Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Week1-Tutorial Tasks


b) Five Things I learned about the Sandbox folder structure.

  1. Bin 32 and Bin 64 contains the game files and editors. Bin 64 is faster to run and allows you to use a lot memory. I suggest that open the Cryengine in Bin 64 if you got Windows 64bit system.
  2. There are more than one folder like the code, editor, engine, game and the tools folder that has things stored inside it which I can make some changes on them.
  3. The flow graph I edit in Cysis I can import and export, and it could be saved as XML files.
  4. The game folder contains PAK files where the important things of the game are inside like animations and sound.
  5. There are many useful files inside the tools folder. The CryMax Tools has been recommended to install.


c) Ten tips and tricks related to the Sandbox User Interface.
  1. Right click on perspective to access view mode.
  2. Go to display drop down menu or press F3 to open wireframe mode.
  3. Isolate-type the name in the "by name" box to isolate an object.
  4. Lock selection-you can select an object and click the "Lock Selection" button to lock it, this means you can only work on the object you have selected.
  5. Speed can be changed of how you view the viewport by changing it in the input box in the status bar. Higher number means faster speed.
  6. Console variation allows you to input commands. You can double click on the input bar to bring out console variables box.
  7. "View" - "Open view pane" is where you can find important tools that you usually need.
  8. AI physiscs allows you to be on the game mode and can still edit it.
  9. "GoTo Position" allows you to get the coordinates of your location so you can save it and go to that exact location when you want to.
  10.  Ctrl + G turns on the game mode.