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Blueprint Blueprint

2012-05-01T16:21:56Z

Longname:

{{printbox
|pagename = Blueprint Blueprint
|backgroundcolor = midnightblue
|Tech = 20
|Size = 10
|Weight = 10,000
|Manhours = 60,000
|MaxWorkforce = 1
|Uses = infinite
|Produced = [[Blueprint]]
|Initial =
<ul>
<li>[[Blueprint]]
</ul>
|Periodic =
<ul>
<li>700,000,000 credits
</ul>
|Source = Random Uber Drop
|Price = N/A
|SkillNeeded = none
|Description = Distinctive Flavor.
}}

<noinclude>
[[Category:Individual Blueprints]]
[[Category:Ship Blueprints]]
</noinclude>

Blueprint Blueprint

2012-05-01T16:21:23Z

Longname: New page: {{printbox |pagename = Blueprint Blueprint |backgroundcolor = midnightblue |Tech = 20 |Size = 10 |Weight = 10,000 |Manhours = 60,000 |MaxWorkforce = 1 |Uses = infinite |Produced = [[Bluepr...

{{printbox
|pagename = Blueprint Blueprint
|backgroundcolor = midnightblue
|Tech = 20
|Size = 10
|Weight = 10,000
|Manhours = 60,000
|MaxWorkforce = 1
|Uses = infinite
|Produced = [[Blueprint]]
|Initial =
<ul>
<li>700,000,000 credits
</ul>
|Periodic =
<ul>
<li>700,000,000 credits
</ul>
|Source = Random Uber Drop
|Price = N/A
|SkillNeeded = none
|Description = Distinctive Flavor.
}}

<noinclude>
[[Category:Individual Blueprints]]
[[Category:Ship Blueprints]]
</noinclude>

Example xml

2011-04-08T21:34:34Z

Longname: Spelling!

== Example Galaxy: ==
<pre>File: data/customgals/foobargalaxy.xml

<GALAXY>

<NAME>Hello Galaxy</NAME>


<USER_BUILDING permission="TEMPORARY_USER_DRONES"/>

<ID>1</ID>
<RPOSX>0</RPOSX>
<RPOSY>0</RPOSY>

<STARCOLOR>ffff0000</STARCOLOR>

<STARDISTANCE>10.000000</STARDISTANCE>

<BAD4AI>999</BAD4AI>

<NODOMINATION>1</NODOMINATION>




<TEAM id="45">
<NAME>Earthforce Alliance</NAME>
<BORN>0</BORN>
<CREDITS>0</CREDITS>
<TITHE>0.01</TITHE>
<TRADES>0</TRADES>
<TITHETOT>0</TITHETOT>
<AIBASETRADEIN>0</AIBASETRADEIN>
<AIBASETRADEOUT>0</AIBASETRADEOUT>
<BOUNTYMUL>0.000000</BOUNTYMUL>
<BOUNTYCAP>50000</BOUNTYCAP>
<SWARMFREQ>120</SWARMFREQ>
<FLAGIMAGEINDEX>2018</FLAGIMAGEINDEX>
</TEAM>


<SOB type="8" typename="Wormhole" id="2">
<WORMHOLE>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<POS x="1000" y="-2000"/>

<SIZE x="96" y="96"/>

<VISIBILITY>-100.0</VISIBILITY>

<BORN>1</BORN>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE name="wormholes/warp0-0-0"/>
</VISAGE>
</SPACEOBJECT>

<JUMPCOLOR>ff6666ff</JUMPCOLOR>

<NODESTINATION galid="0" holeid="0"/>
</WORMHOLE>
</SOB>


<SOB type="3" typename="Sun" id="3">
<SOLARBODY>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<NAME>Sun</NAME>

<ANGLE>1.311032</ANGLE>

<ROTATION>0.000243</ROTATION>

<POS x="0" y="0"/>
<SIZE x="256" y="256"/>
<VISIBILITY>-100.000000</VISIBILITY>
<BORN>1</BORN>

<ILLUME quant="1.0000" dist="1000.0"/>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="1">
<FACEPLATE>8</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>

<AURALIST>

<AURAEMANATION Magnitude="-0.50" Percent="true" NoTweak="true" Range="155.0" PulseFrequency="500" TimeBestowed="1000"
Expires="false" Friend="false" Foe="false" Everyone="true" AffectCapShip="true">COP_SURGERY</AURAEMANATION>
</AURALIST>
</SPACEOBJECT>
<DAMAGENUM>10</DAMAGENUM> 
<DAMAGEINTERVAL>10000</DAMAGEINTERVAL> 
<CHARGEMULTIPLIER>1.0</CHARGEMULTIPLIER> 
</SOLARBODY>
</SOB>

</pre>
== Example Visage: ==

Visages are the most fun part, they define how something looks, including animations and particles. 

==== Basic wormhole: ====
<pre>file: data\visages\wormholes\warp0-0-0.xml

typeid 1 = Indexed Visage - used for most non-ship visages. An indexed visage will take the visage number you give it,
and look for the image on the client side at the location img\sobtype\sobtype#.png - for example an asteroid with indexedvisage(2)
will look for the image in img\asteroid\asteroid2.png

<VISAGE typeid="1">


<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="7500" startSize="0.80" endSize="1.0" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="bbbbbbff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>


<ANIMATRIX startTime="7500" duration="7500" startSize="1.0" endSize="0.80" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="bbbbbbff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>

<FACEPLATE>0</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>

</pre>
==== Complex wormhole (Red Photon Research Entry Way to Red Photon Research Complex): ====
<pre>typeid 6 = Composite Visage - This is a combined visage, this means you add multiple visages into the same visage and they will
all get drawn.

typeid 7 = Named Visage - You can pass a specific path location to this type of visage. For example if for some reason you wanted
a base to use a sun graphic, you could give it a named visage with the tag <NAME>Sun/Sun2.png</NAME> and it would use that
graphic instead. You can also put a <MOD> tag on this type of visage for the same effect as a mod visage.

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.5" endSize="1.5" rotation="-0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.2" endSize="1.2" rotation="0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<NAME>Wormhole/gray1</NAME>
<MOD>ff0099ff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="50" startSize="1.000000" endSize="1.100000" rotation="0.000000" loop="5800"
startColor="ffffffff" endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>

<ANIMATRIX startTime="50" duration="5750" startSize="1.100000" endSize="1.000000" rotation="0.001110" loop="5800"
startColor="1" endColor="2" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/lightning1</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>

Example xml

2011-04-08T21:30:03Z

Longname:

== Example Galaxy: ==
<pre>File: data/customgals/foobargalaxy.xml

<GALAXY>

<NAME>Hello Galaxy</NAME>


<USER_BUILDING permission="TEMPORARY_USER_DRONES"/>

<ID>1</ID>
<RPOSX>0</RPOSX>
<RPOSY>0</RPOSY>

<STARCOLOR>ffff0000</STARCOLOR>

<STARDISTANCE>10.000000</STARDISTANCE>

<BAD4AI>999</BAD4AI>

<NODOMINATION>1</NODOMINATION>




<TEAM id="45">
<NAME>Earthforce Alliance</NAME>
<BORN>0</BORN>
<CREDITS>0</CREDITS>
<TITHE>0.01</TITHE>
<TRADES>0</TRADES>
<TITHETOT>0</TITHETOT>
<AIBASETRADEIN>0</AIBASETRADEIN>
<AIBASETRADEOUT>0</AIBASETRADEOUT>
<BOUNTYMUL>0.000000</BOUNTYMUL>
<BOUNTYCAP>50000</BOUNTYCAP>
<SWARMFREQ>120</SWARMFREQ>
<FLAGIMAGEINDEX>2018</FLAGIMAGEINDEX>
</TEAM>


<SOB type="8" typename="Wormhole" id="2">
<WORMHOLE>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<POS x="1000" y="-2000"/>

<SIZE x="96" y="96"/>

<VISIBILITY>-100.0</VISIBILITY>

<BORN>1</BORN>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE name="wormholes/warp0-0-0"/>
</VISAGE>
</SPACEOBJECT>

<JUMPCOLOR>ff6666ff</JUMPCOLOR>

<NODESTINATION galid="0" holeid="0"/>
</WORMHOLE>
</SOB>


<SOB type="3" typename="Sun" id="3">
<SOLARBODY>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<NAME>Sun</NAME>

<ANGLE>1.311032</ANGLE>

<ROTATION>0.000243</ROTATION>

<POS x="0" y="0"/>
<SIZE x="256" y="256"/>
<VISIBILITY>-100.000000</VISIBILITY>
<BORN>1</BORN>

<ILLUME quant="1.0000" dist="1000.0"/>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="1">
<FACEPLATE>8</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>

<AURALIST>

<AURAEMANATION Magnitude="-0.50" Percent="true" NoTweak="true" Range="155.0" PulseFrequency="500" TimeBestowed="1000"
Expires="false" Friend="false" Foe="false" Everyone="true" AffectCapShip="true">COP_SURGERY</AURAEMANATION>
</AURALIST>
</SPACEOBJECT>
<DAMAGENUM>10</DAMAGENUM> 
<DAMAGEINTERVAL>10000</DAMAGEINTERVAL> 
<CHARGEMULTIPLIER>1.0</CHARGEMULTIPLIER> 
</SOLARBODY>
</SOB>

</pre>
== Example Visage: ==

Visages are the most fun part, they define how something looks, including animations and particles. 

==== Basic wormhole: ====
<pre>file: data\visages\wormholes\warp0-0-0.xml

typeid 1 = Indexed Visage - used for most non-ship visages. An indexed visage will take the visage number you give it,
and look for the image on the client side at the location img\sobtype\sobtype#.png - for example an asteroid with indexedvisage(2)
will look for the image in img\asteroid\asteroid2.png

<VISAGE typeid="1">


<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="7500" startSize="0.80" endSize="1.0" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="bbbbbbff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>


<ANIMATRIX startTime="7500" duration="7500" startSize="1.0" endSize="0.80" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="bbbbbbff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>

<FACEPLATE>0</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>

</pre>
==== Complex Wormhole (Red Photon Research Entry Way to Red Photon Researc Complex): ====
<pre>typeid 6 = Composite Visage - This is a combined visage, this means you add multiple visages into the same visage and they will
all get drawn.

typeid 7 = Named Visage - You can pass a specific path location to this type of visage. For example if for some reason you wanted
a base to use a sun graphic, you could give it a named visage with the tag <NAME>Sun/Sun2.png</NAME> and it would use that
graphic instead. You can also put a <MOD> tag on this type of visage for the same effect as a mod visage.

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.5" endSize="1.5" rotation="-0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.2" endSize="1.2" rotation="0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<NAME>Wormhole/gray1</NAME>
<MOD>ff0099ff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="50" startSize="1.000000" endSize="1.100000" rotation="0.000000" loop="5800"
startColor="ffffffff" endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>

<ANIMATRIX startTime="50" duration="5750" startSize="1.100000" endSize="1.000000" rotation="0.001110" loop="5800"
startColor="1" endColor="2" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/lightning1</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>

Example xml

2011-04-08T21:25:47Z

Longname: New page: == Example Galaxy: == <pre>File: data/customgals/foobargalaxy.xml <GALAXY>  <NAME>Hello Gala...

== Example Galaxy: ==
<pre>File: data/customgals/foobargalaxy.xml

<GALAXY>

<NAME>Hello Galaxy</NAME>


<USER_BUILDING permission="TEMPORARY_USER_DRONES"/>

<ID>1</ID>
<RPOSX>0</RPOSX>
<RPOSY>0</RPOSY>

<STARCOLOR>ffff0000</STARCOLOR>

<STARDISTANCE>10.000000</STARDISTANCE>

<BAD4AI>999</BAD4AI>

<NODOMINATION>1</NODOMINATION>




<TEAM id="45">
<NAME>Earthforce Alliance</NAME>
<BORN>0</BORN>
<CREDITS>0</CREDITS>
<TITHE>0.01</TITHE>
<TRADES>0</TRADES>
<TITHETOT>0</TITHETOT>
<AIBASETRADEIN>0</AIBASETRADEIN>
<AIBASETRADEOUT>0</AIBASETRADEOUT>
<BOUNTYMUL>0.000000</BOUNTYMUL>
<BOUNTYCAP>50000</BOUNTYCAP>
<SWARMFREQ>120</SWARMFREQ>
<FLAGIMAGEINDEX>2018</FLAGIMAGEINDEX>
</TEAM>


<SOB type="8" typename="Wormhole" id="2">
<WORMHOLE>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<POS x="1000" y="-2000"/>

<SIZE x="96" y="96"/>

<VISIBILITY>-100.0</VISIBILITY>

<BORN>1</BORN>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE name="wormholes/warp0-0-0"/>
</VISAGE>
</SPACEOBJECT>

<JUMPCOLOR>ff6666ff</JUMPCOLOR>

<NODESTINATION galid="0" holeid="0"/>
</WORMHOLE>
</SOB>


<SOB type="3" typename="Sun" id="3">
<SOLARBODY>
<SPACEOBJECT>

<NAME>Sun</NAME>

<ANGLE>1.311032</ANGLE>

<ROTATION>0.000243</ROTATION>

<POS x="0" y="0"/>
<SIZE x="256" y="256"/>
<VISIBILITY>-100.000000</VISIBILITY>
<BORN>1</BORN>

<ILLUME quant="1.0000" dist="1000.0"/>

<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="1">
<FACEPLATE>8</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>

<AURALIST>

<AURAEMANATION Magnitude="-0.50" Percent="true" NoTweak="true" Range="155.0" PulseFrequency="500" TimeBestowed="1000"
Expires="false" Friend="false" Foe="false" Everyone="true" AffectCapShip="true">COP_SURGERY</AURAEMANATION>
</AURALIST>
</SPACEOBJECT>
<DAMAGENUM>10</DAMAGENUM> 
<DAMAGEINTERVAL>10000</DAMAGEINTERVAL> 
<CHARGEMULTIPLIER>1.0</CHARGEMULTIPLIER> 
</SOLARBODY>
</SOB>

</pre>
== Example Visage: ==

Visages are the most fun part, they define how something looks, including animations and particles. 

==== Basic wormhole: ====
<pre>file: data\visages\wormholes\warp0-0-0.xml

typeid 1 = Indexed Visage - used for most non-ship visages. An indexed visage will take the visage number you give it,
and look for the image on the client side at the location img\sobtype\sobtype#.png - for example an asteroid with indexedvisage(2)
will look for the image in img\asteroid\asteroid2.png

<VISAGE typeid="1">


<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="7500" startSize="0.80" endSize="1.0" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="bbbbbbff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>


<ANIMATRIX startTime="7500" duration="7500" startSize="1.0" endSize="0.80" rotation="0.0" loop="15000" startColor="bbbbbbff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0" angle="0.0"/>

<FACEPLATE>0</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>

</pre>
==== Complex Wormhole (Red Photon Research Entry Way to Red Photon Researc Complex): ====
<pre>typeid 6 = Composite Visage - This is a combined visage, this means you add multiple visages into the same visage and they will
all get drawn.
typeid 7 = Named Visage - You can pass a specific path location to this type of visage. For example if for some reason you wanted
a base to use a sun graphic, you could give it a named visage with the tag <NAME>Sun/Sun2.png</NAME> and it would use that
graphic instead. You can also put a <MOD> tag on this type of visage for the same effect as a mod visage.
<VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.5" endSize="1.5" rotation="-0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.2" endSize="1.2" rotation="0.001417" loop="0" startColor="ffffffff"
endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/nebula2</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<NAME>Wormhole/gray1</NAME>
<MOD>ff0099ff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="50" startSize="1.000000" endSize="1.100000" rotation="0.000000" loop="5800"
startColor="ffffffff" endColor="ffffffff" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>

<ANIMATRIX startTime="50" duration="5750" startSize="1.100000" endSize="1.000000" rotation="0.001110" loop="5800"
startColor="1" endColor="2" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
<NAME>fx/lightning1</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>

CustomGalConversion

2009-09-13T10:35:47Z

Longname: undid the undo

=  Custom Galaxy Conversion =

== What to do ==

We need to make all the custom galaxies look and act correctly in client 2.  This mainly consists of replacing the visage information of:

#Suns
#Planets
#AI Bases
#Nebulas
#Wormholes

A "visage" is simply how a thing looks.  A thing looks independent of how it acts and anything in the game can technically look any way in client 1.  In client2, we move a lot of the appearance of things over to the client rather than the server, so visages get a lot simpler.  An example visage from the sun in Sol in client 1 is:
<pre> <VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX>
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.30" endSize="1.350" rotation="0.001064" loop="0" startColor="80ffff00" endColor="80ffff00" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
</ANIMATRIX>
<NAME>Sun/Sun-halo</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<NAME>Sun/Sun18</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>
Note that visages can be complex, nested things, and in C1, they often are, since all we are working with are sprites, animators, and particle emitters.  For SS2, this will look like this:
<pre> <VISAGE typeid="1">
<FACEPLATE>9</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>
Much simpler.  All this is is a simple type 1 ("indexed") visage that indexes into a list of pre-created object types based on what sort of object it is.  The "FACEPLATE" used to mean the index of a sprite graphic in C1, but for SS2, we are reusing that as our index number.  In the above example, 9, is the 9th sun type that I made and you can see it in the custom galaxy "c2demo.xml".

So basically, what we are doing is going through the existing custom galaxies and replacing all the old visages with indexes for the new types found in c2catalog.xml.

== Getting Set Up ==

I'm going to create a dropbox directory for this project and share it.  In it will be a modified server and the data needed to run it and what we need to edit.

Copy the server directory to somewhere else on your computer (best not to run it straight out of the dropbox or else it will keep uploading and downloading everyone's temporary files.)

Install cygwin and then run it, changing your directory over to the dropbox.  To run the server, type:
<pre>./spacey -uni=data/customgals/test/c2demo.xml</pre>
Then run the SS2 client that will also be in the drop box and set the server location to "localhost" and it will connect to your server.

When you've edited a new galaxy and want to test it, do something like this:
<pre>./spacey -uni=data/customgals2/sol.xml</pre>
All the original custom galaxies are in customgals and all the new modified ones we're making for SS2 will be in customgals2.

There's no way currently to load multiple linked galaxies.  We just have to do them one at a time.  Leave the ID's and the ordering of wormholes as they currently are and the server will link them correctly when it makes a universe.

== Galaxy List ==

Anatolia.xml Bonnet Colosseum Enigma Hyperion.xml IQBana Improcerus.xml Junkyard.xml Junkyard1.xml Rockysroll.xml TheColosseum.xml ThePlantarium.xml absolution acropolis.xml anaconda barberouge bioempathy.xml biologique.xml bipolar.xml blue bluephoton copper deflector.xml deflectororig.xml dronegalaxy.xml eastvindia.xml empathy.xml fortress.xml freemarket.xml gallowscove.xml gargan.xml graveyard.xml handelscove.xml icematrix.xml infernaltempest jux.xml labyrinth.xml labyrinth2.xml lagrange.xml lavanite.xml lobby.xml lunacy.xml lyceum.xml micron mission nexus - Ingendum nihilite.xml paxius.xml plaguedspace prism.xml reflector.xml ring.xml rockyhorror.xml rockyhorror2.xml rockysrocks.xml rumble.xml rumble2.xml rumble3.xml rumble4.xml scruple.xml serpica.xml shadow.xml slavetweaking sol.xml - Jeff steps.xml steps2.xml test thedark.xml theendoftheuniverse.xml tut uberpirates underworld.xml urqa xyz.xml zebra

(Add your name after a galaxy or group of galaxies to claim it.  Make the line italic when it's done.)

----

[[Category:Client_2_Dev]]

CustomGalConversion

2009-09-12T21:37:29Z

Longname: Undo revision 13225

=  Custom Galaxy Conversion =

== What to do ==

We need to make all the custom galaxies look and act correctly in client 2.  This mainly consists of replacing the visage information of:

#Suns
#Planets
#AI Bases
#Nebulas
#Wormholes

A "visage" is simply how a thing looks.  A thing looks independent of how it acts and anything in the game can technically look any way in client 1.  In client2, we move a lot of the appearance of things over to the client rather than the server, so visages get a lot simpler.  An example visage from the sun in Sol in client 1 is:
<pre> <VISAGE typeid="6">
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<ANIMATRIX>
<ANIMATRIX startTime="0" duration="0" startSize="1.30" endSize="1.350" rotation="0.001064" loop="0" startColor="80ffff00" endColor="80ffff00" offx="0" offy="0" endx="0" endy="0"/>
</ANIMATRIX>
<NAME>Sun/Sun-halo</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
<VISAGE typeid="7">
<NAME>Sun/Sun18</NAME>
<MOD>ffffffff</MOD>
</VISAGE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>
Note that visages can be complex, nested things, and in C1, they often are, since all we are working with are sprites, animators, and particle emitters.  For SS2, this will look like this:
<pre> <VISAGE typeid="1">
<FACEPLATE>9</FACEPLATE>
</VISAGE>
</pre>
Much simpler.  All this is is a simple type 1 ("indexed") visage that indexes into a list of pre-created object types based on what sort of object it is.  The "FACEPLATE" used to mean the index of a sprite graphic in C1, but for SS2, we are reusing that as our index number.  In the above example, 9, is the 9th sun type that I made and you can see it in the custom galaxy "c2demo.xml".

So basically, what we are doing is going through the existing custom galaxies and replacing all the old visages with indexes for the new types found in c2catalog.xml.

== Getting Set Up ==

I'm going to create a dropbox directory for this project and share it.  In it will be a modified server and the data needed to run it and what we need to edit.

Copy the server directory to somewhere else on your computer (best not to run it straight out of the dropbox or else it will keep uploading and downloading everyone's temporary files.)

Install cygwin and then run it, changing your directory over to the dropbox.  To run the server, type:
<pre>./spacey -uni=data/customgals/test/c2demo.xml</pre>
Then run the SS2 client that will also be in the drop box and set the server location to "localhost" and it will connect to your server.

When you've edited a new galaxy and want to test it, do something like this:
<pre>./spacey -uni=data/customgals2/sol.xml</pre>
All the original custom galaxies are in customgals and all the new modified ones we're making for SS2 will be in customgals2.

There's no way currently to load multiple linked galaxies.  We just have to do them one at a time.  Leave the ID's and the ordering of wormholes as they currently are and the server will link them correctly when it makes a universe.

== Galaxy List ==

Anatolia.xml Bonnet Colosseum Enigma Hyperion.xml IQBana Improcerus.xml Junkyard.xml Junkyard1.xml Rockysroll.xml TheColosseum.xml ThePlantarium.xml absolution acropolis.xml anaconda barberouge bioempathy.xml biologique.xml bipolar.xml blue bluephoton copper deflector.xml deflectororig.xml dronegalaxy.xml eastvindia.xml empathy.xml fortress.xml freemarket.xml gallowscove.xml gargan.xml graveyard.xml handelscove.xml icematrix.xml infernaltempest jux.xml labyrinth.xml labyrinth2.xml lagrange.xml lavanite.xml lobby.xml lunacy.xml lyceum.xml micron mission nexus nihilite.xml paxius.xml plaguedspace prism.xml reflector.xml ring.xml rockyhorror.xml rockyhorror2.xml rockysrocks.xml rumble.xml rumble2.xml rumble3.xml rumble4.xml scruple.xml serpica.xml shadow.xml slavetweaking sol.xml - Jeff steps.xml steps2.xml test thedark.xml theendoftheuniverse.xml tut uberpirates underworld.xml urqa xyz.xml zebra

(Add your name after a galaxy or group of galaxies to claim it.  Make the line italic when it's done.)

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CustomGalConversion

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