gisheditor.txt

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

Select New Level from the player menu

F1= Enter and exit editor
                     
A,S,D,W = Pan Screen

Esc = Exit current editor

Left click = place current tile
Right click = delete selected tile

Shift + Left click = Select area
Right click = Deselect area

Press 5 to set the selected area as the exit

C = copy selected area
Left click to paste copied area
Right click to stop pasting

Del = delete selected area

G = Go to tile curser is on

L = Toggles boundary lines

Q, Z = Cycle through available tiles
Shift + Q. Z = Jump through available tiles by 10

Gametype:
 0: Story Mode Level
 1: Collection Mode
 10: Football
 11: Sumo
 12: Amber
 13: Pitfight
 14: Dragster
 15: Vs. collection

Gametime:
 Amount of time for collection mode level, 50=1 second

1 = Edit Background
2 = Edit Midground
3 = Edit Foreground
4 = Edit Way Background

Red, Green, Blue = Edits hue of current level layer

Background:
 Name of the background tga
   
T = opens tile set editor
   Tile set editor:
   Drag and drop tiles from available tile sets into your current edited tile set.
   Q, Z = Cycle through current tile set page by page
   W, X = Cycle through current tile subset
   Use [ ] to cycle through available tile sets

F7= Load level

F9= Save current level
      A file name must be placed in the level name field to save your level with the        extension .lvl

F2 = opens tile editor
   Left click and drag to create boundary lines.
       NOTE: Line MUST be placed clockwise!
   Del= Delete last line placed
   Q, Z= Cycle through current tiles
   A= Creates alpha outside boundary lines
   Friction = Amount of friction tile has (0.0-1.0, less than 0.1 gish can't stick)
   Breakpoint = Amount of pressure the tile takes to break (0.0=unbreakable)
   Middamage = Amount of damage tile does to gish
   Foredamage = Same as above but for tiles placed in foreground
   Density = Density of water
   Drag = Drag in water
       Note: Water tiles must be placed in foreground to work!
   Animation = Number of frames that tile will animate through
   Animation speed = Speed of animation

F3 = opens object editor
   Q,Z= Cycles through objects
   [ ] = Cycles through current objects textures
   Arrow keys = Resize current object
   Left click to place objects
       Note: all objects will be invisible till texture is changed
   Right click to select objects
   Del = Deletes selected object
           Object list:
           0= Nothing
           1= Add player
                Home = Gish (set player 1)
                End = Hera (set player 2)
           
           Blocks:
                Mass= object weight
                Arrow Keys= Edit block size
           2= Basic block
           3= Platform with middle hinge
           4= Platform with hinge on left
           5= Platform with hinge on right
           6= Basic Circle
           7= Circle with middle hinge

           8= Light source / anchor point
                Ltype 1 = omni light
      Ltype 2 = light off
                Ltype 3 = flickering omni light
                Red, Green, Blue = Change light color
                Intensity = Change light Intensity
                   
           Buttons:  
                Buttons are used to activate
                anchor points (object
                select the anchor point you want to activate
      Hold K and left click on the button to
                assign that link
           9= Pressure plate
           10= One time button
           11-14= Switch
           15= Area switch
           16= Area switch (one time)

           17= object generator
           18= Secret area marker
           19= Nothing

           Enemies:
           20= Bone nibbler
           21= Cave nibbler
           22= Hell nibbler
           23= Mummy
           24= Skeleton
           25= Zombie
           26= Gimp
           27= Vis sister Boss
           28= Angel Nibbler
           29= Alterboy
           30= Stitch
           31= Poobler
           32= Honey bucket boss
           33= Sister Vis boss
           34= Paunchy chops boss
           35= Basinjin boss
           36= Satan

F4 = opens rope editor
   Hold 1 Left Click = Add light rope
   Hold 2 Left Click = Add heavy rope
   Hold 3 Left Click = Add light chain
   Hold 4 Left Click = Add Heavy chain
   Hold 5 Left Click = Add a push piston
   Hold 6 Left Click = Add half pushed piston
   Hold 7 Left Click = Add a pull piston
   Hold 8 Left Click = Add half pulled piston
   Hold 9 Left Click = Add Bar
       Q. Z = make pistons and bars visible.
   
Advanced piston editing (not for kids)
  to edit the length, speed and revolution of a piston
go into the object editor select the anchor point that the
piston is attached to.
      Red= Length piston extends or contracts (1=1 tile length)
      Green= Seconds per revolution
      Blue= Number of revolutions
NOTE: All Pistons must be attached from the anchor to the object or it wont work!!!!
NOTE: All pistons attached to the anchor will be affected in the same way.
NOTE: If the anchor point is linked to a button the piston will wait until it
     is activated to move
NOTE: Anchors with pistons shouldnt be used as lights.
NOTE: Pistons attached to anchors to wheels is hella complicated!

F5 = Reset current level

If you exit without saving you can reload your level as backup.lvl

[Connor]

There is one thing they left out. RUBBER BANDS are in the rope editor as number 0! I dont think they have any textures, though, meaning they are invisible, but I am still experimenting with them... http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cool:'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':O'>

[Whiterabbit]

Quote (Connor @ Dec. 14 2006,2:50)

There is one thing they left out. RUBBER BANDS are in the rope editor as number 0! I dont think they have any textures, though, meaning they are invisible, but I am still experimenting with them... http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cool:'> http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':O'>

Thanks for that info.  

Once I finish writing my Battlefield 2 review I must start on a manual for Gish as it's a fantastic game.  The instructions are appaling though.  I've already started taking screenshots of all the textures and block and will include a library of these in the manual, along with lots of other ideas I've been thinking of.  It'll take quite a while though as I'm drugged up to the eyeballs with morphine due to breaking my back in four places following a cycling accident.  So I'm asleep most of the time, lol.  Still I'll eventually make a user friendly manual which I reckon will be a useful addition.  I don't understand why Gish isn't available from most game outlets as it's really fun and addictive, also considering it won prizes for it's originality a few years ago.

I wonder how easy it is to make new textures and shapes.  I have photoshops so I think I have the tools. I was thinking of designing an underground cave system on the lines of journey to the centre of the earth,  but that'll be a project for after the manual.

[Whiterabbit]

That's a shame as a whole new set of boards and themes would have been fantastic, however I'm sure it will come about eventually.  Good games are always updated at some point.  Gish makes such a welcome change from the run of the mill games such as shoot em ups, arkanoids, jezzballs and a whole host of other arcade games.
As I said I'm really busy with the BF2 review right now, but will slowly get the information together to make an improved manual.  I must also try my hand at level editing.  It's a pity the guys who made all those excellent addon levels seem to have given up.  It just takes new blood to get interest going again.  We shall see.  

(I was hit from behind by a speeding car while cycling to work.  They were racing onto the motorway which I just happened to be approaching.  Man I flew god knows how many meters.  I remember thinking to my self while I was still airborne: "Ow that hurt....pause...damn I'm going to get run over when I land"... so you can imagine i would have gone a fair way. Anyway I'm still alive and I didn't lose the use of my legs thankfully, but the pain is unbearable at times.  Hence the morphine)

White Rabbit

lol, hope your ok

[SimpleLizard]

That's gotta hurt, So not funny