Tutorial:
Using the CPS Direct technology to deliver up to date information and
news to users of your mod.
Overview
The Purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to make use of the CPS
Direct window that is built into the Mod Manager and SunEdit 2K.
Tutorial
What is CPS Direct? CPS Direct is a service that allows you to deliver
information to users of your mod. This is done by creating a little file
that you then upload to a website. A sample file can be seen below, along
with how it appears in the mod manager.
5th March 2000
[News]
NEW : SunEdit 2K Tutorials|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk/se2k/tutorials
Get SunEdit 2K Beta 5.5.6|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk/se2k/b5notes.htm
[Order SunEdit 2K]
NOW TAKING ORDERS!!|
Order Your Copy Of SunEdit 2K And Get RedEdit 98 Free!!|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk
[SunEdit 2K Support]
NEW : SunEdit 2K Tutorials|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk/se2k/tutorials
SE2K Support Board|http://www.dune-2000.com/cgi-bin/wwwboard/se2ksupp.cgi
[WebSite Links]
Childs Play Software|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk
SunEdit 2K|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk/se2k
RedEdit 98|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk/re98
[Tiberian Sun Map Editors]
Final Sun|http://wagnerma.de/
[Tiberian Sun Official Web Sites]
TiberianSun.com!|http://www.tiberiansun.com
[Tiberian Sun Fan Web Sites]
TiberiumSun.com|http://www.tiberiumsun.com
Tiberian Sun Network|http://cnc.fairgame.net
BattleGround: TS|http://www.tiberian.com
The lines above shouldn't wrap in the file, depending on your screen size they may wrap on this page
Click on the image to zoom in.
From the picture you should be able to see how the file translates onto the screen. The section names in the file are surrounded by '[' and ']', for example '[News]' gets turned into the section at the top of the tree in the screen shot. Any item beneath that section name gets attached to the section node on the tree until another section ID is found.
The lines themselves are split into two parts, seperated by the verticle line ('|') (Note, this is not the broken line '¦', but the solid line). The text to the left of the line forms the caption of the node on the tree, the text to the right is the URL that a click on that node will take the user to. For example...
Childs Play Software|http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk
This would make a node who's text was 'Childs Play Software' and when the user clicked on that node the web browser would fire up and take them to http://www.childs-play-software.co.uk
Note, you can not specify a URL, if
this is the case just the node will be added, the node beneath "Order
SunEdit 2K" is just such an example.
The only other requirement is that the very first line is the date of the file. In this case it's 5th March 2000. This gets appended to the caption on the window.
If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to e-mail technical support at support@childs-play-software.co.uk
Links:
Tiberian Sun File List
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