Isaac wrote:SpiderFighter wrote:raf68 wrote:I think it would be nice if the editor dungeon there would not be such a window that allows you to see the object preview before placing them in the dungeon when did click on an object What can see the object before to put
I think you're saying that you'd like a preview window? I usually go to
http://grimrock.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Items. Doesn't take too much longer, and it saves room on the editor.
Yeah, that's exactly what he wants (and others too I'm sure); it
is noticeably missing...
** Of course it needn't be a live 3D preview... just an informative icon. I can attest to that jarring "what is that?" curiosity while working in the editor; and not wanting to stop editing to go look for it online, or place one what-ever-it-is into the map to look at it with the live preview.
Having a visual cue would improve workflow ~but be admittedly tedious to implement, as they would have to render out a texture atlas for every [non-inventory] object in the game.
** Does anyone want to volunteer to supply the texture atlas?
*** POV raytracer does a really neat trick where they include a script that renders out preview icons that show off the program's material effects. The user runs the script and gets high-quality preview images automatically used in the app.
I wonder if that would work with something like the GMT; something that autoloads a model file, rotates it, and renders it... writing each image out to an atlas.
