• Declaration

A Declaration is a block of text data the engine reads in. There are 18 Declaration Types

Common Declarations

• EntityDefinition - Entity definitions. Example: The player's entity definition defines the player's max health, starting weapons, etc.

• ModelDefinition - Model definition. Defines mesh information, animation information, etc

• MaterialDeclaration - Defines a material.

• SoundDeclaration - Defines a sound.

• EffectDeclaration - Defines an effect. Created using the FXEditor.

• ModelExportDeclaration - Defines model export parameters.

• MapDefinition - Defines information about maps. Example: A map's file size, which multiplayer gametypes it supports, etc.

Less Common Declarations

• TableDeclaration - Defines a lookup table of values. Example: Materials can use the sintable lookup table to modulate texture coordinates based on a sine wave.

• SkinDeclaration - Defines a skin, which maps a new material onto a given surface.

• MaterialTypeDeclaration - Defines types of materials.

• LipsyncDeclaration - Defines lipsync information.

• AFDeclaration - Defines an articulated figure. Created using the AFEditor.

Legacy/Unused Declarations

• PlaybackDeclaration - Player movement playback definition.

• CameraDefinition - Cinematic camera definitions. Defines parameters for cameras used in in-game cinematics.

• PDADeclaration - PDA definition. Doom 3 legacy.

• VideoDeclaration - Video Disc definition. Doom 3 legacy.

• AudioDeclaration - Audio Disc definition. Doom 3 legacy.

• EMailDeclaration - E-mail definition.