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[2dragons]

Can you expand on 'Asss region support?'

[D1st0rt]

region.h:

Code: Show/Hide /* dist: public */ #ifndef __REGION_H #define __REGION_H /* structs */ typedef struct coord_t {    int x,y; } coord_t; typedef struct coordlist_t {    coord_t *data;    int count, allocated; } coordlist_t; typedef struct rect_t {    int x, y, w, h; } rect_t; typedef struct rectlist_t {    rect_t *data;    int count, allocated; } rectlist_t; /* functions */ coordlist_t init_coordlist(void); void add_coord(coordlist_t *l, int x, int y); void delete_coordlist(coordlist_t l); rectlist_t init_rectlist(void); void add_rect(rectlist_t *l, rect_t rect); void delete_rectlist(rectlist_t l); char val_to_char(int val); int char_to_val(char c); void encode_rectangle(char *s, rect_t r); rect_t decode_rectangle(char *s); #define HEADER "asss region file version 1" #endif

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CVS is good. If you need access to a resource for this, SourceForge is a nice free place to get unlimited hosting for your project.

[Dr Brain]

ASSS uses a file (region.conf) to define named regions of rectangles.

For example, a module can check if a player is in the "noanti" region. The server checks the region.conf in the arena's folder, and uses the rectangle lists to determine if they are indeed in the region.

All the source is in region.c
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[Mr Ekted]

Noanti? Is that anywhere near Dantooine?
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[Dr Brain]

No, noanti is closer to Endor and Bakura.

Ask a stupid question... get a stupid answer.

[MATTtheWAZ]

Well good luck with it.... can't wait for the completed project

[Ag]

Rotate tool is what we need

[-Smong-]

I thought it was mapname.rgn, also that some stuff was actually in the .lvl file using invalid tile types (although I may just be pulling an mi2g).

[-zig-]

how goes this? yuns wouldnt happen to have figured out the tile draw routines would ya, like circle mainly...... hehe. serioulsy tho,....mines in VB(using directdraw7). it performs.
i have to agree tho, VB is not good for games, but for making editor using DirectX.....its totaly fine

do you have yers layering yet? thats my current mission. hehe.

just lettin it be known. some good friendly competition always makes things better

suks all the ppl making editors now are using diff langs.

the purple are lvz images.

http://www.sscentral.com/zignotzag/conted5.jpg

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[Mr Ekted]

My gripes/desires with map editors:

- renders too slow
- floating windows suck (tiles, radar)
- overuse of vertical space, don't have toolbar under menu, bottom status bar, or scoll bars
- need key to toggle everything on/off to view as much of map as possible
- "erase" should not be a tool, it should be a tile
- mouse panning, photoshop style
- single key tool/action selection, photoshop style
- need brushes (sets of re-usable tile arrangements)
- need more than 1 level of grids, different color or thickness
- grids must have selectable origins
- layers of course (this requires a new file format other than lvl, export to lvl files)
- reference layer (load a different map in background that is not editable, and draws faded)
- guide lines (as in photoshop), and guide points
- mirror drawing (using guide lines/points)
- alphabet tiles, type to drop letter tiles into map, requires user setup with tileset (this may exist in some newer editors)
- random fills by percentage (eg draw a big circle, randomly fill with 5% of the space with a tile)
- fills by brush (drop a repeating pattern of tiles into a selected region)
- selection modification like photoshop (expand/contract, smooth)
- better selection choices like photoshop wand (eg all touching tiles, all touching like tiles, all touching blank space, entire row/col)
- snap to grid/guide
- snap to nearby (or offscreen) tile edge by row or column

[nintendo64]

Mr Ekted, what happened to your map editor project? did it become boring?

-nintendo64

[CypherJF]

I agree w/ most of those, but I strongly encourage the toolbar/status bar (for ez click actions, and location XY etc etc info in status)
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[Mr Ekted]

[this is my first post]

I dont know how hard it would be.. but i think it would be nice to be able to import lvz into a map file, i mean.. not for them to stay, but to see its effect, suh as a background or something... -shrugs- you get the idea

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[D1st0rt]

Don't tell me... you're making a map editor too?

[KrynetiX]

I have to say Left-Click=Tile1 RightClick=Tile2.

Keep all the buttons the same as SSME becuase most of us have grown efficient with them.

Suggestions:

Ablility to select more than one tile. (for numerous reasons)

Holding in shift with line tool = Straight line. (same for pensil)
Holding in shift with circle tool = Perfect circle. (same for square)

Possible "black=notiles", so you can overlay selected portions of the map onto another, instead of having it cut out a quare within it.

90 degree rotation, i'm tired of counting the tiles and re-drawing

A text tool would be usefull, but not uless you are able to use any font in your wondws/fonts folder.

Thats my 2 Cents.

[Mr Ekted]

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