Schematic Overlay Feature

[bloodmc]

I'm planning on adding schematic support in GriefPrevention which will allow server admins to take a backup of claims and apply them to any location. The problem I have is, the pasting feature won't be user friendly as there is no clean way to allow a user to see an overlay of the schematic as they drag their mouse to a location. Would it be possible for WECUI to overlay the schematic on mouse cursor if GP sends the schematic via an event? This feature could also be applied to WE schematics.

[Mumfrey]

It would be possible to do up to a certain size of schematic so I could certainly look into that. If the schematic size were restricted it would be more reliable. Some kind of wireframe might provide an easier way to visualise the placement of the schematic but I'll see what I can come up with.

[bloodmc]

Hey Mumfrey, just curious if you had a chance to look at this. I plan on releasing a new GP update with schematics support and would be nice if this was in WECUI for release. Definitely NOT critical but just wondering =)

Thanks!

[Mumfrey]

At the moment I'm focusing on clearing my backlog from the earlier part of the year and I will need to update everything for 1.13 very soon. I would guess that I won't begin working on this for at least a few weeks. I'll obviously need to spec out the protocol as well similarly to the multi-region support. Currently I'm thinking I'll have a data channel and treat the regular wecui as a control channel (think FTP) so that the schematics data can be sent from the server asynchronously. But I'll come up with a proper spec once I start working on this.

[bloodmc]

Sounds good, Thanks!