Technical issues and workarounds

[theFlayer]

So I've been having some issues doing what I want with DPS and I figured I'd throw them up here in case they are relevant for development.

1. I sometimes use DPS to put grids over my templates. However for some reason when I try to convert to PNG or JPG only a third of the image shows up for conversion. I believe this is because DPS tracks based on what objects/floors are in place and constructs a square around that, but the Template option it does not pick up the corners of the image and just reverts to the default. To put it another way, If I copied a photo of myself, made it a template, put it in DPS in order to overlay a grid, only a third of the overall image would actually get converted to PNG or JPG. I've found the solution is to put a tiny object at each corner, but it would be much easier if it just recognised the whole image to start with.

2. Grouped objects rotate independently, and some don't even rotate. FA Castle in particular has a number of icons that refuse to actually rotate, flip, or otherwise adjust but there are quite a few scattered throughout the downloadable options. The real issue however is if build myself a tower or a house out of component parts, use the group tool to make them a single object and try to rotate that ONE object, every component part rotates on its own axis instead of rotating together, creating a jumbled mess. My solution thus far has been to make the image I want, then convert that object to PNG with a transparent background, then put the completed object back into DPS as a single image. This is long and time consuming and would work a lot better if grouped objects would just rotate together instead of separately.

3. I've had this weird issue where some downloaded folders simply will not show up and neither will the images in the folder. If I'm correct, it's because DPS can only recognise a few folders down. Name, Floors/objects/etc, Subsection title, image. If you attempt a further subsection no image will appear. However I've noticed a LOT of what is available on the workshop DOES use multiple subsection titles within subsection titles. This makes me think that maybe it's an issue with my download in particular? My workaround at the moment is sheer frustration. Unless I go through and manually rearrange every single workshop download to remove the extra subfolders I simply don't get to access any images, and that is time consuming as hell.

Regardless, if these matters are able to be addressed/improved upon in future that would be amazing as I quite love Dungeon Studio otherwise.

[= WEMO =]

Hi,

Lets see your questions.....

(1) Not sure if you are aware, but DPS will not always export the entire map as some objects may not be picked up on the export window.

The way I resolve this is to draw "brackets" to create a window to show where you want to export. I use lines to create 90 degree bracket - place these on a single layer as a frame.

I then go into the export window and drag the two green squares (NW & SE) to fit in the brackets (you may have missed these as it would be easy to miss) to fit into the brackets.

Next I cancel the export - continue drawing. When ready to export I hide the frame layer and then do the export. You will now have just the area in the frame exported.

This gives you the advantage of drawing outside of the export window to ensure the image fills the area you want.

(2) Yup - I have witnessed this weird effect and agree with you. Only way is to export a smaller image and use that (painful/time consuming to do) or to manipulate each object in turn (just as bad).

(3) Not experienced this issue my self - though I tend to run with only a few mods and others I create myself for personal use. It would be great to have an independent tool to manage mods, this would allow others with less technical experience to create their own mods.


On a side note - I do have a Discord channel for general use. https://discord.gg/nVtPk3f
There is an example on there that show map layers, especially the framing in (1) above.

[DungeonDemon]

Just an updated very easy solution I think I've just worked out. Ignore the DPS Templates function and create a custom Floors folder with your templates in. Drag out a template as a floor and the full image should be exported.

This is just for folks looking for an easy solution. I just tested it with an image and it works.