FAQ:

How to extend the KidsMovieCreator 1.0's art assets?

Answer:

Officially we do not allow KidsMovieCreator 1.0 to have asset expansion, however, if you are a partner of ParaEngine, the following method can be used to add new assets to the Kids game.

Create an asset file

Edit the kids_db.items table in the above file and the new assets will magically appear next time the game is started.

Here is an example:

-- item database
kids_db.items = 
{
   [1] = {
  {
  ["Reserved4"] = "R4",
  ["Reserved3"] = "R3",
  ["Reserved1"] = "R1",
  ["Reserved2"] = "R2",
  ["Price"]=0,
  ["IconAssetName"] = "Lovely Bed",
  ["ModelFilePath"] = "model/06props/shared/pops/xiaochuang.x",
  ["IconFilePath"] = "model/06props/shared/pops/xiaochuang.x.png",
 }
 ,
  {
  ["Reserved4"] = "R4",
  ["Reserved3"] = "R3",
  ["Reserved1"] = "R1",
  ["Reserved2"] = "R2",
  ["Price"]=10,
  ["IconAssetName"] = "Lovely table",
  ["ModelFilePath"] = "model/06props/shared/pops/glasstable1.x",
  ["IconFilePath"] = "model/06props/shared/pops/glasstable.x.png",
 }
 ,
 }
}

NOTE: IconAssetName? must be assigned with a string WITHOUT the heading L. The reason that the original file contains L is that it uses a translation table for multilingual text versions. For expansion asset, you can use either English or Chinese, such as below.

• WRONG: ["IconAssetName"] = L"桌子",
• RIGHT: ["IconAssetName"] = "桌子",

NOTE: ModelFilePath? and IconFilePath? must be valid file, see next section.

Create Models

• You need to create and export models as described here Main.ModGuide
• Normally, you need to place each of your models (max, x, dds, png files) under /model/your_folder_name/your_model_name/ directory.
• Make sure you also create an 64*64 png file for in-game icon display of the model.

Go back to first step

Discussion

滟怀 说: 肖芒 10:11:39 ["Reserved4"] = "R4", ["Reserved3"] = "R3", ["Reserved1"] = "R1", ["Reserved2"] = "R2", 肖芒 10:11:50 这四个字段的意义尚不明确,呵呵

LiXizhi 说: ReservedN? 。 忽略就可以了。

-- LiXizhi - 2008-04-17

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-- LiXizhi - 2008-04-16