Re: AGSEditor: CHRISTMAS! New Version: 24/12/10

Calin Leafshade · Sat 30/10/2010 02:07:46

Ok so i've finished a beta build of the gui editor I was working on.. I have other things to add but i'd like to get feedback on what i've done so far:

THIS IS BETA. TEST ONLY ON A BACKUP OF YOUR GAME!!!

Features Added:

Multi-section of controls - ctrl-click to select multiple controls, click one of the selected controls to make it the primary selection
Nudge controls (or groups thereof) with the arrow keys.
Controls snap to other controls left and top (press ctrl while dragging to not snap)
Controls can be locked.

(right click for the below features)
Controls can be copied and pasted (one control at a time at the moment).
Groups of controls can be aligned to the primary selections top or left
Groups of controls can be evenly distributed horizonally or vertically.

Any and all comments are welcome.

Some people have had some trouble running this file so I was hoping that CJ might be able to shed some light on that.
Basically it seems that AGS.Native is defaulting to version 0.0.0.0 in VS2010 so the runtime cant find the assembly when it tries to run... but this only seems to be an issue on certain PCs.. possibly registry based?

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HOLA!

Ok version "2" of my editor.

REMEMBER ONLY USE ON A COMPLETELY SEPERATE BACKUP OF YOUR GAME!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE OLD EDITOR AFTER SAVING YOUR GAME IN THIS ONE!!

This version integrates all of ProgzMax's additions plus my original GUI editor plus:

GUI Editor
- Control grouping (which does not save with the game btw)
- Locked controls no longer move when aligned or distributed
- Locked controls draw a little X in the centre to show they are locked.
- Locking/grouping added to the context menu
- The ability to select controls with a selection box (and add to the selection with ctrl+click)

Room Editor
- Fixed some broken character dragging/selecting code
- Added a checkbox to allow characters to be moved 'normally' and not snap to the bottom centre

TODO/Known Issues:

- Control grouping doesnt save with the game due to the way dynamic groups are created.
- Add zoom to Guis
- Add the ability to select single controls within a group (although this is still possible for everything except moving since the active control will still change)
- Some refactoring.

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Ok heres a version including all the updates done so far.

You should of course check to see if I have made any fuck ups combining the code (this is very possible ^_^)

http://www.thethoughtradar.com/AGS/Editor/AGSChristmasEdition.zip

I have also added some other things:

- Code folding in the script editor (yay)
- Updated the formatting in the script editor to make things a little more readable.
- Characters and objects now display their co-ords when dragged around a room.
- Fixed GuiControl copy/paste
- Some minor refactoring of ProgZ's code.
- Fixed the IrrKlang error.
- Tidied up some of my atrocious code whilst in awe of Tzachs' coding skillz.

There is probably more to mention but i havent slept yet.. sleep naoplease.

Will release src later today.

Tastybrainstew · Sat 30/10/2010 09:46:40

Runs just fine here, and tested all new features. A big "Check" on all new functions working like expected - good job!=) CanÂ´t wait for more!

Sslaxx · Sat 30/10/2010 11:40:16

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Sat 30/10/2010 02:07:46Some people have had some trouble running this file so I was hoping that CJ might be able to shed some light on that.
Basically it seems that AGS.Native is defaulting to version 0.0.0.0 in VS2010 so the runtime cant find the assembly when it tries to run... but this only seems to be an issue on certain PCs.. possibly registry based?

Do these machines have anything in common, e.g. which version of Windows?

monkey0506 · Sat 30/10/2010 13:44:03

I'm running Windows XP, .NET 2.0, and am one of those mentioned.

Knox · Sat 30/10/2010 17:00:59

Works on my win7 cpu, doesnt work on my xp laptop (like monkey)

Calin Leafshade · Sat 30/10/2010 17:18:08

Its not an OS issue. Works fine on my XP machine.

Mehrdad · Sat 30/10/2010 17:32:45

Calin

please put a mirror link.I can not download from my Country (IRAN).thats filter for us.

tzachs · Sat 30/10/2010 17:48:32

Works fine for me, also on an XP.
I tested all the features and it works very well.

I tried to do some QA, the only bug I found was this:

If you lock a control, select it in a group and do an alignment or distribution, the control will move...

RickJ · Sat 30/10/2010 17:58:59

I am having the problem on a Vista laptop.

Calin Leafshade · Sat 30/10/2010 18:00:17

Quote from: tzachs on Sat 30/10/2010 17:48:32
If you lock a control, select it in a group and do an alignment or distribution, the control will move...

Thanks for the bug report, I'll fix that.

With regard to locking controls, how do people think they should behave when part of a group?

If one member of a group is locked should the whole group be locked while that locked control is part of it?

Also would people find the ability to group controls together permanently useful? So that when you select one member of a group the whole group is selected.

tzachs · Sat 30/10/2010 19:03:30

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Sat 30/10/2010 18:00:17
With regard to locking controls, how do people think they should behave when part of a group?

If one member of a group is locked should the whole group be locked while that locked control is part of it?

No, I don't think that would be useful. The group should move normally with the exception of the locked controls (as I'm guessing that the locked control was selected by accident and thus should be treated as if it wasn't selected at all).

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Also would people find the ability to group controls together permanently useful? So that when you select one member of a group the whole group is selected.

Yes, I would find that feature to be very useful.

Another related feature I would find useful (if you're up to it, no pressure), is to be able to have a rectangular selection that would select all the controls inside it (like in visual studio designer).

subspark · Sun 31/10/2010 08:44:44

QuoteAlso would people find the ability to group controls together permanently useful?

With the exception of a permanent, non-reversible group command, yes! I think a toggle-able group selection switch would be a fantastic addition.

Edit: I also would love to be able to select a whole bunch of controls and lock them from the right-click context menu. In addition to that, Ctl+A to select all GUI Controls would be so handy in tandem with this.

Cheers,
Sparky.

monkey0506 · Sun 31/10/2010 19:18:09

I think permanent control grouping would be fine provided, as subspark says, it can be reversed and you can select a single control within the group without having to remove it from the group first (i.e., to reposition it within the group; perhaps via Ctrl+Click or something?).

Calin Leafshade · Sun 31/10/2010 19:56:58

sorry 'permanently' was a bad choice of word.. I just meant like the group features in VS

monkey0506 · Sun 31/10/2010 23:26:08

I have too limited usage of VS.

And for some reason I can't get Windows to install any form of updates on my bunk system. Grr..

subspark · Mon 01/11/2010 05:00:31

Quotesorry 'permanently' was a bad choice of word.. I just meant like the group features in VS

Sounds great Calin. I'm very fond with what you've added already!

Sparky.

skuttleman · Mon 01/11/2010 21:02:11

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Sat 30/10/2010 02:07:46
Controls snap to other controls left and top (press ctrl while dragging to not snap)

This is all awesome! I think it might be better to make it so dragging controls without holding <ctrl> does not snap to other controls, and holding <ctrl> makes it snap to other controls. Only because moving items without them snapping to everything is the way people are used to the editor behaving.

Also, how hard would it be to add a zoom slider similar to what is in the room editor? I would find that very useful.

subspark · Wed 03/11/2010 07:42:25

Oh seconded!

Two good ideas there.

Tastybrainstew · Wed 03/11/2010 09:27:23

Thirded=)

Calin Leafshade · Sun 05/12/2010 00:49:18

HOLA!

Ok version "2" of my editor.

REMEMBER ONLY USE ON A COMPLETELY SEPERATE BACKUP OF YOUR GAME!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE OLD EDITOR AFTER SAVING YOUR GAME IN THIS ONE!!

This version integrates all of ProgzMax's additions plus my original GUI editor plus:

GUI Editor
- Control grouping (which does not save with the game btw)
- Locked controls no longer move when aligned or distributed
- Locked controls draw a little X in the centre to show they are locked.
- Locking/grouping added to the context menu
- The ability to select controls with a selection box (and add to the selection with ctrl+click)

Room Editor
- Fixed some broken character dragging/selecting code
- Added a checkbox to allow characters to be moved 'normally' and not snap to the bottom centre

TODO/Known Issues:

- Control grouping doesnt save with the game due to the way dynamic groups are created.
- Add zoom to Guis
- Add the ability to select single controls within a group (although this is still possible for everything except moving since the active control will still change)
- Some refactoring.

Download: http://www.thethoughtradar.com/AGS/Editor/AGSEditorCalinV2.zip
Source: http://www.thethoughtradar.com/AGS/Editor/AGSEditorV2src.zip