NES Screen Tool

[Jeroen]

The save to clipboard option seems broken for me. (Windows 7)

[Shiru]

All of these options or only some of them? I don't have Windows 7 around to check if the code works there at al.

[Jeroen]

At the very least the nametable ones (Both copy as C and as ASM)

edit: after a quick test, the metasprite one works. So just the nametable ones it seems.

[Shiru]

Hm. They use mostly the same code, but I'll check it out anyway, maybe there is some difference.

[Shiru]

Jeroen, did you try to use the nametable functions when a selection is set? They only work with a selection. Other that this, I don't see anything special in the code in both nametables and metasprites cases.

[tsu]

I've attached a bmp that I made in gimp. It should be only one tile. Somehow the rightmost edge tiles miss the 8th pixel.
I am running nesst under wine.
Chose 'do not save color space information' when exporting from gimp.

I wonder if it's only on my end. I had trouble copying to clippboard, too. But didn't try pasting into another windows app under wine.

Thanks for the work you have done, anyways.

p.s Had to rename the bmp extension.

[Shiru]

The file you have provided does not contain any graphics at all, it is all-solid color. Did a few exports to test, don't see this problem, no missing pixels.

[tsu]

And you got just a single tile? The image was supposes to be all one color, and be one tile. I just ran another test, this time in virtualbox with the windows clone reactos, still happens that I get two tiles. If I have the full layout, the whole right side tiles have a transparent color 1 pixel horizontal stripe. I don't know why. it had been working fine. Not to much up your thread, but just noting this in case it pops up again.

[Shiru]

Oh, I get what do you mean, the two tiles after import, not export. OK, I'll investigate what happens there.

[Shiru]

It was an import bug introduced in the last version. Fixed.

[Dafydd]

Say I have some text in my nametable, using font tiles at $00-$2F, and then realize I want my font tiles at $30-5F instead. So I move the tiles from $00-$2F to $30-$5F, and I have to retype all my text again. A simple button somewhere for enabling the nametable to update itself to use new tile numbers as the tileset is changed would be neat. Or maybe this feature already exists, and I overlooked it?

Other than that, this tool is fantastic. It, and discovering the .incbin command (that I'd been looking for but didn't find until this Friday) has led to more progress in my quest to make my own NES game than I've seen since I signed up on these boards. Keep up the good work, and thanks!

[Shiru]

There is no such feature yet, but I'm considering to add it for a while now. Think I'll make an update soon.

For now you can use the Nametable/Add offset feature, it helps to renumber tiles in the nametable in situations of this kind.

[Dafydd]

Ah. Yeah, that works too. Thanks again!

[Punch]

Just passing by to say that your tool is the best out there. Seriously, NES Screen Tool + YY-CHR = unbeatable duo. The only reason I'm programming my own level editor on XNA is because I would like to not have to write all trigger zones and sprite placements by hand. God bless you for your tool!

[caramelpuffpuff]

A questions I want to ask that was in mind a lot, but a little nervous of receptions.

Is this needed/required as the only way to create certain graphics, like background such as stages, game-over, victory, and title screen? Or coding is also an optional, but this is most recommanded?