Switching between sector states
How to use streamingSectorPrefabVariant
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How to use streamingSectorPrefabVariant
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Published: Jan 07 2025 by Sergey Last documented edit: Jan 08 2025 by manavortex
This page will show you how to switch sector states.
To learn more about .streamingsector files, check The whole world: .streamingsector
To learn about .streamingblocks, check .streamingBlock: Sector definitions and -variants
For a list of node types, check Reference: .streamingsector node types
check World Editing -> Adding Locations and Structures with ArchiveXL if that's what you'd rather do
Here is an overview of file relations between .streamingsector and -block:
The game contains only 3 streamingblocks that gather more than 26300 sectors.
We will focus on the main one and take a look at the first sector inside (exterior_-18_3_-12_0).
When creating a mod with sectors, you will need to create your own block that will list your new sectors.
This sector has 10 variants, in this case, each one is related to a quest state.
numNodeRanges indicate the number of node ranges the sector contains; it always corresponds to the number of variant + sector's default range (so here 10 variants + 1 default).
When opening a variant definition, we can find the range index (to find the right range inside the sector file). rangeIndex cannot be 0, 0 is used as sector's default range.
Variant's name is only used to identify the variant within the streamingblock.
The link between quests and sectors' variants is not well-researched as of Jan 2024 - if you know anything more about this, please get in touch via Discord or update the wiki!
In the .streamingsector file, add a new entry in each of these lists:
To trigger a switch between sector states, you can use
.questphase files
Codeware via redscript/CET
