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nyasudah
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Joined: 06 February 2005
Posts: 832 		23 November 2008 06:18 (UK time)

exactly what the title says. it would be great to see how the level looks like without starting the map. for example scrolling through a large map quickly instead of walking all over the place. what i mean is there wouldnt be the waypoint markers and the sectors border and the other things that is only seen in the editor. they're a bit distrubing when you want to see the results. i dont think that its hard to implement too.
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ParaSait

Joined: 26 June 2007
Posts: 1478 		24 November 2008 18:26 (UK time)

I don't what would be so handy about it in Meteor or Meteor 2, but I do think it would be handy in Rod3D, so you could see everything in a 3D view without having to play. Some sort of "Spectator Mode" actually...

But if it gets implemented anyway, the preview mode should show a debug toolbar that, for example, lets you trigger functions defined in your map's script file, so you could see what happens and work out the mistakes.


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nyasudah
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Posts: 832 		25 November 2008 04:04 (UK time)

yeah it would be good for r3d/m3 too
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arezey

Joined: 16 June 2005
Posts: 1599 		27 November 2008 07:05 (UK time)

Or then you could be able to start the map in a mode where a the player doesn't exist and you can control the camera and able of spawning/'despawning' so that you can test switches and so on... hmm, that gives me an idea :p

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ParaSait

Joined: 26 June 2007
Posts: 1478 		27 November 2008 18:40 (UK time)

Well, if you think of the preview mode being as Arezey defines it, then it would be quite easy to make it yourself.
Just make a player object with no sprites, or maybe a crosshair or so, and make it a plane as object type.
Then create a toolbar that can trigger every function in the map and voila, there you have it!


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DarkRain

Joined: 01 March 2007
Posts: 1193 		27 November 2008 18:51 (UK time)

Mrazerty wrote:
Well, if you think of the preview mode being as Arezey defines it, then it would be quite easy to make it yourself.
Just make a player object with no sprites, or maybe a crosshair or so, and make it a plane as object type.
Then create a toolbar that can trigger every function in the map and voila, there you have it!


That's a great idea! I think it can solve this.
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