SE 5 Editor

[Elsemeravin]

I am starting to use your editor for real purpose (not testing) as it makes the file editing so much more natural.
But I met a new problem. The "AI Tag xx" abilities are not accepted in the component editor. As I am cirrently implementing that part I need to go back to notepad

[Devnullicus]

Hmmm, I thought I put those in there. Well, if you want a quick fix, find the file <SE5Editor home dir>/data/consts.txt. Add the appropriate type to the AbilityType section.

[skigrinder]

Any chance you'll extend the SEV Editor to include the systemtypes.txt files?

[Elsemeravin]

Devnullicus said:
Hmmm, I thought I put those in there. Well, if you want a quick fix, find the file <SE5Editor home dir>/data/consts.txt. Add the appropriate type to the AbilityType section.

It solves the problem, thanks.

[Elsemeravin]

Hey, would it be possible to add a "copy component" button in addition to current "add" and "remove" buttons? Indeed very often I'm using an existing component not to have to write every caracteristic from scratch.

[Devnullicus]

Elsemeravin said:
Hey, would it be possible to add a "copy component" button in addition to current "add" and "remove" buttons? Indeed very often I'm using an existing component not to have to write every caracteristic from scratch.

Yeah, that's a really good idea. Too bad I completely missed this until just now. I'll see about adding it soon though - it should be easy to implement.

[Devnullicus]

OK, I'm sick of starting a new thread for every release of the editor, so I'll just announce it here from now on

Version 1.3 is released

• Added Component Enhancements Editor
• Added Planet Sizes editor
• Added more script functions
• Better behavior when cancelling setting of mod directory
• Added Validate All button to editors
• Enabled Help Menu item
• Enabled Tech Tree to be resized better

Enjoy! I'm off to GenCon for the weekend

[Elsemeravin]

Hi,

First of all, you should know I stopped editing the files manually and I'm currently using only your editor

Then, I met another problem. I added many pictures into Bmp_TechIcons.bmp as I have many new techs. To do so I increased the height of the bitmap and added 5 lines of pics. However, while the image reference of 169 is ok in the game, the editor complains about it:

CG_Claws:
* Invalid Picture # 169: e:\jeux\space empires v\Pictures\UI\Bmp_TechIcons.bmp only contains images [1 - 168]


EDIT: one more consequence is the impossibility to see the tech tree while the problem remains:


See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: image
at System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawImage(Image image, Int32 x, Int32 y)
at System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawImageUnscaled(Image image, Rectangle rect)
at Se5Editor.TechAreasForm.panelTechTree_Paint(Object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnPaint(PaintEventArg s e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandlin g(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Mes sage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage (Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: <a href="file:///d:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll" target="_blank">file:///d:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll</a>
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Se5Editor
Assembly Version: 1.3.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.3.0.0
CodeBase: <a href="file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/thuylvain.MAIN/Mes%20documents/SEV/Space%20Empires%20V%20Editor/Se5Editor.exe" target="_blank">file:///D:/Documents%20and%20Settings/thuylvain.MAIN/Mes%20documents/SEV/Space%20Empires%20V%20Editor/Se5Editor.exe</a>
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: <a href="file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll" target="_blank">file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll</a>
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: <a href="file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll" target="_blank">file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll</a>
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: <a href="file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll" target="_blank">file:///d:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll</a>
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.



(I hope I am clearer than last time...)

[Devnullicus]

Interesting. I didn't realize the game could expand on the pictures in that file. Well, that's easily fixable at least. I'll make sure that's in the new version, due in the next day or so.