Current/Planned features

Create map

DONE Creates a map based on a map-template in a directory defined by the user.

Calculate Texture-sizes

DONE A calculator allows to calculate the sizes of all textures like diffuse, heightmap, metalmap at once, simply by entering the map-size

Open map

DONE Existing maps can be opened, if a directory exists. 7z-map files are not supported yet

Support 7z files

View heightmap

The heightmap of a map can be viewed, if the correct path is given

DONE Add file browser to select heightmap file

Map Size Calculator

DONE Allows for calculation of image sizes for metal, diffuce, height, grass maps

Create Map

DONE Allows to create a new map by copying a default template
DONE Allows to specify a map size
DONE Automatically creates images for grass, diffuse, height etc with correct image settings
DONE Creates a project file with default settings

Create/Edit start-zones

DONE Allow creation of teams
DONE Create/delete a startzone
Load map_startboxes.lua
Save map_startboxes.lua

Open Map

DONE Opens or creates a project file

Project File

ONGOING Contains map-related settings like compile options for map compiler
ONGOING Contains all other map-related settings

Update/Deploy Map

DONE Allows to recompile/update the map
Allows to deploy the compiled map to game directory
DONE Allows to change setting from project file
DONE Allow setting of compile parameters
Allow to deploy as directory or as 7z

Project file / Application settings

Application settings

Contains a list of setting for the application e.g. Gamedirectory

Project file

Names of images files for grass, diffuse, height etc image files

TODO

DONE Add image library to allow for creation of images during map creation
DONE Implement pymapcomp to allow for map compilation
DONE Redesign Update/deploy Map dialog to embedd required features
DONE Complete compilation settings
DONE Add support to load mapinfo.lua
DONE Add support to edit some values of mapinfo.lua
DONE Add support to save mapinfo.lua

General

Define Project-Settings file with read/write/edit support
Implement support for .7z creation
Add support to read and write start-zones
Add toggle button to show texture on heightmap
Add support to save ProjectSettings
Add deploy support
Create github release pipeline
TENTATIVE Add support to edit heightmap

Terrain editing

Implement an Octree to improve HitTest-Performance
Implement various brushes for terrain editing