Map Merger 2.0.7

by **Prodark** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:46 pm

Current Version : 2.0.7
Download : https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9kg78zlgacx2wz/MapMerger%20v2.0.7.exe?dl=0
Requirements : .NET Framework 4.0

All Versions : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7x6ahejpzxew ... v93Ka?dl=0

If you run into any problems, please let me know!

Features
Map Display : Load and Display a set of Map-Tiles as a map with zooming.
Grid & Coordinates : Display grid and coordinates overlays.
Automatic & Manual Map Merging : Merge Map Fragments automatically or by hand.
Manual Map Merging : Manually add Map-Fragments to the Map.
PlayerTracker : Displays current Character Position on the Map. [Amber Client only]
SessionWatcher : Add new Tiles from your Sessions to the Map as you explore them!
Exporting Map : Export merged Map as Tiles.
Map Markers : Place named Icons to remember important spots.
Region Markers: Place Region Names to highlight areas.

Changelog
Version 2.0.7
Fixed Crash after Tile Export has finished. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Version 2.0.6
Added Caching for Merge Data. This should speed up merging big maps.
Fixed Crashes regarding SessionWatcher again.
If they still occur, please let me know.

Controls

Menu

Screenshots
PlayerTracker & SessionWatcher

Bug Reports, Critic and Requests are appreciated. :!:

by **RickyP602** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:55 am

Mine seems to process all the map tiles, but doesn't give me a map.

by **Prodark** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:13 pm

RickyP602 wrote:Mine seems to process all the map tiles, but doesn't give me a map.

Could you please tell me what it says in the bottom after it finished loading?

EDIT: You could also zip your folder and send it to me, so i can go check myself.

by **Reyajh** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:09 am

Awesome!!! Love it!!!

Could you make it possible to copy and paste Markers?

Occasionally the computer will mess up a tile somewhere (during the merging process?) (This is not caused by your program) and it is very tedious to go back in, find all the bad tiles, then I used to open them in a program like 'MS Picture It' and add text like 'Bad' (Very tedious,) so that the next time I'm in that area I could get a good tile of the area. Note: I have noticed this can be done reliably by opening the map folder of the current client I am using while I am in-game and copying the tile from there, while I am in-game. It always seems to be correctly drawn when I do that, no matter which of the various clients I have used to date, such as Amber, Ender's, etc.

As far as that goes, the ability to add, delete and replace individual tiles would nearly make the whole process complete within your program, but alas.., I am not aware of the difficulty in doing such things and don't want to impose on your freely given work.
(See the attached image & note the Bad tile Marked & the one directly below it.)

Your program has already made this process immensely easier

Very straight forward & user friendly.

Thanks!!! really awesome

Edit: Is there a way to save the image outside of the program? I can't get it to save the map file outside of the program. Or is there a way to make it so we can have more than 1 map saved within it? I have maps that are too big to stitch together and it seems to auto load the same map every time I run it.

by **Prodark** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:12 pm

Reyajh wrote:Awesome!!! Love it!!!

Could you make it possible to copy and paste Markers?

Occasionally the computer will mess up a tile somewhere (during the merging process?) (This is not caused by your program) and it is very tedious to go back in, find all the bad tiles, then I used to open them in a program like 'MS Picture It' and add text like 'Bad' (Very tedious,) so that the next time I'm in that area I could get a good tile of the area. Note: I have noticed this can be done reliably by opening the map folder of the current client I am using while I am in-game and copying the tile from there, while I am in-game. It always seems to be correctly drawn when I do that, no matter which of the various clients I have used to date, such as Amber, Ender's, etc.

As far as that goes, the ability to add, delete and replace individual tiles would nearly make the whole process complete within your program, but alas.., I am not aware of the difficulty in doing such things and don't want to impose on your freely given work.
(See the attached image & note the Bad tile Marked & the one directly below it.)

Your program has already made this process immensely easier

Very straight forward & user friendly.

Thanks!!! really awesome

Edit: Is there a way to save the image outside of the program? I can't get it to save the map file outside of the program. Or is there a way to make it so we can have more than 1 map saved within it? I have maps that are too big to stitch together and it seems to auto load the same map every time I run it.

Thanks alot for the feedback!

For Copy&Pasting of markers you could select the markers in the grid, press Export to copy them to your clipboard and import then. Then you can edit the X/Y-Coords to move it around.
I'll try and work on an easier way soon.

I'll also try to add an option to add single Tiles to the map.

For the image-issue. You can export the Map as a png-File via File -> Export Image.

It loads the Export-Directory on Start-Up. I'll see if i can split that up so it's easier to manage not connected Mapparts.

by **Prodark** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:07 am

Test Version 1.2

Added Support for Maps with more than 2500 Tiles.
Improved performance while displaying big maps.

Image-Export disabled for this version!

by **DaniAngione** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:50 pm

Hey there!
I really like your tool, I think it is more aesthetically pleasing than the other tools - and I like your icons...

However I can't seem to access the settings. When I click "settings", it just opens a generic "load file interface" however it doesn't do anything else, even if I load something. By reading the post, it seems there should be options there, like setting an Export folder, default folder, etc... but nothing happens, I click "Settings" and it just asks me to open a file and doesn't tell me what I should look for or anything.

by **Prodark** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 10:46 am

DaniAngione wrote:Hey there!
I really like your tool, I think it is more aesthetically pleasing than the other tools - and I like your icons...

However I can't seem to access the settings. When I click "settings", it just opens a generic "load file interface" however it doesn't do anything else, even if I load something. By reading the post, it seems there should be options there, like setting an Export folder, default folder, etc... but nothing happens, I click "Settings" and it just asks me to open a file and doesn't tell me what I should look for or anything.

Oh wow i screwed up. :oops:

I forgot to show the new Settings Window when clicking on the button. Really sorry!

I'll release a fix later on in the day, when i finished fixing the image export for big Maps.
To fix this problem for now, you can set the options via the MapMerger.cfg file, located in the same directory as the .exe File.

Add these Lines and put the directory you want to set it after the '='.
StartUpDirectory=
MainExportDirectory=
GameMapDirectory=

by **Prodark** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:03 pm

Released Version 1.2
Fixed the settings window not opening.
Added support for maps with more than 2500 tiles.
Example :

by **DaniAngione** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 4:37 pm

Prodark wrote:Released Version 1.2
Fixed the settings window not opening.
Added support for maps with more than 2500 tiles.
Example :

Oh, don't be sorry

it happens!

Thank you very much for the fix

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EDIT:

Ok, I'm really digging your map merger! It is the most aesthetically pleasing of them all (in my opinion)

So, if I may, let me list a few suggestions/wishes?

- Ability to add layers (for caves and such) I suppose this is already planned as it seems to be a common feature on map mergers.
- Some way to divide the Markers into categories and filter them by icon and/or category. Filtering by icon would be useful to see clay spots, or water spots, etc... Category could be something like "importance" (Major, minor, etc...) and it would hide the marker (leaving only the icon) when you zoom out. For example, if you have a region full of markers and some of them are not that important (like a simple cave entrance), the cave entrance could only appear when you zoom in, and that would be determined by the category, Major markers appear from far away, Minor markers need to be zoomed in
- A cave entrance marker, a Village Claim (the big animal skull) marker, some smiles (maybe happy, neutral and bad, to mark people as peaceful, neutral, aggressive, etc...)

Or the ability to add custom markers

And something I'd love to see that I've never seen in any map merger:
- The ability to 'name regions'. It would be like a marker, but with a larger (yet not so prominent, no background, etc) font and it would scale up and down with the map (as if it was drawn on the map) so we can name forests, lakes, etc..

I can do it with a marker, I know, but there are 2 problems with that:
1- markers NEED icons. Region names would be cool without icons
2- region names should be a 'different' layer, not so prominent as markers

I know it's a big list lol, but I really liked your work. Good job so far!

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EDIT AGAIN

To make it more clear, I've edited two screenshots from a random map part to explain what I meant with all those suggestions.

Here in the first one, a bit zoomed out, you can see:
"Minor" Markers (just the icons)
"Major" Markers (icon + name)
Region names

Then, when we zoom in a bit, we can see that the "Minor" markers can now be read (the text appears when looking up close)
And also note that region names 'scale' with the map - as if they were painted on the terrain.

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