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Re: ja2MapTool[message #357114 is a reply to message #357066]

Sat, 30 March 2019 12:14

LupinoArts

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Thanks for the fix. I did try a little more and noted that other inis worked, it was indeed a problem with the aimnas configs. I think in general it would be nice if the tool could give feedback when it counters problems reading an xml file (e.g. validation errors, missing dependencies as in this case...). Maybe a log of sorts or a simple message box that hints to the problem. Sorry, i didn't read the last sentence in your reply...

I also have another suggestion, but a big one: As the tool already reads the maps and detects what items are used in this maps, it would be nice to have a feature that does a real merge of items in a way that those items hardwired into the maps can be used in the other setup. For instance, i have UC113 -- which comes with its own maps -- and AIM which comes only with new items (i'm not talking about bigmaps here, just the weapons from AIM). So the tool could parse the maps from UC and copies the used items into AIM's item list with the correct ID. Items from AIM, which occupy the needed slot points, are automatically moved to a position that is "free" (e.g. points to the NADA image). The script would be smart enough to automatically update all references to those items in the AIM tabledata xmls. The result is a merged mod folder, which includes all AIM items, and a small subset of the items used in the UC maps. Then the mapping can occur where the user only needs to manually remap the items that are hard-wired in the UC maps. Or she can leave it be and the game should work out of the box by using items from both mods simultaneously. Does that make sense?

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		ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 30 July 2017 20:37
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Flugente on Sun, 30 July 2017 21:14
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 30 July 2017 22:39
		Re: ja2MapTool By: pheloncab on Mon, 31 July 2017 07:21
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Tue, 01 August 2017 20:16
		Re: ja2MapTool By: edmortimer on Wed, 02 August 2017 01:09
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Darkling on Tue, 01 August 2017 23:47
		Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Fri, 04 August 2017 20:33
		Re: Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Sat, 05 August 2017 01:48
		Re: Alpha 4: map compositor By: The_Bob on Sun, 06 August 2017 00:39
		Alpha 7: placements and layers By: The_Bob on Tue, 15 August 2017 14:03
		Re: Alpha 7: placements and layers By: The_Bob on Tue, 15 August 2017 22:30
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 25 February 2018 02:20
		Re: ja2MapTool By: edmortimer on Sun, 25 February 2018 02:44
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 06:49
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 13:10
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 14:28
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 15:38
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Wed, 28 February 2018 17:02
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 28 February 2018 17:39
		Re: ja2MapTool By: UBAH on Thu, 12 April 2018 19:51
		ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: The_Bob on Fri, 13 April 2018 01:11
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Fri, 13 April 2018 07:17
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Fri, 13 April 2018 10:55
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha9 By: UBAH on Sun, 15 April 2018 10:32
		ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 April 2018 17:14
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: UBAH on Sun, 15 April 2018 19:01
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Thu, 19 April 2018 14:14
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha10 By: The_Bob on Fri, 11 May 2018 13:33
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 03 July 2018 02:52
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Tue, 03 July 2018 16:52
		Re: ja2MapTool By: Neitronus on Tue, 03 July 2018 21:59
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		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 15 July 2018 20:58
		ja2MapTool Alpha12 By: The_Bob on Sun, 22 July 2018 05:23
		ja2MapTool Alpha13 By: The_Bob on Fri, 27 July 2018 22:37
		Re: ja2MapTool Alpha13 By: SecretStamos on Fri, 15 March 2019 13:08
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		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Fri, 22 March 2019 17:41
		Re: ja2MapTool By: SecretStamos on Mon, 25 March 2019 20:54
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Tue, 26 March 2019 17:35
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Wed, 27 March 2019 13:12
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Sat, 30 March 2019 12:14
		Re: ja2MapTool By: The_Bob on Sun, 31 March 2019 00:24
		Re: ja2MapTool By: LupinoArts on Sun, 31 March 2019 18:07
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