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Char Tools A Char Editing Utility

#1 Nanobot

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Posted 16 August 2002 - 02:50 AM

Here is a little utility I made in a couple of days. It's called Char Tools, and it's an in-game utility that can edit char sets as a whole image and can load/save three different character formats: CHR, COM (could be used for ZZT), and OML (an image format that I created), plus PAL palette files. I also took special care with readability of menus, etc. when the letter chars are taken up by an image.

I do plan to make future versions, especially when I get around to obtaining the BMP file format (which looks so sloppy from what I can see).

FYI, I know that OML files load and save slowly, but I plan for them to be used in real paint programs in the future (which I'll have to make myself). However, OMLs do allow better pixel-based loading/saving.

Press F1 in the editor to view the help. Take note of the ideas I have for future versions before you suggest stuff, and also remember that robot memory is a major issue. I'm going to move the palette editor to another board even though it doesn't take much space.