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 .zip available at: https://github.com/gajop/Toolbox/archive/master.zip

If you prefer to use git directly, the repo is at: [1]

What tools does it give me?

So far it includes:

• Boxxy - For tweaking unit collision volumes
• Animator (aka Unit Poser) - For tweaking unit collision volumes - 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