Electron Toolset - Improvements Over The Aurora Toolset

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