Frictional Game Wiki

<h1>Getting started document</h1> <div class="level1"> <p> &lt;note important>This stuff is old, mainly all 3D editing needs to be done in an editor version release at the time of the games creation in 2006/2007 and same goes for the Collada plugins. It will not work with modern releases.&lt;/note> </p> </div> <h2>What you need</h2> <div class="level2"> <ol> <li class="level1"> <a href="http://www.penumbragame.com/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.penumbragame.com/" rel="nofollow">Penumbra: Overture</a></li> <li class="level1"> <a href="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/mod_tools.zip" class="urlextern" title="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/mod_tools.zip" rel="nofollow">Download The Tools</a></li> <li class="level1"> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en" class="urlextern" title="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en" rel="nofollow">Download .NET</a> 1.1 and 2.0 should both work fine.</li> <li class="level1"> You will need COLLADA for your 3D editor. <a href="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/colladamaya_088.zip" class="urlextern" title="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/colladamaya_088.zip" rel="nofollow">Get Maya here</a> and <a href="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/colladamax_106.zip" class="urlextern" title="https://fricpub.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/hpl1/colladamax_106.zip" rel="nofollow">3DS Max here</a>.</li> <li class="level1"> A 3D editor like Maya, 3D Studio or Blender.</li> </ol> </div> <h2>Setup</h2> <div class="level2"> <ol> <li class="level1"> Install Penumbra</li> <li class="level1 node"> Extract the tools archive and place the files directly in the "penumbra install directory/redist", you should have the following .exe in the redist folder %&lt;nowiki> &#42;&lt;/nowiki> HplHelper.exe<ul> <li class="level3"> HudObjectEditor.exe</li> <li class="level3"> ModelViewer.exe</li> <li class="level3"> ParticleEditor.exe</li> <li class="level3"> ParticleViewer.exe</li> <li class="level3"> SceneViewer.exe</li> </ul> </li> <li class="level1"> Install .NET</li> <li class="level1 node"> Install COLLADA for your 3D editor %&lt;nowiki> &#42;&lt;/nowiki> Make sure your editor is set to unit = meter<ul> <li class="level3"> make sure COLLADA is set to "export polygons as triangles" under export settings</li> </ul> </li> </ol> </div> <h2>Taking your first baby steps</h2> <div class="level2"> <ol> <li class="level1"> Briefly read through the <a href="/doku.php?id=hpl1:documentation:start" class="wikilink1" title="hpl1:documentation:start">Documentation</a>, mainly the <a href="/doku.php?id=hpl1:documentation:content_creation_document" class="wikilink1" title="hpl1:documentation:content_creation_document">HPL-Engine© Content Creation</a></li> <li class="level1"> Use the <a href="/doku.php?id=hpl1:tutorials:start" class="wikilink1" title="hpl1:tutorials:start">Tutorials</a> to get the basic skills</li> <li class="level1"> Make your first level, make it really simple and create a basic scenario based on what you learned in the <a href="/doku.php?id=hpl1:tutorials:start" class="wikilink1" title="hpl1:tutorials:start">Tutorials</a></li> <li class="level1"> Look at the Penumbra levels, objects and scripts for reference, use the documentation as a lexicon and you should be OK</li> </ol> </div>