For those keeping track, the River Bend Project is, for the most part, comlete. But not without it's issues.

There is some thought that perhaps the nexus, set at 30, is too small for our shooter. So what we want to try next is uping the game to a nexus of about 45.
(noone has suggested any particular number, so were crapshooting). For all the levels, the highest nexus number in the debug panels was about 29.

My questions are about how to set the nexus.

I know you open the map properties, set a new number, then save. (I usually save then re-open the level). My first question is do I have to rebuild the level first BEFORE publishing in order for the new nexus to be used by the game?
Do you have to rebuild the level at all before the new nexus number is used?

I know the number is changed in the map properties, but dont know if the published game will use this number if the level is not rebuilt.

Is the nexus stored in the .WMB for each level?

And second, our game has multiple levels. Do each of those have to have the nexus set higher as well? or does the nexus take its cue from the first level called by the script? Like level 1 has a nexus of 40, level 2 has a nexus of 20, but level 2 will still use the first level's nexus of 40?

Third, sub-entities. Our 'main' levels consist of several entities, do all the subents have to have the nexus changed as well?

Setting the nexus to test run in WED is easy becuse it's part of the command line, but understanding how it works in multiple level games and subents is a mystery...

Thanks for any help!
(We sure need it )

Jason

Dont qoute me on this but I think I remember reading the nexus is set by the level with the highest nexus... So if level one has a nexus of 60 and all the others have 40 the nexus will be set to 60.

As for needing to rebuild Im not quite sure to be honest. I dont think so because if I remember right I had a level that the nexus was too low on an after setting it and saving it I beleive it ran fine.

You could build a quick test level and add abunch of entities and what not and set the nexus real low. Try to run it and if it gives you the nexus to small error try adjusting it and running it again.. If it works youll know for sure you dont have to rebuild.. If not I guess you do.

yea, I dunno about when publishing though if that keeps the new nexus setting without a rebuild. Also i'd be curious to know how it looks for the nexus setting of the level with the highest number before running

I know these are tricky questions, but thoe are the ones I ask lol


Jason

Hi,

Still looking for some clarity on the nexus situation...

I'm thinking that a rebuild of each level is necessary, because if I run the game, there's no way it can know what the nexus is for each level unless it's placed in the WMB. It won't be looking at the WMPs for any changes.

But what about the sub entities? Do these all need the nexus changed as well?

Jason

Two possibilities come to mind: First, not all levels need to be rebuilt, just rebuild your main or first level with the desired max nexus. The max nexus size is allocated only once, at startup of the engine.
Second, did you try a forum search? The issue of assigning the nexus through the .exe command line has been discussed before on the forum. Here is one of several links: Changing Nexus In Exe
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
tindust

Thanks Tindust,

Appreciate the input!

Jason