Forge+

Forge+ is Open Source:

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Last Updated: 2022-08-31-0 (YYYY-MM-DD-build)

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Recent Changes:

2022-08-31-0

• Added basic plugin support - specifically only supports loading HD Texture XML/MML plugins. No support for glow maps yet, but that'll becomeing in thefuture. 
• Cleaned up batched object naming
• Enabled support for exporting batched levels to FBX
• Added an option for batching to delete the originals of merged lines and polygons after a level is merged.
• Cleaned up the code for importing bitmaps.
• Now disabling Garbage Collector during level load so that it doesn't eat into the load time.
• Implemented Texture arrays and expanded options for batching.
• Implemented a better blur technique for media shader.
• Updated to Unity 2022.1.14f1
• Fixed issue with layered sides not rendering transparency correctly (when the texture had non-1 alpha)

2020-09-14-0

• Fixed issue where transparent full sides would not render as transparent.
• Fixed some issues with adjacent platform sides.

2020-06-14-0

• Added the ability to paint lights on surfaces (in Lights > Paint mode)
• Probably fixed a bunch of other things, but this was part of such a major overhaul that I lost track.

2020-05-25-0

• Fixed platform issues where auto-calculate and extends-pfhlor-to-ceiling weren't being utilized.
• Fixed support for Rubicon high-res landscapes.
• Added texture offset alignment for contiguous surfaces which share a bitmap with the dragged surface (while holding control).
  • In Texture > Edit Mode, if you hold control while beginning to drag on a surface, all contiguous surfaces with the same bitmap will also be aligned to the dragged surface.
• Setting a landscape texture will now also set the surface to landscape transfer mode.
  • When setting a non-landscape texture, the surface will be set to "normal" transfter mode if it was in landscape, or left as-is otherwise.

2020-05-15-2

• Builds that are not broken, I guess.

2020-05-15-0

• Full + Transparent sides which have no opposing polygon now layer properly.
• Made Load File browsers start at the directory of the loaded file (if one is loaded).
• No longer locks up on startup when failing to load from the stored maps path.
• Added Level saving - it saves out single, un-merged maps, just like Weland does.
• Added texture-offset editing via Texture Mode when the Palette mode is set to "Edit".
  • Drag on surfaces to realign them.
  • Select a surface (normal click), then alt/option-click on another surface (must be a surface for a matching geometry type - polygon or side - but the particular surface on that type doesn't matter).
    • Sides must be adjacent.
  • Select a surface (normal click), then press arrow keys to nudge it in 128th world-units (class pixel units).
• Added texture painting via Texture Mode when the Palette mode is set to "Paint".
  • Just click a surface to apply the selected texture swatch to it.
• Added axis-lock and snapping functionality (only for Texture painting/editing at the moment)
  • Toggles at the bottom of the screen let you control these settings.
  • There are also hotkey and modifier keys (specified in the Inputs tab of the menu).
• Unbroke loading when the level contains MapObjects with an index greater than 5 (standard Marathon only supports 6 types, from 0 to 5).

2020-04-26-0

• Fixed issue when the Bitmap count in a Shapes file exceeds the Frames count (not sure how that's even possible).
  • This makes it so maps that use Poenix shapes will load properly.

2020-04-26-0

• Load levels in time-chunks instead of data index chunks.
• Fix sides not inspecting when they are not a control panel (particularly an issue when they specify a control panel type of -1)
• Fix light phase math so it's more accurate and no longer crashes when both states have a period of 1.

2020-04-25-0

• Simulation controls on Split platforms now affects the top and bottom parts simultaneously.
• Corrected Media heights to use linear-space light values instead of gamma.
• Now representing "Flags" as a list of disabled Toggles in the inspector panel.
• Surface textures for Sides & Polygons are now inspected in Texture mode instead of Geometry mode.
• Dragging from occupied to empty space (and releasing input) no longer deselects the current selection.
• Made light functions behave closer to how they do in Aleph One.
  • Specifically, flicker now follows interpolation while flickering - instead of just flickering around a static target intensity.
• Rearranged information in inspectors to put the more commonly useful info at the top, along with other layout cleanup.
  • Added an "Additional Details" foldout at the bottom of inspector groups for data of a more diagnostic nature - like geometry/object indices, etc.
• Made media shader more crisp and look better when shallow. It also retains more of the original texture now.

Upcoming Changes (order is meaningless):

• Bugs:
  • When a map has been loaded either without having a shapes file loaded or with a shapes file that doesn't have all the expected bitmaps, inspecting a surface in Texture mode throws an error as a result of failing to select the correct palette swatch.
    • Instead, the palette swatches should include "missing" bitmap listings, and should probably also have an input field option to specify how many bitmaps to display total (up to 255 per collection).
• Platforms need an "Auto-calculate" checkbox - which actually just sets the max/min heights to -1 on checking, or the latest auto value on unchecking.
  • It should never display -1, though, unless that happens to also be the auto result.
• Add a "Show Debug Inspection" toggle in Settings, which will control whether or not to display details you don't usually care about.
• Linux camera angle controls shouldn't be bound by keeping the cursor in the window.
  • Implement cursor-lock when adjusting camera angle, and return cursor to original position when finished.
• Some sort of visual representation of Tag relationships for:
  • Control Panels
  • Triggers
  • Lights
  • Platforms
  • etc.
• A Tag inspector which shows all objects per-tag, and has selection shortcuts that switch to the appropriate Mode for what is selected.
• Swapping shapes files should swap in-scene walls textures without reloading the level. (using the "Grid" when shapes bitmaps are unavailable).
• Enabled custom-loaded Grid textures in Settings.
• Texture Editing
• Other Editing (this will be expanded)
• Visualization of "orphan" lines and vertices. (they are presently loaded, but not visible)
• Contextual asynchronous loading.
  • Allow modes/tools to raise "urgency" events to force large-chunk or synchronous loading (with visual loading indicator) of necessary data which hasn't finished small-chunk loading in the background.
• 5D Support
  • Polygon visibility culling
  • Shader clipping
  • Player-view position simulator
  • Editor-camera simulation (when inside a polygon)
• A way to set platforms to a static extended or contracted (or runtime simulation) state while in Texture mode.