描述
Old Reviews + Q&A can be seen here for now.
Build levels, floorplans, buildings, and mazes with squares and a simple web-based tool. 👷🏗️
Since they are basic text, plans can be made w/ any notepad + shared as text.
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I personally find this tool useful for:
quick prototype layouts
foundations of buildings
Makes it easy to test adjustments later on.
Whenever I need floors and walls, I'll drop this in instead of placing them manually. A task which could easily take an hour or more instead takes a few seconds. Or a dungeon for example, placed manually can take a long time to adjust (maybe I want to see if a bigger version feels better), whereas this can go back and forth between changes in seconds. That's where it shines for me.
UPDATE 2025-04-08
Added offsets (no need to adjust mesh pivot now, adjust beams, and bottom floor Z)
Updated AstaraaGrid material, giving it even more practical uses.
Toggle grid + checkers
Normal + "normal color" (add color to normal impression) (ex. symbols filled w/ gold)
More grime paramters.
Improved metallic.
Specular value
...and other useful options.
UPDATE 2024-04-22
New intelligent decoration placement. --- Example images
Added B_SwapTrigger for more advanced uses than B_BuildTrigger.
Updated wall rotation for walls that have specific inside and outside.
Added simple torch mesh for prototyping.
Added 3 material instances (AstaraaGrid_0/1/2).
Elevator trigger now scales with actor.
UPDATE 2024-03-02
Better centering logic.
Fixed light positioning when there are vertical transforms.
Added scaling and rotation transforms.
Added DecorMatOverride (option to apply override material to decor (meshes)).
UPDATE 2024-01-30
Added build trigger for in-game changes (works in multiplayer).
Added more light options.
Fixed light positioning.
Added stress testing options.