Building Editor

Experimental procedural building/city generation editor. Uses a modular architecture with separate world, UI, decal, region, and utility sub-modules. Supports hot-reload during development.

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Key Features

• Modular Architecture - Separate modules for world (W), UI, decals (D), regions (R), and utilities (UU)
• Hot Reload - Full module reload via M.reload(mode, soft) without restarting editor
• Experimental Tools - X-Ray mesh explorer, Solid-Flex, Skeleton viewer
• Configuration Mode - Special 'conf' mode for layout configuration
• City Edit Mode - Registered as editor.editModes.cityEditMode

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Sub-Modules

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Experimental Features

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Usage Notes

• This is a work-in-progress experimental tool
• Uses require("socket") for development features
• The _PRD flag in utils controls production vs development mode
• Window registered as 'BAT' (Building/Architecture Tool)

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Functions

M.reload(mode, soft)

Hot-reloads all sub-modules. If soft is false, clears world objects first.

• mode (any) - Reload mode (e.g. 'conf' for configuration mode)
• soft (boolean) - If true, skips clearing world objects

M.onEditorInitialized()

Registers the city edit mode, windows, and road templates.

M.onEditorGui()

Main per-frame UI rendering (delegated to UI sub-module).

M.onSerialize()

Serialization callback - saves editor state.

Returns: table

M.onDeserialize(data)

Deserialization callback - restores editor state.

• data (table)

M.onInput(type, value)

Callback for input events.

• type (any)
• value (any)

M.onUp()

Initializes the building editor in configuration mode - clears selection, enters city edit mode, reloads modules, and shows layout/test windows.

M.onEditorObjectSelectionChanged()

Callback for editor object selection changed event.

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See Also

• biomeTool - Procedural vegetation placement