Online Level editor

[excaliber7388]

I'm working on an online editor.
Well, actually, 2.
The one will be for online use by staff members, where they can drag tiles from a gui directly onto the level.
The other one I hope to have added to the login level.
It would be a replacement to the current level editor, and allow users to make levels, and save them to their computer.

Now, I don't know how to take from the tileset image, and put it onto the level. If anyone's made a level editor in the past, I could use some advice here.

I have a screenshot below. The edit level as text button is a feature I plan to add to allow the user to edit NPCs. Got the script from Kuji
Basically, looking for some help, if anyone is interested, PM me, I would love to have more people working on this.

[Gambet]

This is something that would be best if made with a scripting language that isn't GScript.

[excaliber7388]

Originally Posted by Gambet

This is something that would be best if made with a scripting language that isn't GScript.

Reasons for gscript:
It can be built into the client (login server)
It will work for all platforms.

[Gambet]

Originally Posted by excaliber7388

Reasons for gscript:
It can be built into the client (login server)
It will work for all platforms.

Lag.
Insufficiency.
Uncomfortable.
Unsafe.
Not For GScript.


Not to mention getting a whole bunch of people to input their own little bit to the system will only cause problems in the end.

This has been tried before (like NP's online tile layer), but has failed miserably.

The only editor I see that is promising is Maniaman's, and that's because he isnt using GScript for it (I think he's using C or so).

[Devil]

It sounds all well and dandy, but how far are you with it?

[Twinny]

You're very inspiring Gambet .

Anywho, I'm sure it could be done if effort was put into it.

[excaliber7388]

All I have is some gui stuffs.
All I really need is to understand how to take a part of the image, and convert it to a tile for the level.

[Twinny]

I may have a few materials you could use. I'll get back to you with them.

[excaliber7388]

I also plan to add the ability to create a new level, warp there, and edit it.
With the "edit level as text" button, you can edit the links, and npcs as well.
On a side note: anyone know why my tileset died? lol. It disappeared, even though I have all the files, etc.

[Devil]

Sounds good.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Gambet

Lag.
Insufficiency.
Uncomfortable.
Unsafe.
Not For GScript.

I am not aware of any major problems with online tile editors other than that current ones can only change one tile at a time. Lag shouldn't be a problem as long as you do everything except the actual tile changes clientside.

[excaliber7388]

Well, if you use mouse down and mouse up, along with the x and y coordinates of when each even happened, selecting multiple tiles shouldn't be that hard.
All I need to do is figure out how to convert from x/y positions on an image to the textual code used in a level.

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Gambet

Lag.
Insufficiency.
Uncomfortable.
Unsafe.
Not For GScript.


Not to mention getting a whole bunch of people to input their own little bit to the system will only cause problems in the end.

This has been tried before (like NP's online tile layer), but has failed miserably.

The only editor I see that is promising is Maniaman's, and that's because he isnt using GScript for it (I think he's using C or so).

Then why don't you use your apparently superior knowledge to help? Either post something constructive, or don't post at all.

[Devil]

I thought you'd be used to Gambet by now, ya know? Every post is picking on someone else's things, without actually showing he could do better.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Skyld

Either post something constructive, or don't post at all.

When was it wrong to post something unconstructive?

Looks ok cali, but Clash made a superior one. Didn't lay tiles down though. XD