Request : Reload and Play Game in editor
by Dean Calver · in Torque 3D Professional · 05/04/2009 (4:39 pm) · 4 replies
Often it would be nice to cause a reload and re-spawn after editing rather than just returning to the game.
Specifically when your altering spawn points or terrain heights to test for player fall through.
Could that be added to the World Editor file menu easily?
Specifically when your altering spawn points or terrain heights to test for player fall through.
Could that be added to the World Editor file menu easily?
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#2
05/05/2009 (11:47 am)
And of course you can choose "Open" and then the level file from the editor and it'll reload with the editor open.
#3
Hers the code...
To menuHandlers.ed.cs add
and in menus.ed.cs buildMenus
where it has
05/05/2009 (11:57 am)
Both methods will of course work but too many steps for my liking, so I edited the editor to do it :)Hers the code...
To menuHandlers.ed.cs add
function EditorSaveAndRestart()
{
if( EditorIsDirty() )
{
// "EditorSaveBeforeLoad();", "getLoadFilename(\"*.mis\", \"EditorDoLoadMission\");"
if(MessageBox("Mission Modified", "Would you like to save changes to the current mission \"" @
$Server::MissionFile @ "\" before opening a new mission?", SaveDontSave, Question) == $MROk)
{
if(! EditorSaveMission())
return;
}
}
// close the current editor, it will get cleaned up by MissionCleanup
Editor.close();
loadMission( $Server::MissionFile, true ) ;
}and in menus.ed.cs buildMenus
where it has
item[9] = "Play Level" TAB "F11" TAB "Editor.close(\"PlayGui\");";replace the rest of the menu with
item[10] = "Play Level From Start" TAB "" TAB "EditorSaveAndRestart();";
item[11] = "Close Editor" TAB "ESC" TAB "EditorQuitMission();";
item[12] = "Exit" TAB "" TAB "quit();"; // ------------------------------- needs popup that ask to save changes 
#4
05/05/2009 (1:11 pm)
Definately a good resource. Exiting and re-entering or re-open the level is a bit tedious... 
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