MvH World Editor (v1.0)

Monsters vs. Heroes (MvH) World Editor is a JavaFX GUI application to create, load, and edit world files for the MvH game from Assignment 2

Usage

• To run the program as a .jar file using JavaFX, first make sure you have the latest version of JavaFX installed
• Using an IDE such as IntelliJ IDEA, create a run configuration using the .jar file
  • Look for an option called "VM Options" or similar in your .jar file run configuration settings
  • Add the following arguments depending on your JavaFX lib directory

  • --module-path "JavaFX lib folder path here" --add-modules=javafx.controls,javafx.fxml

  • Run the configuration

Program

The program consists of 4 main components:

• File Menu
  • Load
  • Save
  • Quit
• Help Menu
  • About
• Create World
• Entities
  • Hero
  • Monster
  • Remove
• World View
• Stats
• Select Entity

File Menu

Option	Description
Load	Load existing World file
Save	Save new World file
Quit	Exit program

Help Menu

Option	Description
About	Shows program information

Create World

Option	Description
Row	Row dimension for new World
Column	Column dimension for new World
Create	Create new World using given dimensions

Entities

Hero

Option	Description
Symbol	Symbol for new Hero entity
Health	Health stat for new Hero
Weapon Strength	Weapon Strength stat for new Hero
Armor Strength	Armor Strength stat for new Hero
Row	Row index for new Hero
Column	Column index for new Hero
Add Hero	Add Hero using provided info

Monster

Option	Description
Symbol	Symbol for new Monster entity
Health	Health stat for new Monster
Weapon	Weapon Type for new Monster
Row	Row index for new Monster
Column	Column index for new Monster
Add Monster	Add Monster using provided info

Remove

Option	Description
Row	Row index for entity to be removed
Column	Column index for entity to be removed
Remove	Remove entity at provided indexes

World View

Display World as a String with:

• Walls as #
• Floors as .
• Heroes as their assigned symbol
• Monsters as their assigned symbol

Stats and Select Entity

Displays the stats of newly created Hero and Monster entities or entities that whose row and column index have been provided by Select Entity

Author

Faisal Islam

[email protected]