[cha0s]

gMap is my proggie for generating tile based maps, for like rpgs n stuff.



that was the old version of gMap, here are some shots from the newest build of it:







btw, gMap is what is used to make the maps in LL, source can be found here
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/lynn

(latest build when anonymous CVS updates..)

and for all you c fanboys out there guess what

IT WAS WRITTEN 100% IN BASIC

FreeBASIC, that is. and all graphics are using FB gfx primitives, like PUT

4 out of 5 artsy furries recommend it!
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[BadMrBox]

It seems sweet. Is there any sourcecode included?
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[BadMrBox]

Reading the entire post makes my earlier question seem stupid.
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[biggerUniverse]

It's not Tiled.


:P


(pants)
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[cha0s]

[LeoDraco]

Tiled is one of biggerUniverse's pet projects, which purports to make developing tile maps of a variety of forms, in a variety of formats, extemely simple.

That, and it isn't coded in a BASIC variant.
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[biggerUniverse]

[cha0s]

well, you're gonna have some tough competition from this "basic variant" ;) mine is operational, josiah is the only one besides me who knows how to use it ;P
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[js71]

[Ninkazu]

I'm hoping to incorporate some new things that Tiled hasn't touched into my map editor. Right now I'm trying to get XML up and running, but after that I have a tree menu to write up.

Basically, collision isn't with tiles, but line segments on their own layers. Tile layers are attached to collision layers. Scripts (in the game) can change your collision layer so you can effectively go under a bridge, up some stairs, and over the bridge.

Tools will include, circle marquee, marquee, lasso, polygonal lasso, fill, flood fill, square brush, circle brush, pattern brush... and more if they turn up to be something useful.

The whole application is set up to work like a windows MDI app. I'm going to have to implement a bit of sleeping routines to keep everything from being redrawn every frame, but that won't be too hard. My biggest tast ATM is to get the open/save file dialog made, and XML running so I can easily define dialogs to call from the application.

I'd like to do so much with this editor.. I think I have to change my text engine a bit though. Right now I'm saving whole strings in vram. I should use glyphs since the file dialog will have so many strings...

Anyway what was I talking about? Whatever, I'm getting some sleep.

[cha0s]

ninkazu, have you screwed with fb at all? its tasty and less filling
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[Ninkazu]

I prefer my C++. Besides, using FB isn't going to change the fact that trees are a pain to program. I did get XML working btw, but now I have to program in support for all the different tags :/

[zenogais]

Ninkazu: I'd recommend TinyXml, It's C++ DOM XML parsing and it's really, really, easy to use. It's not fully featured, but it is lightweight and I've been using it for my simple map file format.

[Ninkazu]

Naw, I'm happy now that libxml2 is working. I'll look into it if I use XML realtime in the engine, but I think we're just going to stick with LUA for the engine.

[LeoDraco]

To jump on the XML library alternatives bandwagon, I like libxml++, which is a neat OO wrapper about libxml2. It's a hell of a lot easier and cleaner to use than libxml2 is.
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