The Ship SDK

See also:  The Ship Single Player: Starting your Mod

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

Sunday, December 3, 2006 Update

• Finished examine_text_override for ship_base_interaction.
• Added vfx_freezer, vfx_ship_explode, vfx_ship_paddle, vfx_sauna_steam, and vfx_flyswarm.
• Added additionalequipment choices to ai_crewmate.
• Renovated ship_mission.
• Fixed ai_shipmate & ai_crewmate examine_text_override.
• Fixed ship_lift's choices.
• Fixed ship_radar_room
• Fixed crash in Hammer for missing DirectX 9 support.
• Removed dependency on the .NET Framework.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Update

• Added CSI restriction input to ship_base_interaction (RestrictCSI/UnrestrictCSI).
• Fixed ship_radar_room.

Note:Support for DirectX 9.0 capable video cards will be added soon.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Update

• Added new weapon & outfits to ship_item_spawner.
• Added The Ship Single Player's FGD.

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. Replace all instances of <username> with your Steam username.
2. Copy all files in The_Ship_SDK.zip to your "..\Steam\SteamApps\<username>" folder.
3. 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\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship\ship"
			"hammer"
			{
				"GameData0"		"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\The_Ship.fgd"
				"TextureFormat"		"5"
				"MapFormat"		"4"
				"DefaultTextureScale"		"0.250000"
				"DefaultLightmapScale"		"16"
				"GameExe"		"C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship.exe"
				"DefaultSolidEntity"		"func_detail"
				"DefaultPointEntity"		"info_player_deathmatch"
				"BSP"		"C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstbsp-ts.exe"
				"Vis"		"C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstvis-ts.exe"
				"Light"		"C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\sourcesdk\bin\cstrad-ts.exe"
				"GameExeDir"		"C:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship"
				"MapDir"
					"c:\program files\steam\steamapps\<username>\the ship\sourcesdk_content\ship\mapsrc"
				"BSPDir"		"C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship\maps"
				"CordonTexture"		"tools\toolsskybox"
				"MaterialExcludeCount"		"0"
			}
		}

Usage

Warning:You must run "..\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\the ship\ship\launchsdk.bat" to launch the SDK once after each time of launching The Ship. 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.