(SOLVED!) Replacing Sprites from Sourcefile - Alter Sourcefile Path?

Ali · Mon 04/03/2013 14:33:16

Right. So, what kind of paper would you like the crown to be made of?

Thanks! You've saved me hours and hours of tedium!

Crimson Wizard · Mon 04/03/2013 14:48:20

Another suggestion just jumped into my mind (or out of my mind?).
There might be a situation when you copied project to a different location and want to re-establish source-to-sprite connection. Now you'd have to export all sprites to folder(s) and manually replace them one-by-one.
My suggestion is to make some kind of "Export and use as source" operation, that will:
a) export sprite to folder
b) set new file as a new sprite's source
repeat for every exported sprite.

zabnat · Mon 04/03/2013 18:25:07

This is awesome! I have literally waited six years for this feature. I love you.

Snarky · Tue 05/03/2013 06:52:26

I find it amusing that this (long-desired) feature, estimated to save some 40 minutes of work each time it's used, took less than two hours to implement. Nice one, Calin!

Calin Leafshade · Tue 05/03/2013 07:43:36

To be honest, 90% of that time was trying to get the damn source to compile.. something seems very wrong with compiling AGS.Native under windows.

In total I added maybe 10 lines of code... This is why it's called a do-ocracy.

When it's more complete i'll submit a patch for review.

Crimson Wizard · Tue 05/03/2013 07:53:03

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Tue 05/03/2013 07:43:36something seems very wrong with compiling AGS.Native under windows.

Does this happen with svn version too, or only git version?
Does it compile on other platforms than windows?

Calin Leafshade · Tue 05/03/2013 08:08:38

I couldn't get either to compile under windows. I havent tried compiling it under a different OS but compiling AGS.Native for any other OS would be somewhat useless anyway.

Crimson Wizard · Wed 10/04/2013 08:31:24

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Tue 05/03/2013 07:43:36
When it's more complete i'll submit a patch for review.

*Bump*

Calin Leafshade · Fri 12/04/2013 18:06:59

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27247158/spritereload.patch

patch!

Crimson Wizard · Sat 20/04/2013 16:10:41

Calin, I looked on the code, and I don't understand, is there any reason why the failed sprites could not be simply skipped to let the reimporting process continue?

Calin Leafshade · Sat 20/04/2013 19:26:43

Theres not explicit reason why they could not be skipped, no. Providing the failures are made clear to the user of course.

Crimson Wizard · Sat 20/04/2013 19:49:51

Well, should I apply this as it is now, or wait for any improvement? Do you have any plans on this?

Ali · Mon 22/04/2013 20:04:28

One useful addition would be the ability to re-link files with the same name, but in different folders. To allow the user to change their folder arrangement or transfer to a different computer.

Ideally, pointing out one sprite's new location would make AGS look there the next time it tried to reload a missing file. (Similar to how it works in After Effects.)

Ali · Tue 04/06/2013 12:17:19

Hello!

As fantastic as this patch has been for me, I've run into the problem I mentioned above. I've just moved my project to a new computer, and unfortunately that has made reloading sprites impossible.

AGS is looking for the sprites here:
D:\Users\Ali\Documents\Nelly Cootalot II\Game Files\Sprites\Nelly\Pirate\Down\nelly_down0000.png

When actually, they're here:
C:\Users\Ali\Documents\Nelly Cootalot II\Game Files\Sprites\Nelly\Pirate\Down\nelly_down0000.png

After Effects would allow me to relink one file, and then it would automatically relink any (missing) file. Would implementing something like this be possible? Or manually editing the source paths en masse?

Or do I need to rename my C: Drive?

Crimson Wizard · Tue 04/06/2013 12:47:25

Ali, I think while this feature is missing you can run automatic replacement of root path string in the Game.agf file. It is a common XML, but you may make a backup just in case.

Ali · Tue 04/06/2013 12:55:40

I didn't know that! Twas brillig! Thanks again.