Set CE values in editor

Tomi · Post by **Tomi** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:15 am

This would be very useful IMO - surely awfully hard to implement it in the editor, but really very useful.

I'd like to be able to set CE values of objects in playfield in editor. With this, the CE value of objects in playfield doesn't always have to be the default on the beginning. It would work like this:

I have CE 1 with anim_mode:ce_value. CE value 0 = green gem, 1 = red gem, 2 = purple gem, 3 = yellow gem. Default CE value is 0. First, I make a rectangle of CE1s in the map. Then, I select a new tool in editor, press one of them, and enter its new CE value ("3"). (I'm not yet sure where to enter it, but that's just implementation details.) When the level starts, the CE will now look like yellow gem instead of green gem.
There's also the question how to indicate special CE value in the editor. I suggest something like this: when the CE uses its default CE value, it looks like normal. When the CE uses a special CE value, it has the value written on it, like this:

(This CE values showing could be optionally turned off in editor settings.)

Example where it could be used: to make a text message in the game (or "static version of FMV"?) which uses only one CE.

Tomi · Post by **Tomi** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:24 am

Was this post missed?

Daniel H. · Post by **Daniel H.** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:31 pm

I saw the post...

It would be useful, yet, as you said, hard to implement.

BTW -- When you made the "Was this post missed?" message, it had only been 24 hours and 9 minutes since you made this topic.

Tomi · Post by **Tomi** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:49 am

I know, but I wasn't sure, as some other people already replied to other threads, but not this one. But you're right, probably it was too soon.

Daniel H. · Post by **Daniel H.** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:06 pm

If this idea were implemented, there should be an option in "Editor Settings" to show or hide the CE value.

One problem would be, what would RnD do if the CE value had three or four digits?

Tomi · Post by **Tomi** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:41 am

> If this idea were implemented, there should be an option in "Editor Settings" to show or hide the CE value.
I already said that:
> (This CE values showing could be optionally turned off in editor settings.)

> One problem would be, what would RnD do if the CE value had three or four digits?
Maybe it would display only two digits, with some indication that there's more, and when player hovers over the element, it would show the whole value somewhere (e.g. in the status bar).

Post by **Holger** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:31 pm

Yes, this would be a useful extension of the level file and editor. For displaying it as suggested, zooming the playfield in the editor to a larger tile size would be a solution.