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DarkBASIC Discussion / Making a level-editor

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doffer
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 21:55
Hi. Does someone know where to find a tut about making a level-editor.

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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 25th Jan 2004 22:36
as far as i know there are none


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Posted: 26th Jan 2004 04:49
level editor for what? breakout? mario levels? terrain?

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Posted: 26th Jan 2004 13:00
I'm writing one for Archon, but that won't help you either

If you wish to do a level editor of your own (its a mjaor job)
you will need to determine exactly what data your game needs and then save that data to a file that can be read back by your game.
My level editor is broken into about 5 seperate apps, each one is focused on only one aspect of the game. It keeps me focused in one area instead of doing it all in one shot.

Nobody can make a level editor for your game because you don't have a working game yet. That sounds like a catch 22 and your right, it is. Both parts of your game need to be created at the same time and both by you. Only you know what your game should do an look like, so only you know what data the level editor needs to setup for your game.

So, if you want a level editor, learn to read/write data from a file. The simplest method is to use .ini files (do a search in the code base to learn how to do that) and devide your data into the different sections in the file. Then, you can always review your file using notpad as its just a fancy text file. A harder method would be to use a custom file type and .........

just my .50 worth.

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doffer
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Posted: 26th Jan 2004 16:29
Thanks. I think i might need a little more experiance than I have, but Thanks anyway

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Posted: 27th Jan 2004 03:57
Look at issue #9 of the news letter. There is a 20 line game in it called Return to Phobos. Along with the game code there is code for a level editor.It constructs 3D 'game levels' along the lines of 'Doom'.It is very basic but good to learn from...


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Posted: 27th Jan 2004 05:41
and there is the huge dungeons demo that uses notepad as a level editor.....

see
http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?f=dbpro_tutorials
its pretty cool.

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