Ralph and Roger of (url="http://"http://www.sutherland-studios.com.au/family/evo_software.html")R&R; Software(/url) are hard at work on the EV Nova editors. Because they are off at a 'roo roast, I managed to sneak some screenshots of some of their newest stuff.

These are ResEdit add-ons that allow you to edit some of the resources in the EV Nova data files using a new GUI instead of editing hex codes in ResEdit template fields.

R&R;'s ResEdit plugins make editing systems a snap!	The mysterious new shan resource, unmasked!

How cool are they?? Talk about making life for developers easier... and these are just two of many new cool things from R&R.; We all continue to be impressed with their work, as well as their uplifting spirits!

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Wow... That is cool. <sarcasm> I can only guess what BkgndColor and Murk means. </sarcasm> The s˙st resource doesn't have very much new except for the reinforcements (top right hand corner). But the shän resource looks like spďn resource on steroids. Everything looks self explanatory, except the Alt image fields. I guess shän resource stands for ship anchor or something of the like.

Oh wait a minute! You can change the background for the sprite and what are those arrows and pause button? I think they allow you to rotate the ship for you to see it at all angles! If so, that is very cool!

Hehe... under posts it reads: "Too many"!

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Yeah... how does that work, andrew? Is like 12000 the limit?

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Originally posted by Joolzman5:
**Yeah... how does that work, andrew? Is like 12000 the limit?
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No. He hacked it, just like how gave all the moderators "blessed" karma. If you click his info, it still says the actual number of posts that he has (after he hacked it the first time).

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Hey cool, theres a system in EVN thats named pollex, and a ship thats called the Lightning.

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1. My guess is that "shän" stands for "ship animation" and covers things like glows, moving parts, and rotating weapon turrets.

2. Wow! "Murk"! Does this meen EVN will have fog??!! That would be awsome for nebula regions!

3. I notice a checkbox for "shield" in the shän editor. If shän does what I think it does that meens animated shields! Cool!

4. One last thing. What does that "look up" thing at the bottom of pict. #1 go with. Search feature of some kind maybe?

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Originally posted by Captian LeGrenadier:
1) My guess is that "shän" stands for "ship animation" and covers things like glows, moving parts, and rotating weapon turrets.

Ding! (best guess yet =P)

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2) Wow! "Murk"! Does this meen EVN will have fog??!! That would be awsome for nebula regions!

Yep, I believe so, I think it's in the progress logs...

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3) I notice a checkbox for "shield" in the shän editor. If shän does what I think it does that meens animated shields! Cool!

I think so again =P

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Too bad R&R; gave up on EVO :frown:

But Nova looks so damn cool

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Originally posted by OctoberFost:
**Too bad R &R; gave up on EVO :frown:

But Nova looks so damn cool

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some of the EVO stuff that they have published are still pretty good...

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Too bad they never started on EV.

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Originally posted by OctoberFost:
**Too bad R &R; gave up on EVO :frown:

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You're wrong. R&R; is developing all of these tools for EVO, too (the ones that are applicable, anyway), and is doing so in parallel.

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I am very impressed yet again! I am very glad to hear they're being made for EV:O at the same time, as well! It'll make "cross-engine" plugs possible and easier. It will also make it easier to go from developing an EV:N plug or from an EV:O plug to the other. Are they developing this editor for EV as well?

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Very nice. Andrew, phenomenal job. Ambrosia finally pursued a decent EV series editor.

I can't wait to see whatever new stuff comes by. Murk and Shän...what other new resources await us?

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(quote)Originally posted by OctoberFost:
**Too bad R &R; gave up on EVO I'll be back on the boards a bit more now.

Progress on EVO stuff:
I hope to have a set of about 8-10 of these custom ResEdit editor plugins ready for EVO shortly after I have done the EVN ones (and the format stops changing!)
ShipWrite is getting a brain expansion:

1. Opening and editing multiple ships - the ship dialogs are modeless so you
   can even swap out of SW while editing.
2. Support for muliple file plugins. There is only one active target file, but a set of
   other files can be specified for searching for other resources. The search files are opened as readonly, and can be aliases too.
3. New more advanced sprite tools will be in the EVN version
4. ShipWrite will now no longer modify PICT ID numbers - there are just too many
   possible ways to trash a sprite (or a nearby one) if it does - the use can override SW and specify PICT IDs, otherwise it uses what it finds or the standard SW numering if it is a new resource.

Plus a bunch more. Also, ShipWrite 1.5 will be PPC only unless there is a huge outcry. WeaponSmith and Mission Control are going to get the treatment as well and should come out as EVO and EVN versions.

Cheer up!
Ralph

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