BMTWTS - Region Editor Plugin

[BrandonM]

I'm going to break my toolset topic into sub posts based on the different plugins.

Currently the Region Editor Plugin is in Beta. It lets you load a map_regions.tga file and descr_regions.txt file and edit the properties of each region. You can also see new regions that you have added to the .tga but have no yet added a descr_regions.txt entry for. You can click on the map image to select the region you want to edit. Finally, it lets you save your changes to the descr_region.txt file.

To use this plugin you need my Total War Toolset Framework program. You can get it by following the link in my sig. (Get the beta version)




[Q]uestion: What other features would you like to see in the Region Editor Plugin?

[Q]uestion: Would having a Region Editor with the ability to actually edit the map_regions.tga file be useful, or would you rather use Photoshop/Gimp/Some Dedicated Image editor?

If you would like the Region Editor to be able to edit the .tga files and not just the text files, what features would it need? So far I can think of :

- Ability to choose a color
--- Sliders for RGB
--- Eye Drop Tool to pick an existing color from the map
--- Maybe have it randomly generate a new color that is not already in use?
- Ability to set a pixel to chosen color (Drawing)
--- One pixel
--- Multiple Pixels - Larger brush sizes / square shapes / circle shapes

[AliAS]

I dont know what is it. Other tools what you did function great but this not work for me. This tool doesn´t load map_regions.tga for me but descr_regions.txt yes .
What I do bad ?
sry for my english

[Rammstein]

region editor tool sounds good, but it will just change the tga an region.txt file the rest we have to do our selfs right?


[edit]
a tool we would love you for would one who edit this http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=74945

[Trajan]

Moved to the BrandonM's Toolset sub-forum.

[Rex Invictus]

Adding resources would be a nice feature.

[dragases1453]

Maybe it would eb useful a Marquee tool as in photshop

BTW...great tools

[B. Ward]

i agree, a marquee/selection tool and adding resources hell even ownership....lol then that would constitute you loading the desc_strat file as well

[BrandonM]

What do you mean by the marquee/selection?

I've already written the part that can read in the descr_strat so that's no big issue.

[B. Ward]

like a selection tool

[BrandonM]

So you want to select regions and add resources to the selected regions?
You can do that now with a single region. I could make it do multiple at once.

I've also been thinking that it would be nice to have a visual representation of the resources, so you can see how they are spread out. I need little icon/jpg representations of the different resources though, or I could just use a solid color. I'm thinking I can make it user definable (but come with a default set) so that mods that use new resources can still make use of it.

As far as defining ownership, I think anything that modifies the descr_strat should be left in the campaign editor (which I'm slowly working on). This tool is to modify the descr_regions.txt and the descr regions name file (which I can't remember at the moment).

[IrAr]

Hate to sound like an idiot, is photoshop a prerequisite for this?

[BrandonM]

To edit the .tga files you need some form of image editing software. You don't need photoshop specifically.