Thumbnails - what does it take to do this?

[Karsten75]

If I look at pictures on my computer, one of the options in viewing a folder is to see a thumbnail image. This is ttremendously helpful in identifying a picture.

With over 800 custom maps in my custom maps folder, it is very hard and approaching  impossible to find a specific map if I cannot remember the name of the map.

So what would it take (development-wise) to make it so there is a renderer (or whatever it is called) to show the thumbnail images in a folder view of Windows?

[UpperKEES]

When something like this would be implemented (like for CW2), it would also be nice if the file extension (i.e. '.cwm') was associated with the application, so you can just double-click any thumbnail to play that custom map.

[Echo51]

A gallery like view would be nice, so would doubleclick to play maps.


The gallery view could be implentet as rendered on the run and as generated thumbnails that are saves(.jpg's)

but thats up to virgil to decide on ;)

[thepenguin]

When something like this would be implemented (like for CW2), it would also be nice if the file extension (i.e. '.cwm') was associated with the application, so you can just double-click any thumbnail to play that custom map.

I wrote a little script to do this for me

[Karsten75]

Why don't you post that script here? It may be useful to others.

[thepenguin]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

[Kamron3]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

*notices that it has been over 2 hours...*

[Overbyte]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

a cmd in windows would consist of :
in say creeper.cmd

@ echo off
copy %1 "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\CreeperWorld\workingmap.cwm"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\KnuckleCracker\Creeper World\Creeper World.exe"
exit


this needs to be placed in the path and associated with cwm files.
then, you can play the double clicked map through the "launch your custom game" button..

enjoy..
Overbyte

[ontheworld]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

*notices that it has been over 2 hours...*

*nearing 7 hours...*

[Kamron3]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

*notices that it has been over 2 hours...*

*nearing 7 hours...*

*is now 11 hours*

[Kamron3]

ok, just hit a minor bug (I hard-coded the directory) (5 minute fix)

a cmd in windows would consist of :
in say creeper.cmd

@ echo off
copy %1 "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\CreeperWorld\workingmap.cwm"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\KnuckleCracker\Creeper World\Creeper World.exe"
exit


this needs to be placed in the path and associated with cwm files.
then, you can play the double clicked map through the "launch your custom game" button..

enjoy..
Overbyte

Thanks for that. I'll be sure to add a download to my list.

[thepenguin]

@ echo off
copy %1 "%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\CreeperWorld\workingmap.cwm"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\KnuckleCracker\Creeper World\Creeper World.exe"
exit

that's about what my code was, but I couldn't get it to work right on my computer (5 minutes estimated time) = 5 days realtime

I also tried to add 10K more features

(use as working map)
(copy to disk)