Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of XML:_Cliff

Timestamp:

Jun 16, 2009, 1:08:56 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

Erik Johansson

Comment:

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XML:_Cliff

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+XML: Cliff
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+A cliff is a special kind of object that distorts the land mesh into a certain raised shape, and paints texture objects onto various parts of the cliff area.
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+Icon
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::The sprite name of the icon to display for this cliff.
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+Top
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::Paints the surface (the area above the wall) of the cliff with this terrain object. Passability info determines whether units can walk over the top of the cliff.
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+Side
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::Paints the wall (the typically impassable side) of the cliff with this terrain object. Passability info determines whether units can walk up the side of the cliff.
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+Edge
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::Paints the base (the bottom that touches the land's original terrain) of the cliff with this terrain object.
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+Height
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::How tall the cliff is. Similar to water depth. The higher the number, the greater the terrain is raised when the cliff is placed.
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+Style
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::The shape of the cliff.
+
+Determines the style in which the cliff area is distorted. Examples include "mesa" (shallow sides, flat top), "plateau" (similar to "mesa", but covering a wider area), "hill" (rounded top) and "mountain" (craggy).
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+Not sure how we're going to define these. Presumably this points to a style file which defines the x/y/z nodes of the cliff mesh. AoM just hardcoded its cliff shapes, so we're not sure.
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+Smoothness
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+BRIEF DESCRIPTION ::The number of land tiles off the cliff edge to smooth when the cliff is placed (creates a more gradual incline from the surrounding terrain).
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+Example:
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+CODE
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+<cliff Tag="Greek Cliff" Parent="Cliff"
+       icon="GCliff64" 
+       top="grassdirt25"
+       side="CliffGreekA"
+       edge="grassdirt50"
+       height="2.0"
+       style="hill"
+       smoothness=""
+></cliff>