[Banshee]

I've released today Open Source SHP Builder 3.3, an shp editor for TS and RA2. This new version includes improved copy and paste that now allows transparency, right click paiting, improved interface and improved stability. Here's 3.3's changelog:




3.3:
- revisions by Banshee
- Added: Right click painting support. You can now brush, create shapes and use brushing tools with the right click, using the new background colour. You can also disable the background colour whenever you want.
- Added: Copy and Paste with transparency. You can now copy the contents of a section and paste it without pasting the pixels with the background colour.
- Added: 31 new RA2 cameo backgrounds by eva251 and 2 new RA cameo backgrounds made by ZombyDragon, with Cinema 4D. Great stuff, specially the moon themed backgrounds from eva251.
- Update: Brush tools have been re-coded and they render faster now.
- Update: Each quick tool has its own menu now. So, you'll see Selection, Dropper, Flood and Line menus now. It looks more organized now.
- Update: Help file has been properly updated to cover the right click, shift and transparency tricks hidden in the program. Check it out!
- Update: Community links now have links for events happening on this and on the next month. Also, added a link for ModEnc, a very nice encyclopedia for modders with ini troubles.
- Bug Fix: The program will no longer get instable when it fails to open SHP (TS) files. It will just display a warning that it can't open the file.
- Bug Fix: When you apply the changes and click cancel in the Preferences area, you will no longer loose the changes related to CCM, Loading, Saving and Palettes.
- Bug Fix: You may now be able to undo copy, paste and move operations.
- Bug Fix: Preview will now update the palette when you change it.
- Bug Fix: Fix access violations that could happen if you tried to access the last frames of the preview window after activating shadows.
- Bug Fix: Fixed graphical bugs with canvas resize box when you set very high values to top or negative sized images.
- Bug Fix: Mouse cursor will now follow the tool you are using whenever you change it or open/create a file.
- Bug Fix: The frame spin edit will now properly update when you start or open a file.
- Bug Fix: If you open files with building tools selected, the program will no longer display the brushing tools.



So, I recommend everyone to update your SHP Builder for this version. You can find more information and download it at Project Perfect Mod. Support for this tool is available at OS SHP Builder Forums.


If you have a site, feel free to mirror it without asking for permision. You can also play with its source code and add your own features on the program. Just credit myself and Stucuk for the program. Enjoy it!

[Whiteboy]

Great stuff. It's hard to keep up with the constant releases of OS SHP Builder, which is a rare thing in this community!

[Banshee]

Thanks . And the community is being nice with me providing some great feedback. I'm already working on 3.31 (which has a chance of ending being called 3.4) that will fix some problems from this version and add few features... I'm hunting the problems first... Nothing that corrupts a file, but some annoying things that will be exterminated in the next version.

[Banshee]

Sorry for double posting, but the information is important:




3.31:
- revisions by Banshee
- Added: AutoProof on 24Bit RGB Effects. You can now preview the result in your active window.
- Update: Cameo Generator short cut is now CTRL + G.
- Update: Program might run faster, although the difference will only be considerable with a high ammount of opened files.
- Bug Fix: Colours To Spare option at 24 Bits Colour Effects & Palette Conversion has been recoded and now it works perfectly.
- Bug Fix: Moving a selection to the border of the image will not longer cause access violation. And the operation can be undone.
- Bug Fix: If you insert a "-" alone in 24 Bit RGB Effects Red, Green and Blue spin edits, the program will no longer get an internal error.
- Bug Fix: 3.x versions allowed you to convert palette in a limited ammount of frames and in the selected area only if you edited these settings in the 24 Bit Effects or User Colour Replacement area, however, I've changed my mind about it and you can now set them inside the Palette Conversion.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the program would provide access violation when closing a file (specially after using a cameo generator) caused by the new cursor detection system.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the program would not reset the click if the user made a null selection. The consequence of this bug was things like brush painting automatically, eraser erasing automatically and some other wacky stuff that no longer happens.