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CYRA CarGo 95
Select File
Edit Wax
Edit Sequence
Edit Frame
Delay Show
Show Wax
Show Sequence
Show Frame
Show Cell
Save Wax File
Cells to Pac
Config Cyra
Pac(s) to Wax
This is Cyras main menu, listing most of its functions for selection.
Cyra
Cyra is a full wax editor that will let you edit a wax files wax positions,
sequence positions and frame positions. Cyra is basically a sequencer for
cells. A wax file structure is designed to let the Jedi engine know what
frames to play and in what order. Cyra will let you change the order of
things at will.
Cyra will let you view the cells order of play through "Show Wax" and
"Show Sequence" and "Show Frame". Show Cells will let you scroll through
each cell. You can alter some vars in the "Edit" sections and save as
a new wax if you wish.
Cyra Points
The "Edit" sections are an important feature( but not the only by far )of
Cyra. You can scroll through each individual wax or sequence or frame or
cell of any wax file and then use the "Show" features to see what you have
chosen. I employed a floating variable approach, ( not floating decimal )in
that whatever is selected in either the the edit or show sections, becomes
the current object. Yeah, that's it, object oriented. That means that if
wax 1 seq 1 frame 1 points to cell 15, cell 15 is the object. Don't worry
it's all psycho babble anyway. You will get the hang of it.
Those strange numbers that you can only select but not alter are file
pointers. Just enter on a pointer you want to change and scroll through
the valid choices.
Cyra Knows Fmecad
Two important features that unlock the door to new wax making are the Cells
to Pac and the Pac to Wax sections. You will learn two new words, Waxpac
and Pacwax. To make a waxpac simply select a wax THEN select Cells to Pac.
You will be shown stats as to which cells will make Fmecad's cut. If this
feature sounds familiar then you can throw Waxoff away since Cyras Cells
to Pac does the job EXACTLY. I blew it the first time out.
That brings up a limitation of the whole CarGo 95 expedition, 99 x 99 and
you know what I mean. That means that some of the cells or all for that
matter, may not make the cut. Don't sweat it though, hear me out.
Pac this!
Cloning is what a Pacwax is all about. A good solution to a nagging
problem. While something of the Kell dragons size will not make it into
Fmecad, you can still use its cell logic. Let me back up before moving
forward. A perfect Cloning would be the storm trooper. All of its cells
meet the 99 x 99 limit and two pac files are created. Run Fmecad and load
the first pac. Notice the order, from 1 to 32, in which the cells were
saved. Each cell represents an action of events. When drawing a new
creature, the relative action and position of what you draw should be
close to the original. If the cell you are drawing was originally walking,
then your new cell should mimic that action. If the cell you are drawing
was originally facing to the left then your new cell should mimic that
position. The size of the creature does not matter. Cyra will compute
new file positions. That is cloning defined by Cyra ( er.. me).
So, what if some frames don't make the cut or none of the frames make the
cut? The road is a little longer but the result will be the same. Make
some shorthand of actions and positions while viewing the wax and adjust
your pac files accordingly. Bangggg the logic has been cloned.
Cyra in Motion
First, stuff Cyra along with a bemypal.pal file into a directory of
your choice. Run the program and you will be prompted to supply
path names for pacs, waxes, and the bemypal.pal. The path name MUST
end with a backslash AND there must be at least one pac and one wax in
their respective directorys. I set up this program as a GUI of sorts so
the program should be easy to learn. With that in mind... Have at it.
P.S. I changed the program since I wrote this text and all cells
regardless of their size, will be saved to Pac. That is at least a
99 x 99 portion.
Carlos