PyTaffers FMEditor

We are a group of Python developers working on FM Editor - a custom level design editor for Thief 1/2 and System Shock 2 games.

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#FMEditor #ThiefGame #Dromed

Watch our FM Editor teaser!
https://t.co/Nw8Z4UxM8N

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This video demonstrates a few render related properties, that we support, such as extra light or Mesh Textures. Transparency can be coming as alpha channel in texture, as a property of material in bin file or can be applied to entire object via Property.
https://t.co/RmGrdoegjy

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We have not posted in a while, but we have some visual update to show: FM Editor can finally display all object and AI meshes:
https://t.co/Ctq5HQ15V2

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Basic brush labels added so far. In the future they'll be fully configurable, displaying (almost) any object info you'd want to see:

https://t.co/dSaNWlwobY

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@qu3tzalify @Anthony_Bonato OK, got it! Thanks.

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@Rainmaker1973 Hope the agents had a good fun playing the game!

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@delaigrodela What a mess! Now, who do you think is going to put them tiles back in a nice grid?!? 😉
Joking - looks pretty cool!

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FM Editor now has its own brand new logo! 🥳

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@von_rostock Is Julia Garner's performance in The Royal Hotel as good as it was in the Ozark?

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🤓 This is how you do a depth-first search and wrapping a tree data structure with Python. 😉
Happy New Year folks! 🥂
https://t.co/uYiGK6rKTR

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@burkov I prefer this one:
https://t.co/KEdTKMIeMh

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@von_rostock Yeah, I hear you. But human time matters too. In fact, it can go wasted in hours or days if there's no way to troubleshoot. Just today I fixed one asset file in Maya by removing some stubborn, non deletable camera directly from the .ma file using text editor.

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@von_rostock Sorry - I can't like your post... 🤷‍♂️ Xml or json have their perfect use cases. I even plan to add an ASCII format in FM Editor for the Thief missions. Though mostly for fun and as a programming challenge, but it may prove useful for troubleshooting occasionally...

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FM Editor has now ability to edit Mission Variables. The editor combines all the Variables in one window - saving you from modal dialogs and dozens of extra clicks!
Oh, and 'stealing' sky settings from another mission should be easy now! 😉
https://t.co/1VmauQhI9p

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@yugop Creepy!

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@GodlikeReal That's great to hear. I've been always wondering why there was so few fan missions made for SS2. Hopefully one day we'll see more creations done for that game.

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Fanmission Editor can now (finally!) display lightmaps. 🥳 Supported are lightmaps from Old and New Dark missions, 32bit x2 mode (quasi HDR) - for Thief 1, Thief 2 and System Shock 2. 1/4
https://t.co/CdQ7TJHyUO

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@GodlikeReal Thanks for the appreciation!

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A new milestone reached! We are able to safely delete objects now. 🥳 Doesn't sound like a lot, but it requires reading and writing physics system chunk of the file. Deleted objects need to have all references removed from it or else Dromed would crash...

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@TrinenBill Great to hear - thanks!