B-$hep wrote:TM I got the compression to work. I can edit maps and compress with my tool directly from UMAP and GTA2 is happy with my maps.
Hmm, what stuff does it have to do in order to compress a map? as far as i know, the compression method only saves the blocks between empty blocks from top/bottom, and creates unique block list that each top-down row uses. Did i miss something? Also i read the documents that slope type 63 has to be used in some cases, im not fully certain about that though (docs have lots of incorrect stuff).
Also would be nice if you could provide the source code, i might be able to optimize it, since i cant see real problems with speed at this moment.
I would check unique blocks by calculating checksum from the block-data and adding that into Map object (c++ stuff) with the checksum as key. Therefore you only need to add the blocks in array, and when every block is there, you just loop it through and create ID's for each item in the array for pointers to the rows of map data.
Pyro wrote:@TradeMark: I've had a go at using your map viewer/zone editor and have to say it looks nice, but using the zone editor is a bit fiddly. I thought the options would appear in the file menu at the top (such as Edit (or Display in your case) > Zones > Add/Edit/View Zones) rather than having to press random keys.
Ah, yeah i guess it should be something like File -> edit -> zones ? I'll change it to that next release. But the "add zones" etc. buttons are in the main render window for now. Maybe i add some text "press ctrl to create zone" or something.
Pyro wrote:For some reason also wanted to see a right click option in the map window where I could add things like that
Been thinking about right click menu, but the problem is that right click is used to select zones, and im not going to change that because i see it easiest way since you cant mess up the other zones, because different keys select and edit the zones. (i always hated how i could mis-click some selection in other editors and then i have to do it again >_<). Maybe i add other keyboard configurations later
Pyro wrote:Default movement keys are WASD rather than the normal arrow keys as I first expected it to be, gamer by any chance?
Well, since most shortkeys are at left side of the keyboard, i find it more useful to use WASD than arrow keys, also would feel weird to use mouse and arrow keys at same time... hands can rest on keyboard easier at WASD placement
Pyro wrote:CPU usage idles around 27%-31% for me when using the program fully open (about 3%-6% when minimised - useful!) - although probably have a lot of fancy rendering stuff going on (if it helps, I have a quad-core AMD Athlon II X4 620 CPU at 2.6GHz, 2GB RAM, NVIDIA 9600 GSO graphics card running at 1680x1050 and using Windows XP 64-bit Edition)
What is your FPS in the editor? And no, it doesnt have fancy rendering stuff
Its really basic renderer, probably thats why its causing lots of CPU usage when its sending stuff to GPU all the time, im not sure whats causing it, but my editor doesnt do much calculations at all. Hmm, 64-bit windows
so it actually works on 64-bit computers, good to know. BTW when zone editor is on, the CPU usage goes even higher (or was that where you recorded that CPU usage percents?) and this is caused by the GPU, not CPU. Its on my TODO list to fix that zone editor CPU usage for good.
Pyro wrote:How come there isn't an option just to load a GMP file on the open menu instead of having to use an MMP file first? If I try to open a GMP it throws up an error saying "This is not a standard MMP file!" and then goes on to throw multiple errors (one for not finding the STY file and the next one for not finding the GMP) and then crashing completely! Even specifying it in the maplist.txt (as mentioned to to in your readme) will throw up the same errors.
Ah, yeah, didnt make it into editor yet because nobody has mentioned it, and mostly when you make maps, you have to make .mmp file anyways, so it easies things a lot, also you can just click mmp file and open it directly in editor later, so its even faster to edit then
"maplist.txt" should work though, maybe you entered the GMP and STY file in wrong places? or maybe you had some extra spaces there. Hard to guess, could you show your "maplist.txt" to me? Actually, i think the error can be fixed when you add a name for your map, maplist.txt supports map name too, i think its fourth "parameter". read the "readme maplist.txt" to see the format. I will investigate it
Pyro wrote:Some objects read from the MIS file are not placed on the map, or some are but placed incorrectly. See picture attached for details. In short, the bit in the middle on top of the roof where there are 2 power generators (the yellow box things) are not actually at that height. In fact they are sitting below that under the railing/guard (you can just about make it out in the picture, 3 dark lines running left to right). This problem does not happen with things like the weapons, which some are under the walkway (which is where they actually are)! Finally, the crane object does not render (see top right). Maybe other objects are like this too?
Hmm, could you show the part of the script that places those generators? And perhaps send the map too? Sounds like there is a bug, but i cant fix it without map/script
Yeah cranes arent supported yet, i have to re-write the object renderer/script reader to be more flexible than what it is now.
Pyro wrote:It would seem the "tick" options in your options always show even if something is disabled, can get confusing!
Yeah i think this is the most reported bug
I will fix them! just wait
Thanks for testing/commenting!
depends on your gfx card and cpu model. On my other GFX card i got nearly zero cpu usage, but now when i use the ATI card, my CPU usage is insanely high, i dont know a solution for this, the map editor doesnt calculate anything, it doesnt do anything for the 100% of cpu. Only problem comes when you use zone editor, there its normal to get 100-200% of cpu usage 