map editor

[caldera]

I'm about to make a small gui map editor, cause command-line usage is not that user-friendly...
you can see my progress here:

the main focus is not on the image-editing. photoshop and co are much better than i can ever do. but i like to have one suite where you can manage all the files and have them auto-compiled auto-compressed and auto-copied to the right folder. placing metal spots already works, trees and geovents are planned...

before uploading a beta-version i would like to ask if its's ok to include mothers mapconv into this editor (so mother when you read this, plz gimme feedback) cause its an essential part of this

[Forboding Angel]

it is open source and mother did not make mapconv, only modified it for greater useability. SO yes, use it :D

[caldera]

cool. so everyone who wants to test this, here is the DL-link:
http://www.filefactory.com/?e6f489

bug- and improvement-reports are welcome

[Cheesecan]

It says "The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000135). Click on OK to terminate the application" when I try to launch maped.exe.

[caldera]

its written in VS2005 c# express, so you need .net framework 2.0
perhaps you havent installed it....

[PauloMorfeo]

... so you need .net framework 2.0
perhaps you havent installed it....

Iiiik... Can you, at least, make it for .net 1.1?

Last time i installed .net 2.0, it massacred my windows so much that i ended up having to reinstall windows. I ain't, for sure, installing that crap any time soon.

[caldera]

sorry but this free visual studio version is only creating .net 2.0 applications (as far as i know)

[IceXuick]

it works very nice! I am hoping you could also insert the typemap under map configuration. I think alot of mappers are using this, among them myself also. When this is inserted, i will definatly use your maptool, and give credits in a txt file for it!

great work!!

[caldera]

good idea with this typemap. i will implement it soon. I dont have that much mapping experience, so i didnt think of that.

[genblood]

caldera,

I like it .... Any chance you can add some slide controls
to set some options for the smd file ...

Also, a way to add player locations...

[caldera]

the smd stuff is hardcoded at the moment. but i'm planning to make it configurable over the gui.

thanks all for the positive and constructive replies

[IceXuick]

Yeah, but you've done a great job. I think most mappers were waiting for this to come. A 'real' map editor would make mapping easy, but i think a lot of mappers like to map in their own way, but compiling is a thing everyone needs to do (with this map-format that is)

Hopefully you can release it with the typemap thing first. A smd controller would be nice (esspecially with sliders for the colors (and the matching colors, instead of 0.34 0.7 0.88;

Keep it up!! great stuff!

[caldera]

i have a new version, now including the typemap. cause i have no idea of that typemap-stuff, it would be great if someone could test if it really works.
There is also an smd-tab, but its just gui, there is no functionality behind it already.

http://www.filefactory.com/?ad35a8

[IceXuick]

shweet, i will try it on my new moon map tomorrow!