Anvil design document
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Anvil is a one view object placement editor.

The commands.
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Open:
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 This will load the "world" file.

load:
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  This will load objects(meshfacts), and will popup a window
  with the materials used in that object, where you can assign 
  textures and shaders to it. 
  Materials should be named: Object_Material_01, etc.

save: 
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  This will save the world.

Undo/redo:
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  This will un/redo the last action.

Multiple selections:
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  *Hold ctrl and click left to add to selection and right click
    to substract from selection.
  *ctrl+a to select all
  *inverse selection

rotate:
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  This will rotate the selected object.
  2, 4, 6, 8  numpad keys could be used for this.
 
move: 
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  This will move the selected object.
  2, 4, 6, 8  numpad keys could be used for this.

scale:
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  This will scale the selected object.
  +, - numpad keys could be used for this.

mirror:
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  This will mirror the selected object vertically or horizontally or on X/Y/Z.
 
restrictions on x/y/z:
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   This will restrict movement to one or more axis.

drop to ground:
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   This will "drop" the object to the ground.

Objectlist:
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   This will open a window with a list of the objects used in the world.
   Selecting a object in this list will put the editor in "plant" mode:
     Duplicates with the same settings(scale/textures/rotation) are placed
     in the map with a mouseclick(cursor like thingy, like in housebuilder)
     the objects "drop" to the ground, but with the same y offset as the
     original object.
     (eg. If the original object was put into the ground with 0.5units,
       the duplicate will have coordinates (newX, newY-0.5, newZ)
     The offset should be optional (checkbox).


spawns:
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   This will create a begin_location for monsters and players.


The world file.
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  This will include:
   -the renderloop.
   -the shaders.
   -the textures.
   -the materials.
   -the "links" (libary?) to the objects used in this world.
   -the objects transformation-data.

The objects.
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   This will include:
     -the vertex-data.
     -the material(s).


Movtivation for having the objects in diffrent files:
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   This will allow the artist to change or add objects
   while the game is already "released", without having
   the users make a big update...(world files can be big (PS))
   You could make small modifactions to objects, this will
   only be a several kb update.(less server/client load)
   
   
Future?
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Trigger placement.
Portal placement.
Sector placement.
light placement.
The possiblity to have lights in the objects(handy for lanterns and torches).
particle placement.