Integrating CC3 Maps Into the Unity Engine
choppinlt
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If I created a CC3 map, does anyone know how to integrate the map (with layers/sheets) into the Unity Engine? In other words I am NOT looking to just input a picture of the map, but I am wanting to preserve layering. I know that CC3 can give a number of output file formats, but has anyone actually done it (or have advice on how to)?
Thanks!
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Sounds like an interesting, but also very difficult project. A CC3+ map is just a few bits of text really (stored in a binary format) that describes the layout of the entities in the map, so that means that unity would basically need to implement the full render from CC3+ to be able to turn that information into a visual representation of the map.
Lee started talking about the .fcw file format here. Unfortunately, he never finished the job:
Looking under the hood of the .FCW file format
http://cc3-developer.blogspot.com/2011/07/looking-under-hood-of-fcw-file-format.htmlMonsen, yes I quite like to think it's interesting. ;) And yes it's quite difficult. I'm not a programmer in Unity, but I am asking to try and help the programmer out. We are in the process of making an operational level computer wargame, and I am wanting to use CC3 for the game maps. So we are in the process of trying to find the most efficient and effective method to do that.
You can also try exporting as an AutoCAD DXF file and try importing that file into Unity. You'll be missing a lot of stuff from that export, though. For example, you probably won't be able to get the custom entities or effects across. I don't know if the format of the special entities like FSLOD, effects, shaded polygons, or any of the custom things that make CC3+ more than just FastCAD have ever been made public.
Thanks @jslayton! That option had caught my attention as well, but as you suggest I'm not sure what is going to be lost in the process.