DOTP 2012 - Deck Editor Revised

[jstauffer]

sadlyblue: no, deck editor revised does not work w/ dotp 2012 yet ... and pcastellazzi is right that b/c of the directory layout alot of things would have to be changed. That said, I will either release a separate application for 2013 or ( more likely ) have an option in the current application to switch between the two.

In 2013 each deck is it's own wad ( or what would be considered "content" in deck editor revised ). Unless anyone can bring up any good points I don't really like this structure. That means cards will have to be repeated across wads, and from what I can tell other resources, like sfx and sounds?

[alexandreonly]

sadlyblue: no, deck editor revised does not work w/ dotp 2012 yet ... and pcastellazzi is right that b/c of the directory layout alot of things would have to be changed. That said, I will either release a separate application for 2013 or ( more likely ) have an option in the current application to switch between the two.

In 2013 each deck is it's own wad ( or what would be considered "content" in deck editor revised ). Unless anyone can bring up any good points I don't really like this structure. That means cards will have to be repeated across wads, and from what I can tell other resources, like sfx and sounds?

Good, i'll wait for the 2013 support on Deck Editor, since things are a lot faster using the program, and with less errors. There is a estimated release date?

[thefiremind]

That means cards will have to be repeated across wads, and from what I can tell other resources, like sfx and sounds?

The developers did it but it's not necessary: the WADs "see each other" exactly as in DotP2012. I'm currently putting all the cards I make in a single WAD and then I make a WAD for each deck that only contains the deck list, the unlocks and the preview card illustration.

[Aiodren]

The developers did it but it's not necessary: the WADs "see each other" exactly as in DotP2012. I'm currently putting all the cards I make in a single WAD and then I make a WAD for each deck that only contains the deck list, the unlocks and the preview card illustration.

Where did you find the preview card illustrations? I wanted to make some for my decks but don't know where to put them, so the game reads them.

[thefiremind]

Where did you find the preview card illustrations? I wanted to make some for my decks but don't know where to put them, so the game reads them.

They need to be in DATA_ALL_PLATFORMS\ART_ASSETS\TEXTURES\DECKS. In the deck XML you write a reference name (for example it's "mastermind" for Nicol Bolas), then in that directory you make a TDX file for each language, called [two-character language code]_[reference name].TDX (for example, "EN_MASTERMIND.TDX", "IT_MASTERMIND.TDX", etc. for Nicol Bolas). Of course you can just replicate the English TDX file for the languages you are not interested in.
About making a new preview card illustration, I'd suggest to screenshot a zoomed card, then crop the inner frame (without the black border) and paste it onto an existing preview card TDX, resizing as needed.

[sadlyblue]

That means cards will have to be repeated across wads, and from what I can tell other resources, like sfx and sounds?

The developers did it but it's not necessary: the WADs "see each other" exactly as in DotP2012. I'm currently putting all the cards I make in a single WAD and then I make a WAD for each deck that only contains the deck list, the unlocks and the preview card illustration.

I think that a nice approach, and makes it easy to delete a deck if it's crashing the game.

Btw, you all want a repository for all the cards? I didn't quite got tortoise setup up. But was trying a TeamDrive, which is not that bad. The only problem is that it doesn't have a wiki. We can create a readme (and we can have multiple folders,...). It has 2gb space, a lot for new cards, pics, decks. Anyone interested, pm with email and i'll invite (think its the only way to get it working).

[jstauffer]

sadlyblue: no, deck editor revised does not work w/ dotp 2012 yet ... and pcastellazzi is right that b/c of the directory layout alot of things would have to be changed. That said, I will either release a separate application for 2013 or ( more likely ) have an option in the current application to switch between the two.

I meant "no, deck editor revised does not work w/ dotp 2013 yet ..." but it seems this was understood ... sorry

The developers did it but it's not necessary: the WADs "see each other" exactly as in DotP2012. I'm currently putting all the cards I make in a single WAD and then I make a WAD for each deck that only contains the deck list, the unlocks and the preview card illustration.

Thanks firemind ... I suspected as much but hadn't had a chance to look into it ...

Good, i'll wait for the 2013 support on Deck Editor, since things are a lot faster using the program, and with less errors. There is a estimated release date?

As of rght now I can't say exactly ... I'll be out of town for the next several weeks and unable to work on it ... so hopefully shortly after that ...

Btw, you all want a repository for all the cards? I didn't quite got tortoise setup up. But was trying a TeamDrive, which is not that bad. The only problem is that it doesn't have a wiki. We can create a readme (and we can have multiple folders,...). It has 2gb space, a lot for new cards, pics, decks. Anyone interested, pm with email and i'll invite (think its the only way to get it working).

If you have a server, or even a spare windows box, visual svn + tortoise is a very good setup. I've used it for multiple website deployments. If you need help setting things up send me an email but it's not that difficult. I could see about using advancedqa, where deck editor revised is hosted, for this if you'd like. Visual svn + tortoise is actually already setup there so I'd just need to add a new repo and user to access. If this is something people would actually use I'd be happy to see about doing it ...

[jstauffer]

An update has been posted ( sorry not for 2013 support yet ) ...

• Fixed issues w/ card image not displaying correctly in New/Edit Card and View Card window ...

Now to figure out why the game keeps crashing on me after I select skill level ... anyone have the hacked .exe ( and required files ) that they can send to me that is working?

[jstauffer]

Ok, it seems the issue is confined to my mac running the game in Parallels ( Win7 Pro 64-bit ). I'm able to run 2012 fine although 2013 crashes every time I select the skill level. One thing I've noticed is that the videos don't even play at all - maybe this has something to do w/ it. I've done just about everything I can think of to resolve it but no luck. I was able to install the game on my Dell and it runs fine so I'll use it for testing.

[Threepwood]

I'm having an issue when trying to set the image for a new card/editing an existing one;
I've been double-clicking the image area like crazy, but the dialogue won't show up. Anyone any idea what the problem could be?
I know I can convert and place the files manually, and I have, but I'm too lazy to keep doing it.

[Teirdalin]

Would be nice if there was a list of the ability codes, so you didn't need to have a pack open to effectively make a deck. Also with revised I'm unable to modify card illustrations, double-clicking on them does nothing, and with the older version I seem to be unable to open .wads, so I need to have both revised and the old version open to get anything done.

Edit;
Infact I think I'll make a list of abilities for quick access myself, it's not that tricky to do, if you want I can post a link to it when done; but from the looks of it this place seems pretty dead, which is odd since it's the first link when searching "2012 Duels of the planeswalkers deck editor"

[thefiremind]

This is the best deck editor indeed... this topic is dead because the author is no longer active and because the new trend is DotP2013.

EDIT: If someone is still interested in this editor, I made a new link on MediaFire:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zcp60nd2vrog8jj