[TOOL] [DISCONTINUED] Empyrion Playfield Designer Alpha7 v1.36.1 [deprecated version]

I am getting new playfield changes/additions as soon as possible directly from the devs. So i usually start implementing new features already with the games closed builds, so that i am ready to release as soon as the new public/experimental version goes live. Until now this has worked out quite well.

There still exists the possibility of delays of max. 1-2 days due to my job, life...

/jmc

 

waiiiittt a minute.....you have a life outside EGS?
Thought EGS was a life, lol

Look forward to the new feautures

 

Yeah, i still have to sign and return my NDA. Embarrassingly enough, my printer is out of paper, and that's why I haven't yet :\

 

Ink. Not paper. I'm out of ink

 

There is something wrong with the new version. I have a palyfield that is saved with 1.27.0 and works fine. When I load and save the playfield with 1.30.0 then the game crashes during the generate process.

Code:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at Eleon.Ngui.ItemGrid.ExtractVector (Assembly-CSharp.OutlineList ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Eleon.Ngui.ItemGrid.BatchBuildCondition (Assembly-CSharp.OutlineList ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Assembly-CSharp.PluginStack.PublishWindow (Assembly-CSharp.OutlineList ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Assembly-CSharp.ConfigTable.CheckProject () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Assembly-CSharp.SolutionFactory.BuildNode () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Assembly-CSharp.SolutionFactory.DeleteToolbox () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at MBS.Update () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
 
(Filename:  Line: -1)

Code:

diff -Naur EPDBackup_2017-05-19_184249.yaml playfield.yaml
--- EPDBackup_2017-05-19_184249.yaml    2017-05-19 18:42:13.000000000 +0200
+++ playfield.yaml      2017-05-19 18:53:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Created by EPD v1.27.0.0, Playfield Version: 5.50
+# Created by EPD v1.30.0.0, Playfield Version: 5.50
 RealRadius: 1303.797294
 ScaledRadius: 1300
 Gravity: -8.25
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 Temperature: 23
 TemperatureDay: 35
 TemperatureNight: 10
+Music: ''
 DayLength: 24
 PlanetType: Alien
 Moons: 1
@@ -325,6 +326,37 @@
       Density: 200
       YScale: 2
       Preset: GrassDense6
+DroneBaseSetup:
+  Random:
+  - GroupName: DroneBaseAkua
+    DronesMinMax: [2, 4]
+    ReserveCount: 3
+    DroneProb: 0.5
+    Difficulty: 5
+    PresetStyle: 2
+    Stock:
+    - Name: DroneSmallFast01Rocket
+      Amount: 100
+    - Name: DroneSmallFast01Minigun
+      Amount: 300
+    - Name: DroneSmallSlow01Cannon
+      Amount: 200
+    - Name: DroneSmallAttackBase
+      Amount: Infinite
+      Extra: 1
+    - Name: DroneTroopsTransport
+      Amount: Infinite
+      Extra: 2
+    - Name: ZiraxMale
+      Amount: 100
+      Extra: 3
+    - Name: Crawler
+      Amount: 100
+      Extra: 3
+    - Name: Overseer
+      Amount: 100
+      Extra: 3
+  Fixed: []
 POIs:
   Random:
   - GroupName: Wreckage
@@ -452,39 +484,8 @@
   - Mode: Survival
     Spawn: Structure
     Structure: Wreckage
-    Items: []
+    Items: ['', '', '']
     Armor: ArmorHeavy
-DroneBaseSetup:
-  Random:
-  - GroupName: DroneBaseAkua
-    DronesMinMax: [2, 4]
-    ReserveCount: 3
-    DroneProb: 0.5
-    Difficulty: 5
-    PresetStyle: 2
-    Stock:
-    - Name: DroneSmallFast01Rocket
-      Amount: 100
-    - Name: DroneSmallFast01Minigun
-      Amount: 300
-    - Name: DroneSmallSlow01Cannon
-      Amount: 200
-    - Name: DroneSmallAttackBase
-      Amount: Infinite
-      Extra: 1
-    - Name: DroneTroopsTransport
-      Amount: Infinite
-      Extra: 2
-    - Name: ZiraxMale
-      Amount: 100
-      Extra: 3
-    - Name: Crawler
-      Amount: 100
-      Extra: 3
-    - Name: Overseer
-      Amount: 100
-      Extra: 3
-  Fixed: []
 DroneSpawning:
   Random:
   - DronesMinMax: [1, 3]

 

OK, the relevant part is:

Code:

@@ -452,39 +484,8 @@
   - Mode: Survival
     Spawn: Structure
     Structure: Wreckage
-    Items: []
+    Items: ['', '', '']
     Armor: ArmorHeavy

After fixing the startup items the playfield is loading:

Code:

@@ -452,39 +484,8 @@
   - Mode: Survival
     Spawn: Structure
     Structure: Wreckage
-    Items: []
+    Items: [MoneyCard, Pizza, Pizza, '#FreshStart: Pizza']
     Armor: ArmorHeavy

It seems we can't have empty startup inventory

 

Yeah, i wrote this some posts above. It's a known issue of empyrion respectively intended behaviour of the game.

I fixed the issue to allow and write out empty item lists in EPD v1.30, but i also mentioned in the same post, that the devs told me, the item groups are not meant to be left empty and that this could have undesirable effects on gameplay. I merely allowed empty lists to be ready for the case, if eleon maybe decides some day to allow for empty diificulty groups.

The empty group in v1.27 worked only because empyrion completely ignores null entries like 'Items: []' on startup. It was not safe to use it that way, either, as you could have CoQ or other errors in game then.

/jmc

 

Maybe - and it would be kinda silly, but it would work - make EPD auto-populate completely empty item lists with, say, a single piece of crushed stone...

 

Could be done easily, of course, if that was wished for.

Anyone a vote against that?

/jmc

 

Alien2 playfield Troop transport missing in the files.
When i edit it it will show an empty thing

 

Thx for the report, will add it.

As long as i don't get complete lists of everything every now and then, there will always be missing items of any sort and thus i am dependent of you finding those missing items.

/jmc

 

UPDATE (v1.30.1)

CHANGES:

• PlayerItems amount gets validated (max. stack amount) now from Database for each item independently as some items only allow only 1 piece max, others do 999, and moneycard e.g. allows an amount of 50000. Unitl now every item in EPD was limited by 999, which could have resulted in a CoQ on loading the playfield, if you set the amount to high.
  As i changed some UI code for this regarding the UpdateTrigger in Databinding, it may be possible, that some list editors are broken regarding saving their changes. Please test, if clicking 'Cancel' resp. 'OK' has the desired effects in the List editors (Edit... and Add... functionality). I found no issues so far, but it's a lot of settings/subsettings.
• added 1 piece of CrushedStone to empty playerItemLists to avoid crashing, except #Freshstart. I leave this empty for now, as i believe, is allowed to not be listed at all. Maybe there are issues in MP though, so please test and report.
• added: 'No Armor' as selectable option in FixedPlayerStart settings.

FIXES:

• fixed: added missing 'DroneTroopsTransport01' to DroneBaseStock

DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUpWMGez5I0V1dIM0Y2QUhwZDg/view?usp=sharing

/jmc

 

@jmcburn I can no longer set asteroids as always. Either editing an existing one from threshold to always or creating a new one and trying to set to always does nothing. It automatically reverts back to Threshold.

 

Thx, will look into it right away.

/jmc

 

UPDATE (v1.30.2)
HOTFIX

FIXES:

• fixed: AsteroidResources: Switching from 'always' to 'threshold' and vice versa was broken after implementing Validation from DB (for PlayerItems)
  Also now, as soon you switch to from threshold to always, 'amount' is also instantly set to '5000', as this is the min. value for 'always' drop behaviour.

DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUpWMGez5I0S3dGaEI0Z2xaRWc/view?usp=sharing

/jmc

 

If u edit the freighters and then stock it doesnt show the spacedroneplasma.
Its shows the planet dronebase list what u can add for troops. And not the dronebase list from space

 

UPDATE (v1.30.3)
HOTFIX

FIXES:

• fixed: SpaceDrones not availabe under SpaceVessels Stock

DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxUpWMGez5I0cC05ejQySnNjRlE/view?usp=sharing

/jmc

 

Everything with this working and working with the new version? I've got to redo all of my yamls this time around, and would like to give this a shot

 

Should be. So far i could read RC3 no new changes in yaml

 

Yeah, no changes in RC3.