XML/Menu

The menu XML defines how the menu screen works. It controls the fog, rain, and water level, as well as the camera positions and angles for each menu option. It varies slightly in the differing versions of Glest, since the forks add different menu options, such as GAE's save menu. As well, GAE has options to toggle the images and a total conversion option.

water
Toggles and sets the height value, in game tiles, of the water. Each game tile is equal to roughly 1 tile in Blender. If the water is turned off, exclude the height value:

rain
Toggles on or off rain. There is not yet a method of adding snow.

fog
Toggles and sets the density of fog. The density is the thickness of the fog. You cannot yet choose the color of this fog, and it will be rendered the standard grey.

camera
These settings control the position and rotation of the camera for each menu. Positions are where the camera is located in space (in Glest tile units, where one tile is about the same as one tile in Blender, centered to the center of the model), while rotations are degrees in a direction from that position. Because there is no easy way to find out positions and rotations, modifying this is generally an action of trial and error.

All values are stored as x, y, and z. X is the horizontal axis, z is the depth axis, and y is the vertical axis.

total-conversion
A GAE only value that defines whether or not the mod is meant to be a regular mod or a complete conversion. Complete conversions will hide the version numbers and show a different logo at the side.

gae-logo
If true, an alternative GAE logo will also be shown at the bottom of the main menu. Good for full conversion mods because you can then change the regular logo.

gpl-logo
If true, the GPL logo will be shown at the bottom of the main menu.

intro
These settings control the game intro, modifying this is generally an action of trial and error. All time values are in milliseconds (1 second == 1000 milliseonds)

Special language strings
In MegaGlest, several language strings also effect the introduction, which can modify the images, text, and time to display the text/image.