[Openrpg-gde-devel] need a gui TileSetEditor made...

[Chad \E. Admin-Ra\ G. <gr...@sb...>]

I am going to post this in the sourceforge jobs posting, but I figured I
would give you guys first dibbs.

I need a gui editor made preferably in swing, though AWT is ok too. it
is an editor for sets of tiles in the RPG Creation kit.

The TileSet editor:

should have the ability to open, save, save as, create and close TileSet
objects.

should allow you to select between the different elements of a tile set:

default tile
border tiles
basic tiles
splotch tiles
linear tiles
--see end of document for descriptions--

once an element is selected there should be a way to choose between
sub-elements, these differ from element to element.

once you have selected an element and sub element you should see a list
of tiles within that sub-element, they should be thumbnail views of the
overall tile image.
you should also be presented with a list of Blocked regions on the tiles
(see MapTile class) there should also be a section displaying th etile
image with the rectangular blocked regions highlighted in a light blue
or other color with the ability to add or remove a regions. (to add you
should be able to click and drag a rectangular area across the tile.


MapTile class

the maptile class is a class for representing an area of the m,ap known
as a tile.
the MapTile will have a linkedList of AreaRange objects that represent a
rectangular area within the tile.


Default tile
the default tile is the generic tile that will be used by default.


Border tiles
    BorderUL
    BorderUR
    BorderLL
    BorderLR
    /\ the border tiles used in the 4 corners of the map, UL = Upper
Left, UR = Upper Right, LL = Lower Left, LR = Lower Right

    BorderTop
    BorderBottom
    BorderLeft
    BorderRight
    /\ linkedlists of border tiles, BorderTop has a set of tiles for use
on the top of the map, bottm, left, and right should be obvious.


Basic or Base tiles
the basic tiles that go where a tile is needed, they should all be self
contained, as in not only half a mountain or half a plant, they should
not require a specific tile to be next to them, and they should not
block characters.


splotch tiles
Splotch tiles are a set of tiles that go in specific orders to make
splotches on the map, say a lake or large mud area.
    TopTiles
    BottomTiles
    LeftTiles
    RightTiles
    MiddleTiles
    /\ respectivaly they ar elinked lists of tiles that go on the top,
bottom, left or right of the splotch (the border of the splotch) middle
tiles are tiles that can go anywhere inside the splotch (must be self
contained)
    
    TopLeftTiles
    TopRightTiles
    BottomLeftTiles
    BottomRightTiles
    /\ the corners ex: when a splotch-border changes direction.


Linear Tiles
tiles that move in a linear way. ex: a winding river, it is one big
windy line, or walls, or a road.
not going to go over variables here, they are well commented within the
LinearTileGroup class.