Linking Levels

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Hello everyone.

I’m making a very simple game, and what I want to know is if there is any way of linking my levels together? All my levels are in separate .blend files. I want the next level to start after a certain time.

I was thinking of when i save the game as a runtime i could use a simple programme to kill the current window and load the next level in another window?

is there any way of getting this effect in Blender using python? in retrospect i realise it might have been smart to make one big .blend with many scenes. but ah well :confused:

any thoughts at all would be greatly appreciated.

thanks, Jack.

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My question is why would you do separate blends, instead of scenes?

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You can link scenes in your gamefile, this is the common way to do it. You can also use the game actuator and start other blendfiles.

EDIT
@fayt:
linking is the most powerful way to build up libraries and share data

greetings, moerdn

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I am not sure about how good it would be to get a program that would close a file then open another. I think that it would be a lot easier to have it in one big .blend file with separate scenes as each level. Doing it the other way seems a lot more complicated and I don’t think it would work out that great. It would also probably take a lot longer to load each file after having to close and reopen a file to use the level.

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Well when i started i only had one level, and as i said in the original post i realise now how much easier it would be in one .blend. If i cant find a solution i will just do it all in scenes, but i wanted to see if there was anyway available that could save me the extra effort.

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at the moment anyways, killing and then opening another window would be my last resort as it would be quite messy as you said zbryanz.

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It may cost some time - but You start up with a clean heap for every level, and the player probably need a few seconds rest between levels anyway :slight_smile:

One big blend would take longer to load at game start and use more memory.

Use the game actuator - It will not be messy at all.

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Well, the guys who made Yo Frankie! figured out how to do it, So it can be done. who knows how?

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Look at the YoFrankie! setup. They use a library of blendfiles and grouping to make their assets as reusable as possible. You can link everything (scenes, models, groups) in your final gamefile. (File->Link)

moerdn

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That seems to be the answer, thanks moerdn :slight_smile: I will have to check it put later, I’m unable to at the moment, I’ll check back and let you guys know. But this seems to be right

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You could append or link all your scenes into a master blendfile and then use a scene actuator to change scenes. I have done the same thing that you did (multiple blendfiles) and this worked for me.

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@Monster. Yes i saw you post this a while back, it is a very effective method. thanks for sharing.

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Thank you very much Monster, very useful information :slight_smile: