[Therion] How to define steps
Bill Gee
bgee at campercaver.net
Thu Aug 3 16:56:33 CEST 2023
A mucdh smaller problem than my last one ... Stark Caverns has several
places with stairways. I am using the line type "steps" to draw them
in. Three issues:
1) One of the stairways is wider than long, and only three steps. When
Therion draws that, it places it sideways. Is there a way to tell
Therion how to orient the steps?
Here is the definition from the th2 file:
line steps -close on -attr c 3
1558.0 -1203.5
1593.75 -1206.75
1581.75 -1158.75
1553.75 -1167.0
1558.0 -1203.5
endline
This can be seen on the map at
https://campercaver.net/MiscFiles/StarkCavernsNoCenter-1.pdf
Find the Onyx Circle. There is an arrow calling out a ceiling
waterfall. Move west from the arrowhead about 5 scale feet to see this
set of steps.
There is another stairway very close by which has more steps. That one
is oriented correctly.
Related question - Is there a way to indicate which end of the stairway
is down?
2) I originally defined this stairway using a curved line on one side.
When Therion compiled the map it gave an error about "illegal steps
definition". The only way I found to fix that was to draw it again
using only straight lines.
I know Therion can have curved lines in a stairway because there are
some others in this map where I did that. Is this a case where Therion
requires straight lines for the top and bottom, but can have curved
lines for the sides? If so, then changing the orientation as in problem
one should fix this.
3) For future versions of Therion - The Therion Book does not have any
documentation about the "-attr c #" option for the steps line type.
This needs to be added. Also a note about curved vs. straight lines,
and how to change orientation.
Thanks!
--
===============
Bill Gee
More information about the Therion
mailing list