Map Forge Preview

Ballbarian · #1 September 12th, 2009, 09:13 PM

I needed a change of pace so I have slapped together a quick preview video of my current project just for fun. Note that Map Forge is a map editor, not an image editor.

More info to come.

(For a better view go to YouTube and click on the red "HD" to watch in high definition.)

Part 1
Shows general overview of the editor. Includes changing background image, zoom, center view, some UI elements, unit selection, commander editing and unit palettes.

Part 2
Shows more UI elements, map navigation, terrain editing, forts, labs, temples, color selection, victory points, site selection, nation editing, custom UI options and code editing. This one is a little more chopped up as I was trying to fit a lot of items in a short time frame. There is much more that I did not show, but hopefully this will give a sense of the progress so far.

(Thanks to everyone for the encouraging words!)

Foodstamp · #2 September 12th, 2009, 09:50 PM

Very Cool!!!

chrispedersen · #3 September 12th, 2009, 10:26 PM

Amazing. Absolutely amazing Balbarian. *****!

NTJedi · #4 September 13th, 2009, 01:05 AM

Awesome_NESS

OmikronWarrior · #5 September 13th, 2009, 03:22 AM

So, is this thing just of hex maps, or can it be used to turn any image into a map?

Executor · #6 September 13th, 2009, 04:06 AM

Thanks for putting the song and artist, I was just about to ask what was that.

Ballbarian · #7 September 13th, 2009, 08:33 AM

OmikronWarrior,
Any image (tga or rgb).

Executor,
You have probably already found it, but here is Manolo Camp's site.

djo · #8 September 13th, 2009, 08:38 AM

What technology are you using to develop this? Is it cross-platform?

Foodstamp · #9 September 13th, 2009, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by djo

What technology are you using to develop this? Is it cross-platform?

Looks like he used VB or C#. If that is the case, no linux or mac.

Ballbarian · #10 September 13th, 2009, 11:42 AM

It is being developed in VB6. I strongly considered Python, but Boa (for GUI development) felt very awkward after about 12 years of experience with VB. Since VB has been around so long, I would assume that most of it's features would be supported by crossover software like Wine.

djo,
Have you had any experience with Wine or something like it and running VB6 apps on mac?

Anyhow, MF would not be anywhere near this close to completion if I were developing it in Python at least until I become more proficient with it. You know what they say about old dogs and new tricks.