Tileset Editor 1.0 (Proof of Concept)

Ratha · 2014-03-20T17:00:55.000Z

Does this program work with the 64 bit version of java on win7 64. I downloaded version 0.11 from the original post but when i launch the program i get a ‘busy’ cursor for about 1/10th of a second, and nothing else happens. No errors, no crashes.

CIB · 2014-03-20T22:01:54.000Z

Are you trying to launch using the .bat file or the .jar? The .bat might be outdated, so the .jar might work.

Ratha · 2014-03-21T08:59:01.000Z

Was trying to use the .exe in the root folder. Assumed it was the correct launch method. Will have to try the .jar in the bin folder later.

Sean_Mirrsen · 2014-03-21T09:03:35.000Z

The exe is just a launcher for the .jar, but it is too simple to just fail. It’s more likely that the .jar itself is failing - Java tends to do that, just fails to work without telling you anything.

Ratha · 2014-03-22T18:54:43.000Z

Turns out that i was able to successfully launch the .jar file manually with a right click. Not sure why the .exe fails but it does not appear to do anything for me on win7 64bit. Even launching the exe via command prompt yields no further information at all. Just gives me a new/empty command prompt line.

Chase · 2014-03-25T02:37:07.000Z

It should run just fine on java 64, however the launcher does not attempt to ‘find’ javaw.exe, so if it isn’t on your path then the program will not be able to launch it. This is most likely the problem. If you add your java 64 bin directory to your path, the exe should work fine.

In other news, I am stopping work on this, since Sean Mirrsen wants to work on it, and Robik also released a tileset editor, the field seems a bit crowded. There is only about 40 or so people this program is of interest too, so I don’t see a need to maintain a 3rd editor.

(However if these people disappear, e-mail me and I will update this again.)

Chase · 2014-09-26T18:58:29.000Z

My offer still stands if anyone needs this updated. It seems work on other editors has petered out.

Robik · 2014-09-26T19:04:49.000Z

Cool, it is good to have an option for Linux folk too

stk2008 · 2014-10-08T09:21:36.000Z

Im testing this but when i choose a tileset to edit it does nothing.

I open the file in the lets say Mshock folder and nothing happens I see no tiles or any thing just the blank editor windows etc

Chase · 2014-10-10T20:40:33.000Z

It’s expected to have the right path. It’s not updated for the nightlies altered tile configuration file (NOT the .json, the other one).

stk2008 · 2014-12-09T14:05:59.000Z

Has any one else done an updated version of this please

Chase · 2014-12-12T03:45:51.000Z

Tell me what needs to be fixed/changed and i’ll do it.

FatherTed · 2015-07-01T22:14:45.000Z

Sorry for this post almost a year later, but this is the only tileset editor I’ve been able to find (I have no idea where the tileset editors that Sean Mirrsen or Robik have made are, perhaps I missed them in one of the replies to this topic). However I have no idea how to use this. I’m using java 8 and I am able to run it using the cddatse executable jar file. I was able to use the .exe but then I started messing around with my java version to try to get java 7 but that didn’t work. So the editor opens and asks for the Cataclysm DDA directory, (which I have installed in (E:) instead of (C:)) I choose it and then the editor is blank. I have tried to open something but the only thing I have been able to open without an error is the tileset.txt files in the different tileset folders inside the Cataclysm DDA 0.C\gfx folder, and the editor remains blank when I do so. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.

Edit: I found Robik’s editor and it is working so far. I would still accept help with this editor but it’s not as essential now.

Gideon · 2015-10-24T18:20:55.000Z

Works launching with the .jar file.
I was having the same problem with nothing showing up. Corrected it by fixing the JSON and TILESET entries in the tileset.txt file for the sets not loading.

Only functioning tileset editor we’ve been able to find since we came back.

Would like the ability to set entries on tiles for seasons and sprite overlays.

Thanks for the great work!

Chase · 2015-10-24T20:12:52.000Z

It is not at all up to date honestly. But I always try to make my code as robust as possible.

Anyway, I stopped working on /supporting this since like 2 or 3 other people made their own (one of them a fork of this). The field was somewhat crowded for the dozen or so people we have to actually use the tools, so I thought there was no point of having yet another editor. (Though mine did come first :D)

But if all the other editors are now dead for whatever reason I guess I can resume working on this again. Just tell me what needs work and i’ll put in an hour or so and make an update.

Gideon · 2015-10-30T16:30:37.000Z

The other editors seem to be unsupported by their creators now.

So, as I mentioned, it would really help if we could define Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter tiles, as well as Worn & Wielded, Male Worn & Wielded, and Female Worn & Wielded. I see these as options in Tileset Studio 0.6, but that editor does not function.

Also, the paths in tileset.txt for the JSON and TILESET, after we have updated things with your Tileset Editor, have to be manual changed in order to ensure compatibility with CataclysmDDA. Perhaps allowing the user to define the format of the data that goes in there would be possible? Right now, it puts the folder path in there, and we have to go in and strip that part out, leaving only the file name.

Thank you for your great software!

Bazalisk · 2017-06-28T21:24:57.000Z

just a heads up but the download link to the editor contains a file with a Trojan.

the .Exe in the zip file does nothing but install the virus. i flagged on download and again when i tried to run the editor. the editor of cause did nothing and my anti-malware killed the process.

just thought it best to let people know.

NuG · 2017-09-21T14:35:57.000Z

Does this still work?

foxboxfox · 2017-10-04T21:16:47.000Z

[glow=red,2,300]No[/glow]

tourist · 2018-06-13T23:36:54.565Z

Hi!

Proof of concept: It is possible to hack Tileset Editor to work with the new tileset format. I got HitButton_iso to load, but had to hack the tileset json as well as hacking the Tileset Editor code.

It gets interesting because the GSON library is used to deserialize the JSON up into Java classes. The tiles-new format is more complex than the old tiles format, in that the ‘id’ field can be either a simple string or arrays of strings. I’ll need to read up on GSON to understand how to correctly deserialize the tiles-new format.

I’ll try to get something understandable up on Github.

To OP: Kudos on the Tileset Editor code. It’s pretty understandable and well thought out!

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