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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, February 5 2007 19:39
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quote:No, it's definitely broken. The problem is that you can SET the percentage in the Placement Shortcuts window, but it just ignores the random chance and treats all items as 100%. [quote] A good idea is to shift the Edit Item Placement Shortcuts command to the Town menu, just above the Add Random Items command.[/quote]Perhaps, but I believe the reason that Edit Item Placement Shortcuts is in the scenario tab is because the shortcuts apply to all towns. Add Random Item is used in individual towns, Edit Placement applys to all of them. I suppose you could have it in both places.... -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 04:22
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Ok, I'll take a look at those item functions. Ishad Nha: Yes, there are some minor tweaks you have to make to get the code to compile on Dev-C++. Fix those eleven things it was objecting to and it will work. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 07:15
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I think — and I haven't had a chance to check this since I first noticed it — that Undo doesn't undo the effects of auto-hills. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 16:41
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Undo also doesn't affect special encounter boxes... just realized that. -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 17:14
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If anyone could post a list of the tweaks needed to get the 3D source code to compile that would be handy. The average user of the BoA Editor would not have that knowledge, unless they already knew a lot about programming. Currently the same list of item shortcuts does apply to all towns. However, if the Editor is being recompiled from scratch it becomes possible to have such a list for every town. If we are redesigning the Editor what we say goes, it is no longer a case of what the original designers decreed. You might need to save the list of shortcuts in a separate (external) save file. Such a file is really only needed by the designer of the scenario anyway. It need not be large, there are currently 10 shortcuts, each of which lists 10 items. 300 or 400 Bytes per town. [ Tuesday, February 06, 2007 17:19: Message edited by: Ishad Nha ] Posts: 292 | Registered: Monday, November 13 2006 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 17:41
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Kelandon: I think (and hope!) that you noticed this with an older version. I just checked with the most recent compiled version, and it does undo changes made by the autohills feature. But, if there's some situation in which it doesn't that I haven't found, please do let me know. Ephesos: I'm in two minds about this. The goal of the undo system as it stands now is to handle all changes in terrains, floors, and heights. I could make it undo other actions, like adding or altering special rectangles, there are two difficulties. The first is technical: it would require significant reworking of the system to make it understand other types of changes. The second is more important, and that is then unclear where the undo system should stop. It just isn't practical to undo some things, like changing the icon shifts on a placed item. There are literally hundreds of unique minor actions like this, and some complicated atomic actions like altering a creature's settings. As it is the limits of the system are clear cut; expanding it to do more things would blur them and potentially make a host of new actions eligible for inclusion. At this time, I don't want to mess with this. Maybe in a future version I can't add more undo functionality, but at the moment I want to wrap this version up. Ishad Nha: Hopefully after I get done I will have a version that will compile right. If you personally want a list of fixes now, I can try to put one together, but otherwise I won't bother. Honestly, the average user of the editor is not expected to be recompiling it, as Jeff points out in his comments at the beginning of the main file. As to the item shortcuts: this doesn't really seem to be in much demand. Since the game has strict limits on the number of items in a town, I at least place even useless scenery items pretty deliberately. EDIT: I think I got random item placement basically fixed: it no longer tries to place items out of bounds or always with 100% probability. I can now fill Fort Talrus with bread and coins! (These are items 1-4, used as a test. The resulting image amused me.) [ Tuesday, February 06, 2007 18:42: Message edited by: Niemand ] -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 18:23
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I agree on the item placements, it'd be nice for it to at least work, but adding shortcuts for individual towns is probably unnecessary. The reason I would use it would be, say, to add junk items to dressers or perhaps on tables. There really isn't much reason dressers in town X would have significantly different contents than town Y. If there IS a reason, say one is a barracks one a townsfolk's house, you can add extra items by hand. Oh, and did I mention earlier that a "Make all items contained" feature would be nice? I remember thinking it, but don't know if I said it aloud. -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 19:53
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Yes the list of fixes would be useful for porting, also people can try out any pet ideas and see if anything comes of them. Posts: 292 | Registered: Monday, November 13 2006 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, February 6 2007 20:59
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quote:Yes, you're right, it was an older version. The current one works fine. [ Tuesday, February 06, 2007 20:59: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, February 7 2007 07:56
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quote:Okay, no big problem. I just wasn't sure how complete you wanted the feature to be. It's amazingly helpful as is, so I understand that making it more complex would just be a headache. Yay for random items getting fixed! -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |