Golden Sun The Lost Age Editor Open Sourced (Dev alpha v0.5 download inside)

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[Atrius]

Developer Alpha Version 0.5


[Download Link]
Developer Alpha Version 0.5, Feb 25, 2012 (1.99 MB .zip)



Wait, the editor is open source now?  What's going on?

I've realized that the editor doesn't just belong to me, it belongs to everyone here.  Combined with the fact that ever since I enlisted in the Military I simply haven't had enough time, or energy to give the project the attention it deserves, this seemed like the logical choice to me.  I'm opening up the project so that anyone with the skills, and desire can contribute to it.  Toward that end I've released the program, and it's source under the GNU public license.  What this basically means is anyone is free to copy, share, and modify the source as long as they give me credit, and it remains under the GNU public license.


As an additional note, I apologize in advance for my poorly organized, uncommented code.

What does this "Developer Alpha Version" nonsense mean?

This is the in-development version of the editor, it contains features that haven't been completed or fully tested.  No guarantee is made about it's level of polish, or stability.

What features that haven't been completed?

1) The sprite editor of course, as I've said before it only works with 2 out of 4 sprite formats right now.  It's extremely slow, hasn't been polished or fully tested yet.  For example, while it's saving the editor may appear to lock up.  It's still working on saving sprites it's just decided it's become too busy with that to play nice with Windows any more, after it's completed saving it will begin responding again.

2) The data viewer (which has been a long time coming, but still isn't finished)  It's a gargantuan feature that won't be polished and final for a LONG time, it's still quite unstable and unpolished.  Still, it can do a lot of cool things: view palettes, tilesets, images, Hex data, ASM code, scan code for data pointers, track where those data pointers are used in the code, e.t.c.

Can I make modifications and release my own version of the editor?

Yes you can!  Just be aware of the following conditions:

- You must label your release as modified, you cannot release it as an "official" version of the editor under my name.
- Your modified version must also be released under the GNU public license.
- You must make your modified source code available for download.
- You can NOT remove any notices in the program that it was originally created by me, or that it is under the GNU public license

To label it as modified by you I highly recommend editing the create event of "obj_about" in the "titlebar buttons" folder of the Game Maker source code to include a statement that it is your modified version of the editor.

[Rolina]

Okay, now then... let's pull a team together.  If we get multiple people working on multiple aspects, compile them together, and work out the kinks while fixing things like conflicting code and what not, then we'll have a much more functional editor much more quickly.

This is most definitely a step in the right direction.

[Kioll]

THANK YOU!!!!  You released the feature I needed for my BYOND project.  Now that I can import and export sprites, I can begin the long and painful process of creating base sprites for Golden Sun BYOND.  You, Atrius, are a miracle worker.  Also, what language is the editor in?

[Tetsuya the Azure Blade]

THANK YOU!!!!  You released the feature I needed for my BYOND project.  Now that I can import and export sprites, I can begin the long and painful process of creating base sprites for Golden Sun BYOND.  You, Atrius, are a miracle worker.  Also, what language is the editor in?

The Editor itself is programmed in GML, but I think he needed to make something in C++, or some other language. I think it was a DLL what he needed to make, that is what I think.

[Misery]

This is good news indeed, and possibly a big step towards the completion of the editor. I can understand why you'd be reluctant to make it open source, but I'm glad you did so anyway. Perhaps even I will be able to contribute something... I'm not sure when, though.

[MaxiPower]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5bfzT6JALI&lc=BiJw23veE89efoFRyZ4y97jV35yEE4-XNv6ereIQqro&feature=inbox

can anyone explain why my Sakum sprite worked, like it was made not taking the colour/color requirements in mind...

[Atrius]

The editor automatically converts imported sprites to Golden Sun's palette.

[MaxiPower]

The editor automatically converts imported sprites to Golden Sun's palette.

really, thats amazing.

[Rolina]

The editor automatically converts imported sprites to Golden Sun's palette.

really, thats amazing.

This.  That'll come in really handy.

[Salanewt]

I haven't really been able to test it out very much, but it seems pretty nice! Though, if the working sprite formats are 0 and 1, is it possible to convert other sprites and save them in one of the working formats?

[Atrius]

Yes, it's slow but it will convert sprites to formats 0 & 1.  Like I said the editor may appear to lock up while saving a bunch of edited sprites, but it should start responding again once it finishes which may take a while.

EDIT: Yikes, this version seems to have quite a problem working with some compression formats that were working in v0.4.  I'll try to get a fix out soon...

EDIT 2:  Luckily it was a very simple fix, original link has been updated too.
[GoldenSunTLA_Editor_DevV0_5_r2.zip]

[Kioll]

Hey, Atrius, is there anyway to export pallette swaps?  Or do I have to export the sprite and find the pallette swap manually?

[JamietheFlameUser]

Um... It's not opening files for me. At all. I select an unmodified ROM and hit "Open" and it does nothing. I'm currently using Windows XP.

Edit: Actually, it does open files, but it won't open unmodified ROMs, for some reason.

[Rolina]

Wait, seriously?  It can't open a base rom?  That's one hell of a glitch. O.o

[Salanewt]

It was doing that for me too, and I use Windows 7... Hm, have you tried clicking and dragging the ROM onto the editor? I managed to fix my problem by doing that, since it wouldn't even open modified files for me.

[Today]

Today at 12:08:05 AM

Atrius: Thanks for letting me know, it should be fixed now.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 11:47:02 PM

Fox: Okay cool.  Speaking about broken things = There was some error I've known about for awhile now:  When you try to upload something to the Downloads section. The user may think the upload failed, but it actually succeeds. - I wonder if that was one of the few things? And whether that could be fixed if it hasn't yet.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 11:42:01 PM

Atrius: Oops, that wasn't even supposed to go up.  So, our hosting company moved the site over to a different server, and I was just updating some settings to fix things that broke in the move.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 11:39:18 PM

Fox: @Atrius: Probably going to need to update the Maintenance Description... I was confused at first, but it says 20 Mar 2017.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 07:29:35 AM

dawnbomb: can someone link me the discord

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 04:52:32 AM

Majora: That's hilarious, lmao. I thought it read like something you might have written, Fox, was almost unsure if it was a bot at first

[Fox]

September 18, 2017, 03:01:57 PM

Fox: Yeah, he copied this post: http://forum.goldensunhacking.net/index.php?topic=1425.0

[Fox]

September 18, 2017, 02:57:48 PM

Fox: (Although, not sure about the last part, it just feels strangely familiar for some reason.)

[Fox]

September 18, 2017, 02:56:43 PM

Fox: BOT ALERT! Kill it, kill it! I think it copied one of my posts? :P

[Fox]

September 17, 2017, 12:58:02 AM

Fox: Not saing we actually need those ofcourse (we don't?), but more saying that minorities could get too attached to them.

[Fox]

September 17, 2017, 12:54:47 AM

Fox: I think it's interesting how Facebook likes to start things, and then retire them. For example, Advanced Search, and E-mail. - They seemed like pretty fine features in my opinion, but retiring them because most people aren't using them at that time? I'm not sure if they know what they're doing, but it sound like they don't. :P

[Fox]

September 14, 2017, 12:59:16 PM

Fox: (At leat when I think about establishments...)  ; Oops, pardon my rudeness... .I forgot to welcome you back.... Well... WElcome back! We are glad you've returned.

[Fox]

September 14, 2017, 12:52:57 PM

Fox: (Just want to clarify that "founded" may be an actual word, but sounds weird the way it was used.)

[Fox]

September 14, 2017, 12:47:42 PM

Fox: Cringy? Let me check... Hm... Low number of posts [check] (5 posts) ; misspellings/grammar [check] ("Toturial" (Torture-ial?) , ; founded, ehh.... double past-tense?) ; The best part is at least the posts have a positive attitude! (That may be the most important part?) :)

[KeinoGSTLA]

September 14, 2017, 05:59:01 AM

KeinoGSTLA: back then my posts were so cringy lmao

[KeinoGSTLA]

September 14, 2017, 05:58:39 AM

KeinoGSTLA: damn feels good to find this place again

[Fox]

September 10, 2017, 04:27:04 PM

Fox: I don't suppose there is anything else? ;; Hmmm... What if a Big Brother game was similar to ... er.... Exit/Corners .... which seems to have a Trust system. 

[Plexa]

September 06, 2017, 11:02:17 AM

Plexa: Honestly we haven't looked into that ... I completely forgot about it until now!

[Fox]

September 06, 2017, 05:44:33 AM

Fox: (Referring to the box/crate that would allow you to get stuck.)

[Fox]

September 06, 2017, 05:43:42 AM

Fox: Is SW Atteka Islet the only one that forgets to update the heightmap when save/resetting? ... The Move pillar seems to update it fine... Hm.

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