Alternate TFD Terrain Tilemap editor/viewer

[+gerwin 450]

A Fill tool should be easy to implement.

Copy mouse coordinates to windows clipboard too.

Also I think I know how to read the object locations from the TOD files. (It holds IEEE 32-bit float coordinates within a 2000 range, being a tile of 2000x2000 meters)

Making TOD files form scratch is a whole different matter, but the TW editor does it just fine already. Yesterday I managed to open a tilemap with the TW editor :)

 

But first things first, it is not worth it when the allegro library is unreliable.

[10107 768]

Yes yes TODs, but can it be possible to make a drag and drop application in your current tool set?

[Icarus999 70]

A Fill tool should be easy to implement.

Copy mouse coordinates to windows clipboard too.

Also I think I know how to read the object locations from the TOD files. (It holds IEEE 32-bit float coordinates within a 2000 range, being a tile of 2000x2000 meters)

Making TOD files form scratch is a whole different matter, but the TW editor does it just fine already. Yesterday I managed to open a tilemap with the TW editor :)

 

But first things first, it is not worth it when the allegro library is unreliable.

 

 

What about viewing and editing TOD objects ( trees / houses/ buildings)? So many times I find that trees and buildings are randomly placed such as right in the middle of streets or other weird locations.

[+Stary 2,426]

So many times I find that trees and buildings are randomly placed such as right in the middle of streets or other weird locations.

that's because making and placing them in TE is a PIA

[Fubar512 1,350]

that's because making and placing them in TE is a PIA

 

PITA = Pain in THE Arse

[+Stary 2,426]

commonly user as PIA=Pain in Ass

 

but thank you Captain Obvious

[Icarus999 70]

that's because making and placing them in TE is a PIA

 

I understand... that is why I am looking for an easier tool to place them.

[+Stary 2,426]

so do I Icarus, with possibility to select multiple objects, group them, copy groups of objects, merge between tiles etc,

 

now making forests is ok, but cities are very, very time consuming

[+gerwin 450]

Uploaded a new version v0.85

- copy mouse coordinates to clipboard

- shows the 'movement routes' points (reload with left-shift + M)

- provided the necessary palette colours in exported water maps for friendly (green) and enemy (yellow) naval zones.

- planning map output can be adjusted through settings in TFDtool.ini

 

I disabled modifying the 'Tag value' by default, as usually it is toggled by accident.

Edited May 1, 2013 by gerwin

[arthur666 65]

Whoa... I literally haven't used the TFD editor in 3 months before opening it earlier today, and now there's an update? Awesome!

 

Excellent update!

[krfrge 742]

Gerwin,

 

Is it possible to have the program count more than 512 target areas?

 

KRFRGE

[+gerwin 450]

Uploaded a new version v0.86

 

- Drag with left mouse button pressed from point 1 to point 2: copy mouse coordinates of point 1 relative to point 2 to the windows clipboard.

The most simple idea I could come up with for pointing out target locations (point 1) relative to their target area origin (point 2).

Beware though that the Target[001].Heading of a runway may complicate matters, as they displace all targets of a certain Airfield.

 

- Right mouse button copies global coordinates like ctrl+C already did.

- Mouse wheel controls the zoom level.

- Target areas datastructure enlarged to 768 areas.

- Movement routes are shown as lines, the labels show 'G', 'T' and 'S' for the three types of routes.

- Target area radius is shown (edit, made this optional).

Edited May 1, 2013 by gerwin

[krfrge 742]

Gerwin,

 

Thank you so very much for expanding the target area datastructure.

 

Many thanks

 

KRFRGE

[+Sundowner 4,516]

Excellent...

[Wrench 9,471]

the new features are frakking amazing!! As it was, it's been saving me hours of moving stuff (showing WHERE retiling is necessary). with the referesh view, that really helps!

Edited May 2, 2013 by Wrench

[+gerwin 450]

Good to hear that!

 

I added a little visual feedback regarding the mouse-selected coordinate in v0.87.

[slick cowboy 142]

I'm trying this out and I already managed to edit a few things, but when i hit esc to save, it crashes... every time and all is lost

i read that it doesn't like 1024 tiles... could that be it?

[slick cowboy 142]

hmm update, tried it with the stock desert terrain 256 tiles, but crashed when i hit Esc.

version is 0,85

 

edit

and downloaded 0,87, now.... it works

Edited May 9, 2013 by slick cowboy

[+gerwin 450]

don't know what went wrong there...neither can i figure why v0.87 would fix it.

Only very old versions have problems with large tiles, new versions are fine.

if the problem comes back let me know.

[10107 768]

Oh the click and drag for the offset ranges....just awesome. Thanks for the continued work.

[+EMCON360 215]

Kudos Gerwin My Workload Just Dropped Big Time.Been Working On Reforger Event For Nato Scenario.One Of My Methods Is To Remap And Insert Coordinates Too Map2 And Insert For KMD Use.Easy To Pinpoint Locations For Base Drops.Typical Historical Drop Sheet Research!!! TIMELINE OCT 1990 GERMAN REUNIFICATION

[DENMARK]

Eskadrille 531 Hawk Battery Funen

Eskadrille 542 Hawk Battery Funen

Eskadrille 544 Hawk Battery Skrydstrup

Eskadrille 541 Hawk Battery Avno

Eskadrille 543 Hawk Battery Siegerslev

[WEST GERMANY]

FKG 1 Pershing 1A Landsberg

FKG 2 Pershing 1A Niederheid

FRS 21 Patriot Battery Mohnesee

FRS 22 Patriot Battery Penzing

FRS 23 Patriot Battery Oberstimm

FRS 24 Patriot Battery Delmenhorst

FRS 25 Patriot Battery Eydelstadt

FRS 26 Patriot Battery Heide

FRG 41 Roland Battery Wangerland

FRG 42 Roland Battery Schoneck

FRG 43 Roland Battery Leipheim

FRG 31 Hawk Battery Westertimke

FRG 32 Hawk Battery Freising

FRG 33 Hawk Battery Lenggreis

FRG 34 Hawk Battery Rotenberg

FRG 35 Hawk Battery Delmenhorst

FRG 36 Hawk Battery Bremenvorde

FRG 37 Hawk Battery Cuxhafen

FRG 38 Hawk Battery Heide

FRG 39 Hawk Battery Eckenforde

[NETHERLANDS]

324 SQD Hawk Battery Laatzen

326 SQD Hawk Battery Velmerstorf

327 SQD Hawk Battery Goldbeck

328 SQD Hawk Battery Schmalenberg??? Location Suspect

500 SQD Hawk Battery Borstel

501 SQD Hawk Battery Winzlar

502 SQD Hawk Battery Hoysingshausen

503 SQD Hawk Battery Reinsdorf??? Location Suspect

Airfield Netherlands Hawk Battery

71 AFU Leeuwarden

72 AFU Twenthe (OCU)

73 AFU Soesterberg

74 AFU Eindhoven

NON-MAPPED AIRFIELDS

75 AFU Gilze-Rijen

76 AFU Vokel

77 AFU De Peel

78 AFU Twenthe (OCU) Overlap

[bELGIUM]

50 SQD NIKE-HERCULES BATTERY Thumberg??? Location Suspect

56 SQD NIKE-HERCULES BATTERY Grefrath

[uS HAWK BATTERY LISTINGS OTHER WORKS]

Giebelstadt

Ansbach

Bayreuth

Bamberg

Wurzburg

Fulda

Bad Hersfeld

Kassel

Paderborn

Detmold

Hildesheim

Wunstorf

Fassberg

Luneburg

Lubeck

Kiel

Itzehoe

Rosenheim

Erding

Ingolstadt

Nurnberg

Leipheim

Augsburg

Furstenfeldbruck

Lechfeld

Memmingen

Darmstadt

Hanau

Giessen

Wetzlar

Sembach

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Pferdsfeld

Buchel

Spangdahlem

Regional NATO HQ 2 ATAF NORTHAG Rheindahlem*

Regional NATO HQ 4 ATAF CENTAG Ramstein*

65th Air Div HQ Lindsey AB (Wiesbaden North) 347000,427000 Airfield Check Non Mapped Airfield*

38th Tac Missile Wg Wueschheim AB (Bad Homburg Northeast) Pershings? BGM-109 Box Lau Battery*

601St Tac Ctrl Wg Sembach AB C3 Spt Ctr + Lindsey AB C3 Spt Ctr*

*Heavy US Patriot Battery Spt

[German Airfields With Roland Support]

Leck

Husum

Jever

Wittmundhafen

Oldenburg

Ahlhorn

Hopsten

Norvenich

Buchel

Pferdsfeld

Neuburg

Leipheim

Furstenfeldbruck

Lechfeld

Memmingen

Bremgarten

[uS NATO Airfields With Chaparral Support]

Spangdahlem

Rhein Main

Bitburg

Wiesbaden

Hahn

Sembach

Ramstein

Zweibrucken

[uK NATO Airfields With Rapier Support]

No. 26 Squadron Laarbruch

No. 63 Squadron Gutersloh

No. 37 Squadron Bruggen

No. 16 Squadron Wildenrath

[CANADIAN AIR BASE]

Lahr

GERMAN POWER PLANT SITES

Altbach coal power station

Biblis nuclear power station

Boxberg coal power station

Buschaus coal power station

Cologne Nth power station

Emsland nuclear power station

Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power station

Grohnde nuclear power station

Grosskrotzenburg power station, Frankfurt

Isar nuclear power station

Niederaussem coal power station

Philipsburg nuclear power station

Scholven coal power station

[FRANCE]

EDSA 6/950 "Riquewihr" Crotale Battery Colmar Mayenheim

EDSA 7/950 Crotale Battery Strasbourg

EDSA 8/950 Crotale Battery Dijon Longvic

CDC 05/901 Drachenbronn (Center Detection Control Site-Strasbourg North)

[sWEDEN]

I-HAWK BATTERY AT MALMO CIVILIAN AIRFIELD DISPERSAL AREA!!! TRUE

========================================================================================================

(WARSAW PACT SAM MISSILES)

SA-1 USSR?

SA-2 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-3 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-4 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-5 USSR

SA-6 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-7 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-8 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-9 CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND,USSR

SA-10 USSR

SA-11 USSR

SA-13 CZECH,E_GERMAN,USSR

SA-14 USSR

SA-15 USSR

[uSSR ONLY WARSAW PACT SITES SA-1?,SA-5,SA-10,SA-11,SA-14,SA-15]

(E_GERMAN SITES ARTILLERY ROCKET FORCES FROG SERIES 3,5,7 SCUD SERIES SS-1C DEPOTS)

Dresden

Eberstwalde

Finsterwalde

Jenna Namburg

Magdeburg Juteborg

Mirow

Neuruppin

Neustrelitz

Ohrdruf

Perleberg

Riesa Grimma

Rosslau

Templin Bernau

(CZECH SITES ARTILLERY ROCKET FORCES FROG SERIES 3,5,7 SCUD SERIES SS-1C DEPOTS)

Bruntal

Milovice

Mlada Boleslav

Olmutz

Pardubice

Vyskoe Myto

Zvilen

(POLAND SITE ARTILLERY ROCKET FORCES FROG SERIES 3,5,7 SCUD SERIES SS-1C DEPOTS)

Grossborn

(USSR RESIDENT UNITS WARSAW PACT AIRFIELDS)

POLAND AIRFIELDS

Osla NON-MAPPED AIRFIELD Kryzwan West?

Chojna

Kolbrzeg SPELLCHECK Kolobrzeg?

Stargard Kluczewo?

Szprotawa NON-MAPPED AIRFIELD Kryzwan West?

Zagan

24th AIR ARMY HQ Legnica

E_GERMAN AIRFIELDS

Brand

Grossenhain

Alt Lonnewitz

Altenburg

Finow

Juteborg

Kothen

Merseburg

Putnitz

Wittstock

Zerbst

Brandenburg Briessen

Finsterwalde

Mirow

Neuruppin

Templin

Allstedt

Welzow

Werneuchen

Stendahl

Parchim

SOVIET WESTERN GROUP HQ Zossen Wunsdorf

CZECH AIRFIELDS

Milovice SPELLCHECK Milowice?

Mimon (Tactical Nuclear Strike Role)

10th AIR ARMY HQ Hradec Kralove

[WARSAW PACT CZECH,E_GERMAN,POLAND SAM SITES]

POLAND

79 SamPAOPK SA-? BATTERY Poznan

E_GERMAN

Flugabwehrraketen 13 SA-2 Battery Parchim

Flugabwehrraketen 14 SA-2 Battery Strassgrabchen

Flugabwehrraketen 15 SA-? Trollenhagen

Flugabwehrraketen 16 SA-3 Battery Ladeburg

Flugabwehrraketen 17 SA-3 Battery Uhlenkrug

Flugabwehrraketen 18 SA-? Sanitz

Luftstreitkrafte HQ Eggersdorf

CZECH

40 Sites-See Note Below

All Airfield And HQ Sites Plus Depots Have SAM Support. USSR Resident Sites May Have Local Support As Well

As Specific Equipment. Depot Sites Are Listed For SAM Support Location Of Pre-Positioned Equipment. Under

War Crisis Conditions Depot Equipment Would Be Moved To Dispersed Frontal Locations.

POLAND SITE SS-1 SCUD-B Szczecin

POLAND SITE SS-1 SCUD-B Poznan

E_GERMAN SITE SS-1 SCUD Demen (5 Brigade)

E_GERMAN SITES FROG 7 Dresden,Eggesin,Halle Erfurt,Potsdam

CZECH SITE FROG Budejovice

All Forward OP Listening Post And Camps Along What Was Called The Trace Would Have Warsaw Pact Camps On

The Other Side Of The Buffer Zone. Space Gun Artillery Just Enough For Dead Zone. Rocket And Missile

Artillery Should Overlap IE MLRS,FROG And Rocket Tube Artillery. Long Range Ballistic Missiles Should Be

Limited VIA Data.ini To On Map Coordinates Range Wise IE PERSHING,SCUD,TOPOL. Box Launchers For Cruise

Missiles Are Available BGM-109 Tomahawk,KH-101/102 AS-15 Kent? Same Rules Apply!! As I Have Posted Before Finding Multiple Historical Reference Is Daunting And Creating All The Sites Without Disturbing Stock Installs Or Family Conventions Of Mod Installs Is The Rule.Thanks Again For All The People And TK For Keeping This Sim Alive.

N

[Wrench 9,471]

that's ONE hell of a list!!

[+gerwin 450]

TFDtool v0.88 is now available.

 

Note: I have made some changes to the data reading and data structure, which should be an improvement, but have not been tested that well.

 

Changes:

- Save anytime with S-key.

- Supports non-stock Tilemap size in meters.

- Supports non-stock Tilemap to Heightmap ratios.

- Shows loading progress percentage with TFD and HFD files. 'ESC' key cancels loading.

- Flexible memory allocation for most of the Terrain data, which decreases memory use a lot.

- Checks Disk Space before exporting images.

- A little faster scoll movement when zoomed out.

 

Thanks to SiddDog for trying TFDtool 0.88 past week.

[Wrench 9,471]

sweet!

thanks Gerwin!

[+Major Bloodnok 463]

Thanks.