egomassive's Knytt Stories Plus mod

Level Editor Plus 1.0.0 This may be the editors final update, so I bumped it out of beta.

• Supports the new choose-your-own-map-color feature. See the Misc. tab.
• Fixes a bug that occurred when you chose go-to coordinates with the script editor open.
• Adds buttons to the Warp tab to automatically fill in the word "Artifact1" for Flag Warps.
• To help in choosing in-game map colors, numbers representing the color the current gradient produces are displayed at the top-right of the tilesets.

@ Dow: I'm sure lots of people are using 1024x768 resolution. Trust me though, fullscreen mode looks much better than scaling to 170%. There are extensions that can scale much better than MMF's native abilities, but they drain performance. Don't feel left out. I smashed the editor into a size that fits your screen.

If scaling reduces performance then I'd probably not use it after all, because I play Knytt at old computer where even too much 'rain effects' slows my game a little

Hey, what the... I just tested a level that uses object 3 on bank 15 (the invisible block), and in the testing window I could see object 3!  Is this a new setting that automatically turns on when your testing, or is it an error?

You're thinking of object 16:13 Headgrinder. Object 15:3 is the non-disappearing version of object 15:10.

HA HA HA!  LAUGH AT THE RED HEAD. 

Ok, I DID find a valid issue this time, I swear.    Thought it is so minor you may just ignore it.  When updating tilesets (i.e. you are editing a tileset, save it, then go back to an already open editor) I can get an edited tileset to reload by swapping to a different tileset then back real quick, however the preview edge does not reload and continues to show the old tileset until you restart the editor. 

And did you add any kind of import or mass screen copy function?  I was in a conversation with an old user about using content from a level he never released in a level I'm working on and I realized I would have to recreate his or my stuff from scratch if there wasn't a way to do this. 

One day you'll stop being bugged to reinvent this sophisticated wheel. 

Headgrinder, I'm aware that graphics in previews don't always update. The previews share 3 image objects which are loaded with the correct gradient and tilesets. They will only load an image from file when the current image is different from the one needed. This helps to keep the program running quickly since reading from hard drives takes time, and it's only problematic if you edit gradients and tilesets while editing the level, and so, it will stay like this.

To update preview bars without restarting the program, move to a room where at least one preview bar will use a different image than the one you have edited. Then, return to the room you were working on.

For your second question, I don't intend to make any batch screen copying processes. I champion the use of Xoft's Level Composer for this sort of thing. As you pointed out, there's no need to reinvent the wheel.

No biggie, it was just something I noticed.  *Shrug*  And if Xoft's Level Composer can batch copy than that is good enough for me.  I wasn't aware of that.

Small question: In a custom character file, why do you also need a 2/3 transparent version of every "sprite"?

Small question: In a custom character file, why do you also need a 2/3 transparent version of every "sprite"?

I believe that's the version you control when the hologram is active.

I believe that's the version you control when the hologram is active.

Yeah, i think so too, but in the template it says nothing about the hologram, just "The bottom half is 66.6% transparent" and "85/128".

Small question: In a custom character file, why do you also need a 2/3 transparent version of every "sprite"?

Sergio's response is correct. Custom Objects can't adjust their transparency, so you need to make them transparent yourself. A Custom Characters is nothing more than an elaborate CO.

Yeah, i think so too, but in the template it says nothing about the hologram, just "The bottom half is 66.6% transparent" and "85/128".

Don't question it. Just do what I tell you to do. *laughs Diabolically*

So, it's still possible to just make him completely white with a black outline?

So, it's still possible to just make him completely white with a black outline?

You can do whatever you want. The hologram half of a Custom Character sprite sheet doesn't have to be a semi-transparent duplicate of the top half. That only applies if you want your character to behave exactly like the default character, Juni.

behave exactly like Juni

Are you talking about the hitbox?