Anachronox Editing Documentation

NOXDROP: The in game entity placer

Excerpt:
Among the things we really truley wanted to fix, but were not able to is a bug in NoxDrop, our in-engine entity placer. This bug will occasionally corrupt .map files when you save them. You can read the introduction in the NoxDrop section for more information on how to work your way around this bug. (NoxDrop documentation was not included in this release of the build due to lack of time. Look for it in the next release.)

NOTE: In order to use Noxdrop you must download the downloads/patches/noxdrop.dll and install it into the anoxdata/plugins/ drirectory. This a hexedited noxdrop.dll, the original noxdrop.dll tried to load *.map files from anoxdata/anoxfiles/maps/final/. It now correctly loads a *.map files from anoxdata/maps/, or subdirectories thereof.

Noxdrop prerequisites:

You must install the new noxdrop.dll.
You must have a .map file created with AnachroRadiant.
You must have a binary spaced partition .bsp file also created by AnachroRadiant.
Your .map file and .bsp file, must be located in anoxdata/maps, or a subdirectory thereof.
Load Anachronox.
Take control of the command console with ALT+SHIFT+F10, then press the '~' key.
Load your .bsp file with the console command 'map <mapname>'.
Start Noxdrop with the console command 'ndstart'.

NOTE: With the new model display support being built for AnachroRadiant, learning how to use Noxdrop is not necessary. Noxdrop does have bugs and is cumbersome to use, and does not have all of the supported tools that AnachroRadiant has. You cannot even use Noxdrop unless you have a .map file and a binary spaced partition .bsp file, so you must learn AnachroRadiant to even do anything with Noxdrop.
The documents for Noxdrop will not grow any further than these command descriptions unless the community can somehow obtain the source code to fix the problems with it.

NoxDrop Commands

Noxdrop Console Commands
nddstart	Starts the entity placement editor.
ndstop	Stops the entity placement editor.
ndrefresh	If your HUD disappears use this to bring it back.
ndloadmap OR: ndloadmap [<mapname>[.map]]	Used by itself it will refresh the current map back to it's saved copy. WARNING: if you specify a mapname different than the .bsp currently loaded using the console command "map <mapfilename>, the .map is loaded into memory, but the .bsp is not refreshed. This could possibly currupt your .map if you save it. To avoid this problem, always load the map you wish to edit using the console command "map <mapname>, then start noxdrop.
ndsave [<mapname>[.map]]
ndsavebsp [<mapname>[.bsp]]
ndpurge
ndreloadents
ndclass <classname>
ndangle <change in angle>
ndmove <1/-1>
ndselectentity
ndadd [<classname>]	adds the specified entity. if an entity is currently selected, it changes the entity into the one specified
ndclone	clones the currently selected entity at the same postion
nddelete	deletes the currently selected entity
ndrotate <degrees>
ndyaw
ndpitch <degrees>
ndroll <degrees>
ndscale <uniform scalar> OR: ndscale <sx> <sy> <sz>
ndmovex <x-axis units>
ndmovey <y-axis units>
ndmovez <z-axis units>
ndmoveaway <units>
ndmoveright <units>
ndmousemove
dsetkey <keyname> <keyvalue>
ndkillkey <keyname>
ndtarget <target>
ndtargetname <targetname>
nds
ndtoggletrail
ndtogglevis
ndtogglespawn
ndhud
ndbright
ndmovement
ndnextframe
ndpreviousframe
ndsetframe
ndplayanimation
ndplam
ndsnap
ndexpandbox <axis> <edge> <direction> axis = 'x' or 'y' edge = '0' (min) or '1' (max) direction = '+' or '-' OR: ndexpandbox z <direction>
ndincofs <entnum> <xofs> <yofs> <zofs> <setflag>
ndfixscale
ndmergeoffset
ndd <sequence>
noxdiff <outputfile> <inputmap1> <inputmap2>

Mouse and Keyboard Controls (noxdrop.cfg)
numpad UPARROW	ndmovey 5 moves the entity in the positive world y axis
numpad DOWNARROW	ndmovey -5 moves the entity in the negative world y axis
numpad LEFTARROW	ndmovex -5 moves the entity in the negative world x axis
numpad RIGHTARROW	ndmovex 5 moves the entity in the positive world x axis
numpad PGUP	ndmovez 5 moves the entity in the positive world z axis
numpad PGDN	ndmovez -5 moves the entity in the negative world z axis
numpad HOME	ndmove *2 doubles current movement unit size
numpad END	ndmove /2 halves the current movement unit size
numpad /	ndrotate 5 rotate the entity on it's local positive x axis
numpad -	ndrotate -5 rotate the entity on it's local negative x axis
numpad INS	ndadd adds the currently selected entity selected in the class selection box. If a previously added entity is currently selected, it changes the entity into the new one selected from the class selection box.
numpad DEL	nddelete
i	ndmoveaway 5 moves entity away from current camera view
k	ndmoveaway -5 moves entity toward current camera view
j	ndmoveright -5 moves entity left of current camera view
L	ndmoveright 5 moves entity right of current camera view
T	ndscale -.05 decrease the size of the currently selected entity
Y	ndscale +.05 increase the size of the currently selected entity
X	ndroll -1 rotate the entity on it's local negative y axis
C	ndroll +1 rotate the entity on it's local postive y axis
V	ndpitch -1 rotate the entity on it's local negative z axis
B	ndpitch +1 rotate the entity on it's local positive z axis
INS	ndtoggletrail draws a line from the placement character(boots) to the current position of the current selected entity
DEL	ndtogglevis not sure. makes spawn range information appear on the hud
HOME	ndselectentity ++ changes to the next entity
END	ndselectentity -- changes to the previous entity
ctrl	ndselectentity * deselects all entities
tab	ndmovement switches between model only, origin and together movement options
space	ndmousemove
uparrow	ndmoveaway 5 moves entity away from current camera view
downarrow	ndmoveaway -5 moves entity toward current camera view
leftarrow	ndmoveright -5 moves entity left of current camera view
rightarrow	ndmoveright 5 moves entity right of current camera view
pgdn	ndselectentity ++ changes to the next entity
pgup	ndselectentity -- changes to the previous entity
enter	ndclone
mouse1	+lmb
// bind f9	nd_drawai 1
// bind f10	nd_drawai 0
//bind r	"filedialog default f:/Anachronox/anoxdata/sound/maps ; filedialogfilter f:/Anachronox/anoxdata/sound ; filedialog ndsetkey noise"

Mouse and Keyboard Controls (noxdrop_ai.cfg)
Y	ndexpandbox x 0 + expand x edge closest to origin (min edge)
U	ndexpandbox x 0 - shrink x min edge
I	ndexpandbox x 1 + expand x edge farthest from origin (max edge)
O	ndexpandbox x 1 - shrink x max edge
H	ndexpandbox y 0 + expand y min edge
J	ndexpandbox y 0 - shrink y min edge
K	ndexpandbox y 1 + expand y max edge
L	ndexpandbox y 1 - shrink y max edge
N	ndexpandbox x * + uniformly expand width (x)
M	ndexpandbox x * - uniformly shrink width
,(comma)	ndexpandbox y * + uniformly expand length (y)
.(period)	ndexpandbox y * + uniformly expand length (y)
-	ndexpandbox z + move bottom up
=	ndexpandbox z - move bottom down

Alias's
CUR2D_TOGGLE	CUR2D_ON
CUR2D_ON	"alias CUR2D_TOGGLE CUR2D_OFF; forcecursormode 2"
CUR2D_OFF	"alias CUR2D_TOGGLE CUR2D_ON; forcecursormode 0"
mouse3	CUR2D_TOGGLE

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