Zscripter might be coming back.

However not in the way most people have seen it, im still debating on a programming language, but I do have some pretty good idea for this project that I would like to see come to life. I'll post here when I know more.

4/21/10

Donno why I date these damn things, the date is clearly up top, anyways, the question for today is: to tab or not to tab? I think im going to remove the tabs from the program, just cause as I get further into development they become more and more of a hassle, not to mention I absolutely hate the back door way of saving I currently have setup. Its kind of pointless to have tab anyway, if you really need it, you could just run multiple instance of the program. It will be a bit of a redo however but hopefully it wont push back release to far.

Progress 4/20/10

Working on this more, ive decided im going to leave auto complete and word coloring for another version seeing as these seem to be quite a task. I'm also adding a todo list of stuff I want to get done before the first beta release.
Progress report 4/20/2010
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Overall -

ACS--
+Working out the kinks with the command combo boxes.
+The definition/use button in the combobox will longer work for topic words or lines.

More to come later.


TODO:
OverAll -- 
-Opening txt files.
-About Screen.
-Fix Splash screen for easier understanding.


ACS --
-Open directory upon compile chkbox functionality
-Compile into PK3 chkbox functionality
-Fix all inconsistencies between the glossary and property window.

Progress Report 4/13/2010

So after almost a month of no progress, you thought this program was dead didn't you! Nope its still very much alive, though I hadn't work on it since I last posted. The time I have recently spent on it really show now though, the browser has been greatly enchanced, donno if I want to spoil anything quite yet. I think I might make a video demostrating its features in the near future. I've also decide to release the program without decorate support, seeing as decorate is a beast in itself.(Don't worry it will come)

Progress report 4/13/2010
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Overall - Increase the screen size to default to a 800x600 screen up from a 640x480 screen, the browser for the acs screen was just better represented planning for those statistics.

ACS--
+Browser has had a complete makeover and can now be used as a normal web browser.
+It will now warn you if you try to compile before saving.
+Acs Command now properly load in the appropriate combo box.
+Acs Command nearly work, which is awesome!

More to come later.

Progress Report 3/19/2010

Hey peoples, didn't really work on it this weekend, but heres friday's update. I'm currently a little stumped on how to save the file from the main control. Hopefully it wont take me too much longer to figure it out.


Progress Report 3/19/2010
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Overall--
Currently working on save functionality for the currently selected tab.


ACS--
+Fully converted the old cfg's for use with this project.(still need to be fully updated)
+File structure for the acs files is complete.
+Saving has acs files have a default location as being able to be have a set location.


Dec--
Still nothing.

Progress Report 3/17/2010

Here with today progress report though most of my work will probably be on the acs for a while.

Progress Report 3/17/2010
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Overall--
+Added a couple more menu bar items for settings and help though there functionality is yet to be implemented.
+Added a splash screen that tell the currently released version compared to your version.
+Currently working on the settings class for saving information.


ACS--
*Moved the acs controls over panels for easier layout management.
+Pulled out the old cfg acs files out of the old version of zScripter and slightly modified them for better usage.
+The compiled file with now have the name it started with but with a .o instead of .acs.


Decorate--
Nothing quite yet.


Adding more to this list as I complete it.

zScripter? Progress Report 3/16/2010

What is zScripter you might ask? Its a c# program I'm developing for scripting ACS/Decorate for zdoom based engines. Currently its in its early infancy but i'm going to post here every day I work on it with my progress, In fact i'm going to post yesterdays right now, since I basically started this project yesterday.

Progress Report 3/16/2010
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Overall--
+Main links between pages is set up.
+File-> ACS/Decorate- Will create a new tab with the respective file type.
+Right clicking a tab your can save(not implemented yet) or close that tab.
+File-> Close -Closes tabs
+File-> Exit - Exits the program


ACS--
+Main ACS layout mostly done at least for the moment.
+Browser linked to zdoom.org wiki
+It will now compile ACS files and a msg box will pop up upon errors.


Decorate--
+Decorate form is in place but has no layout.