Another NewDark release (T2 1.23/SS2 2.44)

R Soul on 17/6/2015 at 22:13

I just saw this in the FM forum:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145511)

Some of the features look interesting:

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fixed issues with intermittent particle launch rates for continuous particle groups that are (re-)activated during game

Is that what I think it is?

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added inheritable scripts info to Scripts property dialog (edit controls also always start empty when adding the property)

This looks good. It could save a lot of confusion when less experienced users want to add a script without duplicating what the object already has.

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added simple object LOD support

This could help when missions have lots of detailed objects.

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added option for Add/Remove MetaProperty actions to use defined target object

\o/ It's been a while since I've done any scripting but I do remember this effect's limitations making some things more complicated.

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added a new tool, DarkMapGen (in contrib_editor_demos.zip), to make it easier to define locations on map images and generate location images and BIN files

This sounds incredible. I reased my own AutomapPNG tool a while ago but I think a lot of people are put off doing automaps by the necessity of using other programs. More automaps = better.

Yandros on 17/6/2015 at 22:56

That all sounds great, except I only use NVMetaTrap for adding and removing metaproperties. But today is a good day! Glad to see Le Corbeau is still active.

Ricebug on 18/6/2015 at 12:43

I am especially grateful for these two:

Fixed find_obj command (F3) so it works with concrete room types and flow groups. Previously, one had to filter out everything except RBs and then hit the Tab key a thousand times, while trying to stay awake.

Added quick-link functionality for easier chain-linking of objects (such as patrol routes), see modders_notes.txt for details. YES!!!

gamophyte on 18/6/2015 at 16:49

So awesome, good to see! I can't make heads or tales of some of the changes as I'm just a lurker mostly. I wonder if any changes make it easier to rotate massive multi brushes including room brushes without issue. That's what I'm mainly waiting on. I don't want to create, then rotate, every room brush for diagonal laid out areas.

gamophyte on 18/6/2015 at 17:41

Quote Posted by Ricebug

Added quick-link functionality for easier chain-linking of objects (such as patrol routes), see modders_notes.txt for details. YES!!!

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Quick-linking
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As a complement to the "link_chain" command, which can be tricky to use, there's now something called quick-linking.
Quick-linking works such that you select an object, then use the "qlink_add" command to add the object to a queue.
This can be repeated any (well up to 512) number of times. To finally create a link chain between the queued objects,
in the order they were added, you execute the "qlink_create" command. Without any arguments it will display a dialog
where you can select the link flavor and some other options. The "Circular Link" option selects whether a link will
be created between the last and the first objects in queue or not. The "Leave QL Queue" option just tells the
"qlink_create" command to not clear the quick-link queue after it's done, in case you want to create more links
between the same objects.

To remove an object from the queue you have to select the object and then use the "qlink_del" command. This will
remove the last entry for this object from the queue. If the object has been added multiple times and you want to
remove all entires, then you have to execute "qlink_del" several times until all entries have been removed.

To insert an object in front of another already queued object, you have to select the object you want to insert
and then execute the "qlink_insert" command with the object id of the already queued object as argument. For example
you already added object 163 to the quick-link queue, and then later you want to insert an object prior to 163. With
the new object selected you invoke "qlink_insert 163". If 163 has been queued multiple times then the new object
is inserted in front of the last entry of 163. It's not possible to insert it in front of earlier occurrences, in
that case you have abort and start the quick-link from scratch again.

To abort a quick-link operation that's in progress, without creating any links, there's the "qlink_reset" command.

When there are two or more objects added to the quick-link queue, the editor will draw link arrows between the
objects. When the queue is emptied after the "qlink_create" or "qlink_rest" commands, these link arrows will
disappear again. The color of the quick-link arrows can be changed with the "link_draw_qlink" config var, the
default color is white.

"qlink_create" can optionally also be invoked with the link flavor as an argument to prevent the dialog from being
displayed. An optional second flags argument may be supplied after the flavor, to select circular linking and if
queue should not be cleared. The flag values are 1 for circular linking and 2 for not clearing the queue. To set
multiple flags simply add the values together, for example a value of 3 would do a circular link and not clear the
queue.

It's not plain english to me yet but will take a whack at it. If only someone could make a quick video ;)

LarryG on 18/6/2015 at 18:16

This sounds like something you will want to create command hot-keys or menu items for. One for qlink_add, one for qlink_create, another for qlink_del, for qlink_insert and qlink_reset. Typing the commands in manually sounds like a pain, but the functionality sounds great.

Edit: Just to test it out I threw the following into my menus.cfg to add the commands to my tools menu:

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It works like a champ. This will be a real time saver for patrol paths and complicated vator paths, for sure!

nicked on 18/6/2015 at 19:04

LOD support is mind-blowingly awesome.

Le MAlin 76 on 18/6/2015 at 20:06

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Great. But the F6 function not work properly.

Le MAlin 76 on 18/6/2015 at 20:10

EnableLAA.exe

If you have great computer's configuration, you can doing great missions with more hd textures, or complexity, with less lag, and less badluck to have "runtime error" in dromed ! It's very great.

But if you have a laptop don't use it, it will not be usefull.

Yandros on 18/6/2015 at 20:29

What is LOD support?