implicit names for special models (Wishlist)

implicit names for special models // Wishlist

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codewarrior

Nov 18, 2003, 8:45pm
Many of the commands can affect a named model.

It would be useful if the skybox and ground model had
implicit names.

This would allow many of the existing commands and triggers
to work with those objects.

'create rotate 1 name=_skybox'

Could let you rotate the skybox for example.

'activate sign name=_ground'

would allow portions of your ground object to have signs
or picture objects mapped onto them.

I would not be upset at all if all commands did not work
with those special objects, but there doesn't seem to be
much reason for most of the commands not to.

rossyboy

Nov 28, 2003, 6:38pm
One problem... what if there's a build out there now with _ground or
_skybox in it?

[View Quote] > Many of the commands can affect a named model.
>
> It would be useful if the skybox and ground model had
> implicit names.
>
> This would allow many of the existing commands and triggers
> to work with those objects.
>
> 'create rotate 1 name=_skybox'
>
> Could let you rotate the skybox for example.
>
> 'activate sign name=_ground'
>
> would allow portions of your ground object to have signs
> or picture objects mapped onto them.
>
> I would not be upset at all if all commands did not work
> with those special objects, but there doesn't seem to be
> much reason for most of the commands not to.
>
>

codewarrior

Nov 28, 2003, 7:53pm
Yeah... like name clashes have ever concerned AWI before.

They can pick any name they want, and they have a big list of all
the names that have ever been used sitting in their server database
if it really matters.

The main point is that there is no way to apply commands to the
ground or the skybox model, and there probably ought to be.
They are special models in some ways, but I see no reason that
many of the commands should not work with them.

Call them __AW_RESERVED__skybox and
__AW_RESERVED__ground for all it matters.

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