How to do campaign map

[mvv0105]

Now i want to do some like "world map" with events icons, but i don't know how it realize (and i don't have any manialinks knowledge ) Example for maps unlocking:



Here is questions:
- How to create a button with race icon, which will start map?
- How to do race unlocks only if required races is completed?

[reaby]

Hi,

You can use "Interface Designer" to create the needed manialink -> graphical part of the campaign menu.
You find it at Editors -> Title tools -> Interface designer.

Documentation about manialink xml-syntax can be found here:
http://doc.maniaplanet.com/creation/manialink/

Next step would be to create the script logic for the campaign menu and it requires you to create advanced manialink with maniascript. So, you have to learn to code maniascript, or atleast understand the basics.
http://doc.maniaplanet.com/creation/maniascript/

If I remember right, somewhere here at forums is example code for "SM Platform beta".
It has own campaign with custom menu, hopefully you find it helpful, if it still is available.

Have to say I know only very little about titlepack creation, Meuh or Domino might know better.

Only way i can think it would work would be like this:

The campaign manialink

• Use persistent variables to store and recieve the progress on campaign and unlock map-icons
• the buttons should link to maniacode-file which loads the map (as i don't know any other way) http://wiki.maniaplanet.com/en/ManiaCode

The campaign map

• use mediatracker with manialink-element, and place it at the finish of the map --> create manialink with script, the script should store persistent variable that the player has successfully completed the map.

Hopefully this helps, and if someone knows better way finds this topic

[Dommy]

The campaign map

• use mediatracker with manialink-element, and place it at the finish of the map --> create manialink with script, the script should store persistent variable that the player has successfully completed the map.

It would be a nice solution for saving scores in persistent variables through interface manialink, but at the moment we can't run scripts in mediatracker blocks. (RIP)

If you want do something like Raid or Turbo title pack campaign, you need to know at least 200% of the things in ManiaScript documentations.

[reaby]

It would be a nice solution for saving scores in persistent variables through interface manialink, but at the moment we can't run scripts in mediatracker blocks. (RIP)

Edit: After re-reading, forget my idea, as it's maybe not possible anymore.
I try to learn to understand what I read.

Really ?

For what i know, it is possible to run script inside "interface manialink" ?
Atleast it was possible during last december, when i tested a snow animation using that techique. And speed of the player atleast was accessible from that script-scope. So I think you have access also for the waypoint times.

Ok, if that is still possible, then add check that all waypoints are run, and see the last waypoint time / score, so you can nicely have the progress in persistent variable. Atleast when thinking that way

We will see

[Dommy]

As clear as possible: when last time I tried to run script inside Interface block it didn't work.

[spaii]

run script inside Interface block it didn't work.

I confirm

[reaby]

run script inside Interface block it didn't work.

I confirm

I tried it as well with no luck.

At the first posting the campaign can have multiple routes to unlock certaint maps...
so you need to know if the map is really finished successfully.

how you are supposed to create a custom campaign then ?

[spaii]

more informations here : viewtopic.php?f=515&t=27120