ArmA II Editing Tools Manager (WIP)

[-martin- 10]

Hey Everyone,

I don't know where to post this because but anyway, I'm working on this short, quick project, it's called the ArmA II Editing Tools Manager, which is basically like a launcher for ArmA II editing unities allowing you to run a program with just 2 clicks.

The Benefits

• Every utility is in one place so you don't have to search for it in the start menu
  
• Each program is in its own category, e.g. BINPBO, unRap are in the "scripting" category, so everything is well organised
  
• You can have the program open when Windows starts, which is handy, or pin it to your task bar (for windows 7 users) and have quick access to every program you need
  

Features

• Very low resource consumption
  
• You can change the path to each program
  

Screen shot

Please note that this is not finished yet.

What I need from you guys!

I need you guys to come up with all the community made programs that you use the most for ArmA 2 editing and post their names and download links here so I can add them to the ArmA II Editing Tools Manager. Also please leave your comments and any questions that you have!

[kyfohatl 10]

Sounds good. I'm not much of an editor, but here's a tool I think is good:

Squint: https://sites.google.com/site/macsarmatools/squint

its really a scripting manager. It helps you find syntax errors and stuff like that.

Anyway, so what youre trying to make is some sort of a tool, that manages youre editing tools and allows you to combine them (i.e. use multiple editing tools at once all in one program)? Sorry if it's a noobish question, I just wanted to get a better picture of what this tool does :).

Cheers

EDIT:

I don't know where to post this

You should probably put this thread in the Mission Editing & Scripting section.

Edited October 3, 2010 by kyfohatl

[-martin- 10]

Anyway, so what youre trying to make is some sort of a tool, that manages youre editing tools and allows you to combine them (i.e. use multiple editing tools at once all in one program)? Sorry if it's a noobish question, I just wanted to get a better picture of what this tool does :).

Cheers

EDIT:

You should probably put this thread in the Mission Editing & Scripting section.

Thanks for the reply, what I'm making is basically a program which will contain buttons to start BIS Editing Tools and tools made by the community. You can imagine this like a big start menu full of only tools for ArmA II.

So now imagine that your making some kind of addon and now you need to start a program which you don't use very often, normally you would have to dig trough your start menu full of stuff to find it, but if you got this manger that I'm making you just click on the appropriate category and click its icon.

It's quick and the best thing is, you don't need to clutter your start menu or desktop with program because they are all in this manager.

[sbsmac 0]

Martin -looks like a very nice idea and I'm a bit jealous of your graphic-design skills ! Here's a couple of suggestions - don't know how much work you want to put into these...

1) Allow users to 'drag and drop' or otherwise configure the tools that appear in the tool.

2) Allow users to open a file with a particular tool by dragging and dropping the file into the tools manager.

BTW, you can find a list of my tools here on my homepage.

(Thanks for the squint recommendation kyfohatl)

I don't know where to post this

The problem is that there really is no 'tools' section in these forums but as kyfohatl said, "mission editing and scripting" would probably give you a bigger audience. Also worth submitting to armaholic.com when you are ready - they have a good audience.

Edited October 8, 2010 by sbsmac