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Author SHA1 Message Date
Vanessa Dannenberg
3836215268 API changes to allow for more mounting styles
NODE NAMES:

The base name of a node can be whatever you want.  The basic wall sign
will keep the node name you give, while its hanging, on-pole, and yard
variants will, where applicable, use the same name, with "_onpole",
"_hanging", or "_yard" appended.

One exception:

If your node has "_wall" in its name, that bit will be stripped-out when
generating the above node variations.  For example:

"default:sign_wall_wood"

...will become...

"default:sign_wood_onpole"
"default:sign_wood_hanging"
"default:sign_wood_yard"

MODELS:

The base sign model and entity files must now be named:

sign:   mymod_foosign_wall.obj
        mymod_foosign_facedir_wall.obj

entity: mymod_foosign_entity_wall.obj

their other variants, where applicable, must be:

mymod_foosign_onpole.obj
mymod_foosign_hanging.obj
mymod_foosign_yard.obj

mymod_foosign_entity_onpole.obj
mymod_foosign_entity_hanging.obj
mymod_foosign_entity_yard.obj

For `facedir` signs, the "_facedir" in the base sign model filename is
automatically stripped from the name when generating the entity model
filename, as entities don't have a concept of wallmounted/facedir/etc.
For example:

"mymod_foosign_facedir_wall.obj"

...will become...

"mymod_foosign_entity_wall.obj"

* allow passing custom onpole, hanging, and yard sign models, for
situations where the filename(s) thereof can't be derived from the base
sign model filename.

* allow passing a custom pole mount, hanging, and yard sign stick
textures as the third, fourth, and fifth tiles{} entries, respectively
(independent of the above model file option)

* fine-tuned the pole mount on the standard sign models to eliminate
overlapping faces (so it looks better with basic_signs' glass sign.

* Move basic_signs wooden yard sign back to signs_lib.
2019-09-26 00:48:53 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
80c0fc6a7e Add README and basic modeling instructions, and document the API
Also, tweaked the object names in the standard sign Blender
project file, renamed it, renamed the small/slim pole mount
project file as well, and added a copy of the standard pole
mount project file.
2019-09-24 06:37:33 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
9502812088 Add necessary bits to allow signs to be placed onto horizontal poles
(both wooden and steel signs)

only streets mod's "bigpole" supported for now.

Model changes:

To make a sign support horizontal mounting, make a single "_onpole"
model, with two copies of the pole mount, one rotated by 90°.  Make sure
the second copy appears has its own material entry, and that it is last
in the materials list in the exported .obj (`grep "g " file.obj` to
check).

When registered, signs_lib will set the "_onpole" and "_onpole_horiz"
tiles{} to reveal one mount or the other: entry 3 will expose the
vertical mount, entry 4 is the horizontal copy, with the opposite entry
being set to the "blank" image.
2019-09-21 15:45:48 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
78418de9c9 create a generic hanging sign feature and
move basic_signs' hanging wooden sign back to here, use it.
2019-09-15 01:23:40 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
f6673dc0f1 added a proper register-sign API call
(see api.lua and standard_signs.lua for examples)

make selectionbox call now ignores the old onpole flag (it's automatic now)
removed debug print()'s
moved the signs-on-fences lbm settings to here, from basic_signs.
some misc cleanups

added reference models for standard wooden sign ("wallmounted" on wall,
"facedir" on wall, and pole-mount variants, using standard-size pole
mount), and a separate .blend with street_signs' OM3 sign on slim pole
mount.
2019-09-14 22:45:01 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
5131eac4bb Move text entity out a bit further from sign surface
was ~7.81 mm (2/256), now ~11.72 mm (3/256)
2019-09-14 17:31:38 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
d262f95744 fix bad material order in facedir-onpole model 2019-09-12 12:01:51 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
e86ab17aea Fix bad UV mapping and font settings on standard signs 2019-09-12 00:29:40 -04:00
Vanessa Dannenberg
4ff54c9a4d Re-built onto the new API formerly part of my street_signs mod
Any sign can now use a 15 or 31 px font, at any reasonable visual scale,
line width, number of lines, etc.

Split most signs off into a separate mod, basic_signs, which depends on
this one.  Only the default minetest_game wood and steel signs remain in
signs_lib, completely redefined. The wall/yard/ceiling function for
wooden signs has been rewitten and moved to basic_signs, too.

signs_lib can now put almost any wall sign onto almost any kind of
posts/fence, as with most signs in my street_signs mod.  Mods can add
their fences/posts to its "allowed" list, if needed (signs_lib tries to
detect most kinds of suitable fences, poles, posts, etc).

All signs affected by these changes are similar to what they've always
been, for continuity.  The main difference is that they all use a 15px
font now, with a slightly larger scale, and the positions of some have
changed slightly.

Dropped the old "@KEYWORD" feature (but it could be re-added if it turns
out to be needed), and most of the old cruft like "|" for line breaks.

Created new wood and steel sign textures, derived from HDX.

See standard_signs.lua for examples of how the new API is used. The
"standard" text sizing/position/etc. variables are all at the top of
api.lua.
2019-09-11 12:03:04 -04:00