LIME Status Report (03/15/2014)

I almost have the entire UI finished!  The to-do list for LIME 4 is shrinking rapidly.  Here is the list of essential must-haves before I can call it finished.

• Fix a bug in the dependency between the view and edit layer settings.  (Details below.)
• Finish the tile palette by adding Actor Mode and making it scroll when larger tile sets are loaded.
• Implement the Open File dialog for opening map files.
• Implement the diamond isometric mode, and hopefully staggered and hexagonal, too.
• Update the command line utilities with the new engine, and maybe even add a couple more.

The Map Info dialog isn't pretty, but it gets the job done.

Accomplishments

• Finished programming the view panel buttons.
• Finished programming the edit panel buttons.
• Implemented the eraser tool.
• Implemented the tile ID display toggle.
• Corrected a bug in the grid line display.
• Implemented the tile picker tool.
• Implemented the Map Info dialog.

Known Issues

• Functionality Issues
• Full-screen mode quit working as soon as I started porting functionality from MHF 2 to MHF 3.  Gotta find out why.
• If the layer currently being edited is hidden, the view panel gets out of sync with the edit panel.
• Usability Issues
• The buttons on the New Map screen's cycle controls are occasionally unresponsive.
• The tile map view's anchor space doesn't always scale correctly when resizing the editor pane.  I've had trouble reproducing this on command, but it happens occasionally.
• Portability Issues
• The Android platform layer doesn't yet have the ability to rotate the captions for the slide-out tabs or dynamically resize a graphics canvas.  Currently a low priority since this tool is intended to be used on a developer's PC, but something that needs to be addressed eventually.

Next Steps

• High Priority:
• Fix the dependency between the view panel and the edit panel.
• Implement the Open File dialog.
• Add "Actor Mode" to the palette window.
• Test the tile palette with larger tile sets and different tile sizes.
• Medium Priority:
• Implement isometric modes.
• Update the old command-line tile utilities.
• Low Priority:
• Fix full-screen exclusive mode for the PC platform.