MapTool 1.3b19 Progress

Post by **trevor** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:47 pm

Update:

I've been actively working on the calculations necessary to do the light feature. I've made really great progress.

I've also been designing the campaign properties Import/Export. I'm planning to formalize the concept of campaign Ruleset, which is really what the Campaign Properties is becoming. Essentially a description of tables, properties, and other assorted campaign defaults.

However, this will most likely break existing campaigns as I move data into a new structure. I should be able to make MT be able to load previous campaigns though, so it shouldn't be a big deal, but keep that in mind.

Cweord · Post by **Cweord** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:28 am

Thanks Trevor,

I will hold back on doing the big build I was going to start till this has stabilized and campaign property's are sorted (seeing how high they were on the wall, I was tempted to do this anyway).

Post by **trevor** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:30 am

Update: I finished building the vision calculation optimizations late last night. It includes several strategies to cut down the number of points that have to be calculated, which includes backface culling (which is pretty neat).

The next step is integrating the new calculations into MT and introducing Light Source menus. I should be able to get a first introductory step out for you guys to start banging on within a week.

Technical
I learned a ton about how the Area geometry objects in java work. For example, solid shapes wind counter clockwise and "holes" within a solid shape wind clockwise (which was important to know for my backface algorithm).

RPTroll · Post by **RPTroll** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:23 pm

Troll's heads spin clockwise when trying to figure out what Trevor is talking about while their eyes spin counter clockwise.

RPMiller · Post by **RPMiller** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:45 pm

trevor wrote:Technical
I learned a ton about how the Area geometry objects in java work. For example, solid shapes wind counter clockwise and "holes" within a solid shape wind clockwise (which was important to know for my backface algorithm).

That actually makes a lot of sense. In the 3D world the front face of a single plane is determined by the direction that you drew it.

Hawke · Post by **Hawke** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:47 pm

Excellent! Any word on whether or not this will 100% for sure break <b18 campaigns or what would need to be added to them for them to work (easy update script?)

RPTroll · Post by **RPTroll** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:41 pm

Tevor, when do you thing we'll get our first look at light and campaign properties?

Post by **trevor** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:02 pm

RPTroll wrote:Tevor, when do you thing we'll get our first look at light and campaign properties?

next week

Post by **trevor** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:20 pm

Update:

I've integrated the updated calculation engine. Now It's on to building the Light Source menu items and replacing the Vision with something else

RPTroll · Post by **RPTroll** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:00 pm

Thanks Tevor (note, trolls can't spell)

Cweord · Post by **Cweord** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:30 pm

That's ok, Nor can most humans

Post by **trevor** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:39 am

Update:

I've got my hands elbow deep in tidying up the token sizing code, which will fix a lot of the issues we've been having with sizes (stamps, tokens, et. al.).

On a positive note, I've been able to throw out a lot of old code that was getting long in the tooth, and encapsulating it in a better place. Which cleans up the code, which is a really Good Thing.

I'm looking to Wed/Thursday for b19

Glanrus · Post by **Glanrus** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:11 am

OOH OOH <JUMPING>!!!

And I bet DaTroll be drooling, while DaElves ... well the DaElves be ... umm ... What do DaElves be doing?

Glanrus

RPTroll · Post by **RPTroll** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:24 am

Glanrus wrote:OOH OOH <JUMPING>!!!

And I bet DaTroll be drooling, while DaElves ... well the DaElves be ... umm ... What do DaElves be doing?

Glanrus

It's really best not to ask.

RPMiller · Post by **RPMiller** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:51 am

trevor wrote:Update:

I've got my hands elbow deep in tidying up the token sizing code, which will fix a lot of the issues we've been having with sizes (stamps, tokens, et. al.).

On a positive note, I've been able to throw out a lot of old code that was getting long in the tooth, and encapsulating it in a better place. Which cleans up the code, which is a really Good Thing.

I'm looking to Wed/Thursday for b19

Woot! Just in time for game day!