Campaigns
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:36 am
I've settled on how to set up the campaigns, and this will allow for stuff to be added as it is created with the greatest amount of ease. Anyone wishing to create a scenario is more than welcome, and it can be included here, and added to the game when completed. This pertains to the upcoming Alpha 2.
Campaigns are hard coded into the RT3.exe file. There are 3 sets of files for each campaign scenario. The map .gmp, the video intro .bik, and then the voice over for before and after .mp3. The intros are 30 seconds, and making videos in bik is easy if you download bink, a free converter. I'm going to get me lazy ass teenager to record the voice overs as soon as I get scrips. He's got a flair for doing voices, and I am encouraging him to look at the possibility of making extra money doing it professionally. So for continuitym, the complete set of voices for the campaign rooms will be re-recorded.
I am also going to re-do the rooms themselves at some point. The are just video loops, and I haven't decided what look to give them, and I am open to suggestion or delegation. Anyone making a campagin scenario who wants to include an intro video is free to do so. I've been downloading industrial films from Archive.org to cobble together stuff.
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Campaign files will all have the same naming scheme- CA00. Voice files are preceded by their number i.e. 001. Campaign rooms will be divided by century, with the last room being one map each from the previous eras, but near impossible to complete. This is what is proposed, but is always open to change.
The Age of Steam (1800s)
CA01 - Birth of a Nation - 1836 - Canada's first RR. Connect Upper and Lower Canada before Condeferation.
CA02 - Black Diamonds - 1845 - Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania.
CA03 - Unnassigned
CA04 - Deadwood - 1870 - Gold Rush in the Black Hills of Dakota to the Gold Rush in the Yukon. Railroads built by Chinese Labourers.
CA05 - Unnassigned
The Century of Self (1900s)
CA06 - Athabaska 1905 - remake
CA07 - Panama - remake
CA08 - Made in America - 1940 - The story of the CIA creating a defense industry to fund black ops and fight the Cold War
CA09 - Monkey Business - 1960 - It's a jungle out there.
CA10 - Unnassigned
The Millenium (2000s)
CA11 - 2004 - Vorsprung durch Technik - Grandma Ruth's Germany scenario
CA12 - Unnassigned
CA13 - Unnassigned
Trainmaster - Extreme Difficulty
CA14 - 1800s - Unnassigned
CA15 - 1900s - Unnassigned
CA16 - 2000s - Unnassigned
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Stand alone scenarios:
Persian Electric - complete.
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When creating a campaign scenario, create it as a regular scenario, and only when completely done, change it to campaign scenario, then rename it to the appropriate name. There are place holders in place for the voice and video.
Campaigns are hard coded into the RT3.exe file. There are 3 sets of files for each campaign scenario. The map .gmp, the video intro .bik, and then the voice over for before and after .mp3. The intros are 30 seconds, and making videos in bik is easy if you download bink, a free converter. I'm going to get me lazy ass teenager to record the voice overs as soon as I get scrips. He's got a flair for doing voices, and I am encouraging him to look at the possibility of making extra money doing it professionally. So for continuitym, the complete set of voices for the campaign rooms will be re-recorded.
I am also going to re-do the rooms themselves at some point. The are just video loops, and I haven't decided what look to give them, and I am open to suggestion or delegation. Anyone making a campagin scenario who wants to include an intro video is free to do so. I've been downloading industrial films from Archive.org to cobble together stuff.
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Campaign files will all have the same naming scheme- CA00. Voice files are preceded by their number i.e. 001. Campaign rooms will be divided by century, with the last room being one map each from the previous eras, but near impossible to complete. This is what is proposed, but is always open to change.
The Age of Steam (1800s)
CA01 - Birth of a Nation - 1836 - Canada's first RR. Connect Upper and Lower Canada before Condeferation.
CA02 - Black Diamonds - 1845 - Anthracite Region of Pennsylvania.
CA03 - Unnassigned
CA04 - Deadwood - 1870 - Gold Rush in the Black Hills of Dakota to the Gold Rush in the Yukon. Railroads built by Chinese Labourers.
CA05 - Unnassigned
The Century of Self (1900s)
CA06 - Athabaska 1905 - remake
CA07 - Panama - remake
CA08 - Made in America - 1940 - The story of the CIA creating a defense industry to fund black ops and fight the Cold War
CA09 - Monkey Business - 1960 - It's a jungle out there.
CA10 - Unnassigned
The Millenium (2000s)
CA11 - 2004 - Vorsprung durch Technik - Grandma Ruth's Germany scenario
CA12 - Unnassigned
CA13 - Unnassigned
Trainmaster - Extreme Difficulty
CA14 - 1800s - Unnassigned
CA15 - 1900s - Unnassigned
CA16 - 2000s - Unnassigned
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Stand alone scenarios:
Persian Electric - complete.
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When creating a campaign scenario, create it as a regular scenario, and only when completely done, change it to campaign scenario, then rename it to the appropriate name. There are place holders in place for the voice and video.