Hey everyone,

All the good work with level mods so far inspired me to build a simple one of my own, so without further ado, I present King Of The Jungle (the clue for what you have to do is in the title!):



However, I need some help with the finishing touches - can anyone help me with:

[li]A tutorial for manipulating the cameras properly at the start of the level[/li]
[li]A tutorial for creating custom messages to go on the signpost[/li]
[li]A tutorial for compiling the level into a Goomod file, including setting OCD requirements, level title/subtitle, etc.[/li]

[quote author=Tair link=topic=1189.msg8075#msg8075 date=1230676969]

[li]A tutorial for manipulating the cameras properly at the start of the level[/li]
[li]A tutorial for creating custom messages to go on the signpost[/li]
[li]A tutorial for compiling the level into a Goomod file, including setting OCD requirements, level title/subtitle, etc.[/li]

nice work,   more,more,more, maps^^

soon i will start a database webside for all gootool addins (levels)



but i don't work with gootool, i encrypt and decrypt all .bin files self.
So i can make with the game what i whant^^.  new worldmap. new Chapterline.
new moviesequences

[quote author=davidc link=topic=1189.msg8081#msg8081 date=1230678453]
The cameras you'll just have to experiment with the pois until you get x,y values that look right. You'll have to manually edit the values in the poi values. For each poi, the camera moves to that point in the movetime, then pauses, then moves to the next poi. The last poi is the one that the player uses to play the level, so that also dictates the zoom of the level.

The endpos on the camera itself is used for the final level sequence, while the goos are draining into the end-of-level screen.


The trouble I'm having with the cameras is the fact that the level demands that there are two cameras, each with at least two poi. I don't know which camera set I'm supposed to be editing! I've fiddled round with the pois for each but it never works properly even with the right coordinates - it also means there are two possible endpos. I've looked at original levels for clues but I can't figure it out!

[quote author=Tair link=topic=1189.msg8101#msg8101 date=1230717719]
The trouble I'm having with the cameras is the fact that the level demands that there are two cameras, each with at least two poi. I don't know which camera set I'm supposed to be editing! I've fiddled round with the pois for each but it never works properly even with the right coordinates - it also means there are two possible endpos. I've looked at original levels for clues but I can't figure it out!


One camera is aspect=normal, the other is aspect=widescreen. I just set the pois the same for both.

Bingo! Fixed it - the problem was with the zoom, where it's quite a narrow level having it zoomed out too much was causing problems with the camera. Works quite smoothly now!

Still having trouble with signposts though - the only way to incorporate new text into the level (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) is by having it already built into the text.xml.bin file in the WoG directory that you're modifying with WoGEdit - however, I can't edit the text.xml.bin file because it's not a proper xml document! How did you get your text into Jingle Balls?

I think it was made by using the GooTool to merge the text xml with the existing one...

[quote author=Tair link=topic=1189.msg8115#msg8115 date=1230728680]
Still having trouble with signposts though - the only way to incorporate new text into the level (I think - correct me if I'm wrong) is by having it already built into the text.xml.bin file in the WoG directory that you're modifying with WoGEdit - however, I can't edit the text.xml.bin file because it's not a proper xml document! How did you get your text into Jingle Balls?


Check out the file "merge/properties/text.xml.xsl" inside the goomod (rename to .zip to see the contents)

[quote author=GooGun link=topic=1189.msg8116#msg8116 date=1230728838]
I think it was made by using the GooTool to merge the text xml with the existing one...


ahhh, I see. I'll give that a try.

Swinging the structure looks like a great idea. Nice looking level, Tair.

watch out for that tree!

Right, one more quick fix and the level will be ready!

For those of you wanting a status update, the level is complete, including signposts, I'm just having some trouble compiling it into the goomod file.

@davidc:

I've followed all the instructions on your site for compiling the file, but my problem is this:

[li]The level files that I have made in WOGEDIT are bin/binltl files, i.e. they are already encrypted.[/li]
[li]GooTool needs unencrypted files in xml format in order to compile them into a WoG installation.[/li]
[li]I've tried renaming the bin files into xml files, and using these in the goomod file - this hasn't worked for obvious reasons.[/li]