New Horizon on 8/10/2005 at 01:30

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I already have one person hand picked for the job but I would like to have one or two more.

This is a customized T3Ed installer and it is also equipped with some classic functions. Usable keys or a keyring, holy water arrows, improved retro hud, lootshimmer instead of the original loot glimmer...only drunk or overweight guards get tired now etc...

I'm still working on making lockpicks selectable from the inventory but no luck yet. I need people with T3Ed mapping experience to test things out. It likely won't work with previous maps that were built as I've changed the gamesys considerably.

PM me if you're interested. It will still be a few weeks before I release the beta but I want to have people in place.

New Horizon on 8/10/2005 at 11:28

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What I hope to do rather, is have everyone submit their personal changes and custom scripts so that they can be added to the installer. I'm hoping that we can create a solid foundation for the community and an easier setup for future T3Edit users.

New Horizon on 8/10/2005 at 15:47

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Traffic has been light the last few days. I'm sure it will pick up. :) I have some things to work out over the next few weeks, I just hope everyone feels it's up to snuff.

Rantako on 9/10/2005 at 08:42

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I'll gladly help with the testing.

Crispy on 11/10/2005 at 07:06

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Well, school has just started for me again, so I might be a little busy over the next month and a half or so.


So far, you can hook Windows events on any part of the T3Ed interface and use a subset of the Windows API to modify it; remove things, resize things, and so on. More Windows API functions can be added fairly easily. I also plan to support window creation in future (in this context, "window" includes things like buttons, lists, and text boxes). One use for this is closing the Texture Browser on startup (it annoys me that it comes up by default). Another is renaming the OK/Cancel buttons on the Trigger Script window.

You can also create "commands", which are run when the user requests them to be. I plan to make these callable from menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts. Basically, you'll be able to define your own menu items and toolbars buttons, that do whatever you want. For example, I've already made a command that maximizes the active viewport window.

All of these things are scripted, so people can create and distribute their own modifications easily.

I've made no attempt to extend this beyond interface control. You can't, for example, make a command that deletes all objects in the level that have a DrawScale of 0, because the scripting system has no direct access to object properties. (Well, in theory you actually could. But you'd have to do it by automating the interface. You could start up the Find Actors window to select every actor in the map in turn, and then use the Object Properties window to check its properties, and the Edit->Delete menu option to delete it. But that's pretty clunky, and would cause your viewports to shift around and flicker annoyingly for the duration of the search. :))

Supporting direct access of object properties would be great, but it's not something that I'm looking at now; it's a completely different ball game.

And finally, as a spin-off benefit of being able to add your own commands to menus and toolbars, I plan to make the existing ones completely customisable.

Currently this is just an extra couple of files. You run the .exe and it attaches itself to any running copies of T3Ed and modifies them. Any existing or new installation of T3Ed will work for it.