Rayman 1 Level Editor/Viewer WIP Preview

An early work in process preview for the upcoming Rayman 1 editor/viewer by RayCarrot, Ryemanni, Droolie and Adsolution.
Source code: github.com/Ads...

[@4ndy32]

A delight to watch :) So, the question I have: would you finally be able to make Rayman NOT die from water - with the amount of variables available?! :D Probably facing the 'hard-coded truth' here ...

[@RayCarrot]

Rayman dying from water is done through a specific collision type, so yeah, that could easily be changed :) But we can't really add any physics to it, like swimming or so, so you'd just go right through the water.

[@4ndy32]

@@RayCarrot I see! So if you'd try it, would Ray still have the walking or running physics active, then walking on top of the water, or would it keep on moving with his head slightly above the water textures? :D Anyway, interesting to think about! I loved the underwater levels/parts from Rayman 2 ;-)

[@RayCarrot]

Tiles are always behind objects, so you'd essentially be inside the water, with it appearing behind you :p

[@4ndy32]

@@RayCarrot Haha, how to become world's fastest 'swimmer' ^^ Forget about it!

[@samitotupaci6230]

Good work keep it up

[@FrijolesyQueso]

I like the animated piece

[@RayCarrot]

Animated piece?

[@FrijolesyQueso]

Huh, forgot I made this comment. I guess I was trying to say I liked how the sprites were animated in the editor.

[@artey6671]

I noticed that the sky is scrolling automatically at 1:57. This isn't normally the case, is it? Did you add it? And is it even possible to use the style of the Rayman 2 prototype? Damn. And I never noticed that the clouds have little tears. At least it looks like that to me.

[@RayCarrot]

If you enable differential scrolling in the setting the backgrounds will have parallax scrolling. This is defaulted on PS1 already. You will be able to modify the tilesets, so you could probably import the R2 tiles, yeah.

[@Mr_Frazze]

Cool =)

[@Cronnicossy]

Huh... this is godlike. I was always so fascinated with Rayman designer, but it was old and a pain to use. So glad we got this type of talent!! So you're showing a lot of different games here, is it that each ISO is editable and supported or is this like a whole new engine? How will levels be shared, if at all?

[@RayCarrot]

The program we're making is both a viewer and editor. So we're reverse engineering all versions to have them all be viewable at least. Editing will only be available on a few versions, such as PC and PS1. The way it'll work, at least to begin with, is by editing existing levels. In Rayman Designer you can still create all new levels like usual. You can share a level just by sending the file :)

[@Cronnicossy]

@@RayCarrot Is this also able to work with Snagglebee's HD Mod/Music mod, for the PC Version? Or would stacking them break it

[@RayCarrot]

That won't matter. This will work on any version no matter the mods or release. We're essentially reading the game files like the game engine itself does :)

[@Cronnicossy]

@@RayCarrot Dope. I'm assuming there's gotta be a Site/Discord to share levels with? This is so hype, Rayman 1 is gonna get another surge of life. I really should finish my LetsPlay of it fuckkk

[@RayCarrot]

@@Cronnicossy Nothing we have planned really, but could maybe make a channel in one of the Rayman servers for it eventually. The project is still early in development. While we got map viewing working for most versions we need to finish up the editor UI etc.

[@SquizCat]

Looks very promising, can't wait to give it a try! Do you know approximately when it might be released?

[@RayCarrot]

Sadly no

[@SquizCat]

RayCarrot I know it’ll be worth the wait you guys are doing amazing work. I saw on twitter you made some test with bosses, will it be possible to use them in the final version?

[@RayCarrot]

@@SquizCat Most of it yeah. The ground work for the PC version is mostly done, mainly just making a UI and organizing things.

[@psykinn]

Why only pro players use the globox?

[@andarara-c1p]

Much more ergonomic than the original Mapper. Will you be able to add weather effects and the events exclusive from Rayman Redemption?

[@RayCarrot]

You can add weather effects, yes. Anything available in the game can be added or modified.

[@andarara-c1p]

@@RayCarrot And I know this is difficult but, will be possible to import maps made with the original Rayman Designer and edit them here?

[@RayCarrot]

You can edit maps from any Rayman 1 version with this, including from Designer.

[@bubblemage]

did i just read adsolution??????

[@kuba_pfekt5746]

Lol nice!

[@SunchippStudio]

Dude what version of the magicians theme is this!?

[@RayCarrot]

It's a remix by the same composer who made the music for the original :) remigazel.bandcamp.com/track/rayman-1-the-magician-live

[@baguette995]

:)

[@baguette995]

:0

[@baguette995]

@Nico Gavotti ;)

[@mattdymond4398]

I loaded up as far as Unity, but I can't get it to actually load any levels. I set the directory to Rayman PC. What file and format would you recommend for the PS1 version?

[@RayCarrot]

Keep in mind this is very early, so it's not very user friendly right now :) For PC, you should set the path to the "Rayman" directory, so the one which contains the PCMAP folder. For PS1 you just set it to the root directory as they appear in the disc. Currently the PAL version isn't supported as we haven't extracted the pointers yet. If you're on Discord I can invite you to the modding server if you'd like. It'd be easier answering questions there as that's where we're working on it from.

[@mattdymond4398]

@@RayCarrot Yea that would be great thanks. My Discord is PupZival#1226

[@RayCarrot]

@@mattdymond4398 I'll post the invite here for now and then remove the message after you've joined :) (removed)

[@Babstamidwheel]

huh neet