Maps:SMD

[edit] SMD Syntax

The SMD, to work correctly, must be set out correctly. The following are a few of these requirements that you have to follow:

All lines must end in a ';'. This is just like any C derived programming language
Sections begin with a keyword wrapped in [Square brackets], and are wrapped in {Curly Brackets}
Each different tag must be placed on a different line (?)

The following are some recomendations to help other people read your SMD.

Blank lines are allowed, and can be placed to help distinguish between different sections
You may place comments in the SMD, and again like C programming languages, these are preceded by a '//'. Anything following a comment marker is ignored by the parser.
You can tabulate your SMD to help the overall readability, and to show where sections begin and end.

[edit] Example SMD

[MAP]
{
	Description=Lot of metal in middle but look out for kbot walking over the mountains;
	TidalStrength=20;
	Gravity=130;
	MaxMetal=0.03;

	ExtractorRadius=400;
	MapHardness=100;
	
	[ATMOSPHERE]
	{
		FogColor=0.7 0.7 0.8;
		FogStart=0.2;

		CloudColor=0.9 0.9 0.9;
		SkyColor=0.1 0.15 0.7;

		SunColor=1.0 1.0 1.0;
		CloudDensity=0.55;

		MinWind=5;
		MaxWind=20;
	}
	[WATER]
	{
		WaterBaseColor=0.4 0.6 0.8;
		WaterAbsorb=0.004 0.004 0.002;

		WaterMinColor=0.1 0.1 0.3;
	}
	[LIGHT]
	{
		SunDir=0 1 2;
		
		GroundAmbientColor=0.4 0.4 0.4;
		GroundSunColor=0.7 0.7 0.7;

		GroundShadowDensity=0.8;

		UnitAmbientColor=0.3 0.3 0.3;
		UnitSunColor=0.8 0.8 0.8;
		UnitShadowDensity=0.8;

	}
	[TEAM0]
	{
		StartPosX=600;
		StartPosZ=600;
	}
	[TEAM1]

	{
		StartPosX=3600;
		StartPosZ=3600;
	}
	[TEAM2]
	{
		StartPosX=3600;
		StartPosZ=600;
	}
	[TEAM3]
	{
		StartPosX=600;
		StartPosZ=3600;

	}
	[TEAM4]
	{
		StartPosX=2000;
		StartPosZ=600;
	}
	[TEAM5]

	{
		StartPosX=2000;
		StartPosZ=3600;
	}
	//Up to [TEAM9]
	[TERRAINTYPE0]
	{
		name=default;
		hardness=1;
		tankmovespeed=1;
		kbotmovespeed=1;
		hovermovespeed=1;
		shipmovespeed=1;

	}
}

[edit] SMD Tags List

Variable

Description

Examples

[TEAMX]

The number of the team, starting at 0 for player 1 and going on up to 9 for player 10, where X is the player number

[TEAM3]

[TERRAINTYPEX]

Used to define different terrain types that exist on the map. The value starts at 0 and goes on for as many terrain types as you have, where X is the type number. Which terrain type goes where on the map is determined by the typemap when compiling the map.

[TERRAINTYPE0]

CloudColor

The color of the clouds. The values are in the order Red, Green, Blue. For all intensive purposes, 0.0 is black and 1.0 is white; however, giving values higher than 1.0 will give brighter fog and less than 0.0 will give darker.

CloudColor=0.9 0.9 0.9;

CloudDensity

The number of clouds in the sky. A percentage in decimal form, 0.0 to 1.0.

CloudDensity=0.55;

Description

The description of the map that shows in the multiplayer battleroom.

Description=Strong wind, good for 2v2 team games;

ExtractorRadius

The radius of effect that a single extractor will extract from. If two radii intersect, both extractors will suffer from reduced output.

ExtractorRadius=400;

GroundAmbientColor

The ambient (non-sun-lit) color of ground, grass, trees and other features.

GroundAmbientColor=0.4 0.4 0.4;

GroundShadowDensity

How far from the non shadowed to the ambient color stuff in shadow will go.

GroundShadowDensity=0.8;

GroundSunColor

The color of ground where it is fully sun lit (added to GroundAmbientColor).

GroundSunColor=0.7 0.7 0.7;

FogColor

The color of the fog and the infinite plane below the world. The values are in the order Red, Green, Blue. For all intensive purposes, 0.0 is black and 1.0 is white; however, giving values higher than 1.0 will give brighter fog and less than 0.0 will give darker.

FogColor=0.7 0.7 0.8;

FogStart

The distance from the camera at which the fog will start.

FogStart=0.2;

Hardness (terraintype)

Used as a multiplier against the MapHardness value. Can be used to make a particular terrain type softer or harder. A value of '1' will make it as hard as MapHardness, and 0.5 will make it half as hard.

hardness=0.75;

HoverNoveSpeed

Speed multiplier for hovercraft when travelling on the parent terrain type. A value of '1' is normal speed, 0.5 will make them travel at half speed on the parent terrain type.

hovermovespeed=1;

KbotMoveSpeed

Speed multiplier for Kbots when travelling on the parent terrain type. A value of '1' is normal speed, 0.5 will make them travel at half speed on the parent terrain type.

kbotmovespeed=1;

MapHardness

Defines how much the terrain will deform due to explosions and weapons.

MapHardness=100;

MaxMetal

How much metal a map square with the maximum metal value gives. Unsure how this is calculated, but a value of around 0.03 will give OTA-esque levels of metal from metal extractors.

MaxMetal=0.03;

MaxWind

The maximum amount of energy the wind on the map will give.

MaxWind=20;

MinWind

The minimum amount of energy the wind on the map will give.

MinWind=5;

Name (terraintype)

Used to define the name of the type of terrain. "Snow" or "Rock" or whatever you want.

Name=default;

ShipMoveSpeed

Speed multiplier for Ship when travelling on the parent terrain type. A value of '1' is normal speed, 0.5 will make them travel at half speed on the parent terrain type.

shipmovespeed=1;

SkyColor

The color of the sky itself. Works the same way as CloudColor and FogColor.

SkyColor=0.1 0.15 0.7;

StartPosX

The X (east-west in the TA camera) coordinates on the map where the player will start.

StartPosX=600;

StartPosZ

The Z (north-south in the TA camera) coordinates on the map where the player will start.

StartPosZ=600;

SunColor

The color of the sun in the sky. This will also effect the size of the star. As the value increases (including over 1.0), the disc will get bigger; the inverse is also true.

SunColor=1.0 1.0 1.0;

SunDir

The direction of the sun, which is normalized by Spring. The Y-axis is up. Here's a basic chart for values:

1 .5 -1	0 .5 -1	-1 .5 -1
1 .5 0	0 1 0	-1 .5 0
1 .5 1	0 .5 1	-1 .5 1

SunDir=0 1 2;

TankMoveSpeed

Speed multiplier for tanks when travelling on the parent terrain type. A value of '1' is normal speed, 0.5 will make them travel at half speed on the parent terrain type.

tankmovespeed=1;

TidalStrength

The amount of energy which will be given by tidal generators.

TidalStrength=30;

UnitAmbientColor

The ambient (non-sun-lit) color of units and corpses.

UnitAmbientColor=0.3 0.3 0.3;

UnitShadowDensity

How far from the non shadowed to the ambient color stuff in shadow will go.

UnitShadowDensity=0.8;

UnitSunColor

The color of units where they is fully sun lit (added to UnitAmbientColor).