Editor re-write design discussion

prock-fife commented 7 years ago

I think it's finally time someone tackles the editor. It's current state is basically unusable. I'd like to collect a list of features and prioritize them here. NOTE this list will grow as we discuss.. it is a work in progress.

Must have features - High Priority (Let's not talk how we will implement this stuff yet):

Load/save map
Edit global map settings
Change view (rotate, zoom, pan, etc etc)
Re-arrange layers (re-order)
Select layer
Show/Hide layer
Add/Edit/Remove layer
Select object to "draw"/place
Add (place)/Edit/Remove Instance
Add/Edit/Remove Objects (including actions)
Edit Cell properties (includes pathfinding properties)
Toggle map/layer grid
Toggle layer cell coordinates

Medium Priority

Add/Edit/Remove additional cameras
Add/Edit/view pathfinder transition between layers
Add/Edit/Remove Lights
Add/Edit/Remove Triggers
Add/Edit/Remove Custom attributes (need to add a callback for custom attributes to FIFE loaders maybe?)
Add/Edit/Remove Sound Sources (global/ambient sounds)

Low Priority

Tileset Editor/Creator

Behaviors

All object references should be relative to the map file location

Ideas

Add ability to specify "include" directories for object references
Editor meta file or "project" file to store project specific configurations
- Default camera settings
- Default "include" directories
Ability to "install" the map into the correct location for client testing. This might include the ability to bundle the map and resources.

LinuxDonald commented 7 years ago

The fiferpg editor (done in cegui) now works too with fife maps: https://github.com/fife-rpg/editor/commit/3aae8f6ea6b2cdd3a13fa10f4cfb8208316af647

https://github.com/fife-rpg/editor

helios2000 commented 7 years ago

Really cool! Good work @Beliaar 👍

LinuxDonald commented 7 years ago

What about an merge of fife-rpg-editor into this repo here? @helios2000 @prock-fife @vtchill

Beliar83 commented 7 years ago

Just a note, i only added support for loading maps without a fife-rpg project, but i did not remove any fife-rpg specific features.

LinuxDonald commented 7 years ago

I don't think we would merge it now. But as an long term thing. We could do it instand of write an complete new one here.

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