Super Basic Mario Editor

[Axiom]

Sounds stupid but you, wohlstand and luigifan shoud team up to program this :3

Wohlstand's busy with his. I'm busy with the Episode Manager (not really ) but I am doing some work on Wohlstand's editor.

[Darkonius Mavakar]

One more question, when you said "will not be compatible with smbx"
you mean we can't open smbx's levels in vsmbx?
that's quite a bummer, wohl's making his editor still compatible with old smbx levels.
is there a way to "fix" that?

[Axiom]

He could very well. Wohl has documented the SMBX level format very well. However, SMBX's format is also old and probably very slow too

and building on a platform that only 1% of the desktop users use isn't necessary.

Wow this quote really gets me heated. I hope you realise the number of people that are probably switching to Linux due to support for Windows XP ending? That's like building a translation app and not including Greek because 0.18% of the people speak it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_la ... e_speakers)

[Wohlstand]

One more question, when you said "will not be compatible with smbx"
you mean we can't open smbx's levels in vsmbx?
that's quite a bummer, wohl's making his editor still compatible with old smbx levels.
is there a way to "fix" that?

Create a non-compatible technology can everybody, but for made compatibility with exist technology, necessary to made a big work for research them and make a lot of specifications about read/write/render of them. I think, because a lot of SMBX's episodes/levels already created, most important to use the compatibility with SMBX. Or I will made read/write VSMBX's files inside my editor, but I must made before the LVLX format, for protect lost of new features (LVL file can't get more data and it have a strict syntax).

He could very well. Wohl has documented the SMBX level format very well. However, SMBX's format is also old and probably very slow too

Format isn't slow: file with size < 300 KB reading quickly. The lot of time doing the preparing of map: placing all items which gotten from file on the map before return control to human.
SMBX "saving" too long because it after write file doing the reload of file. My PGE-Editor don't doing reload of file on save, because click on the "save" button for a huge level will save file instantly.

[Darkonius Mavakar]

What about like, a file converter that converts .lvl to .lvlx?
i don't know anything about.programming so sorry for my ignorance

[Wohlstand]

What about like, a file converter that converts .lvl to .lvlx?
i don't know anything about.programming so sorry for my ignorance

For made .lvlx don't need converter, because I will internally save possible to play old SMBX's files. You will can open LVL file and re-save them into .lvlx . And back same operation. But if you save settings of new features into LVLX, you will lost them on saving into LVL format.
But I think, for transfer whole episodes, I can made the console tool for convert LVL2LVLX and LVLX2LVL. Same for WLD format (WLDX).
Later I will create the LVLX specification. Instead LVL, It will use parameter markers. It will give possible for read new files with old versions.

This is a little sketch of LVLX raw data:
http://engine.wohlnet.ru/docs/Images/Th ... _Think.txt

And, for made small size, all unused sections will not be written in file, and all values which equal to defaults will not written in the file too.

[aero]

One more question, when you said "will not be compatible with smbx"
you mean we can't open smbx's levels in vsmbx?
that's quite a bummer, wohl's making his editor still compatible with old smbx levels.
is there a way to "fix" that?

I'm using a different save format that makes sense to me. I've mentioned making a converter, but other than that I don't plan to fully emulate SMBX and saving is going to be one of the things changed.

[Wohlstand]

fully emulate SMBX

You need only read file format into your internal data arrays, this is easy
Most hard work is a correctly render of items by its ID's, offsets, collision boxes, etc. + parsing of the custom graphics and NPC.txt. If you need Item's settings, read my INI files first (UTF-8 without BOM).
Also, if you made the difference IDs of items, you must made conversion table for replace ID's into your internal format

Note: if you see version markers like "(>= 17)" this means you must skip parsing of this parameter if file version <17 and after read line parse next.
Don't forget validate parameters! This is a big Redigit's mistake: wrong file will made crash of SMBX.

[Axiom]

Note: if you see version markers like "(>= 17)" this means you must skip parsing of this parameter if file version <17 and after read line parse next.
Don't forget validate parameters! This is a big Redigit's mistake: wrong file will made crash of SMBX.

Well at least with .NET if he screws up it shouldn't kill the whole program but just show one of those unhandled exception thingies.

[Wohlstand]

@Luigifan2010,
See my little example of read and validate of gotten from file value:
https://github.com/Wohlhabend-Networks/ ... d.cpp#L251

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        str_count++;line = in.readLine();
        if( SMBX64::qStr(line) ) //Author 2
            goto badfile;
        else FileData.author2 = removeQuotes(line);

where in.readLine(); - read next line from text file (from current position to next "\n")
Where SMBX64::qStr(line) - is a validator of a string indise quotes ["this is a string"]:
The value checking by regular expressions inside Qt:

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QRegExp qstr = QRegExp("^\"(?:[^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*\"$"); //Define of the regular expression for quoted string

bool SMBX64::qStr(QString in) // QUOTED STRING
{
    return !qstr.exactMatch(in); //Check match with string from argument and returns true if wrong or false, if valid.
}

This function returns true if value wrong. If value is invalid the error message will be displayed.
For other types of strings made more validators:
https://github.com/Wohlhabend-Networks/ ... 64.cpp#L21

[Axiom]

And I imagine this could be adapted to C# somehow and VB with some witchcraft

[HenryRichard]

Wow! This is amazing! I mean, it looks so much like SMBX, and yet so much better! I wish you good luck with this!
Oh, and just so you know, a "bro" option for NPCs that makes a hammer brother throw them would be cool (though it probably won't happen).

[Lunar Chris]

Wow! This is amazing! I mean, it looks so much like SMBX, and yet so much better! I wish you good luck with this!
Oh, and just so you know, a "bro" option for NPCs that makes a hammer brother throw them would be cool (though it probably won't happen).

He can add the SMB3 hammer bro and use its code to make boomerang, sledge, ice, and fire bro.

[Julia Pseudo]

Oh, and just so you know, a "bro" option for NPCs that makes a hammer brother throw them would be cool (though it probably won't happen).

This is an excellent idea. I don't think I've heard anyone suggest this before now but it just makes so much sense.

[aero]

Oh, and just so you know, a "bro" option for NPCs that makes a hammer brother throw them would be cool (though it probably won't happen).

This is an excellent idea. I don't think I've heard anyone suggest this before now but it just makes so much sense.

Yeah this sounds cool, already planned on adding something similar for when I add the Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro from SMW.

[Julia Pseudo]

^
Ooh I think I understand what you're talking about (any enemy on a platform am I right?). That's fantastic, considering how difficult it is to emulate that enemy in SMBX.

[SMBXxer]

When I add the Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

I fucking died.

[aero]

When I add the Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

I fucking died.

But that's his name.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Amazing_Flyin'_Hammer_Bro.

[SMBXxer]

When I add the Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro

I fucking died.

But that's his name.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Amazing_Flyin'_Hammer_Bro.

I know, I was happy.

[Lunar Chris]

I guess it seems this guy is reviving SMBX 1.4 as far as I can tell. With all the new stuff being added, there's gonna be limitless possibilities for creativity. When do you suppose you'll have this finished?