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Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 4:43 pm
by raverdave2k
I was wondering if there would possible of allowing mods to incorporate new or replace existing quick travel markers?

If adding new ones obviously there is no spare space on the current list so it would require an update to the GUI to either add scrolling to the list or perhaps have a second right click move on to another page of locations?

It would also then need changes to read the new locations from a file as all the existing ones appear hard coded, I realise this may prove to much work but I thought I would throw it out there.

Re: Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 5:58 pm
by MyGameCompany
I've been wondering that myself... if/when I do get the opportunity to build my Barrea mod, it would be nice to add at least one quick travel marker there.

Re: Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 8:19 pm
by SpottedShroom
I don't think this is possible. Each QT location is tied to a (map name, map coordinates) pair. If you replace a map with a QT location on it, you can achieve a different effect, but the name of the QT location will remain the same.

I would suggest creating QT objects - right-click to transport to a given location. Of course, it would work on maps that don't allow QT...

Re: Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 8:58 pm
by xolotl
SpottedShroom wrote:I don't think this is possible. Each QT location is tied to a (map name, map coordinates) pair. If you replace a map with a QT location on it, you can achieve a different effect, but the name of the QT location will remain the same.
Eventually it might be possible for ambitious Total Conversion mods to make use of the existing quicktravel links, and if we get access to override arbitrary graphics images, you'd probably be able to rename them (or at least get the graphic text in the quicktravel list itself to read something custom). You'd still be beholden to the (mapname,coordinate) pair, but I bet clever modders could make it work.

Of course, that's a ways down the line. :)

Re: Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 10:12 pm
by SpottedShroom
xolotl wrote: Eventually it might be possible for ambitious Total Conversion mods to make use of the existing quicktravel links, and if we get access to override arbitrary graphics images, you'd probably be able to rename them (or at least get the graphic text in the quicktravel list itself to read something custom). You'd still be beholden to the (mapname,coordinate) pair, but I bet clever modders could make it work.
I just looked through the contents of the gfx folder again, and I don't see the Quick Travel destinations list. Or did I just miss it?

Re: Quick Travel

Posted: March 20th, 2014, 10:41 pm
by xolotl
SpottedShroom wrote:I just looked through the contents of the gfx folder again, and I don't see the Quick Travel destinations list. Or did I just miss it?
Oh! Huh, I didn't doublecheck, and had just assumed that they were in there. You're right - those don't appear to be in the gfx folder. That must be the one instance of UI text not being just embedded in a graphic!