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

Don't know, if there's an upper limit, but don't think so. At least too high to be set practically anyway.

Unit is realtime minutes (72 realtime minutes = 24 in-game hours)

/jmc

 

Hey, jmcburn. Hope development is treating you well. I found a text error in the EPD when editing a DroneBaseSetup. Under Random Planet Vessel Base if you go to Planet Vessels and add/edit and then mouse over Patrol Radius the pop states Name of Vessel. See pic for more info.
Also, if you go to edit or add Random Resource and set distribution type to Cylinder or Worm the entry boxes reset decimal numbers to whole numbers again unless you type fast. I believe this was an issue before with a different part of the program. Anyway, thanks for your work!

 

Thx for the report.

I'll check and fix it with next version.

/jmc

 

@jmcburn, thanks to your playfield designer I was able to create the .yaml for my first successful handmade terrain(Posted here:What did you do in Empyrion today?. When I finally created the new terrain I realized that I knew little about creating the playfield.yaml. The EPD solved that neatly. Thank you for developing EPD!

 

Thx for the kind feedback.

And great work with the custom heightmap. I'm following your posts about your efforts creating one for some time.

/jmc

 

New EFD user with some dudes:
How can I upload playfield directly to my server?
Is the same usethe tool than edit the yaml file with notepad++ and upload using ftp?
If I understoos i need to edit the file inside saves folder, how to get it from my server? using ftp to download it?
Using KEY:Autoregen <400> those 400 what are hours, days, minutes....
Sure I look as idiot, but i didnt found a guide to use the tool

 

Unfortunately, EPD (live mode) only works on local drives, as it needs direct access to the game/dedicated server folder.
But of course, you could transfer the playfield.yaml from your remote server via ftp, edit it with EPD and re-upload it to your server.

The only thing is, that EPD asks for a game or dedicated server path on startup, so in your case, you would then have to direct it to Empyrion's game path on your hard disk (to import all the blueprints, terrains, ...).
After that you can import any playfield.yaml with the import button or by simply dragging it into EPD's main window.

Editing in EPD is basically the same process as using Notepad, just that you don't have to know the yaml syntax and there's already some restrictions/validations/previews and suggestions, that make it easier to create a fresh playfield.

Regenerate After:
Unit is realtime minutes, 72 realtime minutes = 24h in-game

Hope this helps.

/jmc

 

hi, sry for my bad english, i have a big problem, any time i run the .exe the program crash with an "stock prefab" error, i have try to delete the config folder and run the .exe again but crash and recreates the config folder any time; i have unzip all in main empyrion folder,
i no longer know where to blow my head, please help me!

 

Try NOT to extract EPD into main Empyrion folder. Use any path outside the game folder, e.g. Desktop\EPD\ or something like that. maybe that's the issue. I have not tested it to work inside the game folder. That could be the issue. EPD asks for the game folder anyway when started the first time.

If the issue persist, you can try to delete 'user.dat' in \data folder and also config.xml in config folder. Then start EPD.exe again. If there was a corrupted prefab file, EPD will rebuild the database then.

Let me know, if that works.

/jmc

 

ok i' ve tried also extract into a dir "EPD" in desk but there must be something weird because i haven't "user.dat" in data folder and config .xml in config, the .exe crash immediately maybe for this or i haven't the lasted version?, it's strange because i have download the lasted version on the top of this topic...

 

Do you start with administrator mode ?Because I was the same problem for the first time of utilization.

 

Dude, your tool is amazing... thanks for supporting it and allowing us to use it. 5/5

 

i' ve tried, always the omnipresent error of stock prefab folder

 

can you please upload epd.log (renamed to .txt), found in the \logs folder. Maybe there's something in it.

Rename it to .txt to be able to upload it here.

/jmc

 

Thx for the kind feedback. Glad you like it.

/jmc

 

fresh here

 

First thing i'm sseing that epd.dat is missing in data folder. That one's critical as it is the main database for EPD. It should be included in the release.
Can you please re-check, if you have that file inside your \data folder?

And another thing: Do you have all those folders in your Empyrion game \Content folder?
Espescially the 'PrefabsStock' folder, as that one hasn't been found on startup of EPD according to your logfile.



/jmc

 

I have "epd.dat" in data folder but "prefabStock" is missing, i have only "prefabs" in main dir of empyrion under "content", where i take "PrefabStock" dir?

 

I was coding new playfields by hand and you know how picky yaml code is but with this i can custom and make new plants in a flash, have you thought about making a sector designer? I know theres one out there but you got a good way of doing things. maybe consider a sector in with your build so we can do everything under one program just a thought. Do you have a donation place? Stuff like this deserves some support.

I'm the owner of the SBS server and you made my life easier lol

 

Maybe i have solved i have make a copy of Prefabs and renamed to PrefabsStock now the program run!, but not import the prefabs