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Creating internal art
(EndText between
levels):
by Codetech
*NOTE* This is the first
and the only tutorial on
the matter
(at least the only one
I've seen).
Part 1: Making a Basic
EndText between
levels
Part 2: Making a
Tekkoudan like
Endart
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!IMPORTANT!
DO THIS STEP BEFORE YOU
MAKE ANY OTHER
CHANGES...
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The following line deals
with external art files
(HELPART and
ENDARTX)
Step 1:
Open file version.h:
Step 2:
Change this...
#define ARTSEXTERN
...into this:
//#define ARTSEXTERN
Now you can look into
the tutorials...
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Part 1: Making a basic
EndText between
levels
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Intro:
Welcome to the first
part of the internal art
tutorial.
In this section we'll
learn how to create
EndTexts appearing
after selected levels
(or after each of them)!
Let's go to the
first step.
Step 1:
Fire up the compiler you
prefer (Borland c++ 3.0
/ 3.1), I bet
you've heard enough
lecture about the
difference between
them
so I spare you from
that, ok enough tlaking
let's go to the
source!
Step 2:
Open file WL_GAME.C, and
do a text search for
"ex_completed"
(exclude the
quotes).
You should find
this:
switch
(playstate)
{
case ex_completed:
case ex_secretlevel:
gamestate.keys = 0;
DrawKeys ();
VW_FadeOut ();
ClearMemory ();
LevelCompleted (); // do
the intermission
Step 3:
Here's a piece of
Haunted House source
the, EndText doesn't
appear after the 4th.
level or the 21 st. (See
how I reduce one
from the actual level
number, because
wolfenstein's first
level is level 0).
It goes like this:
switch
(gamestate.mapon)
{
case 3: <--- No
EndText here (level 4)
or...
break;
case 20: <-- ... here
(level 21)
break;
<--- Add other cases
here, BUT REMEMBER -1
--->
default:
<-- But every other
level gets the EndText
after being
completed
VW_FadeOut ();
ClearMemory ();
StartCPMusic(CORNER_MUS);
EndText ();
ClearMemory ();
DrawPlayScreen ();
break;
}
Step 3 (Continued):
If you want to make the
EndText appear after
warping, add another
case above the
ex_completed. We also
have to go to
WL_DEBUG.C,
but let's check that
later, shall we.
Here's how you do
it:
switch
(playstate)
{
case ex_warped: <---
Add this!
case ex_completed:
case
ex_secretlevel:
Step 4:
WARNING!
If you forget to create
a EndartX (X = Map
number, this time don't
-1)
the game will get jammed
to a black screen! Now
let's compile the
file
and link it to the exe.
Save if everything went
Ok!
Step 5:
Let's open file
WL_INTER.C. Do a text
search for "PM_Preload
(PreloadUpdate)"
(No quotes!).
This is what you should
find:
PM_Preload
(PreloadUpdate);
IN_UserInput (70);
VW_FadeOut ();
DrawPlayBorder ();
VW_UpdateScreen
();
Step 6:
Now we must edit it to
this:
PM_Preload
(PreloadUpdate);
IN_UserInput (70);
VW_FadeOut ();
DrawPlayBorder ();
VW_UpdateScreen ();
DrawPlayScreen
();
<--- Add this!
Step 7:
Now compile the file and
link it to the exe. Save
if everything
went Ok!
Step 8:
If you added the extra
case in the Step 3,
check this, others SKIP
TO NEXT ONE.
Do a text search for: "W
= warp"
Edit the warp cheat to
this:
else if
(Keyboard[sc_W])
// W = warp to level
{
CenterWindow(26,3);
PrintY+=6;
US_Print(" Warp to which
level (1-60): ");
VW_UpdateScreen();
esc = !US_LineInput
(px,py,str,NULL,true,2,0);
if (!esc)
{
level = atoi (str);
if (level>0
&&
level<61)
{
// -2 Since I added
// ex_warped case to
// wl_game.c
gamestate.mapon =
level-2;
playstate =
ex_warped;
}
}
return 1;
}
...Repeat Step 7
Step 9:
Now compile all the
files and link them to
the exe. Save if
everything
went Ok!
Step 10:
Open file WL_TEXT.C, and
change wherever it says
gamestate.episode
to gamestate.mapon.
Repeat Step 7
Step 11:
Voíla! We're all
set for the test!
(REMEMBER TO CREATE
AN
ENDARTX. X=MAP NUMBER
DON'T -1) :)
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Part 2: Making a
Tekkoudan like
Endart
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I know how to do this,
but the tutorial isn't
finished...
...Coming soon (I
hope)!
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By: Codetech Software
2002
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