modDB Dictionary Thread

no actually thats a good idea, have the 4 digit club

i dunno whos all in the 4 digit club now though... there are quite a few

Yeah but lads these are more forum words, this dictionary is for modders, modding teams who don't know what GFX / Sprite / Crosshair means for example

Good point. There should be modding-related terms, not forum-related.

Obviously...

so like;

Sprite; a 2d image used to cut down graphic output.

wow you guys see the light

Sprite - a 1 poly frontsided triangle that symetrically faces the camera. Often used for flares.

Crosshair (n):
The image (usually a sprite, seen in the centre of a HUD) used to help the player aim whilst in first person.

Cubemapped (adj.):
Using a simulated cube to remap an object, very effective for water, commonly used in UT2K3. Example

Spheremapped (adj.):
Using a simulated sphere to remap an object. Only good for, obviously, spheres. Not very good on water. Example

Scotch Tape(n):
What a lamer uses to put on his screen if the game does not contain a crosshair.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Fri 4th, Apr 2003 @ 9:17:03am

VGUI menu - visual graphic user interface, used frequently in half-life

Heads Up Display ( n ):
See HUD

HUD ( n ):
The collection of images found on most games visible to the player at all times. Used to indicate things such as ammo, health, items, status, damage etc.

keep them comin..so when INtense does the feature he can copy and paste from the thread

PIP (n):
Picture-in-Picture, used commonly on TV's, and some games such as Eradicator. Weapons Factory Arena (q3A) uses PIP for Assassin's camera. This effect is rather easy to do in OpenGL.

Half-Life Limitations:
22KHz 16bit mono WAVs, 8-bit palleted textures and sprites, 16bit color, easy to hack.

Engine ( n/a ):
The underlying code used for the most basic of game functions, such as 3D translation. Common example is the Half-Life engine, which can be altered by changing the DLLs.

Netcode ( n ):
The code allowing one player to connect to another, or to a server, and hence play a game in multiplayer. Can often be changed in a mod to improve network performance.

[ INtense! - will all terms be automatically cross-referenced? ]

Build engine (n):
Popular sector-based engine with an awesome (crashy with SBLive) sound system, great netcode (playable on 14k modem with 8 others), loads of sector effectors (rotating trains), and no framerate cap, did I mention the low memory usage? It made it's debut in January 1996 with Duke Nukem 3D. You can get the Build source code from Ken Silverman's Official Web page.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Fri 4th, Apr 2003 @ 9:28:25am

jacksonj04 wrote: Heads Up Display ( n ):
See HUD

HUD ( n ):
The collection of images found on most games visible to the player at all times. Used to indicate things such as ammo, health, items, status, damage etc.

i think for a term like this there should be an ingame picture of say halflife or something, just the VGUI menu

pixel ( n ):
One point on a monitor, sometimes used as a unit of measurement

voxel ( n ):
a pixel with volume (or whatever the hell it it

Voxel ( n/a ):
The 3D equivalent of a pixel, and an alternative to polygons in an engine. Instead of having only height and width (i.e. a pixel on a screen) a voxel has depth, meaning it can be built with to achieve the same effects polygons do in common engines. Will require a change to underlying engine code to be used in most games.

Bot
Waypoint
Co-Op

More words for me to define

Co-operative, actually No short terms mr.

Bot ( n/a ):
A computer controlled player designed to:
1. Allow a human player to practice or play against, or
2. Even team numbers to make games fairer, or
3. Control part of a game and reduce the stress on humans (i.e. control research), or
4. Be cannon fodder for human players.

(see: Cannon Fodder)

Italics work quite well for now. These had better be automatically cross-referenced INtense!.

Waypoint:
Thingie that like hmm you know you pass by them.

Thingie