[Next DLC planned.]

No, it was 100 MB for a single mod limit for Skyrim. 50 mod limit was only for a few weeks after Skyrim workshop opened (in 2012).

[Assign script file in lua]

I don't think that's possbile, but if you want you can create a pivot point with a script, save as prefab and parent it to entities you want to add script to. Obviously you will need to use self.entity:GetParent() in this script instead of self.entity.

[Character bouncing with terrain or other entities]

Why don't you just take default player prefab?

[Terrain height limit]

This height value is what you need. Set it to 999 (maximum) and it will be very high.

[Standard version crash...]

I think I also had this problem once and solved by deleting last opened map.

[Talking Performance: Low FPS due to being CPU bound]

I think I also have had a big frame drop after installing new Nvidia driver in Skyrim once, so this can happen even with AAA games I guess.

[Procedural (Generated) Level's using prefabs]

Not sure if this can help you, but I have made basic dungeon generation shown on this video:

I have five models (painted in different colors in video) and specified each enter and exit spot with pivot point.

Here is code:

 

 

Script.startPivot="" --entity

Script.dungeon={}

Script.names={"d1", "d2l", "d2r", "d3l", "d3r"} --Names of all possible dungeon segments to check AABB intersection

Script.d1="Prefabs/Dungeon/d1.pfb"

Script.d2l="Prefabs/Dungeon/d2l.pfb"

Script.d2r="Prefabs/Dungeon/d2r.pfb"

Script.d3l="Prefabs/Dungeon/d3l.pfb"

Script.d3r="Prefabs/Dungeon/d3r.pfb"

Script.currentR=0

Script.nextR=0

Script.j=0

Script.i=0

Script.s=0

Script.allDungeonSegments={}

 

--Debug

function Script:Start()

--math.randomseed(10)

end

 

function Script:UpdateWorld()

if App.window:KeyHit(Key.G) then self:Use() end

end

 

function Script:Use()

self:GenerateDungeon()

end

 

 

 

function Script:GenerateDungeon() --main generation function

self.currentR=0

self.nextR=0

self.i=0

self.j=0

player:ConsoleLog("Generation started. Countentities = "..App.world:CountEntities())

self:DeleteAllDungeonSegments()

player:ConsoleLog("All segments deleted. Countentities = "..App.world:CountEntities())

self.dungeon={}

 

self.dungeon[0]=self:CreateSegment(self:GetRandomPart()) --Create first dungeon element

self.dungeon[0]:SetRotation(0,self.currentR,0,true)

local pos = self.dungeon[0]:FindChild("Enter"):GetPosition(true)

local previousPos = self.startPivot:GetPosition(true)

local dPos = pos-previousPos

self.dungeon[0]:SetPosition(pos-dPos, true)

 

local result = true --Create main path

self.dungeon, result=self:GeneratePath(100, self.dungeon) --If this function failed to generate dungeon we still need to save it, but we sholdn't proceed further

if not result then

self:GenerateDungeon() --Failed to generate dungeon, starting again

return

end

 

--Generate forks

self:GenerateForks()

end

 

function Script:GeneratePath(amount, startingTable, emergencyLimit)

if not emergencyLimit then emergencyLimit=200 end

local dungeon={}

dungeon=startingTable

local emergencyCounter=0

local i=#dungeon+1

self.intersectionFound=false

while i<=amount do

emergencyCounter=emergencyCounter+1

--System:Print(emergencyCounter.." i="..i)

if emergencyCounter>emergencyLimit then --reached limit of retries, generate again

return dungeon, false --still need to return current dungeon to be able to clear it

end

dungeon=self:CreateSegment(self:GetRandomPart())

local yRotation=dungeon[i-1]:GetRotation(true).y+self:GetExtraRotation(dungeon[i-1])

dungeon:SetRotation(0,yRotation,0,true)

pos = dungeon:FindChild("Enter"):GetPosition(true)

previousPos = dungeon[i-1]:FindChild("Exit"):GetPosition(true)

dPos = pos-previousPos

dungeon:SetPosition(dungeon:GetPosition(true)-dPos, true)

 

--Check AABB

local aabb=dungeon:GetAABB(Entity.GlobalAABB)

local j=1

local maximum=#self.allDungeonSegments

while j<=maximum do

--System:Print(j)

if self.allDungeonSegments[j]~=dungeon and self.allDungeonSegments[j]~=dungeon[i-1] and self.allDungeonSegments[j]~=dungeon[i-2] then

if aabb:IntersectsAABB(self.allDungeonSegments[j]:GetAABB(Entity.GlobalAABB)) then

System:Print(dungeon:GetKeyValue("name").." intersects with "..self.allDungeonSegments[j]:GetKeyValue("name"))

if i<4 then

return dungeon, false

else

System:Print("Three steps back")

self:DeleteSegment(dungeon)

System:Print("Deleted last segment")

dungeon=nil

self:DeleteSegment(dungeon[i-1])

System:Print("Deleted i-1")

dungeon=nil

self:DeleteSegment(dungeon[i-2])

System:Print("Deleted i-2")

dungeon=nil

i=i-3

j=1000--maximum+1

end

end

end

j=j+1

end

i=i+1

--System:Print("End of I loop. i="..i)

end

return dungeon, true --returning true if managed to generate dungeon properly

end

 

function Script:GenerateForks()

local i=1

while i <= #self.dungeon do

if self.dungeon:GetKeyValue("name")=="d1" and math.random(0, 20)==0 then

local matrix=self.dungeon:GetMatrix(true)

self:DeleteSegment(self.dungeon)

self.dungeon={}

self.dungeon[0]=self:CreateSegment(self:GetRandomPart(4,5))

self.dungeon[0]:SetMatrix(matrix, true)

self.dungeon[1]=self:CreateSegment(self:GetRandomPart())

 

local yRotation=self.dungeon[0]:GetRotation(true).y+self:GetExtraRotation(self.dungeon[0]) --second element

self.dungeon[1]:SetRotation(0,yRotation,0,true)

pos = self.dungeon[1]:FindChild("Enter"):GetPosition(true)

previousPos = self.dungeon[0]:FindChild("Exit2"):GetPosition(true)

dPos = pos-previousPos

self.dungeon[1]:SetPosition(self.dungeon[1]:GetPosition(true)-dPos, true)

 

--local dungeon

--local result

local dungeon, result = self:GeneratePath(15, self.dungeon, 30)

if not result then

self:DeleteSegment(dungeon[#dungeon])

self.dungeon=dungeon

else

self.dungeon=dungeon

end

end

i=i+1

end

end

 

--other function

function Script:GetRandomPart(minimum, maximum) --Choose random element

if not minimum then minimum=0; maximum=3 end

local r=math.random(minimum, maximum)

if r==1 or r==0 then

return self.d1

elseif r==2 then

return self.d2r

elseif r==3 then

return self.d2l

elseif r==4 then

return self.d3r

elseif r==5 then

return self.d3l

end

end

 

function Script:GetExtraRotation(name)

name=name:GetKeyValue("name")

if name=="d2r" or name=="d3r" then

return (90)

elseif name=="d2l" or name=="d3l" then

return (-90)

end

return 0 --all other segments return 0

end

 

function Script:CreateSegment(name)

local entity=Prefab:Load(name)

table.insert (self.allDungeonSegments, entity)

return entity

end

 

function Script:DeleteSegment(entity)

local i=1

local maximum=#self.allDungeonSegments

while i<=maximum do

if self.allDungeonSegments==entity then

local temp = self.allDungeonSegments

table.remove (self.allDungeonSegments, i)

--self.allDungeonSegments=0

temp:Release()

i=maximum

end

i=i+1

end

end

 

function Script:DeleteAllDungeonSegments()

for i=1, #self.allDungeonSegments do

self.allDungeonSegments:Release()

end

self.allDungeonSegments={}

end

 

function Script:IsDungeonSegment(name) --not needed

name=name:GetKeyValue("name")

for i=1, #self.names do

if self.names==name then return true end

end

return false

end

 

 

[[Scene creation] Collision not detected between barrel and box - SOLVED]

You probably need to press "Fit shape" in barrel physics settings, it will give it a physics shape.

[Tables are global for all scripts?]

Nice, thanks! I already was afraid there is no solution for this )

But is there something else I should create in start? Other types of variables are fine?

[Tables are global for all scripts?]

That's unexpected. What if I want to make an inventory for NPCs? And what else is shared besides tables?

[Tables are global for all scripts?]

Something weird is happening. I have two objects with the scame script on them. Here is the code:

Script.enabled=0 --bool "enabled"

Script.int=0

Script.tab={1}

 

function Script:UpdateWorld()

System:Print("------------starts "..self.entity:GetKeyValue("name"))

System:Print("int="..self.int)

System:Print("#="..#self.tab)

System:Print("[#]="..self.tab[#self.tab])

if not self.enabled then return end

self.int=self.int+1

self.tab[#self.tab+1]=math.random(1,9)

System:Print("-----------END "..self.entity:GetKeyValue("name"))

end

It has boolean variable which is set to true for one entity and to false for another entity in the editor.

it also has one number variable (int) and one table (tab). Script with "enabled" entity ads +1 to int variable and one extra table element with random value each update.

And here is what I get in output:

 

------------starts Pivot 1 (enabled)

int=0

#=1

[#]=1

-----------END Pivot 1 (enabled)

------------starts Pivot 2 (disabled)

int=0

#=2

[#]=4

 

------------starts Pivot 1 (enabled)

int=1

#=2

[#]=4

-----------END Pivot 1 (enabled)

------------starts Pivot 2 (disabled)

int=0

#=3

[#]=8

 

------------starts Pivot 1 (enabled)

int=2

#=3

[#]=8

-----------END Pivot 1 (enabled)

------------starts Pivot 2 (disabled)

int=0

#=4

[#]=7

 

------------starts Pivot 1 (enabled)

int=3

#=4

[#]=7

-----------END Pivot 1 (enabled)

------------starts Pivot 2 (disabled)

int=0

#=5

[#]=9

...

 

(Added space after each update for easier reading)

As you can see int variable increases in "enabled" entity and doesn't change in "disabled". Also disabled entity doesn't print last ("---END") line, so it is really disabled.

But for some reason the table changes for both of those entities. It has same amount of elements and the last element is the same (it was generated randomly) for both scripts.

 

Can you please explain me what is going on here?

[A few Questions about Leadwerks Game Engine]

-Can you make randomly generated Worlds?

-How big can the Worlds be? / Can I put 2 or more World Maps (4096x4096) together to get an bigger Map?

You can make randomly generated levels, but you can't involve terrain into this as there are currently no methods to edit terrain at runtime (correct me if i'm wrong please). But you can also create a terrain in the editor and dynamically put objects onto it at runtime.

The world size isn't limited, but terrain size is limited by 4000x4000 and you can't have more than 1 terrain.

I wouldn't try making huge open worlds like Skyrim on Leadwerks. At least not with Lua only.

 

-Are there any other Programs I must think of to buy when I use the Engine, for example to model something or make textures?

For modelling you can use Blender which is free and has everything you could ever need. But you will need image editor such as Photoshop to work with textures.

For exporting from blender use blender exporter. It's more convenient than exporting FBX.

[A few Questions about Leadwerks Game Engine]

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/9663-introduction-to-steam-code-in-leadwerks/

It seems like in this thread gamecreator showed how to transfer coordinates between players via steamworks and he used default AppID. Am I missing something or does this mean you can make fully working multiplayer with Spacewar ID?

[A few Questions about Leadwerks Game Engine]

you need a real appid on steam to be able to use multiplayer with steamworks and to use other steamwork features

Ok, what does default ID allow you to do then?

[A few Questions about Leadwerks Game Engine]

At this point I am not seeing any killer feature in Steam networking that would want me to tie networking to Steam. We'll probably set up our own server for matchmaking, as well as provide the tools to create your own, if you wish.

Does this mean you can make a multiplayer game entierly on Steamworks and it will work without even enabling Steam client (and ofc without getting game greenlit)? Doesn't steam need to recognise your game at least as Spacewar?

[Parent particles to emitter]

Yes, that's not realistic, but I'm making a a monster that has a black smoke instead of head and when he runs he leaves a long trail of particles behind instead of having thick smoke in place of head.

I'll make simple particles system myself and upload to workshop if it works.

[Parent particles to emitter]

But it doesn't help me. Velocity settings apply only on new particles. Particles that already was released won't change.

I guess I can just write particle system myself. Hope it won't be too bad for performance.

[Parent particles to emitter]

Is therer a way to make particles move in emitter's local space? So when emitter moves, it's particles move with it, while still having their own speed?

[First Person Sneaker]

Everything you named is not hard to do. The only problem I see is different footsteps while walking on terrain: you won't be able to check the texture you are standing on. But if you use different objects with different materials instead of terrain (and I think you don't really need terrain because player will be sneaking inside buildings and not in the forest at least most of the time), then there should be no problem to change footsteps.

[Congratulations getting Leadwerks GamePlayer Greenlit.]

I'm not going to use this mainly because it doesn't let me work with files for my game, but I hope it will help Leadwerks grow.

[Question regarding Use()]

entity:SetPickMode(0)

and picking won't work on this entity.

[Amnesia style doors?]

Yes, just take the default door swing and make rotation angle depending on the mouse position.

[Spawning objects with a trigger]

Easiest way:

Place your key on a table mark it as hidden in it's properties (Appearance tab). Add this script to your lever:

Script.key=nil --entity "Key"

function Script:Use()

self.key:Show()

end

And drag the key from scene tree window to a script variable field called "Key".

[want to return my Steam Indie License in exchange for something but not money]

Before updating projeck files Leadwerks always asks you if you want to update the project. I don't remember if you can reject updating, but you sure can't miss the update.

[want to return my Steam Indie License in exchange for something but not money]

Never had a problem with upadtes that forced me to redesign everything from scratch. And I'm sure noone else had. Because it's simply not possible. I have once got FPSPlayer script restored to default because of update, so I simply took backup file from script directory and made another player script that won't be updated. Few times App.lua was updated, I always was able to simply take backup file from it's dirrectory.