This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision Next revision Both sides next revision | ||
mapping:cawe:intro [2005-09-14 11:34] Carsten created |
mapping:cawe:intro [2006-07-30 00:38] 127.0.0.1 (old revision restored) |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
Examples include models for furniture, statues, household inventory, vehicles, etc. | Examples include models for furniture, statues, household inventory, vehicles, etc. | ||
A description of all available entity types is available at [[mapping:cawe:reference:entityguide]]. | A description of all available entity types is available at [[mapping:cawe:reference:entityguide]]. | ||
- | |||
===== Putting it All Together ===== | ===== Putting it All Together ===== | ||
Line 53: | Line 52: | ||
By combining these simple components, you can create stunningly virtual worlds whose number of variants is virtually unlimited. | By combining these simple components, you can create stunningly virtual worlds whose number of variants is virtually unlimited. | ||
Starting with a rough outline of brushes and possibly terrains, you can fill in architectural detail with other brushes, patches and entities. | Starting with a rough outline of brushes and possibly terrains, you can fill in architectural detail with other brushes, patches and entities. | ||
- | Eventually you will populate your world with more entities that bring your creating to life. | + | Eventually you will populate your world with more entities that bring your creation to life. |
The final step in making a world is compiling it so that it can be run with the Ca3D-Engine. | The final step in making a world is compiling it so that it can be run with the Ca3D-Engine. | ||
This is a quite complex process that precomputes visibility, lighting and many other details. | This is a quite complex process that precomputes visibility, lighting and many other details. | ||
- | Future versions of CaWE will come with a great tool to make compiling much easier, | + | However, CaWE has a great built-in facility to make the compilation process as easy as possible for you. |
- | but until then a little typing at the command-line must be done to run the compilers. | + | The article [[mapping:compiling_new]] has more information about how CaWE assists in compiling maps. |
- | It's still easy to manage, and discussed in detail in the articles [[mapping:compiling:cabsp]], [[mapping:compiling:capvs]], [[mapping:compiling:calight]], | + | |
- | [[mapping:compiling:cashl]] and [[mapping:compiling:ca3de]]. | + | |