Talk:MCDEdit

History

2014-04-21 v1.1

• the first public version

2014-04-29 v1.11

• rearranged main screen - moved loft to the right, in vertical manner (it feels more natural).
• added palette helper with ambiguous colors highlighted.
• 3D LOFT/animation image is now "rotatable" with mouse button held (rotates 3D LOFT model by steps of 45 degrees, and after releasing button - it returns back to 0), the angle can also be changed with the trackbar (it will be kept).
• added gamedata path and the config file.
• added PCK single image/sheet export into the PNG. Saved using current palette.
• added PCK single image import from the PNG. Preferred PNG format - with untouched vanilla palette. PNGs with screwed palette are also imported (as RGBA images), but most probably it could cause color ambiguity. RGB without alpha are ignored.
• added "orphan" PCK color tagging (they are red-yellow). Lots of them can be found in the TFTD.
• added insert of blank PCK, and delete of "orphan" PCK (when trying to delete used one, it will tell you which MCDs are using it). MCD+PCK integrity is kept (other PCKs referenced in other MCDs of same tileset are updated).
• fixed working folder change issue (relative paths were changed after getting into other folder in file selector).

2014-05-01 v1.12

• added custom MCD open ("Menu->Open MCD" or with checkbox "Custom").
• in the "Custom mode" you can freely choose gametype, and palette for opened tileset (because it doesn't know what game this tileset for).
• MCD values list externalized into the config file (MCDEdit.txt), each value discription text is given for the data fields.
• vanilla tilesets are now marked with * in the list. They are "most preserved" - adding/deleting of MCDs is disallowed, to keep number of MCD in each tileset intact.
• added "Add MCD" item (adds new MCD at the end).
• "Checkered" background also affects on MCD list view.

2014-07-22 v1.13

• compare mode (set with second path in the config).
• PNG sheet import (in the PCK edit screen). Empty sprites at the end are ignored.
• added context menu in the MCD selection bar (the same as in the "Edit" menu).
• added shaded stripe to preview different light levels (with animation on/off by LMB).
• fixed PNG import (system colors of palette was used for TFTD, by mistake).
• added "Edit->Save As".
• improved "Custom MCD" mode with list of neighbour MCDs from same folder and switch to "vanilla mode" if opened the MCD from vanilla folder.

2014-08-01 v1.14

• added "modified" asterix sign at the header, and warning message before closing/switching to another tileset without saving.
• added Quick save button.

2014-08-10 v1.15

• Added context menu "Edit PCK" for zoomed animation sprites.
• Changed "checkered" to toggle button, reviewed "global" status of it (it's not global in the child windows).
• "Copy MCD" is now works through the clipboard (as text information), so you can copy/paste them between two running copies of MCDEdit.
• Currently selected SCANg or PCK is scrolled to view.
• Added "Edit PCKs" at main screen (button at right top). Similar to PCK selection, but in this mode instead choosing of PCK it opens "PCK Editor".
• Added "PCK Edit" window:
  • Introducing "Smart drawing" (to skip unnecessary 4-neighbour diagonals).
  • Fast motion drawing works with bresenham filling of intermediates.
  • Introduced isometric template as grid overlay. Interesting thing, that some vanilla tiles are shifted up by 1 pixel, so you can observe they are slightly off. It's not a bug.
  • Introduced UNDO engine for PCK Editor only.
  • Introduced preview of 4 adjacent tiles (handy to interactively see how seamless walls/grounds).

2014-08-17 v1.16

• Changed text format for text copy/paste of PCKs and selections (now it's more compact).
• PCK editor:
  • Undo buffer size is increased up to 500 actions.
  • Introduced selection modes: pixel, rectangle, lasso, color. Shift is to add to selection, alt is to subtract.
  • Ctrl+shift+i inverts selection (line in Photoshop), ctrl+a - select all, esc - clears selection, cursor keys moves selection.
  • Color selection mode also works for palette.
  • Delete selected (filled with background color of RMB) - del key, and filling selected (color of LMB) with ins key.
  • Added simple color manipulation for selection: group change (by 16), shade change (by 1), with clamping of values.
  • Introduced copy/paste mode (textual form through the clipboard), shortcuts - ctrl+c, ctrl+v.
  • Introduced cut action of selection, like in Photoshop (ctrl+mouse drag, or ctrl+cursor keys).
  • Added "wrap" trigger - it works for scrolling of selections and pasted fragments.

2014-09-08 v1.16a

• Fixed bug with edit->paste.
• Fixed bug with transparency for SCANg.
• Optimized animation of shaded stripe.