The greatness that is Pumpkin Paster (tutorial)!!!!

[HwitVlf]

Here's a link to a simple Pumpkin Paster tutorial video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaey9RC1uSY

Here's a direct link to the MP4 video download.
https://www.megaupload.com/?d=GHBQ7BLU

In case someone doesn't know, Pumpkin Paster is a tool made by KilroyFX that works along side SoM's map editor to GREATLY increase SoM's editing abilities. Seriously, it's the greatest expansion to Sword of Moonlight EVER.
You can get a copy here:
https://www.swordofmoonlight.com/bbs/ind...228.0.html

[dmpdesign]

I never did follow up with Jaison on whether or not he was completely done with this tool....if he is I should give it a permanent home and its own info page I guess.

[Hguols]

HOLY SMOKES!


I had no idea that's what this program did!

[Hguols]

I REEEAAALLY like how you say "Pumpkin Paster" John.
(Watches the video again)

[HwitVlf]

That's not my voice. My voice is . . . ummm MUCH more manly and eloquent sounding. . .
kinda like a cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones tee hee hee
. . . I mean <style="manly&eloquent"> NYA HA HA!!! </>
You believe me don't you?

HOLY SMOKES!

I had no idea that's what this program did!

Sometimes when I first try a new program, it pops up some message about 'need configuration' and my eyes glaze over and I put it aside to figure out 'later'. I just hoped to show people that PPaster was really worth a little effort to figure out.

[kilroyfx]

Yeah its done I think. I called it pumpkinpaster because I think I wrote it around Halloween. Thanks for
making the tutorial.....

[HwitVlf]

You're certainly welcome Kilroy. Thank you for making the tool in the first place; slapping a little tutorial together is the easy part :)

I meant to mention on youtube that the 'Choose Map' window bug doesn't usually happen that often. It seemed to be popping up more often when I was recording video at the same time.

[kilroyfx]

Yeah, it probably could be fixed....My program actually opens and closes that window many many times, and usually the user
wont see that...its the only way for me to Re-Load the map back into the SOM_MAP editor...if there was a hook or something
I could 'call' that would load in the map but not open that window...that SOM_MAP editor also likes to ask if you should save
if you make the tiniest change....so I also have tried to address that window too...

It's really amazing that it works as well as it does...but I use the program a bunch, and I have realized that I could delete the
ITEMS without any risk, since they never hold events.....

[HwitVlf]

I think it's extremely cleaver how you have it set up- accomplishing such complex edits by exploiting such simple controls.

In the current version of PPaster, you have already implemented the ability to delete all Items right? -since they never have events attached.

[kilroyfx]

Yes thats true, I forgot. ‎  I meant the original "root" items that have not been duplicated yet. ‎  They
could theoretically be removed without harm :) ‎  I wish I had gotten around to finishing the event
handling code but no matter. No matter.