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| | [http://forums.sscentral.com/index.php?showtopic=10662 Download the latest version here] | | [http://forums.sscentral.com/index.php?showtopic=10662 Download the latest version here] |
| | == Main features == | | == Main features == |
| − | *[[DCME#Extended LVL Support| Extended LVL support]] | + | *[[Extended LVL]] support |
| − | *Walltiles | + | *Wall tiles |
| | *Quick map testing | | *Quick map testing |
| | *Non-rectangular selections with possibility of transparency | | *Non-rectangular selections with possibility of transparency |
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| | *Maximal working area when using popup tileset and popup radar | | *Maximal working area when using popup tileset and popup radar |
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| − | == [[Extended LVL]] support == | + | == Extended LVL support == |
| | DCME 2.0 fully supports eLVL features as map attributes and regions. | | DCME 2.0 fully supports eLVL features as map attributes and regions. |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| | *[http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showforum=277 DCME @ ssforum.net] | | *[http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showforum=277 DCME @ ssforum.net] |
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| − | ==Version history==
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| − | ===Version 2.0===
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| − | Version 2.0.1
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| − | *Complete Elvl support (attributes, regions)
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| − | *Completely rewrote Undo/Redo code (all should be undoable now)
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| − | **Undoing airbrushed special objects now work correctly
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| − | **Undoing actions related to selection now work correctly
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| − | *Added: Test your map on the fly
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| − | **You can draw left tiles with Q and right tiles with W in Test Map
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| − | **You can see how bombs will bounce with B
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| − | **Shift = Afterburners
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| − | **Insert = warp to center
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| − | **Right-Click on radar to warp where you want
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| − | *Special object are also highlighted now
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| − | *Undo/redo menu was not disabled when no map was loaded
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| − | *Fixed problem with drawing a special object (overflow error)
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| − | *Tile 0 was never drawn
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| − | *Random stuff is now completely random
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| − | *Popup Tileset & Popup Radar when right bar is hidden
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| − | *Tips of the day updated
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| − | *Fixed glitch with unable to move selections with magicwand
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| − | *Fixed offset of DCME window when not maximized
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| − | *Tool options toolbar can be pinned/unpinned
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| − | *Fixed rotation bug (out of range error)
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| − | *Fixed tile problem with flip/mirror
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| − | *Mousewheel zoom focuses on the tile beneath the cursor
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| − | *Radar preview is showing complete map when zoomed out
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| − | *Fixed bug with top left tile
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| − | *Fixed unnecessary redraws
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| − | *If a map is not maximized, a new map won't be maximized either
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| − | *Fixed problems with grid settings
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| − | *Fixed mystery line when making a new map or opening one
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| − | *Added warning when importing a tileset from a map without tileset
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| − | *Fixed drag speed of map
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| − | ===Version 1.2===
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| − | Version 1.2.90
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| − | *Added "TileText" tool
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| − | *New option: "Create new map at startup"
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| − | *Bucket Fill code improved
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| − | *Tile editor can export tiles as .bmp
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| − | *TextToMap interface slightly changed
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| − | *Adding empty tiles to selection is now much faster
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| − | *New maps load a bit faster
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| − | *A debug log is now available (help -> view debug log)
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| − | *Fixed a lot of possible bugs when DCME searches for files
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| − | *Background of certain items did not match the color scheme depending on windows theme
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| − | ----Version 1.2.80
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| − | *Mousewheel behaviour changed (up zooms in, down zooms out, shift
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| − | *Line drawing code greatly optimized, it is almost 75% faster
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| − | *Tools width can be changed by clicking on the label and writing a value, in addition to the slider that was already existing
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| − | *Fixed a bug on pencil that would make it crash if you used mousedown outside the map's limits, and released the mouse inside the limits
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| − | *Fixed tile editor's tools
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| − | *Fixed replace brush offset (like pencil offset)
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| − | *Fixed placecursor & size of replace brush ( size 5 was 4 etc)
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| − | *Tile editor's ellipse now works
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| − | *Tile editor can now be resized
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| − | *Added tool toolbars with size & step for every tool that required that.
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| − | *Changed default walltiles files name to mapname.wtl
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| − | *Added round tip of tools (you can choose between square or circle)
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| − | *Added a security in bucket / magic wand to avoid filling the whole map
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| − | *Moved "fill in screen" settings to bucket / magic wand toolbars
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| − | *Fixed tile preview being drawn on certain tools that should not
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| − | *Added a performance-enhancing setting for ellipses: Render width after drawing only (large ellipses are VERY slow to draw)
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| − | *Selections are highlighted (brightness is added to those tiles so its easier to see)
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| − | *Custom Shapes added: cogwheel, star and regular n-shapes (all definable with angle, teethsize, nr of teeth/spikes, size)
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| − | *Fixed the CTRL shortcut issue
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| − | *Fixed distortions when using quick UpdateLevel
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| − | *Latest changes shown directly in details label when retrieving update info
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| − | *Made tile nr's only print if tile <> 0 , and made special objects nr print correctly
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| − | *Added grid for Tile Editor
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| − | *Added small preview in the tool toolbar for the custom shapes
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| − | ----Version 1.2.7
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| − | *Fixed problems with Tileset & Tile Editor
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| − | *Added more tools to tile editor (selection, airbrush, undo/redo,...)
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| − | *Added zoom in/out toolbar buttons in main toolbar
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| − | *Added a new tool: Replace Brush
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| − | *Bookmarks are now visible through their menu
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| − | *Fixed update problem
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| − | ----Version 1.2.68
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| − | *Update system greatly improved ; The program now updates itself without having to unzip anything manually
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| − | *Tileset editor now allows you to import .PNG files as source image
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| − | *Fixed radar not updating after moving selection with magic wand
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| − | *New tool option for bucket and magic wand to consider diagonal tiles
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| − | *Fixed bug with magic wand and bucket not checking all the tiles it should
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| − | *Fixed bug that would make your selection move by clicking the middle mouse button
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| − | *Most tools of the tile editor are working
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| − | ----Version 1.2.67
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| − | *frmGeneral's caption now indicates version
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| − | *Fixed bug with switching / replacing walltiles on edge of map
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| − | *Fixed grid problem at high res
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| − | *Fixed small bug with magic wand (select and drag an area immediately without releasing mouse button didn't call sel.MouseDown, screwing up the move coordinates)
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| − | *Added .gif and .jpg to the default filter of the "Import Source Image" dialog of the Tileset Editor
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| − | ----Version 1.2.66
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| − | *Added Radius and Density settings for AirBrush
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| − | *"Count Tiles" dialog now shows number of flags directly, and warns user if there are more than 256 of them
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| − | *Pasting something now switches to the "Selection" tool automatically
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| − | *Fixed important/critical issues concerning "Switch / Replace"
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| − | *Critical bug: Showing / Hiding toolbars did not update scrollbar values ; that could cause Out-of-range errors in several cases
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| − | *Added some missing 0 -> 1023 checks in selection class
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| − | *Fixed lots of problem when resizing general form or map's form ; it did not update scrollbar values
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| − | ----Version 1.2.64
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| − | *Added Tool Toolbars
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| − | *Toolbars can be hidden/shown with right click on the toolbars or from the menu
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| − | *Fixed delete selection menu
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| − | *Added asteroid brush (accessable from the airbrush toolbar)
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| − | ----Version 1.2.63
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| − | *Switch/Replace now works with WallTiles
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| − | *Possibility to Redraw or not walltiles when using 'Replace'
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| − | *Using bucket to fill walltiles in a selection doesn't attach them to map tiles outside selection anymore
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| − | *New "Delete selection" menu item ('DEL' key also works with any tool when a selection is active)
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| − | *Fixed small bug about dropper and walltiles
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| − | *Fixed pencil drawing in selection
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| − | *Fixed crash when check for updates was called if form was already loaded
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| − | *Added more icons
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| − | *Fixed distortions and grid problems on high res
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| − | *Tileset Editor works (still beta for now)
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| − | ----Version 1.2.62
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| − | *Added more icons
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| − | *Changed the structure of Selection
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| − | *Fixed lots of things from SOS Report on v----Version 1.2.61
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| − | *Fixed pixel level of selection being wrong when selection moved by any tool except you moving it
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| − | *New options for tile preview / cursor
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| − | *Improved "Convert Selection to Walltiles"
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| − | *Pencil and walltiles now draw in selection
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| − | *Fixed some menu icons and enable states
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| − | *Fixed pressing cancel when closing DCME
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| − | *Can now switch / replace walltiles (some bugs left to fix)
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| − | ----Version 1.2.61
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| − | *Fixed error with resize
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| − | *Added lock aspect ratio in resize
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| − | *Airbrush can now draw multiple tile selections from tileset
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| − | *Fixed error when checking for updates and not being able to connect
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| − | ----Version 1.2.60
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| − | *Selections can now be resized
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| − | *Added some more options for selection
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| − | *Finally fixed the grey/black tileset bug
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| − | *Added Fill in Special Tiles
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| − | *Done Some minor fixes
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| − | ----Version 1.2.53
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| − | *Airbrush can now draw special objects
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| − | *Options dialog now draws walltiles correctly
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| − | *Fixed airbrush, selection, and magic wand tools not causing the "Changes were made, do you want to save?" message to appear when closing map
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| − | *Deleting selection at pixel level now updates preview correctly
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| − | *Can now open the downloaded file directly from the Update dialog
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| − | *Can now access this forum from the "About" dialog
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| − | *Added Ctrl+A and Ctrl+D for "Select All" and "Select None"
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| − | ----Version 1.2.52
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| − | *Special tiles now redraw correctly when moving around with hand tool
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| − | ----Version 1.2.51
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| − | *Update dialog improved
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| − | *Added option for automatic updates
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| − | *Made Automatic updates happen in background
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| − | *Changed "Select All" to "Select All Tiles On Screen"
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| − | ----Version 1.2.50
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| − | *Close menu fixed
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| − | *Special objects are updated after you mouse up in hand or keyup when moving with the arrow keys (not the best solution but it will do for now)
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| − | *Fixed problem with white borderlines of selection when moving with hand
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| − | *Fixed problem with borders of selection with transparent pasting/ paste under
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| − | *Made a selection menu where selection actions go into (select all/none, convert to walltiles, center selection in screen)
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| − | *Fixed and added some icons in the menus
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| − | ----Version 1.2.4
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| − | *Added hotkey for magic wand (W)
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| − | *Added "All files (*.*)" filter for importing tilesets and maps
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| − | *Fixed problem with asking for importing walltiles on a new map, because the specified default tileset had walltiles saved along with it
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| − | *Fixed problem with selection's dotted rectangle not appearing after canceling a selection with a single left mouse click outside the selection
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| − | *Fixed several bugs from SOS report on v----Version 1.2.3
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| − | *Can now draw in selection with most tools
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| − | *Grid is now redrawn correctly when erasing special tiles with line tool
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| − | *All tools now have a preview tile
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| − | *Fixed the problem with able to see the map tiles when black tiles are in the selection in pixel level
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| − | *Fixed problem with maps wouldn't open when DCME wasn't opened and a lvl file was double clicked (it just started dcme), if you opened the lvl when DCME was already open, then it opened
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| − | ----Version 1.2.3
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| − | *Added Check for updates
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| − | *Screen now updates much faster (still no effect on selection's speed however)
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| − | *Free rotating feature (choose any angle)
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| − | *"Step" functionnality improved
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| − | *Special tiles now draw correctly when on the edge of screen
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| − | *Can now apply special tiles with line, rectangle, or ellipse tools, although it only draws a single special tile just like pencil
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| − | *Fixed "Save" menu icon appearing beside "Close" in the "File" menu
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| − | *Copy/Paste now works between different maps
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| − | ----Version 1.2.2
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| − | *Partly fixed undo/redo for selection
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| − | *Walltiles greatly improved
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| − | *New option to specify default walltile set
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| − | *Now asks to load walltiles definition if it finds a .wtl file with the same name (when opening map, or tileset)
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| − | *Fixed eraser and magic wand offset
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| − | *Preview of tile with pencil
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| − | *New cursor shows drawing area
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| − | *Middle mouse button now switches to the Hand tool temporarily (Doesn't seem to be always working though)
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| − | *Tons of small fixes from [http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showtopic=10985 SOS's report on Version 1.2.1]
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| − | *Fixed "Transparent Selection" menu icon when it is selected
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| − | *Improved Airbrush's drawing speed
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| − | *Various optimizations
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| − | *Dropper now grabs empty tiles as well
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| − | *Convert selection to walltiles now has its own dialog
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| − | *Right-clicking with wand doesn't select anymore
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| − | *Changed From/To labels behaviour
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| − | *Fixed single-column filled rectangles
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| − | *Step is now usable even with multiple tiles selected
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| − | *Fixed bug that would crash DCME when drawing over special objects with a large-width pencil at top/left edge of map
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| − | *Fixed "Create Walltiles" tileset not appearing correctly sometimes
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| − | ----Version 1.2.1
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| − | *Walltiles
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| − | *Use up to 8 walltiles set simultaneously
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| − | *Save and load walltiles definitions
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| − | *Use walltiles with every tool
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| − | *Convert selections to walltiles
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| − | *Quickly access walltiles from the tileset ; double-click on them to edit them
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| − | Tileset's tooltip text slightly modified
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| − | *Selection's speed optimized a bit
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| − | ----Version 1.2.0
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| − | *Selection rebuilt completly
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| − | *Now able to use photoshop-like selections (CTRL or SHIFT + drag)
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| − | *Most tools not adapted to it yet
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| − | *Now able to modify (flip, rotate, replace...) a selection after it was moved
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| − | *Preview of a 'Normal' , 'Under' or 'Transparent' selection is now done correctly
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| − | *New magic wand tool
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| − | *Got rid of default.bmp
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| − | *'Jump to' feature improved
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| − | *Grid is now fully customizable
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| − | *Added tips
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| − | *User is now warned when a corrupt or invalid file is loaded
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| − | *You can now specify a default tileset you want loaded when creating a new map
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| − | *Fixed issues with larger resolutions
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| − | ===Version 1.1===
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| − | Version 1.1.11
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| − | *fixed updating level when mouseup with airbrush
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| − | *fixed airbrush at boundaries of map
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| − | *fixed some menu's
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| − | *fixed menu items save ssme, save minimap when no map loaded
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| − | *fixed selection being 1 tile too small for height and width when selecting
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| − | *max chars for goto form is now 4
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| − | *in frmrotate, changed button from done to close
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| − | *changed caption of switch/replace form
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| − | *changed showing of dialogs with vbModal and frmgeneral as parameters so that the dialogs always stay on top of DCME
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| − | *Do you want to save dialog now has a cancel button
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| − | *fixed problem when importing a tileset from a lvl file that has no tileset
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| − | *fixed txtstep selstart and disabled able to type "2e3", or with comma's or points
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| − | *fixed selection that tagged along with radar when clicked on it to go to another position
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| − | ----Version 1.1.10
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| − | *confirmation with DiscardTileset
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| − | *read-only in commondialogs removed
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| − | *changed overwrite code for commondialog with cdlOverwritePrompt flag
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| − | *fixed grammar issues in menu
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| − | *disabled/enabled toolbar buttons when appropiate
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| − | *changed flip and mirror to flip V and flip H
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| − | *fixed problem with saving minimap
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| − | *fixed eraser tool (only 1 tile was set)
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| − | *fixed redrawing the grid after using pencil with tile 0
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| − | *changed closing a map prompt to do you want to save
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| − | *msgboxes now all have icons (information, exclamation, question or critical icons)
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| − | *fixed bug with using airbrush for a long time results in DCME crash (closes without warning)
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| − | *Added icons to the menu's for graphical appeal and better reference to the buttons on the toolbars
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| − | *Added drawing under tiles for every tool available (except for filling)
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| − | *Edits1:
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| − | **added about/splash form
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| − | **fixed opening the same lvl file twice caused the 2nd instance to be visible (because of me.show in the load)
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| − | **fixed crashing DCME when closing a map (although now mousewheel for zooming probably won't work anymore)
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| − | **changed some menu captions
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| − | **cleared pictilesetlarge and picsmalltilesetpreview when no map is loaded
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| − | **changed bitmap of extratileset, it was only 303 in width instead of 304 which caused a white line at the right tiles of extratileset
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| − | **changed the way txtstep behaves when inputting non-numerical characters
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| − | ----Version 1.1.09
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| − | *Fixed issues with tools drawing outside map's limits
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| − | *Made 'GoTo' window less annoying
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| − | ----Version 1.1.08
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| − | *Option to assign lvl extensions to DCME
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| − | *All lvl files open in 1 DCME window (damn that was hard to to)
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| − | *Fixed drawing with tile 0 with line, rectangle, and such (eraser picture was shown instead of blackness
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| − | *Changed the grids to match with continuum's grid (A1 - T20) (there is a redundancy of 4 tiles however, because (1024/20) isn't a integer, but not that thats the end of the world)
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| − | *Edits1:
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| − | **Fixed A1-T20 coordinates from radar
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| − | **A semi transparent grid is shown on the radar (like in continuum)
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| − | **Now you can select multiple tiles f.rom the tileset to draw with
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| − | *Edits2+3:
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| − | **Temporarily removed radar grid due to some disturbing noise in the grid lines which i can't seem to get out
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| − | **Added an airbrush for all you mapping guys out there to enjoy :P
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| − | **Added a step for lines, rectangles and ellipses (0 = solid, 1 = dot.dot.dot.dot, 2 = dot....dot....dot, and so on)
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| − | **Added bookmarks (shift + 0-9 will set a bookmark, just 0-9 will go to the bookmark), can be useful if you switch between bases a lot
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| − | ----Version 1.1.07
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| − | *Save as... now asks for confirmation to overwrite an existing file
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| − | *Tileset now always saves, except if default tileset is being used AND that it hasn't been changed
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| − | *Map names now update correctly under the 'Window' menu
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| − | *Grid lines appear under tiles
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| − | *Added colored grid lines separating sectors (each 32 tiles split by a lighter grey line, each 256 tiles split by a red line, middle of map split by a blue line)
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| − | *These colored grid lines also appear at pixel level (zoomed out)
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| − | *Map border now appears clearer on the radar
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| − | ----Version 1.1.06
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| − | *Map now saves with tileset even if using default.bmp
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| − | *Fixed crashing when invalid values entered on 'Save minimap'
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| − | ----Version 1.1.05
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| − | *Right-click radar to 'Go to' specified tile
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| − | *Fixed offset near edge of map
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| − | *Fixed crashing when certain tools could draw outside map
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| − | *Fixed crashing when thick lines tried to be drawn outside map
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| − | *Edit 1:
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| − | **Can move the map around while dragging any tool (except hand)
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| − | **Dragging can be made faster by holding Alt
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| − | **Hiding/Showing tileset & radar now updates scrollbars and preview correctly
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| − | *Edit 2:
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| − | **Can see more details after counting tiles
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| − | ----Version 1.1.04
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| − | *Eraser tile can be selected with any tool
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| − | *Menu buttons can now access the different functions
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| − | *Various bug fixes
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| − | ----Version 1.1.03
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| − | *Added Picture to map
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| − | *Fixed some bugs
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| | [[Category:Map]] | | [[Category:Map]] |
| | [[Category:Utilities]] | | [[Category:Utilities]] |
DCME is in constant development, but the automatic updates feature will keep you up to date all the time.
DCME 2.0 fully supports eLVL features as map attributes and regions.
