Editing Box

A Box is a [[BZW]] map structure that defines a rectilinear parallelepiped in the world.

==Code==
[[Image:BoxeAppearance.png|thumbnail|399px|right|Default boxes]]
The code for a box object is as follows
{|
|
 box
  position 10 20 30
  rotation 45
  size 1 2 3
 end
|}
Valid parameters for a box are
{|{{Prettytable}}
|-
| {{Hl3}} |'''Parameter''' 
| {{Hl3}} |'''Description'''
|-
| '''position''' || defines the center of the box in X and Y and the bottom of the box in Z.
|-
| '''rotation''' || defines a rotation around the Z axis for the box, in degrees.
|-
| '''size''' || defines the distance from the center to the side of the box in X and Y, and the total height of the box in Z.
|}

'''In versions 2.0.8 and older, boxes do not support''' [[material]], custom textures, or [[Physics_Drivers|physics drivers]]. The [[meshbox]] object replaces the box object and supports all these features and capabilities.

{|
|
 box
  position 0 40 0
  size 5 5 10
  rotation 0
  '''top matref something1'''
  '''sides matref something2'''
  '''y+  matref something3'''
  '''y- matref something4'''
  '''bottom matref something6'''
  '''texsize 1 1'''
  '''phydrv physics_driver_name'''
 end
|}
{|{{Prettytable}}
|-
| {{Hl3}} |'''Parameter''' 
| {{Hl3}} |'''Description'''
|-
| '''x+ , x-, y+ , y-, z+, and z-''' || Assigns a [[material]] to a specific side of the box.
|-
| '''top''' || Assigns a [[material]] to the top (z ) of the box.
|-
| '''bottom''' || Assigns a [[material]] to the bottom (z-) of the box.
|-
| '''sides or outside''' || Assigns a [[material]] to the x , x-, y , and y- sides of the box.
|-
| '''texsize''' || Texture sizes, changes how the textures scale on the object.
|-
| '''texoffset''' || Controls the offset of the texture.
|-
| '''phydrv''' || Reference to a predefined [[physics|physics driver]].
|}

More information that needs to be merged into the wiki, as well as the BZW manfile: [http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8199 Smart Boxes and Pyramids]

==Appearance==
Box objects by default have a red brick texture on the vertical sides, and a white plaster texture on the top and bottom.

The texsizes of boxes and boxes made of meshes (e.g. meshbox and box with one of the new properties) can be different. The size depends on the chosen display quality setting in the options menu.

{|{{Prettytable}}
|-
| {{Hl3}} |'''Box type''' 
| {{Hl3}} |'''texsize''' 
|-
|box (old style box)
| -2.0f -2.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|-
|meshbox
| -8.0f -8.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|-
|box with one meshbox property
| -8.0f -8.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|}

{|{{Prettytable}}
|-
| {{Hl3}} |'''Box type''' 
| {{Hl3}} |'''texsize with lower quality setting than in the above table''' 
|-
|box (old style box)
| -2.0f -2.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|-
|meshbox
| -2.0f -2.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|-
|box with one meshbox property
| -2.0f -2.0f -8.0f -8.0f
|}

This will cause the textures to scale differently for some players in X and Z axis. This can not be solved by adjusting the texsizes in map. The advice is not to mix old style boxes, meshboxes and boxes with one meshbox property, all in the same map.

==History==
The box is one of the original objects supported by BZFlag and has been a mainstay of maps since the very beginning. Boxes are heavily used by the software when generating random maps. In [[BZFlag 2.0.0|v2.0.0]] the box was replaced with the [[meshbox]] object to support [[Material|Materials]] and [[Physics Drivers]]. The original box definition was left unchanged, in order to maintain functional compatibility for older maps.

==Editor Support==
The box object is supported by all known editors.

[[Category:Map Making]]
[[Category:Map Objects]]