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State files control certain functions of UI screens in games using the Luxor 2 engine. They have an extension of sm and can be found in data/state. For Luxor 2 (not HD), you may want to use a pre-fixed plaintext version of the state folder that should work wit...

UI files control the layout of a specific element in the game - including level backgrounds. Objects Every object should have it's type and an optional label, with 3 spaces as indentation: uiFrame theLabel { uiSprite theLabel { } } uiFrame A uiFr...

Since Luxor games are pretty quite dated at this point (2005), you may think that none of these games work anymore. However, there are still proven ways to obtain a working copy of these. Big Fish Games Luxor Bundle Pack Hands down the best deal available...

Simple Types Number: A literal number. The game engine can usually take either a float or an int. Int64: Ending the number with an i64 means it's an int and is usually used for score values. String: A literal string encased in double quotation marks ("). Loc...

GVF files are (presumedly) "Game Variable Files" that also take on different extensions depending on the usage: .gvf - Game variables .ui - UI elements .uis - UI snippets .ofx - Object effects .sm - State Machine files Objects objectName { } Includes...

Each game engine (and some specific games) have their own limitations which you should keep in mind: Luxor 1/AR Engine Specific data/uiscript/depths.txt has a hard limit of 69 layers. If this is exceeded, layers starting from the 70th will be ignored. Luxor...

When developing mods, you may want to enable built-in cheats to test a specific level. Luxor 1/AR Pass -unlocklevels and -unlockstages to the executable. -unlocklevels allows you to select a specific level from the currently selected stage when starting a n...

You're in the middle of testing and you just made something new. And then when it loads... BAM! Your game explodes and you have no idea where to look. Luxor 1/AR: Check the luxor.log or luxorAR.log file and scroll to the bottom. Look out for any warnings abo...