The logfile can't be created before the commandline arguments are parsed,
because before that, the home directory is unknown. This patch logs
into a memory buffer which is then copied to the logfile as soon as
the logfile is created after processing the commandline arguments.
The memory buffer is created during the initialisation of global variables,
and destroyed after the logfile is created.
The vantage point is supposed to be a distinctive view on a map - like the
angle from which the preview picture was taken.
This commit adds three commands: clearvantagepoint, setvantagepoint and
gotovantagepoint. None has any parameters, all are only allowed in edit
mode. A map can only have one vantage point.
* replaces filtertext() with a version with a dozen of single filters
that can be used in any combination
* defines classes of allowed characters for strings for various uses
(see protocol.h line 153ff)
* now the allowed charset of, for example, player names is defined
in one location only
* fixes issue #58
An xmap holds everything related to map editing at a certain moment: it is
a map editing snapshot. It contains the name, the header, the geometry,
the entities, the extra headers, the undo/redo data and the cameraposition
from the moment, the snapshot was taken.
Xmaps are held in memory and, if persistentxmaps is set to "1", are saved
at game end and restored at game start.
xmap_list
lists all xmaps currently in memory
xmap_store <nickname>
create a snapshot and store it under the given nickname
(nicknames have to qualify as valid filenames)
xmap_restore <nickname>
restores the named snapshot. Also creates a backup snapshot of the
current editing data.
xmap_restore
restores the last automatic backup snapshot. Automatic snapshots are
taken, a) before a snapshot is restored, b) before a new map is loaded
(if there were unsaved edits on the map) and c) when the game ends (if
there were unsaved edits).
xmap_delete <nickname>
deletes the named snapshot.
Unsaved edits are flagged in the HUD with an "U" in the lower right
corner of the screen.
The files with the persistent xmaps are stored in mapediting/xmaps. After
they were restored at game start, the files are moved to
mapediting/xmaps/backups. Xmap files are cubescript files.
This commit establishes an extensible way of storing additional data in
map file headers. Those header extras can be permanent, like the embedded
config file or be used only once after map load like the undo/redo data.
Additional extra data can be easily added and will not break backward
compatibility, so this map format should hold up for quite some time.
To make things easier for mappers, maps can now be saved without invoking
the various optimisations. That, in combination with the stored undo data,
means, that editing a map can be picked up at exactly the same state, as
the map was saved in.
Maps will automatically be written in the appropriate fashion, depending
on the situation:
1) for sendmap: no optimisation, no undo data
2) savemap during editing: no optimisation, with undo data
3) savemap when not editing: optimised, no undo data
4) savemapoptimised: optimised, no undo data
(For savemap to save different maps during editing, the variable
preserveundosonsave has to be "1". It is "0" by default.)
All of the above map files can be played without problems - they only
differ in file size. (However, maps with undo data may be too big to send)
The new command "embedconfigfile" will load the config file, include it in
the map header and rename the original text file.
"extractconfigfile" will write an embedded config file to a separate file
and remove it from the map header.
Embedded config files take precedence over regular config files and
therefore make it harder for cheaters to play with modified config files.
further changes: cleaned up some debugging code; more ASSERTs
* separated "loading the map" from "collecting map statistics"
* replaced the buggy toptimize with mapmrproper as default
pre-save optimiser
* add timestamps to loadmap-stats
"mapmrproper" tries to optimize hidden attributes of maps in a way, that
the map can be handled in bigger chunks by the renderer.
The mipmapping routine does not take into account, if certain textures
of a cube are visible at all, when it collects otherwise identical cubes
to be handled en-bloc. "mapmrproper" changes invisible textures in a way,
that the cubes are in fact identical - so, that the mipmapper is satisfied.
This optimization is a bit too huge for now, to be used by savemap by
default (instead of toptimize()) - even though mapmrproper is far superior
to toptimize(). Since mapmrproper potentially changes a lot of textures,
it may be too annoying during the creation of a map anyway. It is a tool
to optimize the map, as soon as the geometry (and texturing) is done.
The optimizer does not change any map properties that are visible in any
way. The optical effect of slightly changing lighting of the map is caused
by the (light-) recalc() function at the end of the optimization run.
Every run of recalc() seems to have that effect (check for yourself, by
typing /recalc several times).
Before any changes are made, mapmrproper creates a backup, which can be
restored by "undo" (press "U"). Enable mipstats (F6), to see, what has
been done.
The command "calcmipstats" just counts all the mips in the current map,
and prints their numbers as 1x1/2x2/4x4/8x8/16x16/32x32/64x64.
Keep in mind, that map geometry /and/ lighting affects the mipmapping.
(To get a better idea of this, try changing the "lighterror" parameter)
* shows all geometry data of the cube in editing focus in the hud
* can be toggled by F8 in editmode
* shows cuby type, floor and ceiling heights, vdelta and all textures
(if mipstats *and* edit focus details are requested: show focus detail)
* display mistats in the hud instead of having them flood the console
* added display of 8x8 mips, just to show that they are possible
press F6 in editmode to see the difference
To keep things cheap, only tagged areas inside the editing grid are shown.
I added two variables, tagnum and taglife, to allow playing with the
parameters of the sparklies. Those should be removed later. The default
values work quite well on my really crappy onboard graphics card. Higher
values start dropping fps.
Also, the edit status line now shows the tag value of the cube pointed at.
The patch also fixes the bug, that the edit status line did not show
details about the selection, unless there was at least one entity in the
map.
ac-stef