Hi all !
I am seeking a map editor which has (more or less) following features:
- Load a picture file in a standard format (BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG ...)
- Extraction of used patterns.
- Count and statistic of used patterns and build up of pattern map.
- Calculate transitions between patterns, depending on the scroll direction
- Definition of pixel x step.
- Simulation of scroll movement and statistic of transitions and physical patterns used in every step.
- "Macropatterns" / objects editor that make groups of patterns.
- Map edit an ability to put single patterns or objects.
- Definition of "minimal unit" in pixels (4x4, 8x8, 16x16, 24x24, 8x16, etc).
- Option to save tokens from the "minimal unit".
- Ability to save map in several formats: Assembler data, BASIC, RAW, etc.
- Export patterns to several formats (MSX BASIC VRAM block, BASIC DATA, DB ASM, RAW, etc).
I guess there is no single application with all these features. Maybe I should use several applications instead.
I read about several applications, but none of them is doing the work. Not even a bounch of them.
The point is I am doing a quite complex scroll routine for MSX1 and I need to know the status of the scroll all the time and how it will behave to not do any job in vain.