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FPSC Classic Models and Media / [LOCKED] Map Launcher

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Rizla+
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Posted: 20th Dec 2006 23:31 Edited at: 1st Jan 2007 22:03
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Hey guys, iv seen some of these type of menus up here but none have been very configerable, so heres my shot

Map launcher is a small program that enables you to make semi pro menus and autoruns for your games, apps and media, you can use from 2 to 8 buttons with a selection of layouts to choose from, all media is changable, ie the banner, background and side images, and the background sound, you can use the buttons to open, media files, exe files or webpages.

Download (New Version v1.1)
(links removed due to corrupt archives, im working on this right now)

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Posted: 20th Dec 2006 23:33
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screenshot of the editor

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Posted: 20th Dec 2006 23:34
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screenshot of a demo menu

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filya
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Posted: 20th Dec 2006 23:34
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this looks good!!!
hope I can download this once I get home

thanks for this Rizla

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Posted: 20th Dec 2006 23:56 Edited at: 11th Mar 2007 10:32
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make it so you can change the background image of the layout.
and drag/drop buttons (possible? im a vb6 programmer and its not as easy there)

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Posted: 21st Dec 2006 00:04
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Quote: "make it so you can change the background image of the layout."


you can change the background image, everything in the final menu is configerable, in the demo menu i used a grey background so it seems as if there isent one, but there is

Quote: "and drag/drop buttons "

drag n drop, yeah, i considerd that but it would take a while to code the editor, maybe v2 will have drag n drop functions,
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You have some error in your autoplay studio code.


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Posted: 21st Dec 2006 01:16
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not the most informative bug report, but its a start

where is the error, what was you doing when it happend, was there any induction of where the error was in the error message, if i could recreat the error i could fix it, but on testing on my system for 3 hours b4 i made the final build i had no errors at all, pretty hard to bug fix that

only thing that springs to mind is the default root drive is set to drive c (is yours drive c ? if not it will give a error)i already have in mind to change this as well as some other things, but 1st i'll iron out the runtime bugs
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here ya go .


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Posted: 21st Dec 2006 02:23 Edited at: 21st Dec 2006 03:46
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thats perfect, thanks candle_

the error has been fixed, as far as i am aware there are now no bugs,

the above link has been fixed, all is working now
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2006 20:04
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Nice in any way does this stop people from stealing you models ... or could it ?

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Sorry WuTang, there is no way to stop people from using your game files.
If they want to use them they will find a way to get them.


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Please give it on the filefront I cant download I have error when I am on it. Its for multiplayers map?

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Posted: 26th Dec 2006 03:10 Edited at: 1st Jan 2007 22:04
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Filefront Link:

map_launcher_v1.1.zip:
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Thanks for the filefront download

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Posted: 29th Dec 2006 00:53
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This is great. There are a few niggles for me though:

1/. Perhaps a 'new' button? To start a new project?
2/. The tick boxes under 'Layout' and 'Style' should really be radio buttons. I spent ages wondering why I could click a tick box above an already selected item ok, but couldn't click one underneath (try it, you'll see what I mean).

Overall though, this is definitely something I could use


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"New", ok, i take that into account, or a clear fields button

and the checkbox thing.....yeah....that gave me a few probs, the idea is that only 1 can be selected, the checkbox deactivation works when you click 1 above the currently selected box, but in order to select a box below the currently selected box you have to deselect or uncheck the current box, i messed up the loop somewhere

the next version will be slightly more professional looking with a drag-n-drop gui, i am working on making this a full featured cd/dvd autorun menu maker, but it is in the very early stages and yes....it will be free, find attached a screenshot of the button configuration panel,

i am open to requests and/or suggestions

what i have planed:

customizable buttons
image objects with alpha transparency
flash objects with limited fscommands (use your own flash buttons)
customizable text and text paragraph objects
multy page support (up to 10 pages)
and a media player plugin (to show a preview of your game or a infomercial in avi, mpg etc)

[img=http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4176/dnetlogots0.th.jpg]

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I havent downloaded or tested so forgive me if I sugest something that may already be there....

How about adding splash screens.... possible multiple splash screens...
Also how about adding sound
Then there is also the video... But it looks like you got that in the works

I plan on downloading this and testing it out... If there is anything I can think off of the top of my head ill drop it in here



Have you downloaded your CLiPs today.
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Posted: 31st Dec 2006 15:33
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Thanks Rizla+, this will come in handy.

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Posted: 1st Jan 2007 01:49 Edited at: 1st Jan 2007 22:01
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i have updated the app to include some of the above mentioned aspects

@Nickydude, i have added a menu that includes a "New" tab, this clears the input fields and i have exchanged the checkboxes to a improvised radio button system, everything now works as intended.

@CLiPs, spalshscreens are something i considered but put on hold as i want to give the user the chioce of image, flash or fullscreen video spalshes and this will take a bit of coding so im saving it for the drag-n-drop version (wich should be ready by the end of march), audio is supported in this version, you can add a background sound set it to loop or play once, i could add some sound control buttons to the end user menu if it is something you would like

@everyone else, thanks for the comments guys, positive feedback on projects like this make them worth working on
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I'm confused. I'm not sure I understand this. Does this allow to have more than one Multiplayer level?

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lol, no, fpsc only supports 1 level mp maps, this app makes a launcher menu to give your users a chioce of wich map thay want to play, so you can combine all your mp maps in to 1 clean interface, as well as any weblinks to your site etc
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Okay alright. Someone told me that they could make something similar to that and have more than one MP map.

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well, the whole point of the app is just that, it allows you to have many mp maps and package them all togeather in 1 menu, any map changing would have to be done in fpsc scripting (if thats possable i dont know)

this app dosent do anything that you couldent do with html, flash or any other menu making program, its just a quick easy free way to make a semi pro looking menu
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I don't think this belongs in the Models and Media section...perhaps Showcase?

All well, it looks like a very useful application. I'm sure plenty of people will find a use for this...

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This is the right place for this.



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Posted: 1st Jan 2007 14:35
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Just Download you latest version of map launcher and it won't open for me

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Posted: 1st Jan 2007 18:46
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Wont Open......Strange !!

Has anyone else had this problem,

only thing i could suggest at this stage is that maybe your download got corrupt, try downloading again and see if it will run,

other than that i cant realy see what is wrong as i made no changes to the way the app runs, just the way the buttons react when clicked.
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Download it 5 times and it still won't open.

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It tells me that the zip file is corrupt


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@Davy B, what is it that wont open, the app or the zip archive ?

@Nickydude, ok im checking them out, sometimes the files get corrupt while uploading, rapidshare is notorious for this.

i'll post back when i have it sorted
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The zip file is corrupt.
Let me know when you have this fixed.
This is something that is definitely worth looking into.

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the app won't open.

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Im german and my english is terrible
sorry for this
and im a noob so my question:
where can I download the map launcher????
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Quote: "where can I download the map launcher????"


Yes, where we can downloaded this? That looks just awesome to me

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Hmm,

Just a MultiMap rip off in VB...

Looks good,though im lucky mine plays intro movie's and music and intro images and well,Isnt corrupt ^^

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I'm still stickig with MultiMap for now, but there's that little chance that this could get big!

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Might be,Though VB error's can be very hard to find out whats wrong...

It gives like 900 lines in a textbox for only 1 directory that doesnt exist....

AND VB has some other crappy limits,as File Manipulation in VB is also crap.

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