NPC position markers were silently not rendering when no object was
selected because they relied on the gizmo's pipeline being bound, but
the gizmo only binds its pipeline when active. Now explicitly binds
the water pipeline (same pos+color vertex format with alpha blend)
before drawing NPC markers, ensuring they always appear regardless of
gizmo state.
Note: M2 creature models still require extracted game data files to
render. When model files aren't found, the colored markers (poles with
diamond tops) provide reliable visual feedback for NPC positions.
- Multi-select: Ctrl+Shift+Click adds objects to selection, transforms
(move/rotate/scale/delete) operate on all selected objects at once
- Time-of-day slider (0-24h) with automatic sun angle, light color,
ambient, fog, and sky color transitions (dawn/day/dusk/night)
- View > Sky/Lighting menu: color pickers for light/ambient/fog, fog
distance sliders, preset buttons (Dawn/Noon/Dusk/Night)
- loadADT prefers WOT/WHM open format from custom_zones/output dirs
- Selection count display when multiple objects selected
- setSkyPreset now delegates to setTimeOfDay for consistency
- River/road tool now shows translucent blue path preview ribbon with
edge lines between start and end points before applying
- Preview follows cursor when waiting for end point, locks when set
- Undo support for all remaining operations: rotateTerrain90, mirrorX,
mirrorY, scaleHeights, offsetHeights, invertHeights, smoothBeaches
- Every terrain-modifying operation in the editor is now undoable
- Ghost model state (ID, path, active flag) properly reset when
clearObjects() wipes the M2 renderer — prevents stale ghost
references causing crashes on subsequent hover
- Ghost model ID uses 59999 to avoid collision with placed object IDs
- Ghost loadModel failure now handled gracefully (returns early)
Root cause of GPU crashes (VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST): every NPC placement
triggered a full clear+reload of ALL M2 models. After several cycles
the GPU state corrupted, causing vertex explosions and device lost.
Fixes:
- NPC placement now only updates cheap marker geometry (no M2 reload)
- Full M2 rebuild only happens when object COUNT changes (not every click)
- clearAllObjects() properly resets viewport, placer, spawner, markers,
and history in one call with vkDeviceWaitIdle fence
- New Terrain uses clearAllObjects() for consistent reset
- Clear All menu item calls clearAllObjects()
- M2 vertex validation: rejects models with NaN/infinite/extreme
vertex positions before GPU upload (prevents vertex explosions)
- NPC marker building extracted to updateNpcMarkers() method
(can be called independently without M2 rebuild)
- NPC markers now render with NO depth test (via gizmo pipeline) so
they're always visible even on sloped/rough terrain
- Mesa/Plateau generator: creates raised flat areas with steep cliff
edges — configurable radius, height, and edge steepness
- NPC markers drawn after gizmo in the render pipeline to guarantee
they appear on top of everything
- Fixes NPC visibility on non-flat terrain
- NPC markers now 30 units tall with octagonal base, colored pole,
and yellow diamond at top — visible from any camera altitude
- Red pole = hostile, green pole = friendly, yellow top = all NPCs
- River/Path Carver: set start point, set end point, carves a channel
between them with configurable width and depth
- Smooth quadratic falloff at edges for natural riverbank shape
- Pair with Water mode to fill carved channels
- Load dialog shows green "Tile found" / red "Tile not found" indicator
by checking the manifest before you attempt to load
- NPC marker build/render diagnostic logging to trace rendering issues
- Map browser and tile checker work together for easy existing zone loading
- Colored diamond markers rendered at every NPC position on terrain:
red for hostile, green for friendly, with vertical pillar for height
- Renders through water pipeline (alpha-blended, depth-tested)
- Always visible regardless of whether M2 creature model renders
- Scales with NPC scale setting for consistent visual size
- This guarantees you can always see where NPCs are placed
- Remove markerRenderer_ initialization, shutdown, update, and clear
calls from EditorViewport (markers replaced by actual M2 rendering)
- Remove unused saveAdtRequested_/saveWdtRequested_ fields and their
void casts (replaced by unified exportZone workflow)
- Zero warnings across both wowee and wowee_editor targets
- Noise Generator in Sculpt panel: applies procedural value noise
with configurable frequency, amplitude, octaves, and seed
to create hills/valleys across entire tile instantly
- Sky/Lighting presets: View > Sky menu with Day (blue sky, high sun),
Dusk (orange, low sun), Night (dark blue, moonlight)
- Viewport clear color and light direction now configurable at runtime
- Noise uses smoothstep interpolation with octave fractal layering
- Yellow circle renders at cursor position showing brush radius
- Visible in Sculpt, Paint, and Water modes
- Built from 48-segment quad strip slightly above terrain surface
- Renders through the water pipeline (alpha-blended, depth-tested)
- Disappears when cursor leaves terrain or in Object/NPC modes
- Brush VB cleaned up properly on shutdown
- Ghost preview now shows in NPC mode (follows cursor with creature model)
- Added scale field to CreatureSpawn (default 1.0, slider 0.5-10x)
- NPC instances render at their configured scale
- Scale included in JSON save format
- M2Renderer::update() now runs AFTER beginFrame() so getCurrentFrame()
returns the correct frame index — fixes instance SSBO mismatch that
caused draws=0 despite loaded models
Standalone wowee_editor tool for creating custom WoW zones.
This is a rough initial implementation — many features work but
M2/WMO rendering still has issues (frame sync, texture layout
transitions) and needs further polish.
Terrain:
- Create new blank terrain with 10 biome types (Grassland, Forest,
Jungle, Desert, Barrens, Snow, Swamp, Rocky, Beach, Volcanic)
- Load existing ADT tiles from extracted game data
- Sculpt brushes: Raise, Lower, Smooth, Flatten, Level
- Chunk edge stitching prevents seams between tiles
- Undo/redo (100-deep stack, Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+Shift+Z)
- Save to WoW ADT/WDT format
Texture Painting:
- Paint/Erase/Replace Base modes
- Full tileset texture browser (1285 textures from manifest)
- Per-zone directory filtering and search
- Alpha map editing with 4-layer limit (auto-replaces weakest)
Object Placement:
- M2 and WMO model placement with full manifest browser (11k M2s, 2k WMOs)
- M2Renderer + WMORenderer integrated (loads .skin files for WotLK)
- Ghost preview follows cursor before placing
- Ctrl+click selection, right-click context menu
- Transform gizmo (Move/Rotate/Scale with axis constraints)
- Position/rotation/scale editing in properties panel
NPC/Monster System:
- 631 creature presets scanned from manifest, categorized
(Critters, Beasts, Humanoids, Undead, Demons, etc.)
- Stats editor: level, health, mana, damage, armor, faction
- Behavior: Stationary, Patrol, Wander, Scripted
- Aggro/leash radius, respawn time, flags (hostile/vendor/etc.)
- Save creature spawns to JSON
Water:
- Place water at configurable height per chunk
- Liquid types: Water, Ocean, Magma, Slime
- Rendered as translucent colored quads
- Saved in ADT MH2O format
Infrastructure:
- Free-fly camera (WASD/QE, right-drag look, scroll speed)
- 5-mode toolbar: Sculpt | Paint | Objects | Water | NPCs
- Asset browser indexes full manifest on startup
- Editor water/marker shaders (pos+color vertex format)
- forceNoCull added to M2Renderer for editor use
- AssetManifest::getEntries() and AssetManager::getManifest() exposed
Known issues:
- M2/WMO rendering may not display on first placement (frame index
sync between update/render was misaligned — now fixed but untested
end-to-end)
- Validation layer errors on shutdown (resource cleanup ordering)
- Object placement on steep terrain can miss raycast
- No undo for texture painting or object placement yet
