[CF-Devel] FW: Crossfire & Java

[Mark Wedel]

Michael Toennies wrote:
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      It seems to me, we found or map editor coder.
     
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      Ok, he needs some advice. So question to all:
     
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      Which feature we want? What we want see?
     
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      etc.etc.
     
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      We should help this guys as good we can, so he don't lost
     
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      his minds or drop the project in middle of work - what always
     
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      can be happen. So, we should collect sources as often we can do -
     
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      also to help him with single code sections.
     
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      I have some work to do yet, so i will answer marks mail to the java editor
     
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      later.
     
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 IMO, basically we want what the current editor can do, which is load map,
insert objects, delete objects, modify objects, wipe below, and fill below.

 The features I consider missing from the current editor:
1) connected object navigator:  When looking at maps others have made, it is
often very difficult to figure out what gets connected to what (handle to what
grate, etc).  Something like being able to click on a connected object and then
select something which shows me all the other connected objects of that same
value would be very cool (whether this is done via highliting on the map window,
or another window popping up, or whatever - I haven't thought about the exact
navigation of it much).

 Thats the big one for me.  I'm sure others may have other stuff they want added
(I usually don't create new ones but instead modify old ones - I could see those
creating new ones might have different demands).  Going with the above, an
easier way to connect them might be desired (ie, you click on one, say connect
to, click on another, and it updates the connected vals).