[wssd] What should Spidey do?

[bagheadspidey]

Well, I guess the poll speaks for itself. I leave my fate in your hands, zdoomers...

[wildweasel]

There is a Doom tool that I would love to see - a WYSIWYG status bar editor. Probably really ambitious, especially considering that SBARINFO is still evolving, but it would be awesome to see a GUI-based editor to create a status bar without all that painful coding, trial and error.

[Matt]

There is a Doom tool that I would love to see - a WYSIWYG status bar editor. Probably really ambitious, especially considering that SBARINFO is still evolving, but it would be awesome to see a GUI-based editor to create a status bar without all that painful coding, trial and error.

Oo, that sounds useful.

One suggestion if you do that, though: at least have the option of being able to change the SBARINFO text directly with the changes appearing in real time, instead of some sort of drag-and-drop interface where you can't see the underlying code.

[ZChronos]

I support Wildweasel idea, it sounds great

[BouncyTEM]

I support Wildweasel idea, it sounds great

[Skunk]

I support Wildweasel idea, it sounds great

[Remmirath]

I support Wildweasel idea, it sounds great

Me too!

[phi108]

Yeah, it could be a drag around interface with buttons to place a new mugshot, icon, number, etc. It could be a 320x200 window or a 640x400 window. And widescreen modes that utilize the new negative values for placement.

[Cutmanmike]

Yeah, it should be a drag around interface with buttons to place a new mugshot, icon, number, etc. It should be a 320x200 window or a 640x400 window. And widescreen modes that utilize the new negative values for placement.

Fixed because you obviously want these specifications

[phi108]

Oh, and boxes showing the current x,y value of the highlighted item, that can be changed manually.

[TheDarkArchon]

I umpteenth the WYSIWYG SBARINFO tool.

[Pinky's ass]

I support Wildweasel idea, it sounds great

BTW, LMAO @ last two choices.

[Skunk]

Seriously, I don't think it'd be that hard would it? Just to MAKE the bar and set the offsets and everything? I mean honestly advanced scripting like animation and stuff would have to be done in ACS but they could use the program as a starting point.

[wildweasel]

Well, mainly it's just the offsets and syntax of some commands that really confuse me sometimes. I know how the offsets work, it's just a pain to have to save the SBARINFO file and test the WAD in game and just guess at how much the offset needs to be adjusted to get it to look "right".

[Gez]

Yeah, the status bar thing is cool. Maybe something with three main parts, like this:

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+-----------------------------------------+
| Menu bar and stuff like that.           |
+-----------------------------------------+
| Text editor part with the SBARINFO code |
| Gets automatically updated when things  |
| are changed below, and automatically    |
| updates the mock-up screen when it is   |
| itself changed.                         |
|                                         |
|                                         |
|                                         |
+-------------------+---------------------+
| Elements to drag  |  Mock-up screen     |
| and drop to the   |  displaying the     |
| mock-up screen    |  HUD with the       |
|                   |  current statusbar  |
|                   |                     |
|                   |                     |
|                   |                     |
+-----------------------------------------+

That way, it could fit with Vaecrius' request as well as with phi108's.