Orx Curve Editor

sausagesausage
edited January 2022 in Projects - Tools
Currently in progress is a a Curve Editor for Orx developers, written in Orx.

The intention is to provide two features:

1) The ability to edit Bezier curves and to test objects moving along them.
2) The ability to test the same curves against FX like position, color etc.

Of course curves can be loaded, saved and exported.

Current progess on the curve interface:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5pzvkk

Comments

  • sausagesausage
    edited June 2018
    Update 2 video is available:



    Features:

    * Object following the curve
    * Pause / Unpause / Show / Hide the object on the curve
    * Speed up / slow down object on the curve
    * Add and delete points
    * Point snapping
    * Zoom and translation of the view
    * Notification banner
    * Help screen
    * New coloured 0-markers on the grid
    * Save to file

    Repo is available at:
    https://gitlab.com/sausagejohnson/orx-curvefx-editor
  • iarwainiarwain
    edited March 2017
    Really nice. Do you intend to add orxFX curves visualization to it?
  • iarwainiarwain
    edited March 2017
    There seems to be a tiny hitch when the spaceship transitions from one curve segment to the next one. Is it just in the video capture or does it happen live as well?
  • sausagesausage
    edited March 2017
    I'll probably start on curveFX once freeform curves are in Orx.

    So right now it will only be for waves, or curves for other reasons.
  • sausagesausage
    edited March 2017
    I added a wave last night, rather than a single object, and noticed a slight hitch there. It might be because I was travelling from 0 to 1 inclusive, so I made it so that it moves to the next segment if it's >=1. I still notice a minor glitch.

    I might show you that over the weekend and see if it's an issue with the curve, or code.
  • iarwainiarwain
    edited March 2017
    sausage wrote:
    I'll probably start on curveFX once freeform curves are in Orx.

    So right now it will only be for waves, or curves for other reasons.

    Sure, but is your intent to support all the types of curves of orxFXs in the end or only freeform ones?
  • sausagesausage
    edited March 2017
    All curves will be supported for orxFX. For example, you will be able to select bezier, catsmull, sine, triangle, etc.

    If you are working on a curve and you view it in the orxFX area, the FX will use that curve. If you select sine, the curve you worked on would disappear, and a visual of the sine version would appear.

    I'm thinking you can edit the sine to become the basis of a new bezier curve. Or switch back to your previous bezier that was in progress.
  • iarwainiarwain
    edited March 2017
    OK, that's good. I was more thinking in terms of curve combinations, which is the part that is hard to mentally visualize. Like when one combines a sine with a sawtooth with a different phase and period, for example.
  • sausagesausage
    edited March 2017
    Ah yes, I see what you mean. I hadn't given that any thought. In fact I hadn't given multiple slots any thought, only single FX.

    I'll have to do some design on that. Ultimately, it should be supported to make it more useful.
  • sausagesausage
    edited March 2017
    Update 3:



    Update of the editor showing new colours, snapping points, wave preview with pausing, live editing with waves playing.

    Dialogs are in too, but not shown.
  • krousty_batkrousty_bat
    edited April 2017
    I added the link of the thread in the "List of Tools" pinned Forum Message until the link to get the tool is available to all! :)
  • sausagesausage
    edited April 2017
    Ah yes, thank you. It should be released soon. Just a few bugs to sort out.
  • sausagesausage

    2022 builds coming soon. This tool has been hopelessly inaccessible.

  • sausagesausage

    The Windows binary is now available at: https://gitlab.com/sausagejohnson/orx-curvefx-editor

  • sausagesausage

    Lastest explanation video is still available here:
    Doesn't cover newer features like adding backgrounds, but it's enough to get a good overview of how to use.

  • iarwainiarwain

    Nice, however the video is only available in 480p for me at the moment. Is it still being processed by YouTube?

  • sausagesausage

    That's a good question. I'm no longer familiar how Youtube does things. This video is on the orxengine account. It might be time for a new video that also talks about the newer features, and shows the data and what to do with it.

  • krousty_batkrousty_bat

    @sausage said:
    It might be time for a new video that also talks about the newer features, and shows the data and what to do with it.

    That' would be awesome...
    (We might use your curve editor in Dtroy 2 later for a particular surprise feature btw) ;).

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