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[Bennett]

It would be great if there was a speech bubble system.

[Snakey]

• Implemeted proper foreground and background tile rendering.
• Added accelerator keys or keyboard short cuts.
• Changed the error dialog box from using a wxTreeCtrl to a wxListCtrl for better appearances.
• Added BqEd shortcut to the installer.
• Added tool tips for the tile type tool palette.
• Added tool bar radio tools to allow you to view all tiles, foreground tiles and background tiles.

[Snakey]

• Rewrote the selection code. Display should now render selection boxes appropriately dependent on circumstances. Selecting something already selected will deselect it.
• Rewrote move code. Scripts will now have a highlighted box indicating which ones will be moved. Cursor also changes to a move cursor.
• Added foreground and background painting tools to allow the user to select which tiles are in the background or foreground layer.
• Selection code is now implemented. Select All, Select All Tiles, Select All Scripts.

I haven't had a lot of time to work on this week, but somethings did get developed for the better.

[DugIt]

So...What's up with our favorite project?


BMcC, I'm still highly interested in using this for my project. I can't wait to get started on it.

[medieval]

using this for my project.

That's what I'm planning to do as well

[DugIt]

That's what I'm planning to do as well

Neat! What kind of project were you preposing to do?

[medieval]

That's what I'm planning to do as well

Neat! What kind of project were you preposing to do?

A collab game with sereneworx. That's all I'm telling.

[Snakey]

• Changed tile type icons to coloured versions to match tile type images displayed within the map.
• When closing the main frame with a dirty map, it will now ask if you would like to save it. Clicking on cancel will veto the close operation.
• Fixed bug which would remove dirty status when you select 'New' and then 'No'.
• Levels can now be dirtied.
• Added foreground and background image icons. These are toggled when the user selects the 'Paint Background Tile' tool, or 'Paint Foreground Tile' tool.
• Level screen shot rendering is now fixed and will no longer render incorrectly zoomed images, nor show editor specific images/icons.
• Fixed potential memory leak when the editor fails to unload the current level. This is caught when the editor closes down now.
• Added undo and redo for most of the current actions available to the user.
• Added undo and redo accelerator keys.
• When the frame closes, it will check if the map is dirty, and if so it will ask if the user wishes to save the map.
• Tileset palette window can now open a preview window for the current tile set.
• Added undo and redo toolbar buttons.

Downloads for version 07042009 is available here.[/list]

[Corpus]

Really awesome, Snakey! I've been twiddling around in BQEd for a few nights now.

One question: is there any way to set a script's start value, yet?

[Snakey]

One question: is there any way to set a script's start value, yet?

I know that scripts can have some value attached to them, and from memory that value does different things for different scripts? I can't remember... but I'll add it on my todo list.

[Corpus]

Yeah. You use it to specify the orientation of lasers, direction of movement of platforms, which switches link to what etc.

In the in-game editor you set it by holding the object with your mouse and pressing a number, which is a bit fiddly, but with BQEd's selection system it should be a lot easier, user-interaction-wise.

[Snakey]

Here's what I ended up doing. When you double click on a script, or access a script's properties via other means (toolbar, main menu, context menu) a window will pop up like this. This will allow you to edit the position and attributes of the script(s).

[Corpus]

Savage.

I finished my first BQ level last night, using your editor I'll post it as soon as I think of a name for it.

[medieval]

Basing this on my mind's logic, but who knows if I'm wrong:
BQed will also work for any games built on the BQ engine, am I right?

[Corpus]

Yup.

It'll be restricted to single-screen games for the time being, though, I guess.

[Snakey]

BQed will also work for any games built on the BQ engine, am I right?

I think so. That last time I talked to BMcC he did mention if that was going to be the case and I said it would. It's very likely that I will release the source code to BqEd anyways, so people would probably be able to alter BqEd for their particular versions of the Bq engine.

[Snakey]

• Added undo and redo for script adding.
• Added undo and redo for script deletion.
• Updated tile type icons so they are less bland by adding a slight overlay gradient to them.
• Updated view foreground only and view all icons as these were causing problems when disabled.
• Level panel will zoom in and zoom out when the user holds Control and uses the Mouse wheel.
• Added most of the tool bar tools into the main menu.
• Added accelerator short cut keys for the majority of the program.
• Widgets will disable themselves if no level has been loaded, or enable themselves when a level has been loaded.
• Added play level button, which launches Balding's Quest as a synchronous thread. BqEd will become unresponsive until Bq is closed.
• Added editor path into BqEdPath.
• When double clicking on a script, a script properties window will appear allowing the user to adjust the properties.

Downloads are located here.

[Snakey]

Well I think the project is nearing the end of all development really. I'm pretty happy with the way things have gone. A few more features will be added and that's all. Last update scheduled for either next few days or in the end of May.

[BMcC]

Whoa, incredible.

Hey, um...  I actually added something to the map files.  Two new values per tile: Collision Mask and Mask Rotation.  You could just have them read in and save as 0 0, cuz I'll probably cripple the slope functionality until BQ is done.  But I've already updated all the map files if you need them.

[Jotaf]

Hmmmmmmmmm... just wondering... does summertime mean everyone's gonna contribute more or less to BQ?...

(EDIT: BTW BMcC the chicks totally dig your avatar, sorry but I had to steal it for a few days no hard feelings right? )