Map creation tutorial

[Yogoda]

Hi, I am new to Aquaria Mod.

I really enjoyed Aquaria, I think it's a fantastic job ! Now I'm looking forward to create my own maps.

I found it difficult to understand how to create a new map terrain, and I think it may discourage people wanting to create mods, so I created a short tutorial of how to do it in the wiki (hope it is the correct wiki to post this).

Please correct/add anything I would have missed.

http://aquariawiki.ryanballantyne.name/wiki/index.php/Create_a_new_map_Tutorial

(I saw red lines in some maps, is it the way we define small passages ?)

[Alec]

Nice, thanks for that! 

[TheBear]

(I saw red lines in some maps, is it the way we define small passages ?)

No, small passages are obtained by simply using a small brush when you are creating your map template. If you want it to be a small passageway only Fish Form can use you'll need to place a node named "fishpass" at each end and copy "node_fishpass.lua" from Vanilla Aquaria to your mod directory. I believe the red lines you are referring to are just overlays used to show how maps connect to each other (used outside of Aquaria having nothing to do with the map itself).

A while ago I had thought about writing a very detailed guide on setting up a mod and creating a map going into all of the things I have learned along with some suggestions. I put it to the side after creating an outline but perhaps I'll return to it after I'm done with Sacrifice.

[Yogoda]

Thanks a lot for the information

Just a question : what happened to the older Wiki ? I'm unable to access it, I'm sure there was plenty of information there. Also I don't want to take time adding content in the Wiki if it might just be inaccessible in some time ...

Hello Alec, it is really a wonderful game you made Thanks a lot !

[ryos]

I don't know what happened to the old wiki; I guess whoever put it up decided they didn't want to host it anymore.

I'm the one currently hosting the wiki. It's costing me less than $0.50 / month to host the thing, so I see no problem with just leaving it up forever. If for whatever reason I'm no longer able to host it, I'll make sure to preserve the information for the community so it stays accessible (that is, assuming an Aquaria modding community even still exists by then). Not sure what form that preservation would take; we'll figure that out if we get there.

I guess the short of it is, don't worry about putting content on the wiki because it's not going anywhere.

[Yogoda]

Tha't great news, thank a lot for maintaining it

I'm thinking of playing a bit with Lua scripting and maybe create an entity tutorial, we'll see.

I found out how to have access to the whole Aquaria game into the mod editor (added to wiki), but I'm unable to find how to activate the mini-map. Anyone knows ?

[TheBear]

If you look at the mods list there is a mod titled Vanilla Aquaria that is Aquaria in mod form. It also includes an index map for easier navigation between levels by simply clicking where you want to go. I was using this the other day and realized I forgot to add SunkenCity01 and SunkenCity02 to the list. If you or other people plan to use that mod I'll update it with those 2 maps. A minimap cannot be created/viewed for any mods.

[Yogoda]

I did not found the Vanilla mod, but the Native mod, that looks the same. You did a fantastic job with the menus, I love it

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