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Tool: Yet another map viewer

Looks it's a great start on Map Edit^^
I know nothing about DS hacking,but
Code: 
const double PI=3.141592654;
may better than
Code: 
#define PI 3.141592654
in C++...
And other codes just double Dutch to me...
I try to complie the test.cpp,it says about undefined thing.So I change all the include files to *.c.This time it shows tons of errors...
 
You'll have to wait for the exe because I don't have a windows machine. When I get access to one I'll compile it for you.

If you want to compile it yourself on Windows... here are some instructions but the first setup takes up to one hour. First download and install msys and mingw. (these are packages to fake a linux environment for windows which is easier than the other way round) The default locations are C:\msys and C:\MinGW. If you install it to a different drive change the according line in msys/1.0/etc/fstab. Then download the fltk sourcecode version 1.3 and rename the unzipped folder to fltk and put it in the same directory as my code (you need all files, not just "test.cpp"). Now start cmd.exe and navigate to the code folder. Next type C:\msys\1.0\bin\bash.exe. The "bash" is the linux-aquivalent of cmd. Whenever you start the bash type "export PATH=/bin:/mingw/bin". (don't use backslashes here). In the bash "dir" => "ls". Open the fltk-directory by typing "cd fltk" and use the following commands to set up fltk: "./configure" and "make".

Now you have everything to start compiling. Go back to my source code by typing "cd ..". If you want to compile test.cpp type "./build test" and when you want to compile the thing you saw in the screenshot type "./build map_editor fltk/lib/libfltk_gl.a fltk/lib/libfltk.a -lglu32 -lopengl32 -lole32 -luuid -lcomctl32 -lgdi32 -luser32"

As I said I'm not using a windows machine right now so there can be a mistake in these instructions.

About PI... it doesn't really matter but there enough macros in this programm already so I think I'll change that.

If you still get error messages post them. It happens a lot of time though that I break certain parts for a version or two because I want to save my work between coding sessions. (It's a bad habit... I know).

There is also a bug tracker at the project site so if you find a bug you can post it there and the website keeps track of it.

...

Compiling on linux is so much easier ;)
 
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when I try to SVN Chckout "http://poke-tools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ poke-tools-read-only", it says "Error: URL doesn't exist". Help please? Thanks =D
 
m64m said:
when I try to SVN Chckout "http://poke-tools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ poke-tools-read-only", it says "Error: URL doesn't exist". Help please? Thanks =D
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I don't know why it doesn't work... It works for me... You probably misspelled it. ("chckout" for example)

Right know I'm adding some features from PPRE to my program. I only created the interface yet so none of the buttons in the next screenshot works... but soon.

I'm still work on the map-editor but I'm having problems with missing triangles
 
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sorry, that was my own typo in the post XD

I'm actually using a program called TortoiseSVN. I've used the checkout before (for a New Super Mario Bros. Editor), and it's worked fine. Do you know what the cmd line for SVN checkout is?
 
=D thanks!! Now I just need to build an exe.
 
hm. Tried using it. Dropped some narc files, but only got a flash of a cmd window. Too fast for a proper prntscrn. something about -1, and <ur-mom.nds>. wonder what that's all about XD
 
Hey, will Poke-Tools be able to edit event locations and warp locations?
 
Are we going to be able to switch from pixel view to textures and back? Are we going to be able to drag the objects on the map? I dont really understand this but im trying.
 
Team Fail said:
map editor.cpp right? This is what I got when I tried to Compile:
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just put all the source code files in the same folder and compile it again.
that should work (if you'll notice, there's more than one source file...)
 
m64m said:
Hey, will Poke-Tools be able to edit event locations and warp locations?
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sir.euge said:
Are we going to be able to switch from pixel view to textures and back? Are we going to be able to drag the objects on the map? I dont really understand this but im trying.
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All these features will be present in the final version but not in the next 3 months.
I believe PPRE can read and write the event- and wrap-locations. Then I can "copy" it from there.
At the moment I am focusing on textures and the code for writing the data back to the rom.

This week I fixed bugs and the model-reader is finally stable. I already uploaded the changes

I have problems with the scale of the objects on the maps. Can anyone give me a hint where to read the size?

btw the yellow thing on this screenshot is a loading-bar
 
hm...did this ever get compiled?
this is looking good dude! are we still be able to load from .narc files though?
and about the size...that sounds like a good question o.o
maybe the game does the sizes itself for models. eg, trees are X height, and this building is X height. Not "this object is Y height, and the same object type over here is Z height". so maybe editing the height/size isn't doable unless we edit the models themselves. if i recall, people changed the twinleaf town houses into a GTS or somethin like that by one byte -- the model number. maybe that info is in a table somewhere.
(not really supposed to be on comp right now, so, yea...)
 
Full Metal said:
hm...did this ever get compiled?
this is looking good dude! are we still be able to load from .narc files though?
and about the size...that sounds like a good question o.o
maybe the game does the sizes itself for models. eg, trees are X height, and this building is X height. Not "this object is Y height, and the same object type over here is Z height". so maybe editing the height/size isn't doable unless we edit the models themselves. if i recall, people changed the twinleaf town houses into a GTS or somethin like that by one byte -- the model number. maybe that info is in a table somewhere.
(not really supposed to be on comp right now, so, yea...)
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This program is *only* able to load .narc files.

What I meant was the scaling-factor not the absolute size because all models have different scales.

A map-file consists of four parts. It's second part lists the models placed on the map. Each entry of the list contains the model-number, the position and the scaling-factors. The factors are this list always 0.25. (I don't know if it actually changes the size in the game but the ProjectPokemon-Wiki and pichu2000 say so.)

On some maps the coordinates have to be doubled. Now both the position and the size are read incorrectly and I have no idea how to fix it. (The models don't use the 0x1B Command either= another way to scale a bmd)
 
Knizz, it seems that they designed the objects 4x the actual display size to deal with crappy texture stretching (much like we see in N64 games and many other DS games). It doesn't help much when the camera zooms in when you enter a building though, as it's very much visible. If I had to take a guess as to where the scaling is done, I'd assume it was done in the infinite blob known as 'land_data.narc'. I may be very, very sadly wrong though. XD

On the brighter side of things, it's looking great!! Definitely keep up the hard work!
 
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