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Add_Mesh: Ladder builder <- rewriting it for blender 2.6x
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Outdated (yet reusable) information below:
For now this page will contain a couple of blender scripts I wrote a while back to help with certain repetitive tasks.
Note that this script was originally written to aid people with creating custom ages for the game Uru so it has a lot of extra fluff which can be turned off by deselecting the Uru tickbox
Content of the included readme file:
ver 1.02 tweaked to function with the new Blender Python API
minor bugfix: removed condition that caused the script to crash when creating a non URU ladder 1st
Hi folks,
This tool is not quite finished but can be worked with. As always you dump the .py files in the .blender/scripts directory The menu will be available under Misc.
In it's current form the script provides 3 types of ladders:
1) Skeleton (doesn't show outside the blender edit windows)
You can use this as a guideshape when designing your own custom ladder
2) Solid (The basic ladder shape)
Not much to say about this shape
3) Test_shape (rungs with (end) diagonals added .. check it out)
This shape has an extra side option
Interesting/Fun stuff:
You might be wondering why this script still uses the old climberegion method. The reason is twofold
1) I started writing the script b4 the PyPRP climbstuff was rewritten
2) The old method offers more climbing options
e.g. you can remove one of the detection cubes.
this leaves you with a ladder that can only be used on one end
OR
you copy one (or both of the) detection cube(s)
result: a ladder which is climbable from either side (back/front)
or any combination you might like
Note the detection cubes need to be rotated 180 degrees in the Z axis
Otherwise the avatar won't be facing the correct way
TODO & Caveats:
Copy:
When you copy an URU type ladder layers 1 and 2 need to be active I did a quick fix which sets blender to layers 1 and 2 when copying or creating Blender will return to the previously active layers after the action..... However this is not always shown properly/immediately
Materials:
To get it to auto-attach the materials make sure the Ladder_Textures directory (and its content ;) is inside the scripts dir.
The script doesn't add the material to the uru properties list The copy action changes the Object and Material names For now you'll have to manually add it afterwards.
UV mapping:
No UV coordinates available at ladder creation time (do a manual unwrap) unwrap: select the (mesh)object and press [f], [u], [4] and [f] again
Size:
Ladder widths lower than 2 (blender units) might not place the detection cubes at the optimum position ... this will require some more testing which is tedious. If someone actually uses ladders with a width lower than 2 pls provide me with the widths and the (approximate) offset required and I'll see if I can fix it.
Greetz Sjaak
