[project1dev] Re: UI Art needed
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 10:34:41 -0700
Oh sorry 1 more thing, we'll need something on the info window where it can
display a "nickname" of a model.
a model nickname is a name you give to something in the editor, that you can
call up by name from the script.
like for instance right now those bridge peices have to be loaded / placed
in the script instead of with the editor cause there's no way to manipulate
an editor placed object from script right now. Being able to give an object
a nick name will let the script call that object up and manipulate it.
bottom line, the bridge would be able to be placed / edited in editor and
still manipulated from script (:
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Wurmz!
>
> UI updates...
>
> #1 - i think we can replace the "Type" with "Collision" with a button next
> to it. When you click the button it cycles between "None",
> "Sphere","Box","Cylinder","Perfect". that instead of choosing between
> decorative and collision.
>
> #2 - for the material editor we don't just have 1 R,G,B,A oops! What we
> need
>
> A) Ambient Color - R,G,B sliders
> B) Diffuse Color - R,G,B
> C) Specular Color - R,G,B
> D) Emmisive Color - R,G,B
> E) Shinyness - 1 slider
> F) Transparency - 1 slider
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> okies (:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Indeed, we can talk general outline of the UI before I get too far along,
>>> I can go ahead and start designing black and white UI elements so we can
>>> recolor it easily later on.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> cool deal (:
>>>>
>>>> for 2D graphics, images still have to have dimensions that are powers of
>>>> 2 don't forget!
>>>>
>>>> If you have ideas for makign the UI better too, I'm not opposed to
>>>> changing it (:
>>>>
>>>> But before you invest too much time in a mockup or anything we can talk
>>>> about what features are there and what features are planned to be there so
>>>> you dont waste your time.
>>>>
>>>> ::shrugs:: (:
>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Matthew Freeland <
>>>> mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> OH hells yeah, when I get home I'll work up a couple ideas for you Mr.
>>>>> Alan.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun to play with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yeah it'll be neat not to have to do it in script!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You'll be able to define the lighting group regions (the invisible
>>>>>>> rectangle that defines how things inside it are lit)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and then you'll be able to create and position lights, and say which
>>>>>>> lighting groups they are part of.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And you'll be able to adjust the params of all those lights, like
>>>>>>> position, direction, color, intensity...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it should be neat (:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and also being able to edit the color / properties of model materials
>>>>>>> in the editor will be rad so we can re-use art peices and just
>>>>>>> re-colorize
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, all options available in the editor will be available from
>>>>>>> script too so we could do weird things like make objects less shiny over
>>>>>>> time. I have no clue why we might want to but giving the power to do
>>>>>>> so I
>>>>>>> think is important (:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> growl and we need multitexture support and bump mapping soon, it's
>>>>>>> gonna be cool!
>>>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Kent Petersen
>>>>>>> <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Light editor sounds pretty badass
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Alan Wolfe
>>>>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Wurmz, would you wanna do some UI art for the editor? I was
>>>>>>>>> thinkin you'd be great for this but let me know!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here's what i was thinkin....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> #1 - a checkbox - both checked and unchecked to put to the left of
>>>>>>>>> "Casts a shadow" in the info window. When the check box is clicked,
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> toggles which image it shows
>>>>>>>>> #2 -a "pos" icon button - to put next to the position line in the
>>>>>>>>> info window. There should be a pressed down and not pressed down
>>>>>>>>> version.
>>>>>>>>> (like a lil square button with an icon on it that shows something
>>>>>>>>> that kinda
>>>>>>>>> makes sense that it is a position control)
>>>>>>>>> #3 - a "rot" icon button - for rotation. same as above
>>>>>>>>> #4 - a "scale" icon button - for scaling. same as above
>>>>>>>>> #5 - some button to go next to "Type" in the info window which when
>>>>>>>>> you click it, it will switch from decoration, to collidable, etc
>>>>>>>>> (there
>>>>>>>>> probably will be more types later!)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> #6 - a button for the upper left, can be a lil larger, both a
>>>>>>>>> pressed and unpressed version, for going into "model edit mode" (ie
>>>>>>>>> the mode
>>>>>>>>> we know and love right now)
>>>>>>>>> #7 - a button just like above, but for going into "light edit mode"
>>>>>>>>> (a new editing mode for editing lights)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> #8 - i dont really know how this is gonna work, but we'll need some
>>>>>>>>> button too in the info window for bringing up a dialog which changes
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> color of a model. Basically it'll bring up a dialog and for each
>>>>>>>>> material
>>>>>>>>> in the model (there may be multiple - but most models only have 1,
>>>>>>>>> but there
>>>>>>>>> could be lots!) we should be able to adjust the R,G,B,A of the
>>>>>>>>> material. I
>>>>>>>>> was thinking maybe something like this in the dialog...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <=| [Name of Material] |=>
>>>>>>>>> R ---------O----------------
>>>>>>>>> G -----O--------------------
>>>>>>>>> B --------------------------O
>>>>>>>>> A --------------------------O
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> where the <=| and |=> are buttons to switch to the previos and next
>>>>>>>>> materials (we'd need both a pressed and unpressed version of each)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and the -----O------ are slider bars (one peice of art for that)
>>>>>>>>> and the O on that is some kind of sliding marker that can be dragged
>>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> #9 - bonus? if we had some art to use for dialog boxes here in the
>>>>>>>>> editor instead of using the boxes that i've made. We can leave it
>>>>>>>>> for now
>>>>>>>>> though, it doesn't make it any less functional hehe.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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