Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of Actors

Timestamp:

Apr 20, 2016, 10:39:20 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

sanderd17

Comment:

Add info on external variants

Actors

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 == Terminology ==
 
- * '''Variant''': a named collection of data items, specifying the actor's texture, animations, etc (or any subset of those data). Shown in the [wiki:Actor_Editor Actor Editor] as a single row.
+ * '''Variant''': a named collection of data items, specifying the actor's texture, animations, etc (or any subset of those data). Shown in the [wiki:Actor_Editor Actor Editor] as a single row. A variant can also be defined in an external file (located under [source:/ps/trunk/binaries/data/mods/public/art/variants art/variants/]), or as a combination of an external file with extra internal definitions (which merges both definitions).
  * '''Group''': a set of variants; represented in the [wiki:Actor_Editor Actor Editor] by a block of rows, separated from other groups by blank rows.
  * '''Choice''': a variant from a group, which has been chosen to be used on the actor. Choices are often made randomly, and combine to form: