Map Colors

[TheDarkWraith]

v0.0.17: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9TQYEW5E

was trying to optimize in addition to adding the screenshot ability and it backfired

This removes the optimizations and takes it back to stable version with addition of screenshot ability. Let me know how you like the screenshot ability.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by makman94

something else that i notice (very tiny !) is that if user tries to adjust the values at RGB adjusters of your app(via num numbers) ....the side effect is that app is changing also the gradients.tga at the 'selected' area becuase both ('adjusters' and 'selected area') are using the num numbers. better to allow user changing the gradients.tga only via the 'g' button .

Here's how it works (or should be working):
When the app is loaded everything is using the same gradient (map, selected, and editing) and the Gradients color changer box (indicies) is loaded with colors from that gradient. If you press G to cycle through available gradients then obviously the selected gradient changes. To adjust the colors (indicies) of the selected gradient that you have chosen you have to press the load colors button. Pressing that button will change the editing gradient to the selected gradient. That will load the colors from the selected gradient into the editing colors box. Now when you edit any color index in the gradients editor box it will update the index color and also update the editing gradient so that you can see the change. To apply the editing gradient to the map you have to press the editing gradient's map button. Anytime you press the load colors button the selected gradient will be replaced and all changes are lost.
Pressing any gradient's map button will cause that gradient to be used for rendering of the map and the map will be reshown using it.
Pressing any gradient's save button will save the gradient shown in that gradient box to a file.

[SquareSteelBar]

Seems all OK in v0.0.17 so far...

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

...Let me know how you like the screenshot ability.

How to do a screenshot?

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SquareSteelBar

Seems all OK in v0.0.17 so far...

How to do a screenshot?

Press S. You can always press H for help.

[makman94]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Here's how it works (or should be working):
When the app is loaded everything is using the same gradient (map, selected, and editing) and the Gradients color changer box (indicies) is loaded with colors from that gradient. If you press G to cycle through available gradients then obviously the selected gradient changes. To adjust the colors (indicies) of the selected gradient that you have chosen you have to press the load colors button. Pressing that button will change the editing gradient to the selected gradient. That will load the colors from the selected gradient into the editing colors box. Now when you edit any color index in the gradients editor box it will update the index color and also update the editing gradient so that you can see the change. To apply the editing gradient to the map you have to press the editing gradient's map button. Anytime you press the load colors button the selected gradient will be replaced and all changes are lost.
Pressing any gradient's map button will cause that gradient to be used for rendering of the map and the map will be reshown using it.
Pressing any gradient's save button will save the gradient shown in that gradient box to a file.

yes TDW , I have understand all these (i have allready created my first version for map colors ) . i think that you didn't understand what i told you so look at the following pic .

ps: your last version ( 0.17) works perfect for me (haven't notice any issue)

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by makman94

ps: your last version ( 0.17) works perfect for me (haven't notice any issue)

ah yes I noticed that when testing starting in v0.0.15. It should be fixed in v0.0.17. Let me know if it isn't

[makman94]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

ah yes I noticed that when testing starting in v0.0.15. It should be fixed in v0.0.17. Let me know if it isn't

still 'exists' in version 0.17 too ( the pic is from your last -0.17- version).

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by makman94

still 'exists' in version 0.17 too ( the pic is from your last -0.17- version).

I didn't get the 'problem' to reproduce until I entered an invalid value. Fixing now

Going to add something also:
at app start it asks if you want to use the game file or not. If you opt not to I'm going to have it ask you if you want to specify a gradient to use (select one from a GUI) or let it use the default gradient (current behavior)

[TheDarkWraith]

v0.0.18: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DMA0WR7S

Fixed problem makman94 posted

Added ability to select gradientx.tgas folder at startup if you decide not to use game file

[SquareSteelBar]

v0.0.18:

when I click on a recently saved gradientx.tga [not .act file !] windows explorer crashes immediately. It's impossible to get access to that file and I've to delete it via cmd.exe... but explorer doesn't work properly anymore.
I've to reboot...





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[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SquareSteelBar

v0.0.18:

when I click on a recently saved gradientx.tga [not .act file !] windows explorer crashes immediately. It's impossible to get access to that file and I've to delete it via cmd.exe... but explorer doesn't work properly anymore.
I've to reboot....

You open explorer to view files and you navigate to where you recently saved the gradientx.tga file. You double click it via mouse thus asking explorer to open it up using the default program associated with tga files correct? And when doing so it crashes? It's quite possible this can happen with some image editors because the tga is a very strange size and bit depth (width 256, height 1, bit depth of 24bpp). Try right clicking the file and selecting open with and using another image editor (I use photoshop and it has no problems with the saved tgas).

[SquareSteelBar]

Nothing to do with associated prog.
When single clicking [right or left] the file WE immediately crashes.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SquareSteelBar

Nothing to do with associated prog.
When single clicking [right or left] the file WE immediately crashes.

Can you possibly send me the file in question so I may test it on my system?

[SquareSteelBar]

Hard to get access to it since WE crashes when I try.

Will try to pack it by WinRAR.


Here you are: http://www.file-upload.net/download-...dient.rar.html

After I saved gradient.tga to a different folder the crashes also happen with the .tga files inside SHMapViewer_0_0_18_by_TheDarkWraith folder although they haven't been changed [checksum].
Since WE doesn't work properly after the crash [freeze] I'm forced to reboot the system.

That all seems to me like parts of WE are kicked out of memory whilst saving the tga...

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SquareSteelBar

Hard to get access to it since WE crashes when I try.

Will try to pack it by WinRAR.


Here you are: http://www.file-upload.net/download-...dient.rar.html

After I saved gradient.tga to a different folder the crashes also happen with the .tga files inside SHMapViewer_0_0_18_by_TheDarkWraith folder although they haven't been changed [checksum].
Since WE doesn't work properly after the crash [freeze] I'm forced to reboot the system.

That all seems to me like parts of WE are kicked out of memory whilst saving the tga...

I can open the file with Photoshop and can use Explorer to open it up (double clicking it - Win7 Ultimate 64bit). I can also open it up with the app with no problems