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Creating Ladder in Blender

TheParaziT
TheParaziT
Anomaly Modding Book maintainer

Need to know​

  • How to work in Blender
  • How to work with Blender X-Ray Addon Anomaly Modding Book
  • What is a Static Object
  • What is a Game Material

About​

Creating a ladder with climbing ability in Blender.

Start​

Example 1​

Let's create a ladder that can only be climbed from one side.

Here is an example of my ladder model.

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All we need to do is add a plane to the entire area where the climbing possibility will be available.

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note

Green color is the plane on which the player can climb.

Red - ladder model

Surface​

Go to Material PropertiesMaterial Properties svg-icon.

Create a separate material for our plane.

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In X-Ray Engine: Material Anomaly Modding Book for plane (fake ladder) choose:

Shader​

Choose any Engine Shader

Engine ShaderTechnical Terms
Shader responsible for the visual appearance of the surface.
for Static Object. (list of all Engine Shaders Anomaly Modding Book)

Compiler​

Any Compile Shader

Compile ShaderTechnical Terms
Shader used by the Level Compiler. Specifies to the compiler the features of the final game level geometry. The source geometry, depending on the Compile Shader, may have different features.
. (list of all Compile Shaders Anomaly Modding Book)

Material​

Select a suitable Game Material

Game MaterialTechnical Terms
Responsible for the physical feature of the surface (friction, damping, etc.).
that has the Climable flag checked. Example materials/fake_ladder. (list of all Game Materials Anomaly Modding Book)

Example 2​

If your ladder doesn't have a border where you can climb. For example, a ladder like this.

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Then assign to ladder material the Game Material where the Climable flag is enabled (materials/fake_ladder as example).

Finish​

Go to Object PropertiesObject Properties svg-icon.

In X-Ray Engine: Object Anomaly Modding Book select Static in the Type list.