- All terrain generators now undoable: crater, mesa, hill, voronoi,
dunes, detail noise, thermal erosion, canyon, island, ridge, road,
river, perlin noise — all wrapped with recordGeneratorUndo/commit
- Unsaved changes warning on quit: Save & Quit / Quit / Cancel dialog
- createNewTerrain clears quest editor and path capture state
- recordGeneratorUndo/commitGeneratorUndo helper methods snapshot all
256 chunks before/after any generator operation
- File > Project submenu: New/Save/Load project, add zones
- "Add Current Zone to Project" captures loaded map/tile info
- Project path editable in the menu
- Zone count shown for quick reference
- Foundation for multi-zone custom expansion workflow:
create project → add zones → edit each → export all as WCP
- File > Export Open Format (.wot/.whm) menu item for standalone export
- Every zone export (Ctrl+S, Export Zone) now also writes .wot/.whm
alongside the ADT/WDT — dual format output
- Export package now contains: ADT + WDT + WOT + WHM + JSON files
- Both Blizzard-compatible (for existing servers) and open format
(for wowee-native loading and redistribution)
- File > Export Content Pack (.wcp) saves zone + packs into WCP archive
- Auto-saves zone first, then bundles into the novel WCP format
- WCP is a custom format unique to wowee (not MPQ, not CASC)
- Output: output/MapName.wcp ready for distribution
- Toast notification on success/failure
- File > Generate Complete Zone: runs the full procedural pipeline
in one click: noise → smooth (3 passes) → recalc normals →
height-based auto-paint (sand/grass/rock/snow) → slope-based
cliff paint (rock on steep faces)
- Creates a fully textured, natural-looking zone from flat terrain
- Removed stale quickGenerate checkbox from New Terrain dialog
- NPC placement now only updates cheap marker geometry (no M2 reload)
- Full M2 rebuild only triggers when PLACED OBJECT count changes
(not NPC count — NPCs use markers, not M2 instances for now)
- Split lastObjectCount_ into lastObjCount_ + lastNpcCount_ to track
objects and NPCs independently
- Prevents the destructive clear+reload cycle that caused GPU crashes
when rapidly placing multiple NPCs
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)
- New Quest mode (key 6) with full quest creation panel:
- Title, description, required level
- Quest giver / turn-in NPC ID linkage
- Up to 4 objectives: Kill, Collect, Talk, Explore, Escort, Use Object
- Rewards: XP and gold
- Quest chain support via nextQuestId linking
- Quest list showing all created quests with level and objective count
- Save quests to JSON (included in Export Zone package)
- Foundation for campaign system: create quest chains across NPCs,
link objectives to placed creatures, build storylines
- Info panel now shows M2 renderer stats: model count, instance count,
draw call count — visible in real-time to diagnose NPC rendering issues
- When placing NPCs: if models=0/instances=0, the model failed to load
If models>0 but draws=0, it's a culling/frame-sync issue
If draws>0, the model IS rendering but may be too small to see
- "Center on Terrain" (Home key or View menu): resets camera to center
of loaded tile at 300 units altitude with 45-degree downward pitch.
Essential for recovering when camera gets lost in empty space.
- Toast confirmation on center action
- "Fly To" button on selected objects and NPCs: moves camera 30 units
above the selected item for quick navigation on large zones
- Export now generates README.txt with zone summary: map name, tile
coords, object/NPC counts, and file listing
- Complete export package: zone.json + WDT + ADT + objects.json +
creatures.json + README.txt
- Zone manifest (zone.json): generated on export with map name, map ID,
tile list, biome, creature flag, and file paths. This is what the
wowee client will read to discover and load custom zones.
- Export workflow now produces a complete loadable zone package:
zone.json + MapName.wdt + MapName_X_Y.adt + creatures.json
- ZoneManifest class with save/load (JSON format)
- Custom map IDs start at 9000+ to avoid conflicting with retail maps
- New Terrain dialog shows helper text for map name format
- Import Heightmap: File > Import Heightmap loads RAW 8/16-bit grayscale
files (129x129 or 257x257) and maps to terrain heights with configurable
scale. Supports standard terrain editor heightmap formats.
- Toast notifications: non-intrusive green popup at bottom center for
user feedback (save confirmations, import results, errors)
- Toasts fade out after 3 seconds with alpha animation
- Auto-save now shows toast on save
- Quick-save (Ctrl+S) shows toast confirmation
- Erode brush mode: simulates water erosion by moving height downhill
based on slope, creating natural drainage patterns and gullies
- NPC JSON loader: File > Load NPCs parses saved creatures.json back
into the spawn list (round-trip save/load now works)
- Auto-save: every 5 minutes when unsaved changes exist, exports the
full zone (ADT + WDT + creatures) to the output directory
- Sculpt mode now has 6 brush types: Raise/Lower/Smooth/Flatten/Level/Erode
- 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
- Terrain normals recalculated after height changes (smooth lighting
on sculpted terrain instead of flat-shaded appearance)
- Ghost preview and brush indicator cleared when switching modes
(prevents stale model instances or circles persisting)
- File > Clear All resets undo history and selections
- Normal computation uses finite differences from neighbor heights,
handles both outer (9x9) and inner (8x8) vertex grid positions
- Object scatter tool: place N copies of selected M2/WMO in a radius
with random rotation and scale range (Min/Max Scale slider)
- Camera bookmarks: F5 saves current position, View > Load Bookmark
to jump back — useful for working on different parts of a large zone
- Shortcut hints shown at bottom of Object panel
(G=move, R=rotate, T=scale, Del=remove)
- DragFloatRange2 for min/max scale in scatter UI
- Scatter tool: place N creatures in a radius around cursor position
with random rotation and uniform disk distribution
- File > Add Adjacent Tile: creates and exports a blank tile N/S/E/W
of current (foundation for multi-tile zone editing)
- Scatter UI: count slider (1-30), radius slider (10-200)
- Scatter places all copies with same stats/behavior as template
- Ctrl+S quick-saves entire zone (ADT + WDT + creatures.json) to output/
- File > Export Zone dialog saves all data to chosen directory
- exportZone() bundles ADT, WDT, and NPC spawns in one operation
- Info panel shows cursor world coordinates for placement debugging
- Info panel shows NPC count alongside object count
- Save state indicator: "Saved" (green) vs "* Unsaved (Ctrl+S)" (yellow)
- File menu reorganized: Quick Save + Export Zone replaces separate ADT/WDT
- Ctrl+Z in Object/NPC mode undoes last placement (50-deep stack)
- "Snap Ground" button raycasts straight down to place object on terrain
- Useful for objects placed too high or moved off terrain surface
- Undo stack adjusts indices when objects are removed mid-stack
- Raycast AABB now uses actual min/max vertex heights per chunk
instead of fixed ±200 padding (fixes misses on sculpted terrain)
- Right-click context menu opens correctly (deferred popup via flag
since ImGui::OpenPopup must be called within ImGui frame)
- Keyboard shortcuts: G=Move, R=Rotate, T=Scale, X/Y=axis lock,
Escape=deselect, Delete works in any mode for objects/NPCs
- Delete key now removes selected NPC in NPC mode too
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
