I don't know if this is the right topic for my question, but here goes:

I want to make a driving simulator and a user-friendly level editor to create and edit driving environments for this simulator (2 applications). This level editor will consist of a top-down (2D) view and will allow users to create an environment by simply clicking on building blocks (e.g. roads, traffic signs, buildings, etc.). The created environment will be 'translated' into a 3D environment in the driving simulator. I am trying to figure out if I can use 3DGS for this, and I hope that someone can tell me. Can I use the 3DGS SDK in combination with C++ to create game levels (.WMB files) or is it only possible to create levels with the WED editor?

Thanks in advance!

I wouldn't think you'd need the SDK for this.
- Sorry Conitec, not trying to burn a sale for you

But you *will* need to create a database of what the user chooses to populate the "world" with...

3DGS Drawing Thread

Should give you a start....


-Neut.

I've used a simple drag-and-drop method for an in-game editor using map entities (i.e., discrete pieces). The dragging part is a combination of mouse_ent (to allow the user to click a piece), mickey.x/mickey.y to handle lateral translation, and mickey.z for vertical (height) displacement. A player-made level can then be saved by iterating through the pieces and writing their locations to disk.

Using this method, you would not have the benefit of certain optimizations present in a compiled WMB, but these are mostly geared towards indoor areas; in an outdoors level, you may actually benefit from manually manipulating the visibility of the level elements. (My memory may be rusty on this, but I think Doug had posted something on this w/r/t terrains.)

Thanks for your help NeutronBlue and tesanders!