Need Help for editor for shooter

sandruzzo · 11 January 2017, 11:02

Hi, We're going to do a game named Proxima which is a vertical shooter. We're search a good tile map editor for that.

We're watching http://www.mapeditor.org/. But this editor use .xml file format to save data. Reading this map in real time could be expensive.

Is there a better choice for our porpouse?

Thanks

Samurai_Crow · 11 January 2017, 11:09

How about writing a converter based on the C language loader.

Never mind, it could not be written on AmigaOS. Do you need a loader for your language?

WayneK · 11 January 2017, 11:26

Or what about the other industry standard, Mappy?

Exporters are easily written in LUA to generate the maps in any format you want, I've used it in the past messing around on Sega Megadrive & other retro console formats - should work just as well for Amiga dev.

sandruzzo · 11 January 2017, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by WayneK

Or what about the other industry standard, Mappy?

Exporters are easily written in LUA to generate the maps in any format you want, I've used it in the past messing around on Sega Megadrive & other retro console formats - should work just as well for Amiga dev.

I woul like to write a simple reader in asm to import file. Is that possible?

Samurai_Crow · 11 January 2017, 11:55

It's possible to write a reader. It will not be a simple one, however.

http://aminet.net/package/dev/lib/libxml2-m68k or http://aminet.net/package/dev/c/expat-dev both written in C with C example codes. And this much is just to parse the XML.

invent · 11 January 2017, 11:57

The Author of "Tiled" Map Editor has added other export options in the past.
Currently the exports are:

- CSV files .CSV
- Gamemaker Room files .room .gmx
- Json map files .json
- JavaScript map files .js
- LUA files .lua

Zeph · 11 January 2017, 12:34

Surely the Simplest would be CSVs imported into arrays and compared with an array of integers to tile data to tell the game what tile to draw when/where?

Tigerskunk · 11 January 2017, 13:45

I use TILED, and export as CSV.

Put a dc.w in front of the lines with a simple "replace", and voila, that's it.

sandruzzo · 11 January 2017, 13:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steril707

I use TILED, and export as CSV.

Put a dc.w in front of the lines with a simple "replace", and voila, that's it.

do you have a simple examples?

11 January 2017, 11:02	#1
sandruzzo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Italy/Rome Posts: 2,281	Need Help for editor for shooter Hi, We're going to do a game named Proxima which is a vertical shooter. We're search a good tile map editor for that. We're watching http://www.mapeditor.org/. But this editor use .xml file format to save data. Reading this map in real time could be expensive. Is there a better choice for our porpouse? Thanks

11 January 2017, 11:09	#2
Samurai_Crow Total Chaos forever! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Waterville, MN, USA Age: 49 Posts: 2,186	How about writing a converter based on the C language loader. Never mind, it could not be written on AmigaOS. Do you need a loader for your language? Last edited by Samurai_Crow; 11 January 2017 at 11:34.

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11 January 2017, 11:26	#3
WayneK Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Somewhere secret Age: 50 Posts: 364	Or what about the other industry standard, Mappy? Exporters are easily written in LUA to generate the maps in any format you want, I've used it in the past messing around on Sega Megadrive & other retro console formats - should work just as well for Amiga dev.

11 January 2017, 11:55	#5
Samurai_Crow Total Chaos forever! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Waterville, MN, USA Age: 49 Posts: 2,186	It's possible to write a reader. It will not be a simple one, however. http://aminet.net/package/dev/lib/libxml2-m68k or http://aminet.net/package/dev/c/expat-dev both written in C with C example codes. And this much is just to parse the XML.

11 January 2017, 11:57	#6
invent pixels Join Date: May 2014 Location: Australia Age: 52 Posts: 476	The Author of "Tiled" Map Editor has added other export options in the past. Currently the exports are: - CSV files .CSV - Gamemaker Room files .room .gmx - Json map files .json - JavaScript map files .js - LUA files .lua

11 January 2017, 12:34	#7
Zeph Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 79	Surely the Simplest would be CSVs imported into arrays and compared with an array of integers to tile data to tell the game what tile to draw when/where?

11 January 2017, 13:45	#8
Tigerskunk Inviyya Dude! Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Amiga Island Posts: 2,770	I use TILED, and export as CSV. Put a dc.w in front of the lines with a simple "replace", and voila, that's it.

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