[OPTing] OPTech v2

[Vince T]

Great work, Jeremy! All seems to work well now, thank you!

The idea of adding a confirmation dialog to the Reset functions is ingenious! Simple but effective!

[Vince T]

Hmm, there's one issue remaining:
The Visibility checkbox works now, however, it functions very slow. If you try to hide or show a large number of meshes, the program stalls for several seconds.

One more thing, though I'm not sure if and how it can be fixed:
How is the zoom factor calculated in the various model views? It seems in some views(top/Bottom) the model properly fills the screen while in others I still have to manually zoom in

[Vince T]

@JeremyaFr could you take another look at this, if you get the chance? The latest changes work well but I think the performance has taken a serious hit. Along with the issue mentioned above, also the preview window is very slow to react, especially with more complex models. Maybe a case of memory leak?

Edit: OK after working with it over a longer time, I'm sorry to say but the selection box is still bugged. If you select several meshes with CTRL then use the Hide checkbox, it will affect other meshes further up the list as well. Also there are instances where I cannot unhide a specific mesh via its individual checkbox.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

I've improved the performance of the mesh visible checkbox.

[Vince T]

Thank you Jeremy! I've been working with the new version for a few hours now and everything seems to work fine now!
Sorry for being a pain

[Rookie_One1]

Have a weird bug, i'm trying to do a simple rotation of a cockpit opt (the family transport gunner one, for underneath), and i'm ending with the view as thrash (i'm using optech because it's permit moving the whole assembly instead of having to rotate individual parts and move them in position)

Anyone have an idea on what could cause that ?

Here what happens :
https://imgur.com/dLpGORq

For the record, the problem look like it lie with the MainHull mesh, but i'm not sure about what could cause that issue

[Vince T]

Did you make sure the coordinates are correct, i.e. the meshes are in the right spot?

Also, if you rotate one or more meshes, I think it will use the last mesh selected as the center of the rotation.

[Rookie_One1]

meshes are in the right spot, but the last mesh selected is mesh 4, i'll try to select mesh 1 and see what happens

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've added 2 tools to XwaToolsDownloader:
- XwaOptFlatTexturesFixer
- XwaOpzTrianglesFixer

The source code of these tools is on GitHub.

XwaOptFlatTexturesFixer is a tool to fix flat textures in opt files.
XwaOpzTrianglesFixer is a tool to fix triangles in OPTech opz files.

These tools were created while developping OPTech.

[Vince T]

Interesting.
Exactly what do these tools do? Are those OPTech functions which you "exported" into standalone programs?

- I'm guessing FlatTexturesFixer resets the texture coordinates on faces with flat textures to 0,0,1,1?
- TIs the TrianglesFixer the same as the tools in OPTech used to convert tris to quads and vice versa? Or does it fix Tris with 4 vertices which is a common issue with models coming from certain 3d programs like Rhino 3D?

[JeremyaFr]

FlatTexturesFixer removes faces with flat textures. It's a feature that has then been included into OPTech.

Code: Select all

        static bool HasFaceFlatTexture(Face face)
        {
            Indices tex = face.TextureCoordinatesIndex;

            if (tex.A == tex.B || tex.B == tex.C || tex.A == tex.C)
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (tex.D >= 0)
            {
                if (tex.A == tex.D || tex.B == tex.D || tex.C == tex.D)
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }

            return false;
        }

TrianglesFixer fixes triangles with 4 vertices.

Code: Select all

        static bool IsFaceTri(OpzFace face)
        {
            if (OpzVector3.Equals(face.VertexCoord0, face.VertexCoord3))
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (OpzVector3.Equals(face.VertexCoord1, face.VertexCoord3))
            {
                return true;
            }

            if (OpzVector3.Equals(face.VertexCoord2, face.VertexCoord3))
            {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

[Vince T]

Hey @JeremyaFr small request:
In Vertice Mode under the Textures tab you can sort the vertex lists by either index or U and V coordinate.
Could you add a similar feature to the Geometry tab so I can sort the vertex lists via the X, Y or Z coordinate?

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Now you can sort the vertices by X, Y, Z, I, J, K coordinates.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

On exporting you can now choose to export the whole craft or only selected meshes.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Now the texture names are preserved.

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- Add a Cut hardpoint button
- Add a Cut engine glow button
- Update the meshes count error

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- Add a mesh merge button
- Add a face split button

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- disable error check for power of 2 textures
- update error check for texture count from 200 to 1024

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- Set default texture scale value from 2.0 to 0.5
- Preserve the position on mesh duplicate
- Add Copy to the name of duplicated mesh

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- merge the Face Count and Model Dimensions menu items into a OPT Info menu item

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- fix a bug where the dimensions are wrong in OPT Info menu item

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- new keyboard shortcuts

OPTech commands:
EDIT: remove commands list

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- update mouse and keyboard commands

OPTech commands:

Mesh/face/vertice selection:
- Left-click on mesh/face/vertice: Select
- Left-click on background: Deselect
- SHIFT + Left-click on mesh/face/vertice: Add to selection
- SHIFT + Left-click on background: Do nothing
- CTRL + Left-click on mesh/face/vertice: Remove from selection
- CTRL + Left-click on background: Do nothing

Camera Control (Hold Mouse Button)
Mouse 2: Rotate Camera up/down/left/right
SHIFT+Mouse 2: Roll Camera left/right
CTRL+Mouse 2: Pan Camera up/down/left/right
CTRL+SHIFT+Mouse 2: Zoom in/out
Mouse 3: Pan camera up/down/left/right
Mouse wheel: zoom

Camera Control (Keyboard)
Arrow keys: Rotate Camera
SHIFT + Arrow keys: Roll Camera
ALT + Arrow keys: Pan camera
Num +/-: Zoom in/out
What do you mean with page rate?

text boxes:
PageUp: increase value by interval
PageDn: decrease value by interval
Up arrow: increase Interval
Down arrow: reset Interval to 0
Return: Confirm

Keyboard shorcuts:
Ctrl+S: quick save
Ctrl+N: new project
Ctrl+O: open project
Ctrl+I: import OPT
Ctrl+D: import DXF
Ctrl+P: create OPT
Ctrl+H: compute hitzones
Ctrl+Q: Tri to Quad
Ctrl+T: Quad to Tri
Ctrl+PgUp: select hight version
Ctrl+PgDow: select low version
Ctrl+Home: mesh zoom off
Ctrl+End: mesh zoom on
Alt+W: wireframe
Alt+T: textures
Alt+N: normals
Alt+M: mesh view
Alt+F: face view
Alt+V: vertex view
Alt+Arrows: move camera
Plus: zoom in
Minus: zoom out
Ctrl+NumPad1: perspective view
Ctrl+NumPad2: bottom view
Ctrl+NumPad3: back view
Ctrl+NumPad4: left view
Ctrl+NumPad5: front view
Ctrl+NumPad6: right view
Ctrl+NumPad8: top view
Alt+Num: change view
F1: Geometry Editor > Geonetry Tab
F2: Geometry Editor > Textures Tab (Only in Face/Vertex mode)
F3: Texture Editor
F4: Hitzone Editor
F5: Transformation Editor
F6: Hardpoints Editor
F7: Engine Glow Editor

[Vince T]

Great work! Really happy with the new Mouse controls. Much more natural and intuitive now!

[JeremyaFr]

UPDATE

Hello,
I've updated OPTech.

Changes are:
- add support for importing opt with 32 bpp textures