Improved Playtest

RaZooM

Improved Playtest

Are you annoyed that game always teleports you to your icon and forces camera zoom and position during playtesting?

Then this mod is exactly what you need!


Features

  • Static camera - keep the camera static during playtesting
  • Static zoom - keep the zoom during playtesting
  • Static rotation - ignore camera rotation during playtesting
  • Show camera edges - display the original camera bounds when using any of the options above
  • Pan and zoom during playtest (PC only) - freely pan and zoom using the mouse middle click and scroll wheel*

Bugfixes

  • Fixed RobTop's bug where the camera malfunctions when starting playtest from a start position with any camera triggers placed before it.

How to use

  • To enable/disable the mod, use the 'Improved Playtest' checkbox on the left side of the editor pause menu
  • Press the '+' button to toggle individual features
  • Or use F7 shortcut

*I'm currently looking for someone to help with the implementation of the 'Middle click panning' on MacOS


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Contribution

There are several ways you can contribute to the mod:

1.0.4

  • Port to GD 2.2081
  • Add middle click support on MacOS (yoinked Ninkaz's code)

1.0.3

  • Added optional custom keybinds

1.0.1

  • Fixed RobTop's bug when camera malfunctions if level is played from the startpos and has camera triggers with enabled smooth velocity before it (thanks to @Brittank for telling me about this bug)
  • Added the keybind for quick access to settings (default is F7)

1.0.0

  • Static position
    • Panning during playtest with mouse middle click
  • Static zoom
    • Zooming during playtest with ctrl + scroll wheel
  • Static rotation
  • Show camera edges
The recommended way to install mods is through the in-game mod loader . You will have to manually install the .geode files you get from this page.

Some mods also require other mods as dependencies ; you will need to find and install them yourself.

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