My Feature Suggestions...

[Sharlenwar]

Here is a few feature requests that would help our building of our worlds that much more.

1) Items List: If it would be at all possible, is to be able to load an .xml file to allow us to create custom lists. You could then put the lists in a drop down box or something underneath the Filter box. This would then allow a builder to say pick a category called Walls, and all the walls would show up. Of course someone would have to populate the .xml file (which I can do), but it would speed up looking for that certain item.

2) Flush: As great as this is, it isn't really necessary as the server seems to save as you go anyways. What would be good, is if you hit "Flush", it would save the files into a directory of your choice that could be setup in the .ini. This way one could have automated backups and what not.

3) Selection Tool: It would be nice to be able to have a selection tool that would allow you to select a series of statics (such as a house), to allow us to move entire buildings around. As well as possibly allowing us to surgically delete sections of buildings, etc. Instead of doing it one tile at a time with the Cut tool.

4) Zoomable Radar/Large Scale Map: It would be nice to be able to zoom the radar map and the large scale commands map around. Would allow us to be able to select the correct area, or a more precise location to go to.

5) Pause Saving: Create a button that would tell the server to stop saving. That way any of the changes you make could be local. This way if you create something you don't like, you could in essence just "undo" it and start from when you paused the saving of the server.

That seems to be about it, as we use the tool and delve deep into it's functionality we will probably discover more. If you could respond Hitman, that would be fantastic, as I'm curious as to what you think about these features.

[Hitman]

Here is a few feature requests that would help our building of our worlds that much more.

1) Items List: If it would be at all possible, is to be able to load an .xml file to allow us to create custom lists. You could then put the lists in a drop down box or something underneath the Filter box. This would then allow a builder to say pick a category called Walls, and all the walls would show up. Of course someone would have to populate the .xml file (which I can do), but it would speed up looking for that certain item.

I think this can be done and made a note on my ToDo list.

2) Flush: As great as this is, it isn't really necessary as the server seems to save as you go anyways. What would be good, is if you hit "Flush", it would save the files into a directory of your choice that could be setup in the .ini. This way one could have automated backups and what not.

The reason for having a manual flush is, to make sure that the current changes are saved. It's more or less to give you a saver feeling ;-)
But an online backup seems like a good idea. I'll note it down too.

3) Selection Tool: It would be nice to be able to have a selection tool that would allow you to select a series of statics (such as a house), to allow us to move entire buildings around. As well as possibly allowing us to surgically delete sections of buildings, etc. Instead of doing it one tile at a time with the Cut tool.

You can already select areas with the move tool (just hold down the mouse button). If you want to move something around larger areas, you have to use the Large Scale Commands.

4) Zoomable Radar/Large Scale Map: It would be nice to be able to zoom the radar map and the large scale commands map around. Would allow us to be able to select the correct area, or a more precise location to go to.

That's not possible. The map at it's current 1:8 zoom is already around 768kb in size ... a full scaled map is around 50mb. I think nobody would want to what that long each time they connect (and of course you probably don't want to send that much data ;-))

5) Pause Saving: Create a button that would tell the server to stop saving. That way any of the changes you make could be local. This way if you create something you don't like, you could in essence just "undo" it and start from when you paused the saving of the server.

I think that's not possible as well. The memory management is designed to keep only a small part of the map in memory, not larger areas.

[Sharlenwar]

Thanks for the response Hitman. I would go and add some of those changes myself, but for the life of me I can't get Lazarus setup to be able to compile the tool. Sorry!