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Re: My highly unofficial version of Datsville
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Mon, 20 Aug 2001 06:28:39 GMT
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I can e-mail you the 236a.dat and 236b.dat if you want them.
Gary
Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> wrote in message
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> The official version of Datsville is at: • http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/1864/datsville.html
> I have no intention to takeover!
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> With that being said, I like some input on my attempt to reorganize the • Datsville files.
> http://home.swipnet.se/simlego/ldraw/datsvill/rev04.zip (224 Kb)
> I have spent my whole weekend working with them, and I'm still not 100% • satisfied. But I find them a lot more organized
> now.
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> I have done the following renaming:
> Town* are left as is - it's a good system when you get used with it.
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> First letter is category.
> _ = sub-model
> B = Building (often with some landscape)
> M = Minifig
> O = Other
> R = Railroad related (track, train, but not train station)
> T = Town Layout
> V = Vehicle (car, bas, boat, but not train)
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> Second and third letter is author's initials.
> Two underscores where author is unknown.
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> The remaining five letters is an attempt to make an as understandable as • possible description.
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> The hardest part was to understand and file the hierarchy of all files. • Now all files (except Town.dat) should have a
> line:
> 0 Parent: <parent.file(s)>
> It is IMHO a tremendous help while rearranging the files.
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> For the referens, it is also good to know the original, "official" • Datville filename. For example:
> 0 Name: Baihous1.dat
> 0 Was: Tanders.dat
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> I have also inlined a lot of sub-models, until I realized that inlining is • not always for the best.
> I wish to be able to edit all files in Notepad, which is not possible at • present. First I inlined the cricket field into
> one file, but then decided to leave two sub-files. And I regret I inlined • the whole supermarket.
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> Some time I wish to extract the cars and the minifigs from their model • files for animation purposes, but that is not my
> current thing to do. So I added "0 EXTRACT" before some of them. Hope this • pseudo-meta-command dosn't mess up any
> renderer...
>
> So you see, I have poked around a lot in all your files. Hope you don't • mind.
>
> Btw, I miss three files: 236a.dat, 236b.dat, and 3039p01.dat.
> Anyone..?
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> LMKWYT,
> /Tore
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