Re: Question about development of prototyping tools.

Yes that was exactly my point when I was talking about putting a wall
between the "level definition" and "level running" data. The sound cue you
are talking about clearly belongs to the "level running" data and shouldn't
be saved by the editor.
 
Morten

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Subject: Re: [Sweng-Gamedev] Question about development of prototyping
tools.



 

 

In my experience it is a lot easier and faster to build the tools into the
game. You already have the scene being rendered etc. All you need is to
switch the game to "Edit Mode" and your tool(s) can take over, making the
artist/designer make changes right there in the game, save and continue.

 

 

I would be careful though, which parameters (or at least which properties of
a given parameter) your tool saves. TGE's world editor (for painful example)
would also save the state of, say, sound effects, so your level designer
might run the level, change something, and find next time they restart the
level that a seemingly random sound cue is playing. 

 

Greg

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