Current Status on the Editor

[jdhalfrack]

Okay, well, I know I haven't released a new update recently, but there's a few good reasons.

First, I have recently figured out how to create my own custom controls. This means that I can rewrite some of my repetitive code into controls and cut back some coding. This will make my editing easier.

Second, I am a little bogged down in the schedule editor I am working on (which also may benefit from my new discovery). It will be a little (okay, a LOT) easier than the one that comes with the game.

Third, I am working on some code with exporting stats/players/teams/etc.... Basically, just in experimental stages.

So, yes, I am still working on the editor. I am just a little behind. I hope to have version 1.5 or 2.0 released before my christmas break (December 21st). We'll see.

JD

[Bobolini]

Appreciate the work!

[simmer]

Enjoying it very much.....Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!

[Frank Brickowski]

Thanks a lot

[DreamTeams]

Keep at it. Love your editor.

[Marauders]

Thank you for the update, JD.
 

[micvik]

Thank you, jdhalfrack, for all your work

I know you have alot on your plate for the end of the year period so this is certainly not urgent but I was wondering if it would be possible for you to add a depth chart orderer.

The game seems to have trouble ordering depth charts and only orders them based on two attributes.

[jdhalfrack]

I know you have alot on your plate for the end of the year period so this is certainly not urgent but I was wondering if it would be possible for you to add a depth chart orderer.

This is in the works, but probably not until after christmas. Once I figure out how to do this schedule editing control, I can use knowledge from that combined with the player list view to make a [retty nice depth chart editor (I hope [;)] )

JD

[jdhalfrack]

So, yes, I am still working on the editor. I am just a little behind. I hope to have version 1.5 or 2.0 released before my christmas break (December 21st). We'll see.

Well, wishful thinking on my part. [:)] I had been in North Carolina from the 22nd until the 31st and then went to Champaign, IL on the 1st to watch Illinois in the Rose bowl ([:(], btw). But, I am back now.

Now, as far as the editor:

I really am working on it here and there whenever I have time. The coding isn't really that hard, and it's not hard to change things in the league databases. The hard part is making the editor edit all aspects of a change being made and NOT editing the things that don't and giving you the option to determine what is or isn't affected by the change. For example, if I give you the option to change wether or not a game has been played on a schedule, technically, I need to give you the option to change the standings/statistics based on that decision. If a player has 22 tackles in that game, but now, that game is considered to have not been played, then I should allow the option of updating that player's statistics and remove 22 tackles.

Also, I am trying to code the editor as much as possible to account for stupid things people do. For example: if I give the option to edit a player's TD statistic or a player's attribute and someone enters "R" instead of a number to be an idiot, my program takes that into consideration and will change it to a zero. Not to pick on NZA's editor for Maddeon 08, but his doen't do that. If you type in a letter where a number is suppose to be, it crashes.

And finally, there's the whole "I want it to look somewhat professional" thing going on. So, not only is there coding, but there's asthetics (sp?) to consider.

So, as you can see, it's not that the coding is hard, it's just that there is A LOT of coding and a LOT of little things that I like/need to accomplish before I can release an updated version.

Sorry that it is taking so long [:(]...

JD

P.S. I think someone had mentioned extracting logs and stuff as something they would like to be able to do. If someone would attatch an example of what they would like the logs to look like, that would be great. (Yes, I realize that means you have to type it)