[Request] Item/ Event Creation Tool

[al244098]

Has nobody ever considered making a tool to create events/ items without the need of tedious copy,paste, edit of the blueprints.xml?

I think such a tool would make modding much easier, and encourage mod creation by less experienced modders.

[kartoFlane]

It did cross my mind several times, but I never felt like there's a need for such a thing. Also figured that one GUI editor is enough...
Maybe if I'll have some spare time and get my other projects to a satisfactory point.

...encourage mod creation by less experienced modders.

I'm conflicted whether that's a good thing or not. Tools make it easier to work with files without having the understanding of how they work.

[speedoflight]

Well, an event coding tool will be helpful as hell, since thats the hardest part of coding for ftl (in fact the only part i had real troubles). But i also think making a tool for that will be a nightmare. It will need to have as well some sort of testing option (this will be essential), and i dont know if that will be as accurate as testing in-game.