Chapter 5 : Generation of the Quest. |
The creation stage is now finished, you just have to generate your quest
1 : The
finishing touch.
a.Translate
your texts in other languages.
-Select "edit" in the "Text"
menu.
-Click on "export" to create a text
file "export.txt" in the Darkstone folder .
-Edit this text file with any text editor, and translate all your
texts .
-Save this file.
-In Questedit, select "language default"
in the "text" menu and choose your
translation language.
-Select again "Edit" in the "text"
menu and click on "import", then
select your translated file.
-Click to confirm.
b.Add
sounds to your texts.
-Select "Edit" in the "text"
menu.
-Click on the text reference key and click on "Voice
File"
-Choose your sound file
(16 bits mono 44k WAV format).
-Click to confirm
NOTE : The *.WAV files will be compressed in MP2 format during the final generation of the quest file. However the sound files will be the same for all languages.
c.The generation
of the quest file.
- Before generate our quest, if it's necessary, copy the imported file
"*.o3d" in the folder: "...\Darkstone\QuestEditor\customMeshes\".
- Select "Generate Quest" in the "file"
menu.
-Fill in the quest description for reference
and write your name for universal recognition.
The "Debug mode"
function allows you to test your quest in immortal mode. In the game use the
"visited sites" option to be directly teleported
to the different sites of the level. You can also teleported to the different
level of the game pressing "SHIFT+T" (1 to 32 for
the dungeon levels and 33 to 36 for the land levels).
Start DARKSTONE and
select your quest.
Remember to quit the editor before launching the game in order to
avoid problems due to Direct 3D.
IMPORTANT
: When you estimate your
quest is ready to be circulated, perform a new generation of the
quest deactivating the "Debug Mode"
function in order to remove the immortality of the characters and
teleportation
Your quest and all its elements (sprites, 3D objects...) are in
the "name of your quest".MTF
file located in the ...\Darkstone\quest\ folder.
In the event you wish to exchange quests, meet other players or get some help with respect to QuestEdit, go to the DARKSTONE news group on DELPHINESOFT.COM