lots of Q's

[The Writer]

okay I'll try some of those. Thank you so much for all you're help, you have no idea how much I appreciate it, or just how helpfull you have been. You really just saved me weeks of preperation. Thank you so much!

[Leo_V117]

So THIS is how Arcones got bugged. Just kidding.

I'm probably one of the more common users around here... As in, I did a lot in such a short space of time. I'm a theme designer, my popular themes are part of the Karbon Collection. I'm also a HUD designer, I designed the new RPG HUD style found in the SVN of Sandbox. I also develop codes for Sandbox, Most common is the Recorder, although it isnt required that much. I developed the Custom Plugin Loader. And, as a requirment for most of the Windows noobs, I created EasyScriptBuilder. You might want to check that out... Haha. Anyway, to answer your questions:

1) can anyone point me in the direction of a good, all around character creator? one that does not necissaraly deal in all humans?
A: Yeah, depends though. Got a budget of $3000? Autodesk 3Ds Max + Autodesk Maya. No? Blender, Wings3D, Google SketchUp.

2)is it possible to make a "design your own character" screen at the beging of a game?
A: Yes, although, as Arc said. You may need to modify the source.

3)can you link maps together? like when you get to certain place you enter a new map? and if so how?
A: Yes you can. If I am correct, this is how:

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level_trigger_1 = [echo "Teleporting to a new map" ; map "maps/map_02"] // Prints "Teleporting to a new map" at the top of the screen. Then loads a new map.

4)can you do cut sceens with sandox, like what you would see with legend of zelda? and if so how?
A: Yes, indeed yo ucan. However, you need to use RPG mode. And a reference to an example of the code is here: Cutscenes

Hope these references and whatnot help.

- Leo
PAS Support Team.

[The Writer]

Thank you very much for that info Leo that will be very helpful. I have another question though... I have acctually ment to ask it for awhile but I kept forgetting.
Can you somehow connect you webcam to sandbox and use it similar to the X-Box connect? And if so, which would be totaly awesome, how?

[Leo_V117]

No, thats specifically for the Kinect. Regular webcams are simply cameras with a USB attached. The Kinect recognises the user position.

[The Writer]

Darn... so is there no way to make games with sandbox more interactive?

[Leo_V117]

Not that I know of.

[The Writer]

k thanks... that kinda sucks though... but thank you for letting me know.

[chocolatepie33]

@Writer: not sure if this is much help, but I think there was something about using a joystick for PAS a while back. You might wanna look into it.

[Leo_V117]

Kid_Matthew set it up. I think he used "Joy2Key" or something like that.

[justanother1]

I did a good modeling tutorial in the 3DRad forums here. It should take you all the way to export. Don't use the Export portion, as 3DRad uses .x Directx file format.