You assume to much, like the editor is fixed (like all
the rest that were written!)
This editor is CONFIGURABLE(!) It reads in the constants.c source file
and uses the mud's flags and
bitvectors. I know this may be a hard concept for
everyone to grasp, since NO ONE has EVER done anything
like this before.
>
> Making a World Editor, you have to realize will only
> be valid for your own
> MUD.. Other people that run muds (if they are any
> good) will have different
> sector flags, and many many different options for
> their files... I cant use
> ANY of the world editors, because of adding flags to
> my world files... Think
> of that when you make yours, you and the builders of
> your mud will be the
> only ones who use it...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Buchanan <plazmic98@yahoo.com>
> To: <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CODE] [LIB] [SYSTEM-WIN95]
> Woirld building software
>
>
> > I agree that dos mode programs are better, but I
> think
> > we are in the minority there. Most people like a
> fancy
> > gui. (because it looks nicer?)
> >
> > I do have plans for a mapping feature, but the
> main
> > intent of the editor is not a world file editor,
> but an
> > entire lib/world/ editor. This beta (Beta 1) is
> only
> > the world file editor, simply because I wish to
> get a
> > beta group established, and to get feedback on the
> > look and feel of the editor.
> >
> > Plazmic
> >
> > > Interested, though I wonder what sort of editor
> it
> > > is. At the very least
> > > I could beta test it. I'd be more favorable
> toward
> > > a programme that
> > > could run in dos mode than a gui version (but
> that's
> > > just me). The
> > > main feature I would want to see in a gui wld
> editor
> > > would be some sort
> > > of mapping feature to allow you spacially
> represent
> > > your rooms. But
> > > let me repeat the offer of beta testing. I have
> a
> > > builder in Italy
> > > who can't get on much :)
> > >
> > > Melissa Jadwinski/meer@meersan.net
> > >
> > > At 08:54 AM 5/26/99 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >Is there any interest in an offline world file
> > > editor
> > > >for Windows'9x? I've been working on one, but
> I
> > > need
> > > >a beta group to test it... So far only the
> .wld
> > > files
> > > >are handled.
> > > >
> > > >Plazmic
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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