I have uploaded the new version (beta 1.20): 3 new features added.
- 1) now, you can use the
"Auto-Snap Settings" window (
http://www.lemmingsforums.com/index.php?topic=794.msg17576#msg17576) to force your items (Terrains, Objects, Steel, and Helpers) to snap on a multiple of "
put-your-favorite-number-here" on X and Y axises.
By default, Objects auto-snap on 8/4, while Steel items snap on 4/4 (and no constraint for Terrains and Helpers).
You can freely edit this default config to meet your needs: just edit the "AutoSnap" values in the "config.ini" file (a value of "1" means "no_autosnap").
In the "Auto-Snap Settings" window, you'll also find checkboxes to enable/disable this auto-snap thing for each type of items.
And these checkboxes can be mapped to your own keyboard shortcuts if you want to quickly enter/quit "auto-snap" mode for Terrains, Objects, Steel and Helpers.
The "Auto-Snap Settings" window is available from "Options -> Auto-snap settings".
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And during a level-creation session, how can I know if "auto-snap" mode is activated for my Terrains, Objects, ... ?"
Well, simply refer to the little dots right to the "Selection" icons: first dot means "auto-snap activated on X", while second dot means "auto-snap activated on Y". Easy.
- 2) the following new feature still concerns snapping stuff.
Additionally to the snapgrid (press 's') and the "Auto-Snap Settings" window for more permanent uses (see above), I have also added keyboard shortcuts to go even faster for enabling/disabling useful snapping settings on X and Y!
Press 'x' or 'y' to immediately activate some convenient and GLOBAL (= for every item) snapping settings: available values are 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 32, and 64.
Pressing 'x/y' will allow you to loop through these built-in handy settings
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And when the job is done, simply press 'SHIFT+x/y' to cancel the snap mode in use.
These global snapping values only apply on items that don't have a specific "auto-snap" value activated (because of the "Auto-Snap Settings" window seen previously): therefore, this snapping feature actually concerns Terrains and Helpers only, by default.
In the upper-left corner of the GUI, you can see the currently activated global snap mode.
(in the screenshot below: snapX=8, while snapY=32)- 3) the last new feature is the addition of "
Paste selection vertically".
The "Paste selection "horizontally" option already existed and it was convenient, but the "Paste selection vertically" option was missing. Now it's fixed
Moreover, there were no button on the GUI for the "PSH" option: it was only available from the "CTRL+v" shortcut.
Now there are dedicated buttons for these options, and the "PSV" option is also available from the "CTRL+n" shortcut, by default.
Of course, all of these options can be freely assigned to your own keyboard shortcuts ("Options -> Key Configuration").
Clone-, H-, V- deselect source selection after operation, while Clone+ , H+, V+ keep source selection selected after operation.
Because of all of these changes, you will need the new "config.ini" and "keyconfig.ini" files (not just the executable .jar file).