openmw-cs: request/document: better way of doing door links.
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on 0.48 RC2 and 66e14fa3
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Both openmw and tes-cs have their issues altho tes-cs is more intuitive
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for the wanted approach don't know but some hydrid could be done. biggest point might be getting the coordinates in user friendly way and jump between the both destinations. for example in tes-cs both directions are separate entities.
Current sitution: For the purposes of this report/document exterior to interior direction is first examined.
Openmw CS way
- open an exterior from the cell table and find or place a door.
- open it's edit (shift + LMB) and find the teleport checkbox (check it) and the cell field below it.
- write the destination cell’s name activating the dropdown list or fetch from the cell table.
- you can view the chosen cell via
- first open the edit, from RMB click dropdown menu on cell's name. Then in the edit screen you can use the half green “open the scene view..” button on the bottom to open the destination cell’s view.
- alternatively you can find the cell in the cell table.
- (optional) to find the coordinates, place some object where the destination is wanted.
- open the instance’s edit (shift + lmb)
- manually copy / place the wanted coordinates to extrerior's door teleport coordinates.
- making the link can be made easier by opening the destinations side by side and copy pasting the coordinates.
order from interior to exterior is the same with one exception.
- you need to find the exterior coordinates manually as the cell's x, y coordinates aren't given. Only their record name is used which is on majority empty and they cannot be chosen from the dropdown menu. this is also true for exterior cells with a name.
Tes-CS way
- This is more straightforward. altho have it’s details too.
- You can place the door to the cell from it’s table and open it with a double click.
- On the record, the checkbox for teleport and cell field are on the right.
The destination can be chosen after the teleport is checked. - the destination is chosen from the dropdown list.
- only first letter can be written
- exteriors are shown with either "cell-" or "region (x, y)"
- For choosing the teleport coordinates the "select marker" button teleports you to the destination cell.
- this will also automatically make a new doormarker to where view is started. in the test, at the door.
- the marker and door are coupled initially so coordinates are already inserted.
- for the coupling the doormarkers connection backward is blocked on doormarker
- you can tho use the select button on door’s menu to switch view back and worth while giving the doormarker selected but not in it's own edit view.
hope this helps