Difference between revisions of "Group"

Revision as of 03:21, 28 July 2012

The group object allows a map-maker to bring together a number of elements and refer to them as a single object. The group of elements is created in the define object and then called by name with the group object. The group of elements can then be placed, copied, and/or modified as a whole instead of having to re-create separate objects. Group creates an "instance" of something defined.

Unlike most other objects, the group object can come before the definition in the bzw file. This may help make the bzw file more readable.

Code

group my_group
  shift 0 0 0 
  scale 1 1 1
  rotation 0
  shear 0 0 0
  spin 0 0 0 0
  team 0
  tint 1 1 1 1
  drivethrough
  shootthrough
  phydrv my_phydrv
  matref my_material
end

The valid parameters for groups are:

shift

Shift the group (repeatable)

scale

Scale the group (repeatable)

rotation

Rotate the group (in degrees)

shear

Shear the group (repeatable)

spin

Spin the group (repeatable)

team

Redefine all base colors within group.

tint

Hierarchically tints objects within group.

drivethrough

Make all objects in group drivethrough.

shootthrough

Make all objects in the group shootthrough.

phydrv

Apply physics to all objects/faces within group.

matref

Apply material to all objects/faces within group.

An in-depth explanation of the 3d-transformations of shift, scale, and shear can be found here

Editor Support

There are currently no supported editors: groups are normally most useful when editing by hand.

History

The group definition object was added with the v2.0.0 release of BZFlag.