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I just selected two very large areas (britain and a large part of the north) and erased every static. It worked perfectly. Are you sure that no other process has access to the map files and that you have full write permissions?

Can you give me more details? How much statics have been in the list and how large has been the area you've processed?

Another small release with just a few (but helpful) additions.
This time it only includes client changes:

• Added statics filter (by Tile ID and Hue)
• Fixed occasional error when selecting tiles

And again, some requests

- Possibility to filter art/texture ids
- A new large scale command: "Replace texture ids". A specific texture is replaced by another defined texture ID

Good ideas. I will implement an inclusive/exclusive TileID and Hue filter in version 0.3.2
The large scale command will probably have to wait for another version, as I still have to think about the GUI for it. Currently I tend to provide two lists which have to contain the same amount of equivalent entries. (a source and a target list)

To even out some bugs and inconveniences I put them together resulting in this new release.

Client changes:

• Added access level change notification
• Changed ordering of tiles for the move tool
• Fixed radar handling on first start
• Fixed invalid numbering of statics in the tile list
• Fixed strange scrolling behavior of the tile list

Server changes:

• Added timeout of 30secs to client connections
• Fixed possible memory corruption

I would say it's a problem with the tiledata, as I can't reproduce this problem. But I'll recheck the tiledata reading code, just to be sure

Another small silent update to the client. On the first start, the radarmap has not been updated/requested. Therefore it has just been shown black.

Did you follow the upgrade notes? You need radarcol.mul and the corresponding entry in your cedserver.ini
Although I have to admit, that I didn't test what happens if that is missing .... but still: it shouldn't be missing

Edit: ok if it was missing there would ofcourse be a "file not found" error .... but I still guess it has to do with the radarcol.mul
Maybe the file is too small ... it should be around 131072byte. The server just assumes the file has all necessary entries to build the radar map. So if it is indeed too small, that would explain your error, as the server tried to read something that isn't there (or beyond it's size).

Edit2: Apparently some other users have the same problem with the black radar map. It seems to be a client side issue, probably OS/Hardware dependent. I will investigate this further and release a bug fix.

Edit3: The bug is fixed now. It only occurred on the first startup, when the radarmap.cache was not existent.

I really should stop releasing software late at night .... short after this announcement I recognized an error in my memory management. This even lead to crashes of the linux cedserver (which I didn't experience during my tests on windows). Well, long story short: I re-released the client and the server with this bug fixed.

If you've downloaded the client and/or server before this posting, please redownload it.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Fresh coded, compiled and uploaded: the new release of CentrED.
It was a bit of hard work (I worked on it nearly every day for the past two weeks), to bring you some glorious and hopefully helpfull new features.

Client changes:

• Added large scale commands
• Added (re)storing ability of Random-Presets
• Added Location list to store coordinates
• Added radar map
• Added virtual layer
• Added fields to directly enter values to the Boundaries and the Hue settings
• Added left-click menu to the selection tool (pops up after holding the left mouse button for a second)
• Added hotkeys (F1 to F8, one for each tool)
• Added new access levels (None [= locked] and Viewer [= can only see the map and chat])
• Fixed problems with the Move-tool
• Fixed some memory leaks and several other bugs

Server changes:

• Added support for the new client features
• Changed config file: REFER TO THE INCLUDED UPGRADE NOTES!!!
• Fixed the netcode handling (that could have lead to crashes in some cases)

Thanks
And yes, I'm still heavily working on it. Hotkeys are already implemented in the next version (F1 to F8, to access the tools).
Here are some screenshots of other features I'm currently working on:

- a shorter way to set the Z-lvl of statics and map (elevate...)

What do you have in mind there? Currently the elevate-tool can raise, lower and set the z-value.

- shortcut-keys to get important functions by keypress

I will add the F1 to F7 keys to access the tools.

- the possibility to hold more than one random-list, with a save, import and export function, so you can create a random-grass, random-rock.. and so on..

Some kind of preset-random-list should be possible. I will see how to best implement it and you will probably find it in the next version.

- boundaries can only change by push or pull the little nose ^^ - two fields for the min and max-value can be useful

Right, a nice little field where you can enter the boundaries as numbers would be helpfull. Consider it done

Thanks for these good ideas. They will find their way into version 0.3.

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I just packaged and released version 0.2.

These changes have been made to the client:

• Added client list
• Added ability to jump to other clients positions
• Added chat
• Added support to add hued tiles
• Added tool to hue existing tiles
• Added automatical movement while the movement arrows are pressed
• Changed tile info shown when hovering (more details)

And these changes have been made to the server:

• Added timestamps
• Added storage of clients last position
• Changed win32 version to no longer require "--init"

... as well as some internal fixes and changes.

I hope this makes working with CentrED even easier

Please insert a whole map overview. Jumping around the world with coordinates isn't that comfortable.

I have currently no idea how to do that. I thought about the ability to view the radar, but the radar map is something about a 100mb bitmap. Compressed maybe 20mb. As the map is completely server side, all this would have to be queried on each connect. That's just too much. If you have an idea please let me know.

It would be nice, if you change the 'way of moving around'. At the moment there are these arrows on the side. Couldn't you add the possibility to move around just with mouse clicks (as it is at the 'Worldeditor' in Varans Mulpatcher, if you know that tool)

I have to admit that I don't know it (at least not the Worldeditor part). I can only guess what you mean (because it would somehow match what I played around with in my thoughts): you grab the map by clicking on it an then drag it around - maybe with the middle/third mouse button or an extra tool selectable from the toolbar. I think that could be done .... if that was what you meant. Otherwise please try to describe it further.

I think you already planned this one: Possibility to change colors.

Yes that is definately planned. It got somehow lost between my exams and the wish to release this tool as fast as possible

Thanks for your interest and the suggestions on how to improve it (further)!

The program consists of a server and a client. You need to have a server running and then you can connect to it with the client.
Both can be downloaded from the website.

Once you have the server, open up a console and execute the server.
(Currently the first start of the server requires to pass a command line parameter. This will be automated or at least made more user friendly in the next version.)