The quest for a new example quest

[ShadowTiger]

What do you mean by the alt-slide BH4?
I know about the glove, but is there a way to do multiple tiles alignment?
(like centering in 4 tiles)

Actually, yes. :) And believe me, it will be your -BEST- friend. ^_^ The trick is, ... ... just have to find out about these features somewhere. O_o' Obviously word of mouth isn't quite doing is job. Not when someone like you, Freedom, doesn't know. That's just a travesty.

An Alt+Slide is when you wish to maneuver a rectangle or square of selected tiles around that entire selected area, including crossing over to other 16x16 tiles, even wrapping around (Which it did not do in the previous beta.) You basically select the range of tiles, hold in alt, and press the arrow keys to shift the graphic in the direction you'd want. You can move them any way you'd like for as long as you'd like.

And just to ensure it's heard of, you can also swap colors instantly when editing a tile. Select the two colors you'd like swapped in the tiles editor when editing a tile, and press Ctrl+S. The colors of the LMB & RMB will switch, as well as the colors in the tile itself. SOOO useful for recoloring.


And oddly enough, this hasn't really crashed on me once.

[Freedom]

I see, I was trying to do it in the editor, I had heard some talk about it a while back, just never went any further with it.

We need a list of what all hot keys do in any given situation.

Yea, when I added one of the big link swim tiles it up and crashed, and also when I went to palette 10 and changed the last color in cset 3 from white to black it crashed.
Really no reason it should have either time, it just did.

[ShadowTiger]

I see, I was trying to do it in the editor, I had heard some talk about it a while back, just never went any further with it.

We need a list of what all hot keys do in any given situation.

Yea, when I added one of the big link swim tiles it up and crashed, and also when I went to palette 10 and changed the last color in cset 3 from white to black it crashed.
Really no reason it should have either time, it just did.

Ah. It crashed/froze on me too while I was editing the swim tiles, (Merely entering the swim tab at all.) and had merely chalked it up to computer lag. Bah. I guess it did crash on me after all.

[Freedom]

I guess I'm just a dumbass, I still can't get that edit tile thing to work.
I have Link in 4 tiles, 2 above 2 and if I try to highlight it lights the whole upper row, if I hold Ctrl it just edits 1 tile
what am I missing here?

[ShadowTiger]

Huh? ... Oh, ... are you trying to "Slide" the Link Tiles? Yeah, it's not the easiest thing in the world to explain; I certainly apologize for my lack of ability to do so. ... er .. Hm. Let me try again ... hopefully this time I'll get it right. XD Sorry again. ^_^'


Okay. In the Tile Editor, press spacebar to enter the rectangular selection mode, then highlight 100% of the tiles that you want to center. Don't forget to highlight the space that the tiles in question will be moving into as well.

Then, holding in Alt, (I use right alt.) Press the direction (key) of the direction that you want it to slide in.

... Oh, I think it's that rectangular tool that you're missing. Yeah, that's easy to miss TOO. O_o'

Man, we really DO need a comprehensive list of shortcuts and hotkeys! O_O'

[Freedom]

press spacebar.... ok, didn't know to do that.
I'll go try this thing again :)

[Freedom]

I'm not getting this at all.
When I'm in the editor I see 1 tile.
When I press the spacebar It darkens the lines between the pixils but I still see 1 tile.
when I hold Alt and push the arrows it edits 1 tile.
Highlight what? I'm only seeing 1 tile, if I try to highlight them outside the editor it highlights the whole row.

[ShadowTiger]

Oh, I mean, from one level up. .. Like, not while editing a tile; you do this from the tiles menu, where you see ALL the different tiles. Yeah, it's complex, I know. Like, you'd THINK you'd be sliding tiles from the edit menu, but I guess it's a question of what you can do at the present level of scale.

[Freedom]

What do you mean one level up?
If I try to highlight in the tile pages it highlights the whole row of tiles.
scale?

[ShadowTiger]

Yes, hit space bar on the tiles menu, and the tile selection radius should change from highlighting entire rows at a time, to highlighting a rectangular area instead. THAT's where you hold Alt and press directional keys in. Sorry if I was being confusing.

And by "one level up," I mean, leave the "drawing" screen and enter the tile selection screen, where all the tiles are displayed.

EDIT2: .. We .. REALLY .. need "official terms" for these, apparently. @_@'