This is a list of various new features introduced in the Mapster32 map editor. It is by no means complete, I just add things as I notice them. I have particularly excluded many of the new keypresses from this list, since they are already documented in their own section. The superannuation of Build has clouded my recollections of what exactly are 'new' features, which explains why so many are probably missing. There are many features that I realize are new, yet I can't imagine having ever mapped without them.
- Many annoying or even destructive bugs have been fixed.
- Z co-ordinate 'float mode' is enabled by default.
- The 10 special sprites appear as white, and enemies/babes appear as orange, making them easily distinguishable.
- Walls with one-sided blocking enabled appear as green, as do most sprites.
- Various map corruption prevention features are present. Completely collapsing red-lined sectors is no longer possible, and attempting to join non-adjacent sectors displays a warning prompt.
- 2D texture display modes can be cycled through with
Backspace
(very cool). - The option of 'first wall' highlighting with
F4
(in 2D mode). The first wall of a highlighted sector will appear as yellow. - The player start position arrow has changed to green.
- There are various other colour scheme changes, such as vertices being white.
- There are half-point markers on walls, as well as real-time wall measurement displays while moving vertices.
- Wall-aligned sprites display as a line, and floor-aligned sprites display as a box. Both represent their actual dimensions.
- Walls which exceed their length limits are displayed as blue as a visual warning.
- The ability to directly edit object attributes in 2D mode with
F7
(for sectors) andF8
(for walls/sprites). - An improved search feature with
Alt + F7
(for sectors) andAlt + F8
(for walls/sprites). - Textures are organized into 'tilesets'; Press
T
while browsing the standard texture selection menu (V
) to access the pre-defined tilesets. These are even configurable withintiles.cfg
. - MusicAndSFX sprites display a circular perimeter indicative of their
AudibleRadius
(Hi-Tag) value. - Ambient sounds can be heard in 3D mode. This can be toggled with
F4
(in 3D mode). - Definition names are displayed as you enter tag values (i.e. SectorEffector function names and sound effect names).
- The 2D mode display has been minimized, allowing for a larger field of vision.
- A fancier font style has been implemented.