Hero Core - Tools

u/Keoni29 January 04, 2015, 02:50:02 PM

What kind of undo/redo implementation would suffice? Simple flip-undo or a linear undo stack which holds all changes?

Edit: Cleaned up source and added code summary/index.

Last Edit: January 04, 2015, 05:18:46 PM by Keoni29

u/Dream of Omnimaga January 05, 2015, 07:55:05 AM

It doesn't have to hold 9001 changes, but at least 3-5 would be great (unless it doesn't take much RAM then you could add more).

u/aetios January 05, 2015, 12:08:08 PM

A stack would be ideal. I don't think it'd be much different if it holds 9000 or 2 changes, so make it big :p

u/Dream of Omnimaga January 05, 2015, 05:07:49 PM

Quote from: aeTIos on January 05, 2015, 12:08:08 PM
A stack would be ideal. I don't think it'd be much different if it holds 9000 or 2 changes, so make it big :p

i was pointing out because in image editors, one Undo can be worth several MB of RAM.

u/Keoni29 January 05, 2015, 05:14:49 PM

I was thinking about an actions stack as well. I want to revert all tile placements in one drag every time you undo, but I would like to have a redo function as well. With a regular stack I cannot do that. I need a stack that can go back without pushing a new value on top.

u/Keoni29 January 06, 2015, 05:04:53 PM

The commandline options processing works now. I just have to add some more tests for invalid input combinations so the user cannot break the editor

u/Dream of Omnimaga January 06, 2015, 06:20:44 PM

As long as it doesn't become command-like-only

(I hate working in command prompt because it takes so long to type anything and batch files are not always an option)

u/Keoni29 January 06, 2015, 06:49:53 PM

You only have to specify parameters once. The editor configuration as well as the tilemap are stored in .core files (but not in the exported appvar)
When you load a .core file the editor is automatically configured

u/Dream of Omnimaga January 06, 2015, 10:36:13 PM

Ah ok that's good then lol. Many command prompt-based softwares won't do that.

u/Keoni29 January 06, 2015, 11:46:06 PM

Yes! I got it to build on windows without modifying the source! Setting up a compiler and SDL is a lot more work on windows compared to linux tho

I am still having some issues with loading PNG files and getting the stdout to display in the cmd window instead of writing to a file as well as exporting to appvars. This means I have to figure out what windows is doing differently.

u/Dream of Omnimaga January 07, 2015, 12:27:56 AM

Cool to hear. Good luck with the rest. Hopefully you can make this program for multiple OSes without having to work on two different versions simultaneously.