ITEM STORE SUBMISSION RULES [READ THIS]

Ghastly · **Posted:** 16 Dec 2009, 18:34

If you are submitting a powerup to the Realm667 Item Store, please read these rules, and follow the submission template. It makes the job of adding them so much easier, and if a submission doesn't follow the rules, it won't be added until it does, or it could be flat-out rejected.

Rules

Use paletted PNGs for sprites. Since PNGs ignore palette, or adapt to the IWad being used, it makes it much easier to use the monsters in different games. Make sure the sprites are paletted (256 color palette).
Use OGG or FLAC for sounds. They are much more compressed formats without any (noticable) quality loss. There are several programs to convert to one of these formats, such as Audacity.
Make sure it is a wad file placed inside a zip. Not a weapon in a pk3 format.
Include GLDefs, if necessary. If you can't write them yourself, then you can have someone else write them.
Include information, from the template below, in both the submission post, and in the wad itself, in an INFO lump.
Include credits. Like information, include credit information (from the template) in both the submission post and in the wad itself, in a CREDITS lump.
Custom pain and death states on players and monsters are allowed to a degree. If you use these, include a modified monster (Custom Doom Imp with the pain state, for example) as a demonstration. DO NOT go overboard with these, however. Include instructions in the INFO lump, as well.
ACS IS allowed, however, it must be open-source (include a copy of the script(s) in the INFO lump). Try to keep your ACS simple, and especially leave comments saying how things work. Additionally, try to use named scripts, to reduce the chances that they'll conflict with scripts on a map, for example.
Follow the template, below, in your submission post.
Tag it as a submission.
If you are updating something already on the Item Store, tag it as an update.

Submission Template:

Quote:

Information:
Name: What is the name of this item?
Type: What kind of powerup or item is it? Health? Regeneration powerup? Something else?
Palette: The kind of palette your the decoration uses (e.g. Strife, Doom, Heretic or Custom for a png palette)
Summon: The actor name for the powerup. While it's called the Tome of Power, the actor name is ArtiTomeofPower. The actor name is helpful to know, so players don't have to dig through the wad to find it, to use with the Summon cheat.
Use type: Is the powerup used immediately when you grab it (Instant), or is it stored for later (Inventory)?
Duration: How long does the powerup last (in seconds?) If it doesn't have any duration (health, armor, things that wouldn't), just say instant. If the powerup lasts an entire map (i.e. Doom's berserk powerup), say infinite.
Added States: Does the item utilize any custom states on monsters or players? Things like custom pain states, or if it pretty much requires modification to an existing actor to work properly.
ACS: Does the submission use ACS, with LoadACS?

Credits:
Submitted: Who submitted it to the Item Store?
Decorate: Who wrote the Decorate?
GLDefs: Who wrote the GLDefs? If there are none, just leave it out.
Sounds: Where did the sounds come from, and who edited them?
Sprites: Where did the original sprites come from? Who made them?
Sprite Edit: If the sprites were edited from something else, who edited them?
Idea Base: If your decoration was inspired by something, what was it inspired by?

Description:
People prefer to know exactly what they're downloading, before they download it.

Sprite:
Put a preview sprite of the powerup or item. Use an image upload site like ImageShack or TinyPic.

Download Link:
Either upload to a site like Mediafire, DRDTeam's file sharing, DropBox or just attach it to your post. Please choose one that shouldn't expire, because it might expire before we can add it.

ITEM STORE SUBMISSION RULES [READ THIS]

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