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My goal here is to create a UI that will let you easily create configs for LSPDFR, including importing outfits from EUPMenu and importing/exporting UltimateBackup settings. It will make use of the whole picture to make configuration easier (for example, selecting from a dropdown of the configured outfits while adding peds to agencies), and will prevent errors such as accidentally adding one zone to multiple regions.

 

The question is, are people messing with their configs/exporting to UltimateBackup enough to make this worthwhile?

https://streamable.com/vf4ua

 

This video showcases how easy it is to create variations for ranks using the program. I imported the outfits from EUPMenu, combined the female and male versions of the LSPD Class A by ctrl+clicking each of them in the list and clicking the combine button, renamed some things and made a variation for Officer III that inherits from the base variation. From there (here's where the video starts), it's just a matter of duplicating and changing the decal texture and other options for each rank.

 

I feel pretty done with outfit management after a day's work. The other parts should be easier now that I've got a base to build off of (never did GUI in python before). So, what do you think? Enough utility to continue the effort?

Hi man... that's really cool... should be very helpful for the community.

Sounds useful for not so advanced users. I do change all my .ini files quite a lot now. Hopefully this could be helpful for more experienced users as well but it sounds great for beginners!

After a lot of learning and refactoring the back-end, I don't have much to show for the time put in, but I did finish the inventory menu:

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You can select your weapon from a dropdown of what's available in the game, and the component menu will only show components compatible with the selected weapon, so you no longer have to juggle the IDs of everything.

 

I also added several QOL features like double clicking to edit an entry and the delete button deleting an entry.

 

All that back-end work really should speed up the process from here on out.

 

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This is the big one, the agencies menu.

 

Parent and inventory on the edit agency menu are automatically populated from the other configured agencies and inventories. The same goes for the model, outfit, and inventory options on the edit loadout menu. The model and outfit options will also automatically pop up a filtered list based on what you type as you type it for quick input. Or they can be used like normal dropdowns to see the full list.

 

Next I'm doing stations, which should be fairly simple. Regions will be slightly more complicated, then I'll probably take a bit to get backups done. But then it'd just be the export code and we'll be ready for an initial release.

 

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Stations are done. As usual, the agency dropdown is automatically populated and filtered as you type.

 

I also moved the separate import buttons for each category into a single one that supports selecting multiple files at once so that you can import all of your configs in one go from any screen.

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I'm getting close to the end. Here's regions done. It will only allow you to add zones to a region that aren't already in another region, to prevent errors.

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So here's every screen as it looks now. Just need to add exporting and some better user error handling and I'll be ready to release.

On 3/24/2019 at 4:08 AM, mkalash said:

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My goal here is to create a UI that will let you easily create configs for LSPDFR, including importing outfits from EUPMenu and importing/exporting UltimateBackup settings. It will make use of the whole picture to make configuration easier (for example, selecting from a dropdown of the configured outfits while adding peds to agencies), and will prevent errors such as accidentally adding one zone to multiple regions.

 

The question is, are people messing with their configs/exporting to UltimateBackup enough to make this worthwhile?

Oh hell yes! This could make it easier for people to use

Would you mind chatting about it via DM? 

 

Of course it's worthwhile.

LSPDFR exports are all done, so all that's left for me to do is write the UltimateBackup export code, which I will do when I get home or tomorrow. The first release will not be 100% feature complete, as some user error handling and niche settings won't be included yet, but there will be enough for a good first impression. To show off some utility, watch how easy it is to convert an agency into a female response unit for use by UltimateBackup:

https://streamable.com/245a7

(sorry for FPS issues, recording on my laptop and some setting must have been weird)

 

On 4/1/2019 at 6:35 AM, CaptConfuzed said:

Would you mind chatting about it via DM? 

Any one's free to PM me on this site, though I'm not sure what you want to talk about!

I have uploaded the first release and so I will no longer be updating or looking at this thread. I expect that the file will be hidden for a while, as it is an executable and requires manual review.

Since I am no longer personally working on this project, I have it made it open source. It is currently without any documentation (sorry), but if there's interest in continuing the work, I'll write some. Until then, I can answer questions.

Edited July 31, 20196 yr by mkalash