STRETCH TOOL

OK.

Game based on vertexes. Has scale tool which works fine, but not stretching along one plane/axis. something is wrong here

Like a resize tool along only one plane?

Yeah. I would code it if I A. knew how B. could compile

Plug-in?

No such plugin has been found by me :Z
I really want to try making one because this is such a simple thing to be missing, I think even I can do it. Most plugins look pretty simple it just takes understanding the functions and variables.

Go ahead

[watusimoto]

A plugin would be pretty easy...

1. Pop up a dialog asking for an x and y scaling factor
2. Cycle through all items.
3. If item is selected, apply scaling factor to object's geometry (there may be a function to do this in the geom.lua lib that came with Bitfighter)

There should be examples of how to do all of these things in other plugins.

I'd recommend taking an existing plugin, renaming it, deleting the parts you don't need, and using that as a skeleton for yours.

STEP 1: POW! TABLE
Step 2: Selecting is a go
Step 3: geometry.. working on it. I don't understand how to do things with geometry. This is the hard part

  Code:

-- Scale Tool for X plane
-- Authored by Thomas of Hilo
-- Based on works by Kaen, raptor, Watusimoto

function getArgsMenu()

menu =  {
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale X: ", "1", "10.0", "I don't know what's going on here"),
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale Y: ", "1", "10.0", "Woo hoo"),
    }
    return "XYScaler", "Scale selection on the X or Y axis", "Ctrl+=", menu
end

function main()
    local objects = plugin:getSelectedObjects()
   
   
    if #objects == 0 then
        plugin:showMessage("Operation failed.  No objects are selected", false)
        return
    end
end

 

making it a bit better, fured out how to use args 1 and 2 from the table

  Code:

-- Scale Tool for X plane
-- Authored by Thomas of Hilo
-- Based on works by Kaen, raptor, Watusimoto

function getArgsMenu()

menu =  {
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale X: ", "1", "10.0", "I don't know what's going on here"),
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale Y: ", "1", "10.0", "Woo hoo"),
    }
    return "XYScaler", "Scale selection on the X Y axis", "Ctrl+=", menu
end

function main()
    local sx = table.remove(arg, 1)
    local sy  = table.remove(arg, 2)

    local objects = plugin:getSelectedObjects()
   
   
    if #objects == 0 then
        plugin:showMessage("Operation failed.  No objects are selected", false)
        return
    else
    end
end

Almost finished.. see my comment at the bottom of the plugin

  Code:

-- Scale Tool for X plane
-- Authored by Thomas of Hilo
-- Based on works by Kaen, raptor, Watusimoto

function getArgsMenu()

menu =  {
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale X: ", "1", "10.0", "I don't know what's going on here"),
    TextEntryMenuItem.new("Scale Y: ", "1", "10.0", "Woo hoo")
    }
    return "XYScaler", "Scale selection on the X Y axis", "Ctrl+=", menu
end

function main()
    local sx = table.remove(arg, 1)
    local sy = table.remove(arg, 1)

    local objects = plugin:getSelectedObjects()
   
   
    if #objects == 0 then
        plugin:showMessage("Operation failed.  No objects are selected", false)
        return
    else
        for _, obj in pairs(objects) do
            local typeId = obj:getObjType()
            local geom = obj:getGeom()
            local team = obj:getTeamIndex()
            local result = Geom.scale(geom, sx, sy)

--[[ the following two lines outside brackets do not work.
I need to table.insert?
And object is global, i need a local object
]]--       
   object:setGeom(geom)
   bf:addItem(object)

        end
    end

end

I think

  Code:

sx = arg[1]
sy = arg[2]

would be a bit better than using table.remove But I might be wrong

Yours actually look great, but it might be a tiny bit more computer extensive