Stars.tbl

Stars.tbl is used to define available background graphics, all the stars or suns that create colored light for the game and used debris animations.

General Format

• Stars.tbl consist of several sections
• Between different sections #End must be used
• Background graphics
  • Defines the available background graphics (nebulas, planets, etc.)
• Stars
  • Defines the stars
• Non-nebula debris
  • Defines animation for non-nebula mode
• Nebula debris
  • Defines animation for nebula mode
• #End
  • Must be included to the end of the stars.tbl

Background graphics

• Background graphics use the names of their respective graphic files
• Background graphics can be defined in to different forms:
  • $Bitmap:
    • This entry type is used for transparent objects such as background nebulas
    • Syntax: Name
  • $BitmapX:
    • This entry type is used for non transparent objects such as planets
  • Syntax: Name

Stars

• Stars are defined with several different parameters.
  • $Sun:
    • Defines the name of the used star
    • Syntax: Name
  • $SunGlow:
    • Defines the bitmap or animation used as a glow for the star
    • Syntax: Name
  • $SunRGBI:
    • Defines the color of the sun as well as it's intensity
    • Syntax: Value Value Value Value, (red, green, blue and intensity respectively)
  • $SunSpecularRGB:
    • Defines the color of the sun specuular lighting if it is to be different from $SunRGBI: values
    • Syntax: Value Value Value, (red, green and blue respectively)
  • $Flare:
    • Defines lens flare effect.
    • +FlareCount:
      • Defines number of lens flare effects attached yo the sun, if the value is omitted then 1 is used as a default number of flare effects.
      • Syntax: Value
    • $FlareTextureN:
      • Defines the name of the bitmap used for the particular ( N ) lens flare texture.
      • Syntax: Name
    • For each (defined in +FlareCount:) lens flare effect
      • $FlareGlowX:
        • Defines the Xth lens flare effect.
        • +FlareTexture:
          • Defines the texture used for the lens flare effect.
          • Syntax: Value, number of the texture defines in $FlareTextureX:.
        • +FlarePos:
          • Defines the position of the lens flare effect, relative value
          • Syntax: Value
        • +FlareScale:
          • Defines the scaling factor used for the lens flare effect.
          • Syntax: Value
  • $NoGlare:
    • Defines ????

Non-nebula debris

• There must always be four (4) of these
  • $Debris:
    • Defines the animations used for the debris
    • Syntax: Name

Nebula debris

• There must always be four (4) of these
  • $DebrisNeb:
    • Defines the animations used for the debris
    • Syntax: Name

Sample

   $Bitmap:      dneb01
  #end
   $Sun:         SunWhite
   $Sunglow:     Sunglow01
   $SunRGBI:     1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
  #end
   $Debris:      debris01
   $Debris:      debris02
   $Debris:      debris03
   $Debris:      debris04
  #end
   $DebrisNeb:   gas
   $DebrisNeb:   gas
   $DebrisNeb:   gas
   $DebrisNeb:   gas
  #end
  #end