ToolBox

What is it?

A bunch of handy game and map dev tools bundled into one package, accessed through a handy Chili-driven GUI with Chili already included in the package.

How do I use it?

Open up the sdd, open up modinfo.lua, set your mod as a dependency.

Run spring.exe and choose ToolBox.

(Mappers can run it stand-alone without a dependency. You may have to clear / edit ArchiveCache.lua if you switch to dev-ing another mod with it - Alternatively make it into an sdz/7 and it should be rechecked each time it is loaded).

Most of the tools are accessible through the menu (Spanner then ToolBox) some are accessible through F11 directly.

Where do I get it?

Automatically packaged .zip files are available on github but you will have to collect the submodules (i.e. Chili) seperately:

• ToolBox ZIP
• Chili ZIP Extract this into ToolBox.sdd, not into your game

Instead it is better to get it using git directly:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/gajop/Toolbox.git 

(--recursive call will pick up submodules)

What tools does it give me?

So far it includes:

• Boxxy - For tweaking unit collision volumes
• Animator (aka Unit Poser) - For animating units
• CEG Spawner - For testing CEG's in game
• Water Configure - For tweaking map water settings
• Widget Profiler - For profiling your widgets

Who is responsible for this abomination?

In no particular order:

• knorke - Made Boxxy, Unit Poser
• CarRepairer - Made CEG Spawner, made all the Chili GUIs for the tools and the menu
• FLOZi - Had the idea of using a dependency and badgered Car into making it happen
• jK - For Chili and the water config and profiler widgets (and for reminding me about lockluaui.txt)
• Tobi - For LUS
• gajop - Updates to Chili and creating scenario & map editor on the basis of ToolBox

Suggestions welcome

So far FBI2Lua, buildpic generator, feature placer have been suggested

Discussion, questions etc: ToolBox thread on forum