Create and edit 3D fonts

Work in progress...

Import 3D fonts into game

Convert 3D font file to .dae

• Use StarCitizen-UnityTools

Import glyph from .dae into game 3D font files

• Download modding tools package and find importer tool apps/cfg-converter-3d-font/cfg-converter.exe
• Open directory with importer tool in command line
• Execute importer tool with parameters to extend original 3D game font:

cfg-converter.exe <input cga file path> -outdir <output dir path> -extendfontfile <input dae file path>

Example usage:

cfg-converter.exe "D:\InnerThought\Orbitron.cga" -outdir "D:\InnerThought\out" -extendfontfile "D:\InnerThought\Orbitron.dae"

where:

• D:\InnerThought\Orbitron.cga - path to original game Orbitron.cga, Orbitron.cgam files (both should be in the same directory)
• D:\InnerThought\Orbitron.dae - path to .dae file with new glyph
• D:\InnerThought\out - directory where put extended Orbitron.cga, Orbitron.cgam

Update game 3D font mapping and dimensions

• Open UTF-8 glyph helper application from modding tools package apps/utf8-glyph-helper/Utf8GlyphHelper.exe and copy all characters needed for your 3d font into first field
• Copy content of second field to Notepad and save it to extracted modding tools package scripts folder as codepoints.txt
• Use Python script from modding tools package scripts/build-font-config.py to generate 3D font configurations from codepoints.txt
• Put content of result scrips/font_map.config.xml file into localization data/config.xml Font mapping node and save it
• Open glyph dimension configuration file data/UI/GlyphMetrics/orbitron-light.dat with apps/font-dimentions-editor/FontDimensionsEditor.exe editor from modding tools package, and save it as xml.
• Open exported xml from previous step in Notepad and add content from scrips/font_dim.config.xml inside it
• Import modified xml to FontDimensionsEditor and save it as data/UI/GlyphMetrics/orbitron-light.dat.
• Test in game your 3D font and adjust glyph dimensions inside FontDimensionsEditor