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As I have posted, I am learning the fine art of DMOD creation. From what I read, I downloaded WinDinkEdit to make my DMOD. I threw a couple stones on tile 400 as well as modified the intro screen. I was giddy when I ran it. There was my Dink walking around stones I placed there! Anyway. WinDinkEdit doesn't seem to be very user-intuitive. I am NOT the kind of person that usually needs a manual to figure out a piece of software, but this one is killing me. For instance, I'll hit the 'e' key to get into sprite mode. I'll pick a kind of sprite, say a stone, and I get a screen with several to choose from. When I go back to the sprite mode, I get the stones again and can't get back to the main sprite selection screen. I have hit 'Ctrl+number key' and got different background tile selections, but the other sprites such as fences and people don't want to reappear. Is there a manual on WinDinkEdit? Better question: is WDE the best editor to even be using? Is there a better one? What's it called? Where is it? Many TIA! Oh, I have a preliminary name of Life As Dink Smallwood (LADS) for this DMOD. Thanx!

: As I have posted, I am learning the fine art of DMOD creation.  From what I read, I downloaded WinDinkEdit to make my DMOD.  I threw a couple stones on tile 400 as well as modified the intro screen.  I was giddy when I ran it.  There was my Dink walking around stones I placed there!  Anyway.    WinDinkEdit doesn't seem to be very user-intuitive.  I am NOT the kind of person that usually needs a manual to figure out a piece of software, but this one is killing me.  For instance, I'll hit the 'e' key to get into sprite mode.  I'll pick a kind of sprite, say a stone, and I get a screen with several to choose from.  When I go back to the sprite mode, I get the stones again and can't get back to the main sprite selection screen.  I have hit 'Ctrl+number key' and got different background tile selections, but the other sprites such as fences and people don't want to reappear.  Is there a manual on WinDinkEdit?  Better question: is WDE the best editor to even be using?  Is there a better one?  What's it called?  Where is it?  Many TIA!  Oh, I have a preliminary name of Life As Dink Smallwood (LADS) for this DMOD.  Thanx!

Yeah, WinDinkedit has a pretty fscked up user interface... one of these days I'm going to simplify it and such. Gary and WC didn't care to make it user-friendly.

Check out the readme.txt that is included with it... it should tell you how to do pretty much everything you need to.

As for other editors... you could use the original DinkEdit, which has a better interface than WDE in some ways (it tells you on the bottom of the screen some of the useful keys), and worse in others.

Good luck with your D-Mod.

: : As I have posted, I am learning the fine art of DMOD creation.  From what I read, I downloaded WinDinkEdit to make my DMOD.  I threw a couple stones on tile 400 as well as modified the intro screen.  I was giddy when I ran it.  There was my Dink walking around stones I placed there!  Anyway.    WinDinkEdit doesn't seem to be very user-intuitive.  I am NOT the kind of person that usually needs a manual to figure out a piece of software, but this one is killing me.  For instance, I'll hit the 'e' key to get into sprite mode.  I'll pick a kind of sprite, say a stone, and I get a screen with several to choose from.  When I go back to the sprite mode, I get the stones again and can't get back to the main sprite selection screen.  I have hit 'Ctrl+number key' and got different background tile selections, but the other sprites such as fences and people don't want to reappear.  Is there a manual on WinDinkEdit?  Better question: is WDE the best editor to even be using?  Is there a better one?  What's it called?  Where is it?  Many TIA!  Oh, I have a preliminary name of Life As Dink Smallwood (LADS) for this DMOD.  Thanx!

: Yeah, WinDinkedit has a pretty fscked up user interface... one of these days I'm going to simplify it and such.  Gary and WC didn't care to make it user-friendly.

: Check out the readme.txt that is included with it... it should tell you how to do pretty much everything you need to.

: As for other editors... you could use the original DinkEdit, which has a better interface than WDE in some ways (it tells you on the bottom of the screen some of the useful keys), and worse in others.

: Good luck with your D-Mod.

Thanks for the hint. I couldn't get DinkEdit to run. My screen goes black like it's going to load, but then I get kicked back to Windows. I don't know what the deal with it is?

: Thanks for the hint.  I couldn't get DinkEdit to run.  My screen goes black like it's going to load, but then I get kicked back to Windows.  I don't know what the deal with it is?

Are you by any chance using Windows 2000 or XP? I hear that DinkEdit has a problem with them, though I've never had any problems with XP.

Try downloading the v1.07 patch, and see if that helps.

: : Thanks for the hint.  I couldn't get DinkEdit to run.  My screen goes black like it's going to load, but then I get kicked back to Windows.  I don't know what the deal with it is?

: Are you by any chance using Windows 2000 or XP?  I hear that DinkEdit has a problem with them, though I've never had any problems with XP.

: Try downloading the v1.07 patch, and see if that helps.

OBKB. BTW, I'm using XP.

: : Thanks for the hint.  I couldn't get DinkEdit to run.  My screen goes black like it's going to load, but then I get kicked back to Windows.  I don't know what the deal with it is?

: Are you by any chance using Windows 2000 or XP?  I hear that DinkEdit has a problem with them, though I've never had any problems with XP.

: Try downloading the v1.07 patch, and see if that helps.

Your advice worked. The patch works like a charm. Thanx!