Write Everywhere 0.1 (beta 1)

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Author: Klyte45

Last revision: 16 Dec, 2022 at 22:03 UTC (4)

File size: 2.51 MB

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Description:

Docs soon

This is the first version of this mod and brings most of main stuff of old Write The Signs mod but fixed, and also have new features, like listed below:

Features (the new ones are in bold)
– Allow adding texts to:
— Buildings: Add layouts by model, but you can use variables to give different values to the same text in different instances. Each sub-building can have a unlimited set of props with a unlimited set of text entries.
— Vehicles: Same as building, but there’s only text layouts because… well, props don’t apply to them =V. Each model can have a unlimited set of text entries.
— Networks in general: The main difference for the other two is that is not replicate to all instances of same asset. The props you add will only be used in that segment. Each segment can have a unlimited set of props with a unlimited set of text entries.

– Texts can have a custom font (that can be inherited from default fonts, or use an specific in text or vehicle/prop/building texts group).
– Any font TTF can be used. Just drop them in the mod folder. Button to there is under Mod Options button or ingame at Wrench icon button in UUI.
– Texts entries can be used to draw sprites too. Just drop them in the mod folder of it. Can use subfolders there also to organize or create slideshows. Button to the folder is under Mod Options button.
– Layouts can be exported to workshop items. They will be copied along the asset to staging folder automatically and a special Workshop tag indicating this mod will be added to it.
– Texts entries can have some special properties:
— Illumination (Always/Day & Night/By Flags) & Blinking (custom function or use a prebuilt from game)
— Background to be added right behind the text. It can be a solid color or be an image from sprite folders
— The font size is based in the height from the baseline to the cap line of the font. It’s highlighted when editing the font sizes in tab
— Depth: how light will behave in the borders of the text/image – useful for sticker or board thickness effect
— Text value can be also a sequence of values. You can set the duration of each frame and get a value to it
— The text may be rendered or not based on instance flags (Vehicles and Building related texts)

– Texts content can be also, beyond custom text or image:
— A city savegame status (for now, just City Name and Population are available)
— A building property (like its name)
— A vehicle property (like the line it’s serving)
— A segment property (name, direction, current number at position…)
— A parameterized text (for buildings and segments – useful for buildings specially if you want to have a custom value in each instance)
— Any value can be UPPERCAPITALIZED or fully lowercaptalized, also can be added a prefix and/or suffix to the main text
— Other mods can provide additional text types entries, like Custom Data Mod or Improved Transport Manager

The goal is that any level of configuration (text, group of texts, prop with texts, etc…) can be exported to a local library to be reused if necessary somewhere else, without needing to configure everything again.

– The integrations with Transport Lines Manager v14.4, Improved Transport Manager and Custom Data Mod are working, as well the Vehicle Skins integration must be OK.
– Now this mod works in Asset Editor mode! It will bring some agility to asset creation process – all folders with data are copied to staging folder automatically.
– Now the library files are shareable, once each entry in the library is a separated file.

– Buildings that don’t have a main building (like some parks) won’t render the added props.
– Locales aren’t available yet because the English strings needs to be reviewed before it – possibly have a lot of garbage from WTS around here…
– Some labels may not make sense to actual feature (needs mapping which ones)
– Fallbacks from integrations weren’t fully reviewed yet and may be inconsistent (specially the ones related to TLM)
– The XML formats may change yet, but very unlikely once this part was fully reviewed
– Some base-game vanilla vehicles aren’t rendering WE stuff, like the vanilla Sedan and Hatch as example

– Any old layout would not work in WE, will needed to be redone. In counterpart, it’s very faster to do it than it was before.
– The road nodes feature WAS REMOVED. It may get back as a node prop feature in next builds.
– The abreviations WERE REMOVED from this mod. It may be implemented in Custom Data Mod instead.
– The savegame files locations are not shared between WE and WTS, so one won’t replace another’s file.

Repo: https://github.com/klyte45/WriteEverywhere
Crowdin: https://crowdin.com/project/write-everywhere
Be a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/klyte45

– Adaptive Networks (increases loading time for no aparent reason; investigating)

NOTICE: Since it’s a new mod, may exists a lot of unmapped dependencies. Any feedback about issues are very welcome!