PROFILES.md

Note: the profile creation interface is still very rough and unfinished.

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To create a profile and add metadata to different tiles, the project currently uses a simple command-line style interface.

• Use WASD to select a tile in the VRAM inspector
• Press Space to open the command bar
• Type a command and press Enter to execute it
• Supported commands:
  • set_meta bg_color [r] [g] [b]
  • set_meta win_color [r] [g] [b]
  • set_meta obj_color [r] [g] [b]
  • set_meta all_z [z_layer]
  • set_meta bg_for_z [z_layer]
  • set_meta bg_back_z [z_layer]
  • set_meta win_z [z_layer]
  • set_meta obj_z [z_layer]
  • set_meta obj_behind_z [z_layer]
  • save_meta [meta_filename.meta]
  • load_meta [meta_filename.meta]

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Once a profile is created, the convert_meta.py script can be used to serialize it and edit it as JSON:

• python convert_meta.py bin2json < meta/[metafile] > meta/[output].json
• python convert_meta.py json2bin < meta/[json_file] > meta/[output].meta