ToolBox

What is it?

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

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?

Latest version is automagically packaged into a tarball (.tar.gz) available at: http://tinyurl.com/SpringToolBox

If you prefer to use SVN directly, the repo is at: https://spring1944.svn.sourceforge.net/ ... olBox.sdd/

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

Suggestions welcome

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

Discussion, questions etc: ToolBox thread on forum