[size=9]Cobra 9092 August 18, 2005
This is a guide to making stock weapons in TreadMarks.
Contents:
How to find things
Weapons
Projectiles
Note: Open all files using notepad, Microsoft word, word, etc.
Stock mod definition: A weapon made that can be seen by others even if it is not downloaded.
How to find all the things mentioned in this guide:
All you have to do is go into your treadmarks folder (Default is C:
Program Files/Treadmarks/addons I think) Then go to the Entities folder. That
is where you will find the following:
Bauble, (I never use it),
Course, (just junk for the checkpoints in race maps, which isn't too helpful unless you want different colored poles and stuff...),
Crud, (mostly the same as smoke I think),
Explo,(where your explosions are, this is used alot),
Explosphere, (just like its name sounds... an explosion that is a sphere.. like the 120mm shell when it hits a tank),
Flags, (the team flag colors. (red, black, green, etc.),
GUI, (probably something you don't want to mess with.. although I have never tried.. it is the menu backgrounds and buttons and that sort of thing),
Icons, (how it sounds, the icons for things),
Insignia, (the flags),
Mesh, (the object shapes, but if you create one, other people must download to see, so I suggest using the pre-made meshes that come with the game),
Particle Fire, (I do not exactly know what this is.. %| but It only has one item in it...)
Powerup, (Powerups... You can make your own and other people can see them)
RaceTank, (All the tanks, they can see your created ones, but they cannot use them unless they download it)
Shrubbery, (only has one file in it, some kind of tree),
Skybox, (the texture of the sky),
Skyplane, (has terrain stuff in it, not used for weapons),
Smoke, (smoke, used in almost every weapon, not to mention tanks),
Sound, (where the sounds are),
Spewer, (a sphere that can spew smoke, explosions, missiles, etc.)
Squishy, (animals you find in maps),
Streamer, (only two files, it is basically smoke),
Tankgod, (the settings for all tanks in general),
Text, (has the letters in it, so unless you don't like the regular letters, this has nothing useful in it),
Tree, (trees),
Tutorial, (set weapons in the tutorial),
Projectile, (what a weapon is set to shoot)
Weapon, (the most used folder that has.. weapons!)
Basically the only folders I use are: Weapon, projectile, explo, explosphere, insignia, powerup, smoke, sound, and spewer.
Making a weapon…
There are many different things you can put into a weapon file that will change its appearance, its statistics, and many different things. I will go down a list and tell you what all the different words you can put in are and what they do. (you will understand, just keep reading)
Projectile = ___ put the name of the projectile you want to shoot, I suggest nukemissile for your first, always awing no matter what weapon it is J
Ammo = how much ammo you want your weapon to have
Bolton = where it is attached to your tank. (0 = left side of turret, 1 = turret, 2 = right side of tank, 3 = rear)
ReloadTime = how long the weapon takes to reload (in seconds)
LaunchAngle = more advanced, but this is where you set what angle you want your projectile to come out. (first number refers to pitch, second is yaw, third is roll) Example: -7, 0, 0 (this is the launchangle in an MRL)
LaunchCoords = sort of like launchangle, except this is not which WAY it comes out, it is WHERE it comes out. Unless you want something like an airstrike, you usually don't need to change this.
LaunchSpread = the same as launch angle, but this makes each projectile vary) Example: -10 0, 0. The projectile could come out anywhere from –10 pitch to 0.
LaunchCount = the number of projectiles to fire at once. Note you don't have to set this, as its default is one, but if you want something like wasps it can be handy.
GlobalCoords = like launchcoords, except this does the same no matter what angle the weapon itself is facing
FireSoundEnt = the sound to play when you fire.
NOTE: In some of these you must specify the type (or folder) that it should look in to find the given name)
Weight = its name is deceiving, although it DOES NOT change the weight of your tank while holding it. This refers to how often it appears at a white dot on the map. Example: a shadow has 12, while a dirtball has 100.
SecRotMin = Stands for Secondmesh Rotation Minimum. this is what spins the barrel on an avenger, ramdrill, R-grenade launcher etc. It's usually best just to leave the secrots be.
SecRotMax = Second Rotation Maximum
SecRotWindup = Second Rotation Windup
SecMeshOffset = Offsets the second mesh from the main mesh the given coordinates.
AmmoDisplayMult = if you don't understand what it is saying it means whatever number you put in, it multiplies the ammo DISPLAY times that. This does NOT change the ammo amount. This was used in the avenger… you just thought it shot eleven shots at once. ;)
SecEnt = creates another entity to go alongside the weapon. (you must specify the class AND type)
Comment: Nooooooo!! I wrote a lot more but it crashed. L Whew! Atleast it recovered most of it..
SecEntOffset = Coordinates to offset the second entity
PickupSound = Sound to play when weapon is picked up (remember to set to vox if you want words)
SpawnSound = Sound to play when your weapon spawns
SpawnEntity = the entity to create when your weapon spawns
InEntity = entity to create when weapon connects to tank
OutEntity = entity to create when weapon is picked up or disappears
TransmuteTexture = Ever wondered how the shadow changed your tank texture? This is how! Put a 1 and it will make your tank take on the weapon's texture.
TransmutePerturb = Ever wondered how the shadow made you jelloey? This is how!
You can make it just the right wobble by putting any number here. (0.0 is default while 0.5 is what the shadow has.)
Mesh1 = The first mesh you want (I suggest copying and pasting a mesh from the weapon that's shape you want.
Mesh2 = second mesh
Mesh3 = you know..
Secmesh1 = the second first mesh J This is mostly for spinning barrels and stuff.
Secmesh2 3 4 5 etc.= second second, third, fourth, and fifth meshes
Texture = the texture of your weapon. To see the textures, go to art. (not in the entities) then go to textures. If you don't want one that is in textures you can just specify. Like if you want a sprite, just put in Sprite/flareblue, lumpysmoke1, etc.
And that is about all you can put into a weapon! : D
Now on to projectile!
Making a projectile…
Projectiles can have meshes, while the others just have sprite textures.
Mesh1 = the only mesh
Texture = the texture, specify for sprites
GuideSpeed = the amount the projectile can speedup guiding
GuideMax = maximum accelerative speed change, 5 is default
GuideBias = "Amount to bias rear target distances in closest target calc, 2.0 will make rear targets half as likely." (quoted from readme…. I don't fully understand it myself)
GuideRamp = seconds before guidance is at max force
TimeToLive = how long the projectile lives (in seconds)
FollowGround = if set to anything above 0, the projectile will not explode upon impact with the ground. If you set it to a higher number, the projectile cannot come down, so I suggest 0.1-1 unless you want it to never hit anybody (can be useful if you want it to drop bombs J)
Bounce = floating point amount of collision force to bounce off the ground with
LaunchInertia = the amount of the tanks speed momentum to put into the projectile.
SplashDamage = the amount you damaged while inside the center of the radius, decreases for targets farther out
SplashRadius = radius in meters of the splash damage
Splashpush = how much to push those inside the radius.
Detonate = default is 0, if you set it to 1, that means at the end of it's timetolive it will detonate, using its explosion, if it is set to 0, it will disappear
SmokeTrailOffset = Offset from the center of the projectile to let out smoke. Default is 0, 0, 0.
HitScan = set to 1 to make your projectile hit instantly instead of putting something like speed = 99999 (hitscan is used in laser and mass round)
HitScanRange = how far the hitscan ranges
Iterations = how many smoketrails, etc. per meter of hitscan. Default is 10.
SelfHitDelay = the time in seconds before you can hit yourself with this projectile. (does not count splash)
Name = Type here what you want it to say when you frag someone with it. (be sure to take out "NameID" in the weapon you use
NameID = index into weapons. In a text file outside they have all the names of the weapons. You should use "name"
SmokeTrailTime = how much time between smoke trail entities, default is 0.02
SmokeTrial = set to 1 for a smoketrail, 0 for none
SmokeTrailEnt = specify smoke trail (smoketrail must be set to 1). Note: You can make it use anything if you specify… even other projectiles.
ExploEnt = The explosion
ExploHitEnt = the explosion when you hit a tank/object
SmokeEnt = the Ent to create when the projectile is fired.
SoundEnt = the sound to play
FlareEnt = the flare for the projectile
Gravity = how much gravity affects the projectile
Damage = how much to damage the enemy it hits. 1.0 would be a tank, but armor takes it down, so if you want your projectile to instantly destroy, set it to 2.0+
Speed = meters per second
Class = set this to projectile
Type = the name of your projectile (same that you put in the weapon)
Spiral = how much it spirals
SpiralRamp = More with spiral
SpiralPeriod = how long it takes to finish one spiral
Now you have your projectile!
To make explosions/smoke/ etc. all you have to do is look at the readme, set the texture and stuff, then try it out!
I hope this guide helped you! Happy modding!
If you have any questions, comments, or maybe something I missed, post it here.
_-‘-_Cobra 9092_-‘-_
My weapons:
BIG mine launcher
Lil Nuker
Laser2
Sweeper Gun
Anti-Tank Gun
ShotGun
Spear Thrower
Wrencher
Chaos Bomb
Slo mo Misso
Upspreader
Main Gun
Fiery Missile Launcher
LilFlower
LR Missile Launcher
Laser Swirler
Short Driver
GTG Missiles
Cruise2
Heal Wrencher
Bad Ammo Thrower
Flipper
Hill Maker
Crater Maker
Patriotic Missile Launcher
Inertia Baller
Shadow2
Inertia Airstrike
Ice Blitzer
Quick Driver
Ice MG
Inertia MG
Spirals
Weapons I will soon make:
Shadow Avenger (Not hitscan)
Shadow Strike
Shadow Flamer (hitscan, although not the same color. Shoots farther, hits much less)
Vibrater
Mass Dirt (a mass round with modded dirtballs as smoke. Bro thought of this one :D ) [/size]
