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 01:11:03 PM

Luna_blade: was there not a program already supporting delayed messages?

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 06:42:07 PM

Fox: Depends on what you're up to... But on the surface, it's not likely you'd need it... I love it when things can be versatile.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 08:41:08 AM

Crystal Sonata: I don't much see a purpose for it, but interesting.

[Yesterday]

Yesterday at 03:31:50 AM

Fox: https://ctrlq.org/code/19716-schedule-gmail-emails?_ga=2.237093504.108919447.1500952104-1744949015.1500952104 = Interesting....

[Fox]

July 24, 2017, 02:53:28 AM

Fox: I'm Teawater, by the way... Hi!

[Fox]

July 24, 2017, 02:52:34 AM

Fox: Who?

[Takumi]

July 24, 2017, 02:40:42 AM

Takumi: GUESS WHO'S BACK BITCHES \o/

[Fox]

July 22, 2017, 07:18:23 PM

Fox: I felt a sudden Piers reference. :P - @avatar:  And yeah, it's easy to forget about things like that.

[leaf]

July 22, 2017, 07:15:48 PM

leaf: I didn't even realize my avy was still hosted on photobucket. fixed now.

[leaf]

July 22, 2017, 07:15:20 PM

leaf: and... looks like photobucket is kill

[Fox]

July 18, 2017, 02:20:00 PM

Fox: @Gameradar = I like that approach.... 30 second video ad for one ad-free day... as an option.... Interesting? - Of course, keeping to using an adblocker is also an option... but the point is how they made it almost sound encouraging. :P

[Fox]

July 16, 2017, 12:06:02 AM

Fox: Recent research is making me worried that it might not be vulnerable enough to do anything with it. Not absolutely sure, though.

[Fox]

July 14, 2017, 06:12:12 AM

Fox: Well thanks. While it does appear to be a vulnerable glitch, we still need to find a way to succefully abuse it. It's a bit complex, so I'd be amazed if someone actually finds a good method! :)

[Ark]

July 14, 2017, 02:01:57 AM

Ark: Game crash: successful. Shoutouts to Fox for being amazing

[Plexa]

July 14, 2017, 12:20:07 AM

Plexa: I'll play around with this stuff on stream in 20 mins or so. No idea if I'll find anything or if I even understand properly what you're doing - but we'll see!

[Fox]

July 11, 2017, 09:50:07 AM

Fox: Initial process of elimination. (When taking into consider if whether you can retreat in a map or not, and if the are contains at least two map code files....) ... I'm left with these to look at: Lemuria Ship, Gondowan Cliffs, Gabomba Statue, Jupiter Lighhouse, Mars Lighthouse, Anemos Inner Sanctum ; Not much room for luck if my hunch is even correct at all... 

[Fox]

July 11, 2017, 08:11:16 AM

Fox: Oh yes... Map code files can be shared across maps, but I don't think the same map code files is used for all maps of an area... So.... I will need to do so testing to verify my hunch about whether NPC Script glitching could even be a thing... or if it is just me imagining things....

[Fox]

July 11, 2017, 07:41:34 AM

Fox: of the commands*

[Fox]

July 11, 2017, 07:41:11 AM

Fox: That is to say... if I recall correctly... that NPC Scripting (idle scripts, I think.)  ... is basically custom code (aka: Not asm/arm/thumb)... and I do believe _at least_ one that commands.... might deal with flags (assuming if I remember)... I need to confirm my hunch, though... but finding tricks to even do script code properly will probably be next to impossible.

[Fox]

July 11, 2017, 07:16:12 AM

Fox: case*

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