Extending the editor

Anonymous · ‎02-04-2016

Hi. At the moment, the only way to extend the editor is by changing the source code. I can't find any documentation on how to go about doing that and, having noodled about in the source code, it's somewhat opaque in its operation. Are there any resources on how to go about doing this?

dan.matlack · ‎02-04-2016

Hello,

Do you have access to the source code or are you just looking at the editor lua core scripts? What type of extending to the editor are you looking to do?

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Dan Matlack
Senior Content Manager || Games Solutions
Autodesk, Inc.

Anonymous · ‎02-08-2016

Hi there,

We have access to the source code (for evaluation, at the moment). We'd be looking to add items to the main menu, add buttons and tweak values to the existing panels, add new panels of our own, and probably add new editing functionality to the scene view. So, fairly extensive modifications.

Thanks.

Kev

dan.matlack · ‎02-08-2016

Hey Kev,

I will reach out to the tools team and see if I can get you some assistance here. Usually, modifying the editor would be something we would not publish public help info about. 🙂 however, you are more than welcome to do so as a source customer. Hang tight and I'll get someone to respond here. Thanks!

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Dan Matlack
Senior Content Manager || Games Solutions
Autodesk, Inc.

dan.matlack · ‎02-08-2016

An initial response I have for you is that we currently do not have any support in place for changing or extending editor code in source. So, while you are of course able to modify, the tools team feels it may lead to issues when merging back into updates or future editor versions. If you go ahead and decide to extend, please feel free to post specific questions with any issues you may have here and we will do our best to get you the help you need on those specific issues.

Info on extending from source:

https://git.autodesk.com/gameware/stingray-engine/blob/develop/docs/source/developer/editor/editor_a...

https://git.autodesk.com/gameware/stingray-engine/blob/develop/docs/source/developer/editor/Tools-Fo...

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Dan Matlack
Senior Content Manager || Games Solutions
Autodesk, Inc.