sigh, at the beginning I just want to replace that background image.
What's this?
This is an update of Trylobot's ship editor (http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=375.0), forked from Trylobot's original works.
Since the ship editor is a great (and the only) tool for StarSector ship modding. Most of us can endure some little glitches and maybe a little incompatibility from the slightly out of date version. But some Mod M***si cann't stand it any more and murmuring for an update. So here it is.
I may occasionally use this page to put out some pre-release alpha version for testing proper.
Now testing:
3.0.0-alpha-11 (https://github.com/Deathfly/sf-ship-ed/releases/download/3.0.0/sf-ship-ed.3.0.0-alpha-11.exe)
3.0.0 alpha-11
-Compatible to StarSector 0.95.1a.
-add "fighter_bay_mods" to setting file that can be used to register hullmods that modify fighter bay count.
-organized as [hullmodID1, modifier1, hullmodID2, modifier2..] manner, check the default value for reference.
-add mountTypeOverride compatibility, along with HYBRID, SYNERGY, COMPOSITE and UNIVERSAL weapon type.
-engine state text editor can access to all engine state field now.
3.0.0 alpha-10
-Rework weapon render order sorting to correctly follow hull render hints and weapon slot renderOrderMod.
-Add a notification to tell current hull do not have fighter bay when trying to add fighter wing on it.
-Raise weapon group limit to 7.
-Rework weapon mount icons so make them more easy to be precisely placed.
3.0.0 alpha-9
- Compatible to StarSector 0.95a.
- Fixed a CSV file decoding issue, which cause single quotation mark and line-breaker-in-comment result unintended phrasing.
3.0.0-alpha-8
- Fixed an issue that cause press Tab or Enter key while in text editing mode insert unintended \t or \r.
3.0.0-alpha-7
- Implement customize json object output order. The objects in ship/variant/weapon files now list in more human-readable orders.
- Fix a bug that cause the modification key can not proper be unregistered in some case, causing use Ctrl+Alt+N function stuck the Ctrl and Alt down.
3.0.0-alpha-6
- Fix a issue that cause CTD while trying to add first weapon slot to a new ship.
3.0.0-alpha-5
- Hot fix a bug that will remove the weapon slot angle if it equal to 0
Pre-release alpha version.
- Compatible with Starsector 0.9.1a .
- Implemented "zoom to window center" and "zoom to cursor" features. And use zoom to cursor as default.
- Implemented "Reset view point" features.
- Rework weapon slot icons to make different weapon slots are more distinguishable.
- Fix a bug the result a soft lock when try to edit wings in Variant Editing mode.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Opening a variant file that contain 0.8-to-0.9-ish STATION_MODULE format (e.g. station_small_Standard.variant) will lead to a crash.
- Skin Editor do not work properly.
README.TXT
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Start the program (sf-ship-ed.exe)
Press (I) to load an existing image file to use as a reference
Optionally, Press (D) to load an existing *.ship file on top of the image
Press (C) to enter "Set Center" mode
Then, Click to set a center
Then, Ctrl + Click to set a collision radius
Press (B) to enter "Set Bounds" mode
While holding Shift, Click to add points to the bounds polygon
While holding Ctrl, Click to insert points to the bounds polygon
(Note that the default mode is Mirrored, for symmetrical ships)
Optionally press Spacebar to turn off Mirrored mode
Optionally Press Backspace if you need to delete a bounds polygon vertex
Press (C) to enter "Set Shield Center" mode
Then, Click to set a center
Then, Ctrl + Click to set a shield radius
IMPORTANT: The shield area should be entirely within the collision area
Press (W) to enter "Weapon Slot" mode
While holding Shift, click to add weapon slots
Set direction with click and drag
Move existing weapon slots with Ctrl Click and drag
Set cone-of-attack arc with Alt Click and drag
Press (U) to enter "Built-In Weapons" mode
Press (E) to enter "Engine Slot" mode
While holding Shift, click to add engine slots
Set direction with click and drag
Move existing engine slots with Ctrl Click and drag
Set engine size (length & width) with Alt Click and drag
Press (L) to enter "Launch Bay" mode
While holding Shift, click to add ports to the current launch bay
While holding Ctrl, Click to add new launch bay
Click and drag to move existing launch bay ports
Press backspace to delete a port from a launch bay
Press (T) to edit global string data
Press (T) while in Engine or Weapon mode (E)/(W) to edit
string data for particular slot
Press (V) to save the current ship data
Press (2) to switch to variant mode
Press (D) to load an existing variant
Press (T) to edit variant string-data
Press (G) to edit weapon groups
Press A while in weapon groups mode to toggle Autofire
Press (F) & (C) to increment flux mods. Ctrl+(F) & Ctrl+(C) to decrement.
They will automatically cap out at the limit for your ship's hull size
Press (H) to select hull mods
If you exceed the OP max specified in the ship CSV for the ship's hullID,
it will be red-coloured but it will not otherwise block you
Press (V) to save the current variant data
Press (1) to switch back to ship mode if necessary
About language localisation
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You can download ENG.ini, the default language definition file from the release site, and the main part of it should read like this.
...
wt_main = "STARSECTOR Ship&Weapon Editor"
wt_load_core = "Please Select Starsector Install Directory"
wt_load_mod = "LOAD Mod Directory"
...
The left side of equal-sign is the internal token and please DON'T change it.
The quoted strings on the right is the strings for display. You can translate it into your desired language.
This program is run in Latin-1 code by default and should support the full Latin-1 characters display.
If you need full Unicode support, you should change "UTF8_support" to 1 in settings, to enable UTF-8 support. Then specify a "custom_FONT" by path to display the non-Latin characters.
Credits
Trylobot: The original Ship Editor. And yeah the rjson is a great work.
MesoTroniK: Big thanks for the alpha test and features requests. And yeah, perfectionism is infectious and fatal.
Tartiflette: Big thanks for the alpha test and features requests too. And I am always glad to help.
The SS mod m..I mean community: The encouragements, tips, and feedback. And don't shot my head off when I done something wrong.
And all the DATA sacrificed in this work.
Looking through the download page, cannot find exe file with search function....
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(http://i.imgur.com/DgsKmtN.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/nK73csT.png)
The link in the OP leads directly to this page. The only way you can get to main repo page from there is by clicking something you shouldn't.
I at least got it to compile on Ubuntu Linux. Buggy as ***, but hey, it compiles:
# grab blitzmax from https://nitrologic.itch.io/blitzmax and unpack wherever
sudo apt install libc6-dev-i386 lib32stdc++-6-dev mesa-common-dev:i386 libxpm-dev:i386 libfreetype6-dev:i386 libx11-dev:i386 libglu1-mesa-dev:i386 libxft2-dev:i386
BMK_LD_OPTS="-lgcc -ldl -lfontconfig" /path/to/bmk makeapp -a -r -t gui -o sf-ship-ed.exe sf-ship-ed.bmx
*edit - upon actually trying things the easy way and using Wine, stuff just works. >_<
I tried to change the vigilance's missile hard point to a high arc turret. But it didn't work, can anyone help me about this?
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"shieldRadius": 80,
"spriteName": "graphics/ships/vigilance.png",
"style": "MIDLINE",
"viewOffset": 0,
"weaponSlots": [
{
"angle": 60,
"arc": 270,
"id": "WS 001",
"locations": [
13,
14
],
"mount": "TURRET",
"size": "MEDIUM",
"type": "ENERGY"
},
{
"angle": 0,
"arc": 105,
"id": "WS 002",
"locations": [
41,
-13
],
"mount": "TURRET",
"size": "MEDIUM",
"type": "MISSILE"
}
],
"width": 63
}
There's a problem with the editor i have encountered...
"separateRecoilForLinkedBarrels":"TRUE",