TibEd development thread

[Koen 2]

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Current TibEd versions

 

I've been really preoccupied with my MSc thesis since April 2006. It needs to be finished within two weeks from now. I've compiled a list of things that should be fixed/added in TibEd, but I cannot tell when and if it will be done. You will find the list below.

 

Future editors?

 

I say however, that creating new editors is not a priority. The Star Wars: Empire at War editor was worked on for just a short while and was nowhere near completion. I've never actually had any requests/e-mails about when this editor would be ready. I'm hesitant to work further on it, so it is now officially on hold/no public version available.

Next month we will see the release of C&C3. Unfortunately, it appears that it still uses the SAGE engine. The Generals INI files are messy (one of the reasons TibEd 2 is still lagging behind TibEd 1, a lot of time was wasted supporting these INI files properly). LotR: Battle for Middle Earth was worse, with the editor for that game being cancelled after 1 public release (beta 3). Following that editor, I rewrote the whole backend of TibEd 2, which is beta 4 as we now know it.

 

Beta 4 has potential for the future. But I never dared look at BFME2's INI files, and I expect C&C3 to be even more complicated. I wouldn't be surprised if INI.BIG there was 50MB. If the complexity is too high, I will not make TibEd 2 edit that chaos. Period.

I will start my PhD on March 1st. That means I will not have time to make a very complex editor for C&C3 - or perhaps even none at all. So please, everyone, do not expect anything. I can only be bribed by receiving an invite to the C&C community summit :roll:

 

Bug list

 

This is a list of current feature request/known bugs:

- Generals Mod Selector: Allow version ignoring in TibEd 2/GMS

- Generals: Add OCL editor (cannot confirm that this is possible!)

- Dune 2000: On Feb 27, 2004 Jorge left a post on TibEd Technical Support forum about unknown bytes for dune2000. Perhaps update TibEd 1.x? (cannot confirm if this will happen!)

 

Done:

TibEd 1.x: Yuri's Revenge manual editor for Generals section works (released in v1.63)

[Valherran 0]

All looks good, but damn, i was hoping Emperor would be fixed so i can finish my MOD!

[Koen 2]

I would like to change the roadmap. The next release will come from the TibEd 1.x series (1.64). Planned changes:

- update C&C'95 editor in a major way (thanks to Nyerguds, I got started on a major rewrite of this editor). Changes will break existing saves for C&C'95.

- fix launching of C&C'95 and RA1 of The First Decade from inside TibEd ("Please insert original disc" error).

- (not in 1.64) Jorge's Dune 2000 research

 

For future editors, the statement from January still holds: don't expect anything. The C&C3 Mod SDK isn't available yet, so the feasibility of an editor is unknown.

[Koen 2]

You can now download a beta version from http://www.tibed.net/download?tibed

 

--edit--

updated to final release

[Koen 2]

TibEd 2 has received some attention and I've just found a major bug. If you edit the same key twice without switching to another section, TibEd will experience an uncaught exception upon second edit. This will be fixed in beta 4b, which I will release soon.

[Koen 2]

You can now download a beta version from http://www.tibed.net/download?tibed

 

The beta version has been updated to build 157. Changes:

- includes help tooltips for C&C95 editor

- the "Sort list" option is retained between TibEd sessions

- you can now press "Enter" to select the game/editor at TibEd startup

- several minor updates to C&C95 editor per suggestion of Nyerguds

 

--edit--

Updated to final release (build 158)

[Koen 2]

I have made a second part of this thread. This allowed me to include a poll on which game to support.