Gonstruct Feedback

[Fry]

Hey,
so recently we recreated the level rendering in Gonstruct in the hopes of increasing performance and scalability for new features, and I was kind of hoping to get some feedback and testing done in on the current version.
New features are listed in the change log, but generally there's a bunch of layer editing fixes, shading of unselected layers and of course the new level rendering.

Here's a Windows installer which should work.
There's also a Linux binary, but you will most likely have to instruct your packet manager to install "gtksourceviewmm" and "gtkglextmm".

I'm especially interested in any crashes and how to reproduce them, if you find them and any other oddness with the level drawing.
Also, the layer editing controls are obviously pretty terrible right now, so I'm open for suggestions on how to improve them, I've got hotkeys for changing the layer and reordering functionality in mind, but there's probably more.

Also check out the GitHub page if you want, it provides a pretty good platform for bug reports/feature requests, and Dusty has already posted a few suggestions there (ages ago, though).


Bugs we're aware of right now are:
- Flickering when resizing, scrolling or selecting a level
- Screenshot level doesn't work
- Takes all the available CPU time (it's not greedy though and shouldn't slow down other applications)

[DustyPorViva]

Sorry I didn't get back to you on that. Sadly I got an error on the new version:

[Fry]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Sorry I didn't get back to you on that. Sadly I got an error on the new version:

Drat, I knew I forgot a DLL. Thanks for the report, fixing it as soon as possible

[DustyPorViva]

Okay, running fine so far. Got a crash error on closing it, however:

[cyan3]

Just installing the packages but don't have enough time right now to use it but I'll come back to it tomorrow.

[Umat]

Have you compiled it with debugging variables so it's usable in gdb?

[WhiteDragon]

Originally Posted by Umat

Have you compiled it with debugging variables so it's usable in gdb?

If he didn't, you can.

All you need on Linux is libboost (was libboost-all-dev in Debian repos), and possibly some other stuff. To compile get premake, move the binary into the source root, and then run

PHP Code:

./premake4 embed; ./premake4 gmake; sh build.sh 


There might be some more deps you need to resolve, but the compile errors should probably be readable enough to figure out what you need.

[Birdo13]

when I go to use it, no tileset shows up? I have pics1.png and pics1_layers.png in my GRaal/levels/tiles folder. And I have Gonstruct in my Graal/Gonstruct folder. I have the preferences set to the graal folder also. How do I get the pics1_layers tileset to load?

[Umat]

Originally Posted by WhiteDragon

If he didn't, you can.

All you need on Linux is libboost (was libboost-all-dev in Debian repos), and possibly some other stuff. To compile get premake, move the binary into the source root, and then run

PHP Code:

./premake4 emed; ./premake4 gmake; sh build.sh 


There might be some more deps you need to resolve, but the compile errors should probably be readable enough to figure out what you need.

Oh, right. That was a stupid question. I know how to use premake I use it for personal projects.

[Fry]

Okay, fixed the Windows installer (same link), thanks for the reports and sorry it took so long (****ty laptop)!

[Fry]

Originally Posted by Birdo13

when I go to use it, no tileset shows up? I have pics1.png and pics1_layers.png in my GRaal/levels/tiles folder. And I have Gonstruct in my Graal/Gonstruct folder. I have the preferences set to the graal folder also. How do I get the pics1_layers tileset to load?

Hm, did you add it to the "Tilesets list", marked as a "Main" tileset and open a level? The tileset settings are a bit messy, going to try to come up with a better version of that at some point.

[Deas_Voice]

silly question, but, does it work on 32bit linux now or is it still for 64bit?

[Loriel]

32bit, I did the 64bit linux builds the last time and I did not do anything this time!

[WhiteDragon]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

silly question, but, does it work on 32bit linux now or is it still for 64bit?

This should work for 64-bit: gonstruct-0.2.0-lin-64bit.tar.gz

[Deas_Voice]

NPC Code:

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deas@deas-laptop:~/Desktop/gonstruct-0.2.0$ ./gonstruct

./gonstruct: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_filesystem

8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

---

uhh..

can't find "libboost_filesystem 8.0"..
suggestions?

Originally Posted by WhiteDragon

This should work for 64-bit: gonstruct-0.2.0-lin-64bit.tar.gz

sorry mate, i'm a 32bit-er.

[Fry]

There's a new version uploaded (under the same link as above) that should use much less CPU time and run smoother now!

[zephirot]

This happen when I scroll the tiles bar.

[Tim_Rocks]

There should be a play button. =P

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Tim_Rocks

There should be a play button. =P

Patches welcome

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Tim_Rocks

There should be a play button. =P

If there was one it would require them to make their own GS2 script parser, which would be useless anyway.

[Tim_Rocks]

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

NPC Code:

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deas@deas-laptop:~/Desktop/gonstruct-0.2.0$ ./gonstruct

./gonstruct: error while loading shared libraries: libboost_filesystem

8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

---

uhh..

can't find "libboost_filesystem 8.0"..
suggestions?

~bump
(using Jaunty, ubuntu)

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

~bump
(using Jaunty, ubuntu)

install boost

edit: if you did, try seeing what ldd gonstruct says

[oo_jazz_oo]

When I scroll the tiles sideways, a gray (sometimes black) square comes from the right, and blocks the tiles from being seen.

It seems as if the tile selection image area is leaking into the level...but it doesnt show the actual tiles, just a square that moves left more the more you scroll right. :P

It goes away after rolling over the level, but is still an error. ;P

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Loriel

install boost

edit: if you did, try seeing what ldd gonstruct says

there is a lot of versions of "libboost" in package manager..

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

there is a lot of versions of "libboost" in package manager..

try installing gentoo, it just has one version of boost in the package manager

[Fry]

Originally Posted by zephirot

This happen when I scroll the tiles bar.

Odd, that shouldn't happen
Did you reinstall gonstruct recently (last few hours)? What's the CPU usage in the task manager when you have a level open?

[Fry]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

there is a lot of versions of "libboost" in package manager..

Something along the lines of "libboost-all" should be enugh, pick one with the funny Ubuntu logo next to it I guess.

[Fry]

Can't edit the opening post, but Linux/Windows/Mac versions of 0.2.0 are available on the Gonstruct page. These should (hopefully) work for most people now. Check the changelog for details, the rest of the bugs are going to be fixed in the next version, hopefully.
Thanks a lot for the feedback so far!

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Fry

the Gonstruct page.

this is a v. good page

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Loriel

try installing gentoo, it just has one version of boost in the package manager

~didn't make a difference.

Originally Posted by Loriel

if you did, try seeing what ldd gonstruct says

deas@deas-laptop:~/Desktop/gonstruct-0.2.0$ ldd ./gonstruct
./gonstruct: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.11' not found (required by ./gonstruct)
	linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb8053000)
	libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 (0xb7fff000)
	libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2.so.0 (0xb7ff8000)
	libgdkglextmm-x11-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdkglextmm-x11-1.2.so.0 (0xb7fe4000)
	libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 (0xb7fe0000)
	libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb7ca9000)
	libgdkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdkglext-x11-1.0.so.0 (0xb7c5e000)
	libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLU.so.1 (0xb7bec000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0xb7b31000)
	libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0xb7b1b000)
	libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xb7ac8000)
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xb7abf000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xb7aa7000)
	libpangox-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangox-1.0.so.0 (0xb7a9a000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb79aa000)
	libatkmm-1.6.so.1 => /usr/lib/libatkmm-1.6.so.1 (0xb7965000)
	libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb791d000)
	libgiomm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgiomm-2.4.so.1 (0xb78af000)
	libpangomm-1.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpangomm-1.4.so.1 (0xb7882000)
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb74d0000)
	libglibmm-2.4.so.1 => /usr/lib/libglibmm-2.4.so.1 (0xb7479000)
	libcairomm-1.0.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcairomm-1.0.so.1 (0xb745e000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb7457000)
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xb73ca000)
	libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xb73ae000)
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xb7385000)
	libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xb736b000)
	libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xb735f000)
	libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xb72f1000)
	libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0xb7276000)
	libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xb7233000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0xb71bc000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xb718f000)
	libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xb7151000)
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xb714b000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xb7093000)
	libboost_filesystem-mt.so.1.38.0 => not found
	libboost_system-mt.so.1.38.0 => not found
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb6fa4000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb6f7d000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6f6e000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb6e0b000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb6df2000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb6ddc000)
	libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb6ca0000)
	libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1 (0xb5d87000)
	libnvidia-tls.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.1 (0xb5d85000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb5d75000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb5d71000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb5d6b000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0xb5d51000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xb5d47000)
	libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0xb5d44000)
	libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0xb5d3a000)
	libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0xb5d31000)
	libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0xb5d28000)
	libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xb5d24000)
	libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb5d21000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb5d1c000)
	libpcre.so.3 => /lib/libpcre.so.3 (0xb5ce9000)
	libselinux.so.1 => /lib/libselinux.so.1 (0xb5ccf000)
	libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xb5c8c000)
	libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-1.0.so.0 (0xb5c26000)
	libfusion-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libfusion-1.0.so.0 (0xb5c1d000)
	libdirect-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libdirect-1.0.so.0 (0xb5c07000)
	libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 (0xb5be1000)
	libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xb5bdc000)
	libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xb5bd4000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb5bad000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb8054000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb5ba8000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb5ba3000)

Originally Posted by Fry

Something along the lines of "libboost-all" should be enugh, pick one with the funny Ubuntu logo next to it I guess.

i would if i could find something like that.

[zephirot]

Originally Posted by Fry

Odd, that shouldn't happen
Did you reinstall gonstruct recently (last few hours)? What's the CPU usage in the task manager when you have a level open?

It's the first time I installed it on this machine something like 4-5 hours ago, and the CPU usage is totally normal.

[Fry]

Originally Posted by zephirot

It's the first time I installed it on this machine something like 4-5 hours ago, and the CPU usage is totally normal.

Hm, I had a problem where all OpenGL applications didn't work. If you want, you can try updating your display drivers, but it probably isn't what causes it for you Not sure really.

[zephirot]

They are up to date .

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

NPC Code:

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deas@deas-laptop:~/Desktop/gonstruct-0.2.0$ ldd ./gonstruct

[...]

	libboost_filesystem-mt.so.1.38.0 => not found

	libboost_system-mt.so.1.38.0 => not found

---

Can you see whether the package libboost1.38-dev is installed? If yes, maybe they are using another naming scheme and you can try creating symlinks /usr/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.so.1.38.0 and ...-system-... to whatever name they use. If no, maybe you can just try creating those symlinks and have them point to whatever other version of those libraries you have installed.

They really need to come up with a way to distribute binaries across distributions without making me learn how to use that distribution

[Draenin]

Any chance of gmap and terrain map support? Editing gmaps in their entirety is something Gonstruct seems to lack right now.

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Loriel

Can you see whether the package libboost1.38-dev is installed?

couldn't find 1.38, just 1.37, but i'll try that one.
Edit; did not work.. there's no 1.38 in the package manager..

Originally Posted by Loriel

If yes, maybe they are using another naming scheme and you can try creating symlinks /usr/lib/libboost_filesystem-mt.so.1.38.0 and ...-system-... to whatever name they use. If no, maybe you can just try creating those symlinks and have them point to whatever other version of those libraries you have installed.

~negative, the package doesnt even exist.

Originally Posted by Loriel

They really need to come up with a way to distribute binaries across distributions without making me learn how to use that distribution

Agreed.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Deas_Voice

couldn't find 1.38, just 1.37, but i'll try that one.
Edit; did not work.. there's no 1.38 in the package manager..

There is in girlfriend's netbook's ubuntu, maybe you need to upgrade. (Edit: Ubuntu 9.10)

Gentoo is apparently up to 1.41, so we are not entirely bleeding edge here.

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by Draenin

Any chance of gmap and terrain map support? Editing gmaps in their entirety is something Gonstruct seems to lack right now.

There is a chance, but do not count on it or anything. If someone wants to contribute work in that direction, we would be more than happy to accept it and possibly assist.

[Draenin]

Originally Posted by Loriel

There is a chance, but do not count on it or anything. If someone wants to contribute work in that direction, we would be more than happy to accept it and possibly assist.

Well, if it helps at all, you can open up a terrain map with notepad and see all the level details, including the z-heights of vertices on terrain maps. And from what I understand, normal .nw levels are patchworked into a gmap through use of specialized links. I'm pretty sure that's viewable through notepad too. Such information might be useful if that kind of feature were to be implemented.