Eq2 external House Layout Editor
 

Coming in GU 53 is the ability to save house/guildhall item layouts. With some editing you can move/rotate/../.. items in ways the game does not let you. This is a program I am working on and would like some input. I am planning on posting the program sometime in the next few days once I get more features done. This is a set of screens of it in it's current state.

Main screen



Filter Dialog


Manifest screen (how many of each item - Exports as a txt file).

I would like to see a graphic representing the relative position of an item in space.

For example:

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Top line is the ceiling value (if possible to figure) or highest value of Y
Bottom line is the floor or zero value for Y
The line in the middle is the item showing pitch/roll

Another graphic to show rotation
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imagine a box in here that rotates
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I assume we will be able to determine top and bottom of item by rotation value, so a designator on the box to show top would be useful.

Also visual scaling of the box with Scale value changes. Obviously in relative terms, not based on item. So box at 1.0, box at 2.0 and box at 0.5 type thing.


These things would not need to be exacting, but rather provide visual cue to the operation being performed so it is not just value adjustment that you have to visualize all on your own. We have computers after all.

Of course wish list items would include

an EQ2 map integrated layout for course positioning with drag and drop on the floor plan

multi-item collision detection

Oh they finally putting it out as a xml file.. wow didn't' see that update..

actually is it just a text file.

Any luck with this? or something like it?