Does anyone use the GUI Editor?

[Cubical]

Does anyone use the GUI Editor in Scripted RC? I don't, I find it easier to do it yourself. If no one uses it would it be possible to have it replaced by something else like say Mallard's particle editor or something? Although I personally wouldn't use it, it seems more useful than the current GUI Editor.

edit: or just add his Particle Editor and other useful things from the Code Gallery to it.

[Deas_Voice]

i use it, i'm too lazy making the gui by hand, but some stuffs are missing in it, so u gotta add some stuffs by hand anyway.

[TSAdmin]

I use it to design exactly how I want the GUI to look rather than doing it from scratch and constantly updating the WNPC just to get say Button1 exactly where you want it to be.

[cbk1994]

Avoid the GUI editor at all costs.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Avoid the GUI editor at all costs.

Why?

Whenever I do anything GUI my first drafts come from it.

[salesman]

It helped me learn when I was first starting out, but I don't ever use it anymore. Chris Vimes threatened me

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

Why?

Whenever I do anything GUI my first drafts come from it.

It generates crappy code, teaches poor practices (such as using position and extent), and generally creates ugly non-interactive GUIs. It's much easier to create them from scratch.

[LoneAngelIbesu]

I use it every time I'm making a new GUI layout that I've never made before. It's faster and less annoying than trial-by-error GUI creation. I tend to edit the code heavily, though.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by LoneAngelIbesu

I use it every time I'm making a new GUI layout that I've never made before. It's faster and less annoying than trial-by-error GUI creation. I tend to edit the code heavily, though.

Exactly why I use it, after editing the GUI Control names and adding controls that aren't supported I'm left with a perfectly fine GUI creation.

It'd be nice if it just used the normal width, height, and automatically set it to open in the center of the screen though. I find myself doing this every time with the generated code.

PHP Code:

new GuiWindowCtrl("Example") {
  width = 100;
  height = 100;
  x = (screenwidth - width) / 2;
  y = (screenheight - height) / 2;
} 


[Tigairius]

Yes, I use it for first beginning a project, but then quickly stray away from it after I have a basic outline.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

It generates crappy code, teaches poor practices (such as using position and extent), and generally creates ugly non-interactive GUIs. It's much easier to create them from scratch.

Wondering if whoever felt the need to negative rep me for that would like to explain?

[Cubical]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Wondering if whoever felt the need to negative rep me for that would like to explain?

It wasn't me but I like using extent.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Wondering if whoever felt the need to negative rep me for that would like to explain?

cuz you never rep without an explanation rite?

[Mark Sir Link]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

Wondering if whoever felt the need to negative rep me for that would like to explain?

u mad

[Admins]

I'm sometimes wishing people would use it more often It produces nicer code than most scripters do, although it's true that it's more for prototyping.

[Switch]

I dislike it since I have to change just about as much in it as I would doing it on my own.

[moondeath]

I honestly had no clue it even existed. Though I haven't had RC on a server in over year and a half...but still I like making them on my own