Game Configuration Pack References

Game Configuration package is the main foundation for all games which will work with PGE: it's a set of game resources, item settings, and scripts. A Configuration pack includes item definitions, gameplay settings, game content, and other miscellaneous information.

Structure

All configuration packs must use this tree structure:

Note: italic folders can be customized by main.ini config

/<Name of config pack> - the config pack root directory

• /data - content data container
  • /graphics - graphics resources
    • /characters - playable characters sprites
    • /common - common engine graphics (for example, logos, titles, design elements, etc.)
    • /level - graphics which uses in levels
    • /worldmap - graphics which uses in world maps
  • /music - music container
  • /sound - music container
• /tilesets
• /group_tilesets
• /characters - playable character calibrations
• /fonts - collection of in-game fonts (PGE Raster fonts, or TTF)
• /items - collection of individual item configs (not used when elements definitions are using nested style)
  • /backgrounds - collection of level backgrounds individual configs
  • /bgo - collection of level background objects individual configs
  • /blocks - collection of level blocks individual configs
  • /levels - collection of world map level entrance objects individual configs
  • /npc - collection of level NPCs individual configs
  • /paths - collection of world map path cells individual configs
  • /scenery - collection of world map scenery objects individual configs
  • /terrain - collection of world map terrain tiles individual configs
• /script - Config pack lua scripts are programming the game
  • /npcs - NPC-AI lua scripts
  • /player - Playable characters lua scripts
• main.ini - main configuration pack description and settings
• engine.ini - main settings of game engine application.
• music.ini - configuration and list of musics
• sounds.ini - configuration and list of sounds
• sound_roles.ini - association of buit-in sound roles with sound-ID's from sounds.ini
• rotation_table.ini - transformation rules which applies to items when rotating or flipping action was applied to them
• lvl_characters.ini - Playable characters list definition
• lvl_bgo.ini - definition of background objects for levels
• lvl_bkgrd.ini - definition of backgrounds for levels
• lvl_blocks.ini - definition of blocks for levels
• lvl_effects.ini - Graphical effects list definition
• lvl_npc.ini - definition of non-playable characters for levels
• wld_tiles.ini - World map terrain tiles list definition
• wld_scenery.ini - World map scenery objects list definition
• wld_paths.ini - World map path cells list definition
• wld_levels.ini - World map level entrance objects list definition