D-VXLMapPreview

Snappy name, I know.

Generates isometric preview images of VXL and Icemap maps for Ace of Spades and Iceball.

Warning: This is my first D project, used as an excuse to try out the language. The code is possibly broken and/or includes a lot of bad practices.

Usage

d-vxlmappreview --input=mesa.vxl --output=mesa.png
d-vxlmappreview --input=mesa.vxl --output=mesa.png --background=0x333333
d-vxlmappreview --input=mesa.vxl --output=mesa.png --background=0x000000FF
d-vxlmappreview --input=mesa.vxl --output=mesa.png --transparent
d-vxlmappreview -i mesa.vxl -o mesa.png

Building

dub build

TODO

• The TODO comments in the source.
• Allow use from Python somehow (build as C shared lib? pyd?)
• Lighting?

Credits

Based on (a fork of a fork of) this script by iamgreaser.

Makes use of dlib.