Difference between revisions of "Game Properties"

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♠ <b>Allow dragging of items from inventory</b>: automatically sets clicked item to hand for quickly using on other objects, items or characters <br/>
 
♠ <b>Allow dragging of items from inventory</b>: automatically sets clicked item to hand for quickly using on other objects, items or characters <br/>
 
♠ <b>Always allow to skip active text</b>: if selected then users can skip displayed text during cutscenes with left mouse button<br/>
 
♠ <b>Always allow to skip active text</b>: if selected then users can skip displayed text during cutscenes with left mouse button<br/>
♠ <b>Execute key actions during a dialog</b>: Allows or prevents the player from executing key input actions while a dialog is open<br/>
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♠ <b>Execute key actions during a dialog</b>: allows or prevents the player from executing key input actions while a dialog is open<br/>
♠ <b>Auto hide interfaces in menu</b>: Automatically hides all interfaces while a menu scene is open<br/>
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♠ <b>Auto hide interfaces in menu</b>: automatically hides all interfaces while a menu scene is open<br/>
♠ <b>Keep character images in memory while displaying a menu</b>: Saves all character animations, destinations & actions to memory when you open up a menu<br/>
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♠ <b>Keep character images in memory while displaying a menu</b>: saves all character animations, destinations & actions to memory when you open up a menu<br/>
♠ <b>Activate pixel effect</b>: Activates nearest neighbor interpolation; best used for low resolution games, if desired<br/>
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♠ <b>Activate pixel effect</b>: activates nearest neighbor interpolation; best used for low resolution games, if desired<br/>
 
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♠ <b>Active character</b>: this is where you assign the default playable character of your game<br/>
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♠ <b>Intro movie</b>: add a movie (usually company splash) that will play on game launch (after load screen; if provided)<br/>
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♠ <b>Fade delay [ms]</b>: default time in milliseconds that it takes to fade between scenes<br/>
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♠ <b>Scroll speed [pixel/sec]</b>: the speed in which scenes will be scrolled by (higher value equals faster scrolling)<br/>
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♠ <b>Sprite cache size [mb]</b>: sprite cache size in MB, which stores recently loaded sprites<br/>
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♠ <b>Speaker sound by panning</b>: - <br/>
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♠ <b>Text alignment</b>: allows you to set the alignment of spoken text that displays above characters heads<br/>
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♠ <b>Speaker text alignment</b>: allows you to the set the alignment of narration text<br/>
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♠ <b>Minification filter</b>: defines the filter to be used for scaling character sprites down; nearest neighbor should only be used for low resolution games<br/>
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♠ <b>Magnification</b>: defines the filter to be used for scaling character sprites up; nearest neighbor should only be used for low resoltion games<br/>
 
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Revision as of 17:26, 13 December 2013

Game Properties ()

Game: This is where you can setup the main game properties: mouse, key input, languages, provide information & version build number etc


First scene: which will be shown after load screen/intro movie (required)
Default language: initial language game should begin with (required)
Resolution: this is the games default resolution - you can set a custom resolution via the explorer tool (required)
At begin start following action: you can use this to perform actions on game launch; hide interfaces, check settings etc
Activate Standard command: n/a
Company name: save games, log files, config.ini etc will be saved in c:/users/<username>/AppData/Local/<company_name>/
Game name: save games, log files, config.ini etc will be saved in c:/users/<username>/AppData/Local/<company_name>(if included)/<game_name>
Align character on immediate execution: if checked, current character will automatically face towards any object using immediate execution command
Allow dragging of items from inventory: automatically sets clicked item to hand for quickly using on other objects, items or characters
Always allow to skip active text: if selected then users can skip displayed text during cutscenes with left mouse button
Execute key actions during a dialog: allows or prevents the player from executing key input actions while a dialog is open
Auto hide interfaces in menu: automatically hides all interfaces while a menu scene is open
Keep character images in memory while displaying a menu: saves all character animations, destinations & actions to memory when you open up a menu
Activate pixel effect: activates nearest neighbor interpolation; best used for low resolution games, if desired


Active character: this is where you assign the default playable character of your game
Intro movie: add a movie (usually company splash) that will play on game launch (after load screen; if provided)
Fade delay [ms]: default time in milliseconds that it takes to fade between scenes
Scroll speed [pixel/sec]: the speed in which scenes will be scrolled by (higher value equals faster scrolling)
Sprite cache size [mb]: sprite cache size in MB, which stores recently loaded sprites
Speaker sound by panning: -
Text alignment: allows you to set the alignment of spoken text that displays above characters heads
Speaker text alignment: allows you to the set the alignment of narration text
Minification filter: defines the filter to be used for scaling character sprites down; nearest neighbor should only be used for low resolution games
Magnification: defines the filter to be used for scaling character sprites up; nearest neighbor should only be used for low resoltion games
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