Level Editor 4.0.0.0

[Mark Dunham]

So it has taken me sometime but I have refactored the level editor. Through the efforts I have reduced the code from 9512 lines of code to 4973 lines. tsh73 has given me some great guidance and I believe I will be able to reduce the overall code even more. A list of the changes I made are below. Here is the link to  the entire project any feedback is always welcome.

www.dropbox.com/s/0x612httvwddv0x/Level%20Editor%204.0.0.0.zip?dl=0

*Major refactor of all code for efficiency
*All tiles now saved to one array for clarity reducing code
*Moved bitmap loading to [LoadBitmaps] subroutine
*Added [Unloadbitmaps] subroutine
*Refactored [MouseMove] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [LeftMouseClick] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored Wall, Floor, Ore, Ground, Misc.Tiles, Platforms, Pipes, Lava, water, Doors and Potions windows to Event Handler subRoutines
*Refactored [PreviousTile] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [SaveData] to work with the single array
*Refactored [LoadData] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [UndoTile] to work with the single array
*Added grid for ease of placing tiles

[Carl Gundel]

Apr 27, 2018 20:00:54 GMT -5 Mark Dunham said:

So it has taken me sometime but I have refactored the level editor. Through the efforts I have reduced the code from 9512 lines of code to 4973 lines. tsh73 has given me some great guidance and I believe I will be able to reduce the overall code even more. A list of the changes I made are below. Here is the link to  the entire project any feedback is always welcome.

www.dropbox.com/s/0x612httvwddv0x/Level%20Editor%204.0.0.0.zip?dl=0

*Major refactor of all code for efficiency
*All tiles now saved to one array for clarity reducing code
*Moved bitmap loading to [LoadBitmaps] subroutine
*Added [Unloadbitmaps] subroutine
*Refactored [MouseMove] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [LeftMouseClick] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored Wall, Floor, Ore, Ground, Misc.Tiles, Platforms, Pipes, Lava, water, Doors and Potions windows to Event Handler subRoutines
*Refactored [PreviousTile] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [SaveData] to work with the single array
*Refactored [LoadData] from if else block to case statement
*Refactored [UndoTile] to work with the single array
*Added grid for ease of placing tiles

Excellent!

[tsh73]

Hello Mark.

Just had a play with your program.
Few things.
1) 1280x768 monitor, rightmost buttons got cut in half.  (click on the picture - somehow thumbnail is smaller width-wise)

It still works, though
2) somehow some statictext got cut. Like, for "Floor" titles, I see
Gray stone
Gary stone
Gary stone
- though in code there is
"Gray Stone"
"Gary Stone Grass"
"Gary Stone Lava"
(should be Gray?)
Probably text just too big for statictext width.
I use Win XP, default font settings (no scaling)

3) is there a hotkey for delete (undo) tile?
(looking through code I found "b" hotkey. Is were any others?
btw, may it be have sense to make program be in "previous tile mode" by default - that is, if you select a tile, you will continue to add it until tile change?
)
4) is there a way to move tile to new place if I didn't put it right?
5) if I put tile over tile - both tiles are saved? (it looks like it in data file.) Is it by design?

Finally, I saved data and looked into results.
It looks like ?number of tiles? on top,
followed by pairs like

RedPipeH2
8, 5

RedPipeH3
9, 5
Here we have ?internal sprite name? with "through" sprite number (yes it goes from 1 to 85 in my case!)
and on next line is (x,y) of a tile.
That looks like all, is it?

Looking though code I got that "RedPipeH" is really this
loadbmp "RedPipeH", "Sprites\Pipes\RedPipe_H_Mid.bmp"
- dat file could not be used separately, without this mapping (bitmap name to bitmap pathAndFilename)

Last thing.
And it loads back OK. (that is really GOOD thing )

Now, could it be used by someone else / for making some game?
(First, do you give permission?)

My guess is that if some one takes "load" part of your program - it has all mappings needed - and runs it in the folder with your Sprites folder, he will get drawn level map.
May be you have small demo (game?) for that?

[Mark Dunham]

Apr 28, 2018 16:29:09 GMT -5 tsh73 said:

Hello Mark.

Just had a play with your program.
Few things.
1) 1280x768 monitor, rightmost buttons got cut in half.  (click on the picture - somehow thumbnail is smaller width-wise)

It still works, though
2) somehow some statictext got cut. Like, for "Floor" titles, I see
Gray stone
Gary stone
Gary stone
- though in code there is
"Gray Stone"
"Gary Stone Grass"
"Gary Stone Lava"
(should be Gray?)
Probably text just too big for statictext width.
I use Win XP, default font settings (no scaling)

3) is there a hotkey for delete (undo) tile?
(looking through code I found "b" hotkey. Is were any others?
btw, may it be have sense to make program be in "previous tile mode" by default - that is, if you select a tile, you will continue to add it until tile change?
)
4) is there a way to move tile to new place if I didn't put it right?
5) if I put tile over tile - both tiles are saved? (it looks like it in data file.) Is it by design?

Finally, I saved data and looked into results.
It looks like ?number of tiles? on top,
followed by pairs like

RedPipeH2
8, 5

RedPipeH3
9, 5
Here we have ?internal sprite name? with "through" sprite number (yes it goes from 1 to 85 in my case!)
and on next line is (x,y) of a tile.
That looks like all, is it?

Looking though code I got that "RedPipeH" is really this
loadbmp "RedPipeH", "Sprites\Pipes\RedPipe_H_Mid.bmp"
- dat file could not be used separately, without this mapping (bitmap name to bitmap pathAndFilename)

Last thing.
And it loads back OK. (that is really GOOD thing )

Now, could it be used by someone else / for making some game?
(First, do you give permission?)

My guess is that if some one takes "load" part of your program - it has all mappings needed - and runs it in the folder with your Sprites folder, he will get drawn level map.
May be you have small demo (game?) for that?

I will have to do more digging into the first issue you are seeing with the screen resolution. As of now the window size is set and does not scale so I would need to work on that functionality. I corrected #2 and will add a new link once I finish touching up the code. You are correct the spelling was wrong and the width was not wide enough for all the static text. #3 "b" is the only hot key that will allow you to redo the last selected tile I will look to see if I can add that functionality to always have the previous tile set until you choose a new tile. At this time there is not a way to select the tile you placed and want to move it is on my to do list to figure out but with the undo button you can remove the tile and redraw it. #4 Drawing over tiles is allowed were are going to add trees and other tiles that are decorative in our RPG game. Yes in the save file it is the TileCount then the tile name and it's x and y location. Yes all can use this to make games... I welcome it and would love to see what everyone does with it. You are correct all you need is the array and the load portion of the code to load levels into the game you are designing.

This is a game we made using an older version of the level editor but it does show that you can build games with the level editor.  I need to refactor the Drill Game code to work with the new refactored level editor. The help file does not work but the goal of the game is to avoid touching walls and tiles that say TNS on them they will were the drill bit out. Collect the ore and get to the shack at the end of the level the gems will let you upgrade the drill. We would need to redesign these levels in the new editor I will try to make a small example showing the level being loaded and letting a character move around the screen.

But to say again yes we give permission for everyone to use the level editor to design games we welcome it. Thanks for all the feedback tsh73 love the input.

www.dropbox.com/s/73eqgpq9csgkom5/DrillGame%201.5.0.zip?dl=0