Tool is not evil....(examples of correct syntax)

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axeman




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Tool is not evil....(examples of correct syntax)

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I see alot of people are having problems with the syntax of tool, I think its a great ummm....er.....tool :roll: which is simple to use if you know the syntax, but if you dont it would seem as if tool has come from hell and is trying to take your soul back to the underworld :lol: .

But dont fear tool, control tool by understanding its fcuked up syntax.


KEY
YMN=the name of your map eg battle_zone
YDN=your data's name (bitmaps,scenery,shaders ect)
LAS=leave a space


turning a jms into a scenario tag
(make sure your jms is saved in this directory --- data\levels\test\YMN\models\YMN.jms)

tool.exe structure levels\test\YMN(LAS)YMN


when the toolbeta error comes up dont worry about it, it means nothing to the structuring of your map, it can take upto a minute or so to complete depending on the map size a complexity, any errors you get from your jms file will come up in the structuring process (if you get errors it wont work).
You may get asked to give shaders types, this is only true if you are using custom textures or have'nt placed and renamed the donor shaders correctly. most of the shader types are enviroment shaders.

Creating bitmaps for your shaders
(when creating bitmaps make sure they are in this directory ---- data\levels\test\YMN\bitmaps\YDN.tiff)

Tool.exe bitmaps levels\test\YMN\bitmaps


This will create your bitmaps within your map that is in the tags, if you do not use power of two in your bitmaps (eg 128x128 512x1024 ect ect) it will not export.(dont forget to direct the shaders to the relevant bitmaps)

Running a Radiosity in tool(much faster than sapien)
(you can alter the final number to set when it stops, 0.00010 will stop at RGB 10)

Tool.exe lightmaps levels\test\YMN\YMN(LAS)YMN(LAS)0(LAS)0.00010

This can take upto 3-4 days if you have a MASSIVE map with lots of detail but if your map is kinda hang'em high size then it should take about 2-3 mins, press ctrl-c to stop the process at any time.

Creating custom sounds
(You MUST download the xbox codec and enable it for this to work, make sure your sounds are saved in this directory --- data\sounds\test\YDN\YDN.wav)

Tool.exe sounds sound\test(LAS)xbox(LAS)1


When tool converts the sound it may very well say saved 0kb, but dont worry about that just open your sound up in guerilla nd if there are numbers in one of the boxes next to play then it has exported correctly, also make sure you set your sounds type (weapon_fire, ambient_nature ect ect) if unsure use ambient_nature and make sure you save the sound in its correct format (some require mono 8 bit some require PCM stereo 16 bit, just watch for the error in the compiling of your map)


I dont know if this is of any use to anyone but I think it may help some people who dont understand the syntax to well. :wink:
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Post by [users]axem »

my porblem isnt with tools. its with models. it stops at toolbeta.map thingie then ask for another cammannd.
........dont ask for tag converting help........
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data\sounds\test\YDN\YDN.wav)

Tool.exe sounds sound\test(LAS)xbox(LAS)1
I do believe you meant to type:
Tool.exe sounds sounds\test(LAS)xbox(LAS)1
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Post by axeman »

Lmao @ Kornman00 :lol: , you had to spot that did'nt you, dam you kornman and your hackery jiggerpokery, Id change it if I could but yes I missed an 'S' . :wink:

Trust you. :roll:
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