...::: Platform Edit, Map :::...

 

Scen blog EDIT

When you enter in editing mode in the game engine platform some of the palettes change.
In the map viewer all PINs are visible, news palettes appear.

Palette CONTROL

Allows you zoom in and out and move right and left, up and down.
You can move the map by dragging on it but not dropping it until you reach the point you want.
If you click in any point of the map the engine makes a 100% zooming to the point.

Palette INFO

The Palette gives you the screen pixels this data are the two first lines. When you move the map or your position in the map this info change.
If you want to go to an specific coordinate introduce the data in the boxes push go and a pointer will show you the position on the map.
If you push the arrow below the second line you save this date for future retrieval of the position just by pushing the go button.

Palette PINS

This palette is shown only in editing mode and contains the different PINs that can be used in editing mode.
The amount of PINs is given by the amount of objects that need to be identified in the territory.
To locate a PIN on the scene just select the kind and drag and drop it in the specific point.

A soon you drop it opens a new palette for inserting data
Fields are:

Number: To identify the PIN
TITLE: Name of the PIN, this name is the one who appears in the palette list and in the PIN when this displayed. Maximum 255 characters but only 30 visible.
PIN: Correspond to a number that identify the kind of PIN (colour) you should not change it, if you change it the PIN can disappear.

LINK: You can link to internal documents existing in the platform or to an external site.
In the case of use of an external URL, codify it like (http://....)
If click in the File button the File palette is open you can select any of the objects uploaded to the platform, videos, audio, photo, etc.
If select a complete folder instead of single document in the platform is ok but in the DESK it will not work because just links to single objects are accepted.

In the case to select to link to a map or a scenarios the text link should look like this:
../maps/index.php?id=1&xutm=[[]]&yutm=[[]]
where the symbols [[]]] can be changed by UTM coordinates or pixel dimensions to jump directly to a position on the map.
for e.g.
../maps/index.php?id=1&xutm=144321&yutm=4456725

To save the the information push the save button, if you click cancel or delete the Pin is deleted.

If you want to make a link to the published Text just click on Text List and the list will be displayed.

To modify any PIN information click on the PIN the info palette will open then change the data and save the changes.
If you click on delete the PIN is deleted.
If you click in cancel no changes are made.
If you want to move the PIN position drag and drop over the map and the info palette will open. To fix the new position click on save.