unit editor

da_blitz · 03-19-2003, 08:49 PM

I am currently building a quick and simple unit editor in Visual Basic and was wondering what you would like to see in it

i was thinking of making it tell you what values it expects but i want to here from you

at the moment it is currently working but i will not release it until a couple of features have been added such as the ability to search throgh all .ini files for the search string

DarthXan · 03-19-2003, 08:57 PM

Maybe u can make it have a preview feature, where u can combine different w3d's if possible (LIKE RA2 Voxels)

Maybe have all parts, weapons, upgrades, etc, handy, make it real easy to use, for noob's like me

da_blitz · 03-19-2003, 09:01 PM

the idea is that you tell it where your ini files are and it does the rest right down to linking relevent files throgh a couple of mouse clicks..... if i get around to that feature

skida · 03-20-2003, 02:41 AM

Maybe add a new unit feature in it. Just maybe?

Zoop · 03-20-2003, 04:16 PM

if you can get to make anything as handy as the Unit Editor in Warcraft 3's World Editor ... then that would be great ...

easily create new units, by copying an existing unit, and then change values etc ...

take a look at it ... if you can make something like that, then it would be really n00b-friendly

AEnema · 03-22-2003, 05:57 PM

im glad someones making this, ot kinda sux not having paint shop pro like everyone else in the world

Detail · 03-22-2003, 07:41 PM

I think there is some confusion about what this does. He said "unit editor" - from the sounds of it (

) it's a codeing tool. Some people seem to think it's an art tool :tard: .

A useful addition would be a debug tool for error finding in objects (units and such) - after you find out which unit has the error from the "\Command and Conquer Generals Data\ReleaseCrashInfo.txt" file it would be good to know what wrong with the unit, like spelling errors.

Chronosfera · 03-23-2003, 01:33 AM

It can maybe let us jump from object to object easily. A good idea will be to make a list of object names, then let you sort them or search from them.

Zoop · 03-23-2003, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Chronosfera

It can maybe let us jump from object to object easily. A good idea will be to make a list of object names, then let you sort them or search from them.

that alone would make it a worthwile program ...

a program thats just sorts out all units, seperates the ART entries from the RULES entries (i hate looking at all those ART codes, when im simply trying to make a new unit with new values etc)

da_blitz · 03-23-2003, 06:00 PM

yeh thats it its a text editor not graphics.

its desighned to help debug and correct errors and allow the user to build units quickly and easily