i am doing a map with visibility 700+ the water is like on BHD...but i want dirty water... cheers

drooby - 8-6-2004 at 08:27 AM

I've got it, only use the wac file, and put in on the server thats hosts the map, it works even when I use full_00, sun shining day with clouds:)

what?

Neo-AAO- - 8-12-2004 at 03:57 AM

im so dang confused now im looking at several different ways to make a daylight map! dang it i give up it aint working for me!

Please Help

wedge - 8-25-2004 at 01:27 AM

I know im probably seeming stupid to u guys with all the information above but this just isnt working.

I have Downloaded The WAC file provided,renamed it to my mission name and yes it gives me daylight with with fog white sky and nol clouds.

Then i copied and pasted that ENV file and still nothing,

guys please help me:(

DragooN-FiA- - 8-27-2004 at 09:38 AM

Don't worry about daytime :D
With nile you can choose your enviroment and then the tod you want people to play in. :cool:

Sycholic - 9-7-2004 at 12:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by drooby
Hi all....
I've folloed those steps above and I tested my map with those tips, so I have this problem, I get this Picture.

BUT my friend that was testing with me, he can't see any clouds in the sky, only white..


What is wrong, we had almost tried anything, but proberly not all:)


I'll tell you why.... cuz when the server sends the map to the client to load up it tells it to load enviroment file X, BUT X is not downloaded from the server it is locally loaded from the client's pff's so unless the people who play in your server have that specific ENV file in their pff or JO dir. they will see none of it, and it just defaults to no ENV settings. This is cause the ENV file tells the client what images to load, like cloud images, sun, moon, stars (yes there is starfields but none of them use it). if it didnt load it locallly it would take forever to load maps up. and bog the server down hard when people join in and suck all the bandwidth up. This is also the reason NL came up with NILE and its COMPRESSED map files. makes it quick and helps reduce the lag esp. when there is tons of people in the room allready and everyone is trying to DL the map file at the same time.

chrislew200 - 9-13-2004 at 07:04 AM

his is why we want nile to work fully because from what i see in it everything is built in i know its just a beta but i have lots of good feelings on this one. in fact looking at it from my point of view no more seperate wac files god thats a saviour for me to start with.

chrislew200

middle of making a map

DrDeath - 10-16-2004 at 01:58 AM

wow ,, am i glad iread this forum,, before i tried making daylight on my servers maps, sure sounds like a hassle, i hear everyone talking about N.I.L.E , is one able to edit maps with NILE , please explain , i went into nile and i understand it creates a file that you can look at as far as where players were and things like that from previous game,, but how do you use as map editor? how can you make effects in map?
thanks
Dr Death BB

P@L - 10-25-2004 at 06:20 PM

Ive been searching the forum but i havent found anything on how to change skycolor. Cant be done?