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Before
you can run your world in a LithTech game, it must be
compiled into the file format required by the game. On
the World menu select Process World
to display the Processing
Options dialog box. Select the following check boxes to
add parameters to the processor command line:
- Import
Geometry: Select this item to import the
geometry from an existing processed .DAT file.
- Remove
Unseen Geometry: Select this item to
remove polygons that are on the exterior shell of
the world.
- Apply
Lighting: Select this item to apply
lightmapping to the world.
- Ambient
Light Color: Select this item to select
a color from a color selection dialog.
- Undersample:
Select this item to do fewer samples, to improve
performance.
- Shadows:
Select this item to create shadows.
- Vertex
Lighting Only: Select this item to do
simple lighting, to improve performance.
- Full
Optimization: Select this item to
significantly improve the frame rate,
particularly for large worlds. Note, however,
that selecting this option may extend compilation
time to several hours.
- Fast
Approximation: Select this item to
improves the frame rate, although not as much as
the Full Optimization item. This option does not
increase processing time very much, but it also
does not improve the game speed a great deal.
- Advanced:
Select this item to reveal further choices. In
particular, note that you can select Log File to
create a processor report. The report contains
the information displayed in the World Processor
window, and is named worldname_n.dat, where n is
a sequentially-increased digit used to create a
unique filename. Note also that you can add
parameters to the processor command-line that are
not included in the Processing Options dialog
box. For more information about those parameters,
see the LithTech FAQ document.
Click OK to compile the
world. The LithTech World Processor window appears,
reporting computer statistics and compilation progress.
Click OK to dismiss the window.
Help
The Help menu provides the following selections:
- Quick
Help
: Select this item to display
descriptions of the most useful features of
DEdit.
- Key
Mapping
: Select this item to
display a table showing the keys used in DEdit.
- About
DEdit
: Select this item to display
the About dialog box.
- LithTech
HomePage: Select this item to connect to
the LithTech and DEdit Web site at http://www.lithtech.com. This site includes
discussion forums in which Monolith engineers
participate, information about licensing
LithTech, screenshots of Riot: Mobile Armor, and
other information of interest to developers using
DEdit.
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