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Tool: DEFCON CityPlacer

Postby zach » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:14 pm

DEFCON CityPlacer
Yes, another stupidly simple tool to ease your modding experience

This tool is very simple to understand:
You get a map, and when you click on it, you're prompted for a City name, Country, and population count ... at least that's what I think it is :roll:


If you already have a 'cities.dat' file in the 'data\earth' folder, the tool just appends to this file. Else it creates a new 'cities.dat'-file.

After you've added what you want, boot up Defcon and ... look!

Keep in mind this application is very simple, and it only specifies coordinates as integers. It's meant as a tool to ease city placing (duh) until there's a Map Editor available

Download link
dccityplacer.zip

Updates
Update 5th of October: now able to load external maps, making the tool exponentially more useful, I think :P

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More info at http://defcongame.tk/

Enjoy :)
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Postby Montyphy » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:23 pm

You lazy bugger. You just copy&pasted from your previous post. You didn't even bother change the name of the download link. :P
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Postby denzil » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:24 pm

You rock :D

A zoomable map would be nice for those close to coast locations :p
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Postby Guest » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:24 pm

Very nice :) Your utilities are wonderful! This is exactly what i've needed for my mod in progress (also a map maker sort of tool :)) Thank you for your endless contributions to the defcon modding community!
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Postby 0Avatar0 » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:26 pm

Good going zanzer, a nice little tool you’ve made. Can I request one feature though… The option to import your own map (simply a *bmp file) in the background instead of the default earth map, with this feature it would be incredibly useful! But great stuff anyway!
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Postby zach » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:27 pm

Montyphy wrote:You lazy bugger. You just copy&pasted from your previous post. You didn't even bother change the name of the download link. :P
Hah, I wasn't the only one who noticed? :P

Why type in again? I type enough as it is already without having to write something as trivial as download link headers again and again ~ Manual of style ;)

0Avatar0 wrote:Can I request one feature though… The option to import your own map (simply a *bmp file) in the background instead of the default earth map, with this feature it would be incredibly useful!
I know, I know! I'll get working on an update ASAP :roll:
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Postby Guest » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:30 pm

0Avatar0 wrote:Good going zanzer, a nice little tool you’ve made. Can I request one feature though… The option to import your own map (simply a *bmp file) in the background instead of the default earth map, with this feature it would be incredibly useful! But great stuff anyway!


Seconded. Please zanzer pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease :-D
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Postby Gein » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:33 pm

Woops.. Guest :-D
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Postby zach » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:06 am

Hmm, I wonder what this could be? :roll:

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Download link in first post updated.

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Postby Montyphy » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:15 am

You might as well add the ability to create travel node maps and ai markers. :wink:
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Postby NuclearDruid » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:20 am

Brilliant job Zanzer... you always have the the will to get all these things done!
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Postby Gein » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:21 am

Montyphy wrote:You might as well add the ability to create travel node maps and ai markers. :wink:
You think you could do it, Oh Zanzer the powerful mod tool god? :-D
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Postby zach » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:24 am

Gein wrote:
Montyphy wrote:You might as well add the ability to create travel node maps and ai markers. :wink:
You think you could do it, Oh Zanzer the powerful mod tool god? :-D
Well ... I could always give it a go ... But not now. It's half past 1 am, and I haven't slept for 40 hours straight now. I think the tools I develop will be a tad bit better AFTER I get some sleep :P
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Postby 0Avatar0 » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:37 am

perfect tool! thanks! :D
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Postby xenel » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:48 am

Nice tool, thumbs up!
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