Knight Editor: Visual Doodad Editing

Kaelan · 2020-03-02T07:19:04+0900

Knight Editor version 1.4.0 Introduction Knight Editor is an extension of Yanfly's Grid-Free Doodads plugin that is designed for use with mouse point-and-click controls. Yanfly's plugin is very useful for parallax mapping, but sometimes editing maps with keyboard-controlled menus can feel a bit sluggish. That's where this plugin comes in! Installation To use this plugin, you must do the following: Install Yanfly's Grid Free Doodads plugin in your project, as per the plugin instructions. Make sure it works correctly before continuing. Download the Knight Editor plugin files. Copy the KNT_Editor.js plugin into your plugins folder. Copy the gui folder that comes with this plugin into your project's img folder. Copy the pixi-filters.js file that comes with this plugin into your project's /js/libs folder. This should be the same folder that contains your project's other pixi files. Replace your project's index.htmlfile with the one that comes with this plugin. Alternatively, if you'd like to keep your current index.html file, insert the following line inside the tag of your index file, after all other pixi-___.js files: Place this plugin below Yanfly's plugin in your load order and configure the plugin parameters to your liking. Load your project in play-test mode, and press F10 to verify the plugin is working. You can also download a sample project here. Note that I cannot redistribute Yanfly's own plugin under their terms, so the sample project only has a placeholder YEP_GridFreeDoodads.js file. Please get a copy of the plugin from Yanfly's website and replace the one inside the sample project to run it. Features & Usage Instructions Knight Editor retains most of the features you're used to from Yanfly's plugin, while adding a few new details. To place doodads: Press the F10 key to bring up the editor UI Click on a doodad folder at the bottom right of the screen Click on the image of one of the loaded doodads to select it ..and left-click anywhere on the map to place it! It's that simple To unselect a doodad, right-click anywhere on the map There are a number of additional convenience features added to facilitate map editing: Spoiler Doodad Selection If there are more doodads than fit in the visible space in either the Doodad Folder or Doodad Selection windows, you can scroll the contents by using the mouse wheel. The Doodad Edit Panel Click on an already placed doodad to bring up its properties panel and further modify it. You can also edit the properties of new doodads as you're placing them. Positioning You can move an already placed doodad by clicking on it and dragging it to wherever you want. If you need more precise movement, the arrow keys will move them by single pixels. Holding shift while pressing an arrow key moves them more quickly. Selection Highlights The Editor will highlight your currently selected doodad to make it easier to distinguish from other similar doodads placed on the map. However, sometimes the effect can interfere with the doodad's appearance in ways that make it hard to edit or hard to look at. To address this, the editor has several different ways of highlighting your current selection. You can choose which one is used in the plugin parameters. Additional Configuration You can also edit the fonts used by the editor, as well as the sound effects played when you use it by changing the plugin parameters. Feel free to change its appearance to your taste! Personally, I like using 'Arimo' as my editor font Import (Hotkey: I) Press the Import button to import doodads from another map. This can be useful when making several similar-looking maps. If you provide a Map ID that doesn't exist in your project, the Import Doodad window will display the ID number in red. Save (Hotkey: Ctrl + S) Remember to save your changes often! If you forget whether your map has any unsaved edits, you can check the save indicator at the bottom of the screen. There will be an asterisk(*) shown next to the Doodad tab on the toolbar. Minimize (Hotkey: N) Sometimes it can be difficult to place doodads at the edges of the map, and the editor may cover up the place you want to put your doodads on. In those cases, you can use the Minimize button to hide the editor windows and make your entire map visible. Pressing the Minimize button again brings the editor windows back. Undo (Hotkey: Ctrl + Z) Everybody makes mistakes! If you accidentally delete a doodad or simple don't like your latest changes to it, you can reverse them by pressing the Undo button. This can also reverse the effects of the Delete All and Import buttons. Delete All If you want to quickly remove all doodads from the map, you can use the Delete All button. There's no hotkey for this for safety reasons. If you press it by accident anyway, don't forget that you can still use the Undo button to reverse the changes! Region Toggle (Hotkey: R) Toggles showing your map re…

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Kaelan

#61 Sep 28, 2020, 06:15 PM Source
Updated the plugin to v1.3! The only change this time around is the feature requested by @DarkSearinox92 : manual typing in the drop-down fields for Switches and Party Members.

This one took a little while to figure out how to do well, but I think the result was worth the trouble. The new input boxes have support for:
- Copy & Paste
- Autocomplete
- Full UTF-8 support. You can type in any language, including IME support for languages like Japanese.
- Input Validation - you get a warning bubble if you type a switch or actor that doesn't exist in your game.
Here's a short video showing it in action:

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DarkSearinox92

#62 Sep 29, 2020, 03:30 PM Source
Kaelan said:
Updated the plugin to v1.3! The only change this time around is the feature requested by @DarkSearinox92 : manual typing in the drop-down fields for Switches and Party Members.

This one took a little while to figure out how to do well, but I think the result was worth the trouble. The new input boxes have support for:

Copy & Paste

Autocomplete

Full UTF-8 support. You can type in any language, including IME support for languages like Japanese.

Input Validation - you get a warning bubble if you type a switch or actor that doesn't exist in your game.

Here's a short video showing it in action:
Wooo this is SUPER AMAZING! You're great, really! I hope that this function will help everyone in comfort!

I will test it, thank you! :)
Godarkhaos

#63 Sep 29, 2020, 03:40 PM Source

Still an amazing menu! Now what switches are available I'mma use it for my next project :D
Is it normal that my mouse isn't visible when the menu's open though? :0
Godarkhaos

#64 Sep 29, 2020, 09:25 PM Source

Godarkhaos said:
Still an amazing menu! Now what switches are available I'mma use it for my next project :D
Is it normal that my mouse isn't visible when the menu's open though? :0
Fixed my issue :p
41728280

#65 Sep 30, 2020, 12:39 AM Source

I can't live without KE. :wub
Kaelan, I want to request a small compatibility.
I am using YEP_X_SelectionControl, and I cannot select all targets by clicking on the extra window during the battle, which is not very friendly to playing games with the mouse!
Can't click
Kaelan

#66 Sep 30, 2020, 06:48 AM Source

Can you check the minimum set of plugins that causes the issue? Loading just KE, YEP_BattleEngineCore, YEP_TargetCore and YEP_X_SelectionControl, I can still click on the windows.

There might be another plugin causing problems
41728280

#67 Sep 30, 2020, 03:02 PM Source

Yes, when I report a problem, I usually use the most basic plug-ins and original projects for testing.
I only used these few plug-ins, it still can’t be clicked, maybe you haven’t enabled doodads
Kaelan

#68 Sep 30, 2020, 05:22 PM Source

Oh, I wasn't testing with YEP_CoreEngine, since everything worked fine without it. That's probably where the issue is. I'll take a look at it later today.

Edit: There was a minor compatibility issue with how our plugins were checking mouse input. We're basically doing the same thing but in a slightly different way, and it was causing a small conflict. Should be fixed now
41728280

#69 Oct 1, 2020, 03:05 PM Source

Kaelan, thanks for the fix, it works well now:)
Unfeant

#70 Oct 5, 2020, 01:42 AM Source

I have a problem using the "test" mode of the messages in the event editor.
Kaelan

#71 Oct 6, 2020, 09:41 PM Source

Could you clarify that a bit for me? You're getting a crash when using the event Show Text preview? As in from inside the editor, without even loading the game?
Unfeant

#72 Oct 6, 2020, 09:58 PM Source

Right, when using the "show text" preview inside the editor it crashes and the error appears.

Inside the game there is no problem with the messages, only inside the preview editor.

I'm sorry for my bad English, it's not my language.

And thank you very much for the support.
Kaelan

#73 Oct 7, 2020, 11:11 PM Source

That's odd, because that error implies that the map is loading, but has an invalid map ID. But afaik that shouldn't even be happening during the message preview.

I don't get that error when using message previews myself. Can you check for plugin compatibility issues? My guess is there's some other plugin changing either how messages work or how map loading works that's leading to this problem.
Unfeant

#74 Oct 8, 2020, 05:58 AM Source

Deactivate plugins that interacted with the map and the text, however I didn't get any results, just the same error.

When disabling the Yanfly GridFreeDoodads plugin, ExtDoodadPack1 and Knight Editor, the message preview works again.

"Show text" is not indispensable for me right now, its complement brings more benefits to my project.
Kaelan

#75 Oct 8, 2020, 11:58 PM Source

The issue wasn't in the Show Text preview, it was with the Event Test feature (ctrl+R). I updated the plugin with a fix, the editor won't load anymore during event test mode, so you shouldn't see that issue anymore
Unfeant

#76 Oct 9, 2020, 12:09 AM Source

Kaelan said:
The issue wasn't in the Show Text preview, it was with the Event Test feature (ctrl+R). I updated the plugin with a fix, the editor won't load anymore during event test mode, so you shouldn't see that issue anymore
It's true, I explained the problem very badly.

Now it seems to be fixed, thank you very much Kaelan for your speed and support.
hosercanadian

#77 Nov 5, 2020, 09:19 PM Source

I am just trying to find a better way to parallax map and watching your video on this post (https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/game-map-screenshots-11.110530/page-49#post-1119515) it looks like you have a collision option in the editor but when I load your sample project, no dice.

Is there something I am missing?

Thanks.
Kaelan

#78 Nov 6, 2020, 04:25 PM Source

The collision is part the code I have written for my game, it's not part of the public version of the editor
hosercanadian

#79 Nov 8, 2020, 09:15 PM Source

Kaelan said:
The collision is part the code I have written for my game, it's not part of the public version of the editor
OK, it is a great feature but I understand if you want to keep it for yourself. Thanks for sharing the Doodad addition.

I look forward to seeing your game progression.
rockling187

#80 Jan 23, 2021, 02:26 AM Source

Do you have any plans for Mz Vistella Doodads?