MINI-GOLF contest 'Q&A' thread
polycounter lvl 20
Have questions regarding the contest, its rules, or the Project Anarchy engine? Ask them here and we'll do our best to answer them.
Contest page is here.
This contest starts January 20th and ends February 16th @ 23:59 EST (-4 GMT), 2014.
Contest page is here.
This contest starts January 20th and ends February 16th @ 23:59 EST (-4 GMT), 2014.
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I am sorry we most have forgotten about that
We can look at those specs too, yes you must be able to complete the level however the framework provided on github and videos guide you on how to set that up. There is no suggested par but in the spirit of mini golf I would keep it close to the 3-5 strokes.
Level design does take some part in it, however it is more about the full package. You dont have to technically make anything crazy, and for time given for the contest it is not suggested. The framework includes two samples, one very simple one and then an advanced one. The advanced one would be a better example of what we are looking for.
-Ryan
I will have to ask about this since we are not making any profit from this I wouldnt see an issue, but you never know. My gut would be to just try to vary it enough it is not a direct rip of those IPs
Update:
After talking with people around the office they decided, We can not do any existing game ips for this. As mentioned this is for demos only, but they want to stay on the safe side.
Also: Does the shader framework support vertex colors? I didn't find a clear answer in the anarchy forums during the time I've had to search so far.
https://github.com/projectanarchy/fbximporter
I believe the skybox has its own 1024x limit.
Yes, It will support .tgas and .pngs.. .tgas are preferred. If you bring it in as a 24bit the first time the texture/material may be flagged as 24 bit so you will have to change the flag in the material editor if that is the case.
35k is the render limit. Collision does not matter but if possible I would try to optimize the collision. The second video covers how to tag mesh in max and maya.
You can setup for vertex colors. There is a vertex color node in the Visual shader editor that you can use.. If you need help on this I will be more then happy to help.
-Ryan
For sky box we are allowing a 512x512 per side. So that works out to a bit more then 1024x1024. The third video shows how to assign textures per skybox side.
Jeff,
If you get the framework on github you will see the current camera setup as it is scripted.. If you need a quick video on how to get the framework working on your block out you can refer to the third video (after downloading and extracting the zip, which the first video covers).
For day/night cycles we provide a day/night setup you can select when creating a new scene, then in extras there is all the options for how the colors of that light work based off the time. Since we currently do not have a kismet type system I can work with you on how to swap the materials based off time of day through script. Feel free to PM me.
Any scripts I do help out on will be made public for everyone to use.
Justin,
I will publish the videos on youtube tomorrow for you guys.
The second video covers this through node tagging.. By default everything is set to default which means the mesh will be collision and render. You can also set to just render and just colmesh. When exporting the advance scene I have all the render and collision mesh for the hole together (minus the windmill assets). So there really is no "placing collision mesh" it is just in with your static mesh if that makes sense.
-Ryan
For anyone trying to follow the tutorial videos, but getting errors in pre-2013 Maya:
http://polygonspixelsandpaint.tumblr.com/post/28629598569
Or; just drag the Proxy_HoleSimple.ma into Notepad, Ctrl-F "-ch", and delete the two "-ch ###" flags you find.
Looks like I'll be sitting this one out then.
Any chance of the tools on OsX?
This is right it is a trigger box so you would just expand it to your ending area
Jeff,
I am sorry to hear this, yes the tools are Windows only which is talked about on the download page and videos. Havok takes all feedback seriously and it has been posted in our ideas section. We look at our idea section to help drive our future roadmaps. When planning future releases we look at these, there have been some requests but find most people have dual boot as a work around. For right now we dont have OSx in future builds planned so we have no ETA when and if this will happen.
-Ryan
Thanks
Thanks
You can use six textures if needed. The sample only used three as the sides were all the same.
Some help for a noob, pleace
The tutorial video use the forward render with mobile shader.
But as a random example can we use normal map with deferred render (as the engine is capable of) or is there any specific constraint we have to follow here?
For project anarchy the differed render is locked because project anarchy is meant for mobile only. The only options are forward and base render, in this case you will always want to use forward. The other option is for teams that want to write and setup their own rendering system within the engine. Deferred is locked as it wouldn't work on all mobile devices.
-Ryan
I'm still a student can i still try to enter even if my maya license is a student one or is it impossible (/or/ can participate but can't win since is a student license)
You can still compete and win the contest
-Ryan
There is currently no way to do this in the engine, the Visual Shader Editor does not have any vertex operations in Project Anarchy.
-ryan
It's just for individuals or can I do this with a buddy? (and fight over the prize a-la double dragon)