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Editing Tools

2012-04-11T11:14:31Z

Tadimo:

The following are tools commonly used in editing levels in Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus.

''Tutorials for using the tools will be released at a later point, or feel free to write your own.''

<big>Abes Oddysee and Exoddus PC level editor</big>

Tool released by Paul used for editing levels of the aforementioned games.

See his home page http://www.paulsapps.com/Downloads.aspx.

<big>Pauls_LVL_Tools_ALL_EDITION</big>

A set of tools including an old version of the level editor, use the latest editor on his site for actually editing the levels.
Included are:
Paul's Level Editor 0.5 (old version, do not use)
CamTool (not needed at the moment)

LVL Extractor (extracts the files packed in a level file, commonly used for extracting images/animations and rebuilding levels to include game resources for slogs/paramites/scrabs)
LVL Builder (used to combine lots of files into a single level file)
readme files!

Download his tool set here http://filesmelt.com/dl/Pauls_LVL_Tools_ALL_EDITION.zip

<big>Gimp (image editing)</big>

A free tool used for editing images, use it to help create rough designs of your level as well as create bmp files to import into a level as a background image known as a cam.

Check out their home page http://www.gimp.org/

<big>Adobe Photoshop (image editing)</big>

An expensive but fancy graphics tool which can be used to create images to be used as cams/backgrounds in your levels.

Images

2012-04-11T11:11:52Z

Tadimo:

The following are images used to help edit Abe's Oddysee levels (and Abe's Exodus in the future).

<big>'''Main Images'''</big>

<big>Abe's Oddysey Grid</big>

The following grid was used on an original Abe's Oddysee screen, use it to help position objects and collision lines. Note that horizontal collision lines need to be a few pixels above a grid line in order for the character to actually fall there.
[[File:Grid.png|200px|thumb|left|alt Abe's Oddysee Grid]]

Images

2012-04-11T11:11:39Z

Tadimo:

The following are images used to help edit Abe's Oddysee levels (and Abe's Exodus in the future).

<big>'''Main Images'''</big>

<big>Abe's Oddysey Grid</big>
The following grid was used on an original Abe's Oddysee screen, use it to help position objects and collision lines. Note that horizontal collision lines need to be a few pixels above a grid line in order for the character to actually fall there.
[[File:Grid.png|200px|thumb|left|alt Abe's Oddysee Grid]]

Editing Tools

2012-04-11T11:10:10Z

Tadimo:

The following are tools commonly used in editing levels in Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus

<big>Abes Oddysee and Exoddus PC level editor</big>

Tool released by Paul used for editing levels of the aforementioned games.

See his home page http://www.paulsapps.com/Downloads.aspx.

<big>Pauls_LVL_Tools_ALL_EDITION</big>

A set of tools including an old version of the level editor, use the latest editor on his site for actually editing the levels.
Included are:
Paul's Level Editor 0.5 (old version, do not use)
CamTool (not needed at the moment)

LVL Extractor (extracts the files packed in a level file, commonly used for extracting images/animations and rebuilding levels to include game resources for slogs/paramites/scrabs)
LVL Builder (used to combine lots of files into a single level file)
readme files!

Download his tool set here http://filesmelt.com/dl/Pauls_LVL_Tools_ALL_EDITION.zip

<big>Gimp (image editing)</big>

A free tool used for editing images, use it to help create rough designs of your level as well as create bmp files to import into a level as a background image known as a cam.

''Tutorials for using this tool will be released at a later point.''

Check out their home page http://www.gimp.org/

Editing Tools

2012-04-11T11:09:32Z

Tadimo: Created page with "The following are tools commonly used in editing levels in Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus <big>Abes Oddysee and Exoddus PC level editor</big> Tool released by Paul used for ed..."

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2012-04-11T10:59:18Z

Tadimo:

<big>Editing Tools</big>

[[Editing Tools]] used for both Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus

<big>File Resources For Editing</big>

[[Images]]

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2012-04-11T10:59:06Z

Tadimo:

<big>Editing Tools</big>
[[Editing Tools]] used for both Abe's Oddysey and Abe's Exodus

<big>File Resources For Editing</big>

[[Images]]

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2012-04-11T10:57:11Z

Tadimo:

<big>File Resources For Editing</big>

[[Images]]

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2012-04-11T10:56:57Z

Tadimo:

<big>'File Resources For Editing'</big>

[[Images]]

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2012-04-11T10:47:44Z

Tadimo:

Images

2012-04-11T10:46:09Z

Tadimo:

The following are images used to help edit Abe's Oddysee levels (and Abe's Exodus in the future).

The following grid was used on an original Abe's Oddysee screen, use it to help position objects and collision lines. Note that horizontal collision lines need to be a few pixels above a grid line in order for the character to actually fall there.
[[File:Grid.png|200px|thumb|left|alt Abe's Oddysee Grid]]

Images

2012-04-11T10:44:51Z

Tadimo: Created page with "The following are images used to help edit Abe's Oddysee levels (and Abe's Exodus in the future). The following grid was used on an original Abe's Oddysee screen, use it to help..."

File:Grid.png

2012-04-11T10:40:28Z

Tadimo: Grid screen used in Abe's Oddeysey, not perfect but it gives an idea of where stuff should go.

Grid screen used in Abe's Oddeysey, not perfect but it gives an idea of where stuff should go.

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2012-04-11T10:38:56Z

Tadimo:

<big>File Resources</big>

[[Images]]

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2012-04-11T10:38:39Z

Tadimo:

<big>File Resources</big>
[[Images]]

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Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

==Getting started==

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
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