The Ship SDK

Note:This tool is provided by a third party and is not supported or maintained by Outerlight.

Availability

Included in the unofficial The Ship SDK are CST (modified), VMEX (modified), and a FGD. Download the The Ship SDK here.

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Update

• Added new weapon & outfits to ship_item_spawner.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Update

• Added many prefabs to the SDK.

Saturday, October 14, 2006 Update

• Changed default sky to sky_cumulus (Fixes default cubemap problem).
  Note:The Ship cannot run buildcubemaps; vtex.dll is exempt from its GCF's bin.
• Fixed VIS launcher to run VIS rather than RAD.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Update

• Added Origin key to ship_security_booth.
• Added target_entity to ai_shipmate.
• Added disableshadows to ai_shipmate.
• Added lightingoriginhack to prop_dynamic.

Saturday, October 7, 2006 Update

• Fixed launcher to use a relative path to launch the Source SDK.

Friday, October 6, 2006 Update

• Fixed keys in ship_item_spawn_dest_physical.
• Fixed default spawnflags in ship_trigger_weapon_dissolve.
• Fixed default value for cameraLength in ship_security_camera.

Thursday, October 5, 2006 Update

• Fixed a key's name in ship_container.
• Fixed choices for SpawnerPickDestType & SpawnerPickItemType in ship_item_spawner.
• Added descriptions for NoDuplicateRadius & RespawnDelay in ship_item_spawner.

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 Update

• Fixed crash on applying a WorldVertexTransition material to a displacement caused by missing shader files ("..\sourcesdk\ship\shaders\fxc\lightmappedgeneric_*.vcs").
• Added lists to ship_trigger_room's RoomDeck and RoomName keys.
• Added titles to ship_container.
• Added ShopTypes to base_shop.
• Removed ship_container's dual reference to Targetname, creating a doubled list of outputs.

Installation

1. If the .NET Framework has not been installed on your computer, you must download and install it to be able to use the custom SDK launcher. Microsoft (x86) Microsoft (x64)
2. Replace all instances of <username> with your Steam username.
3. Copy all files to your "..\Steam\SteamApps\<username>" folder.
4. Open "..\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\GameConfig.txt" and add the following entry.
   Note:If no GameConfig.txt exists, run the Source SDK once.

Before

	}
	"SDKVersion"		"2"

Add

		"The Ship"
		{
			"GameDir"		"c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship\ship"
			"hammer"
			{
				"GameData0"		"c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\The_Ship.fgd"
				"TextureFormat"		"5"
				"MapFormat"		"4"
				"DefaultTextureScale"		"0.250000"
				"DefaultLightmapScale"		"16"
				"GameExe"		"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship.exe"
				"DefaultSolidEntity"		"func_detail"
				"DefaultPointEntity"		"info_player_deathmatch"
				"BSP"		"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstbsp-ts.exe"
				"Vis"		"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstvis-ts.exe"
				"Light"		"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstrad-ts.exe"
				"GameExeDir"		"C:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship"
				"MapDir"
					"c:\program files\valve\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship\sourcesdk_content\ship\mapsrc"
				"BSPDir"		"C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship\maps"
				"CordonTexture"		"tools\toolsskybox"
				"MaterialExcludeCount"		"0"
			}
		}

Usage

You must run "..\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship\launchsdk.bat" to launch the SDK so GameInfo.txt is fixed.

Note:You may run the batch file with a shortcut if you are so inclined.

Note:It is recommended that you first decompile a few maps in "..\Steam\SteamApps\the ship common.gcf" so you get a sense of how to construct the map's gameplay & functionality. See GCFScape for BSP extraction.