[project1dev] Re: File Organization
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:46:44 -0700
Thanks for the input Chris
"but we would try to not make a lot in case the game can't handle it."
there is no problem with the number of files or directories there are, in
fact i think more is better because that means we have more detailed
organization.
"In addition to that, we could zip or rar multiple textures into one file"
The game doesnt constantly scan directories or anything like that, and
storing the files in zip files would increase the load times cause the
contents of the files have to be unzipped when loading the assets.
We could do uncompressed files like wad files. That would just hide our
assets so people couldn't steal them or alter them as easily.
That might be a good thing to do eventually but we need an org scheme for
the wad files so are back at the same org problem (:
But you are also for keeping the different types of files in diff
directories, thanks for that input too!
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is a really tough one Alan, I don't envy you for having to tackle it
> :)
>
> I thought hard on it and came up with a few things. A simple content
> based folder structure could work, so that the game can call files
> from appropriate folders easily.
>
> So it would have folders for each type of file:
>
> /models
> /textures
> /lua
> /sound
>
> In those folders you could make subfolders based on needs, but we
> would try to not make a lot in case the game can't handle it.
>
> In addition to that, we could zip or rar multiple textures into one
> file, and have the game read into that file when loading a model.
> That could help when a lot of files have similar names and don't need
> to be scanned constantly in a directory.
>
> I can't think of more right now, but I agree that we need to find some
> way to organize things soon.
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Alan Wolfe<alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ok so this topic keeps coming up, maybe it's time to figure it out (:
> >
> > =============
> > Question 1
> > =============
> >
> > How do we want to organize files?
> >
> > For instance one way, if our game is broken up into chapters (i think it
> is
> > but is that right eric?) we could organize by the chapter something first
> > appears in, as well as location.
> >
> > For instance! voidmap and tent art could go in...
> >
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 0/Voidmap/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 0/Tent/
> >
> > then, lets say we start working on a town that leads to a forest that has
> a
> > lot of different maps (and lets say this is for chapter 2), we could put
> the
> > art in folders like...
> >
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/UberVille/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/UberVilleSewersA1/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/UberVilleSewersA2/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/UberVilleSewersB1/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/UberVilleSewersB2/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/MysticForestA1/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/MysticForestB1/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/MysticForestC1/
> > /Art/Models/Chapter 2/MysticForestC2/
> >
> > the "A1", "C2" etc is like, grid coordinates of the map (letters are X
> axis,
> > numbers are 1 axis?) so that for places with multiple maps, we know where
> > things are located kind of. It doesnt have to be really strict cause not
> > everything is square or grid shaped but as long as we do something to
> give
> > an idea of location and try to standardize it as much as possible it
> should
> > help a lot.
> >
> > Ok so you say "well what the heck, you might go to a town in chapter 1
> and
> > then revisit it in chapter 3, where does it go?" so i'm thinking it
> should
> > go in the place where it FIRST showed up, so in this case the town would
> go
> > in the chapter 1 directory.
> >
> > Ok so what about re-usable objects like trees, chairs, tables, treasure
> > chests etc.
> >
> > What if we had a folder like...
> >
> > /Art/Models/Misc/
> >
> > and then in there we could have subfolders like "furniture" and "trees"
> etc.
> >
> > That's my rough idea... good? bad? anyone got a diff or better idea? (:
> >
> > =============
> > Question 2
> > =============
> >
> > Right now we have art in one folder, models in a subfolder of the art
> > folder, and then we have maps, enemies and trap scripts in another
> folder.
> >
> > Do you guys think we should keep files seperated or should we put them
> all
> > together? IE just have a "content" directory and scripts will live with
> > models and textures and sound effects all in the same folders.
> >
> > If we have all the files together, on the one hand our content is more
> > organized cause it's all in the same directory structure, but on the
> other
> > hand there will be a lot more files per folder and it might get confusing
> in
> > places where there is a lot of art and lots of script etc.
> >
>
>
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