[Loading map time]

Hi,

I noticed that the loading time for a map consisting of 4 models (one is animated) is too long.

Leadwerks::Map::Load(getLevelName())

The code above runs on a Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2013 project, in the Debug configuration and it needs approximately 11 secs

In the Release configuration the loading time is considerably shorter.

[Custom properties]

@Rick & @Charrua: It works! This is what I needed.

[Custom properties]

@Charrua: Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[Custom properties]

Oh I see..

I hoped that I could use the editor as my level editor for a game I want to develop it with C++

For example my game has many types of boxes with different properties. Placing these boxes in the editor is a piece of cake, but I'd like to have the ability to give different behaviors using custom properties for each one.

[Custom properties]

which i suppose you are setting in the lua script.

No I don't

 

If you think just because you have the script property "ID" that it'll get translated to a key/value name ID then you'd be wrong

Yes, that is what I was thinking.

Here is the script:

Script.ID = 1 --int "ID"
Script.Owner = 1 --int "Owner ID"
Script.Type = "BlockNM" --string "Type"
Script.Dir = 1 --int "Direction"

 

 

Ah, well you can retrieve the keyvalues in Lua as well, with the same command, but I think he wants to set script values in the editor and retrieve them in C++.

Yap, exactly. How I can do it?

 

[EDIT]

Thank you all for your time

[Custom properties]

I created the world using the editor and I loaded the world using the C++.

The cpp world is not empty because I found the entity with the name "block".

[Custom properties]

I've placed a model into a map and attached to it a script with properties:

 

 

using the code below I cannot access any key value:

if (Leadwerks::Map::Load(getLevelName(iLevelCur)))
{
 for (std::list<Leadwerks::Entity *>::iterator it=world->entities.begin(); it!=world->entities.end(); it++)
 {
   Leadwerks::Entity *ent = *it;

  if (ent)
  {
    std::string s = ent->GetKeyValue("name");
	  if (!ent->GetKeyValue("name").compare("block"))
	  {
	    ent->SetGravityMode(false);
	    s = ent->GetKeyValue("ID");
	    Leadwerks::System::Print(s);
	  }
 }
}
}

[Custom properties]

Hi,

I am trying to find a way of setting up custom properties for a model using the editor.

One way is to create script properties but I don't know how I can access them using C++

Any help will be appreciated

[Camera deletion]

It works. Thanks Josh

[Camera deletion]

hmmm... strange

I call the Clear() method:

bool App::Loop()
{
   if (window->Closed() || window->KeyDown(Leadwerks::Key::Escape))
       return false;
   if (camera)
   {
       if (window->KeyDown(Leadwerks::Key::Space))
       {
           camera->Release();
           camera = NULL;
           context->Clear();
       }
   }
   model->Turn(0, Leadwerks::Time::GetSpeed(), 0);
   Leadwerks::Time::Update();
   world->Update();
   world->Render();
   context->Sync();
   return true;
}

but the screen is flashing

[#undef GetFileType]

It sounds logical.

I am wondering why it is not included in the 'Leadwerks.h' file.

[Camera deletion]

It didn't cross my mind. I am new to the Leadwerks

That makes the job simple.

Thanks

[Camera deletion]

In this case I have to draw all the 2D stuff again

[Camera deletion]

Please consider this piece of code:

#include "App.h"

App::App() : window(NULL), context(NULL), world(NULL), camera(NULL)
{
}

App::~App()
{
   delete world;
   delete window;
}

Leadwerks::Model *model = NULL;

bool App::Start()
{
   window = Leadwerks::Window::Create();
   context = Leadwerks::Context::Create(window);
   world = Leadwerks::World::Create();
   camera = Leadwerks::Camera::Create();
   camera->Move(0, 0, -3);

   Leadwerks::Light *light = Leadwerks::DirectionalLight::Create();

   light->SetRotation(35, 35, 0);
   model = Leadwerks::Model::Box();
   model->SetColor(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
   return true;
}

bool App::Loop()
{
   if (window->Closed() || window->KeyDown(Leadwerks::Key::Escape))
       return false;
   if (camera)
       if (window->KeyDown(Leadwerks::Key::Space))
       {
           camera->Release(); // or camera->Hide()
           camera = NULL;
       }
   model->Turn(0, Leadwerks::Time::GetSpeed(), 0);
   Leadwerks::Time::Update();
   world->Update();
   world->Render();
   context->Sync();
   return true;
}

After pressing the space key, only a blank black screen should be visible. But strangely the cube is still visible, without rotating.

How I can have the 3D world invisible when the camera is deleted?

[#undef GetFileType]

The statement '#undef GetFileType' there is in the App.h file

In what does it serve for?

[Releasing objects]

Thanks.

[Releasing objects]

Hi,

Should I call the 'release' method for the world, context & window members which are members of the app object?

What I should do specifically for the world pointer? Should I call the 'clear' method before the 'release' method?

 

here is the d-ctor of the app object:

CApp::~CApp()
{
   world->Clear();
   world->Release();
   context->Release();
   window->Release();
}

 

Thanks in advance

[World access]

Its clear now.

It works as expect it. Thank you both

[World access]

They are brushes. I don't know how to convert them to meshes using the editor.

I am new to the editor and the leadwerks in general. I don't think they are one model.

It is the map that comes with the default installation.

[World access]

Hi,

I cannot access all the entities in the start.map file using the following code:

.
.
.
bool App::Start()
{
   window = Window::Create("Hello World", 100, 100, 1024, 768, Window::Titlebar);
   context = Context::Create(window);
   world = World::Create();

   if (Map::Load("Maps/start.map"))
   {
       for (std::list<Entity *>::iterator it=world->entities.begin(); it != world->entities.end(); it++)
       {
           Entity *ent = *it;

           if (ent)
           {
               int class_id=ent->GetClass();
               std::string class_name=ent->GetClassName();
               std::string keyval=ent->GetKeyValue("name");
           }
       }
   }
   return true;
}
.
.
.

Although the class_name is "Model" the keyval is an empty string ""

Also iterating the Map I found only one model instead of two, a directional light and a camera

I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[Backing up the LE3 and offline help files]

OK, thanks

[Backing up the LE3 and offline help files]

It seems that the editor cannot start without the Steam application running. I tried running the application:

Leadwerks.exe

from within

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Leadwerks

folder.

A modal dialog box appears, with the following:

Can't initilize program. Please start Steam

 

I cannot understand why Steam is the only option.

Thank you very much for the answers and the .pdf documentation

[Backing up the LE3 and offline help files]

Hello from new kid in town,

Consider a scenario where there is no Internet connection or a Steam account (or website) is down for any reason. In that case I cannot install the Leadwerks engine even if I've already paid for this.

I also would like to know, if I can have the API Reference available offline.

 

Thanks