CELayoutEditorII Image setting inconvenient
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 08:39
Hi, there:
In CELayoutEditorII the Image Property editing seems not so convenient. First thing I've done is locating the resources CELayoutEditorII will use. if I drag a static image on to the screen then go to the Widget properties dock window, editting in the Image column and input something like "set:myImgset image:someImg". If the imageset is not in the resources location I specified, then when I'm going to save the layout file, CELayoutEditorII will NOT writing the image setting into XML file. I should put the images and imageset files into the resources location then CELayoutEditorII will display the image but a messy format which is different with displaying in game (I just put imageset and .tga image file into resources location without any additional scheme or looknfeel files) .
Edit:I just find the reason of displaying image in a wrong format: I use DX Texture Tool to convert a dds file to a tga file. When loaded the converted tga file in Editor, the image is up side down.
If I use a converted png file, the image displaying is right. However, in game no difference between using tga file and png file.
Edit:I find CEED just now
, I mixed CEED with CELE. however, CEED seems unstable now so I will expect it until official release. I watched the Youtube showcase and I believe it will be a powerful tool for GUI Designing (as I do have some inconveniences while designing my GUI).
In CELayoutEditorII the Image Property editing seems not so convenient. First thing I've done is locating the resources CELayoutEditorII will use. if I drag a static image on to the screen then go to the Widget properties dock window, editting in the Image column and input something like "set:myImgset image:someImg". If the imageset is not in the resources location I specified, then when I'm going to save the layout file, CELayoutEditorII will NOT writing the image setting into XML file. I should put the images and imageset files into the resources location then CELayoutEditorII will display the image but a messy format which is different with displaying in game (I just put imageset and .tga image file into resources location without any additional scheme or looknfeel files) .
Edit:I just find the reason of displaying image in a wrong format: I use DX Texture Tool to convert a dds file to a tga file. When loaded the converted tga file in Editor, the image is up side down.
If I use a converted png file, the image displaying is right. However, in game no difference between using tga file and png file.Edit:I find CEED just now
, I mixed CEED with CELE. however, CEED seems unstable now so I will expect it until official release. I watched the Youtube showcase and I believe it will be a powerful tool for GUI Designing (as I do have some inconveniences while designing my GUI).
I plan to tag snapshots that should be less troublesome. The goal is to have a snapshot version of imageset editing and layout editing by the end of the month. That however depends on how my profitable jobs go (I have to eat and CEED earned me exactly $0, people don't like to donate 
), university chores and some other variables (like whether portal 2 sucks or not