Improvements Over The Aurora Toolset
The Electron toolset provides several improvements over its predecessor the Aurora toolset, which included:
- Toolset Interface
- Ability to switch between multiple windows (MDI) instead of only working on a single modal window (SDI)
- Improved use of tabs
- Improved visualisation of information by using grids
- Ability to theme the toolset windows
- Ability to dock windows
- Reduction in memory leaks due to advanced garbage collection provided by C#
- Visual Terrain Editor
- Exterior areas now use height maps instead of being tile-based
- Placeables can now be grouped
- Conversation Editor
- Improved how functions are handled for nodes of conversations to accept parameters
- Use of grid to display conversations to greatly improve visualisation of information
- Limited ability to import conversations from the Aurora toolset (Confirmation still required on how this will work)
- Script Editor
- Included all scripting functions which were released with patches for the original game even after development had commensed on the new one
- Visual feedback provided to give you the signature of functions during scripting
- Limited Ability to import scripts from the Aurora toolset (Confirmation still required on how obsolete functions will be handled)
- Inclusion of Intellisense 2 for intuitive scripting
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