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Tools

Snowpulse includes a particle editor under tools/particleeditor. It exports JSON files that can be loaded by the ParticleEffects component.

Snowpulse also includes an experimental UI editor under tools/uieditor for inspecting and iterating on UIElement layouts.

Engine source checkout required

The editor executables on this page live in the Snowpulse engine repository's top-level tools/ directory. They are not currently bundled with the packaged SDK and are not part of normal client-game setup. Engine contributors can build them from a full source checkout; games can still load compatible particle JSON at runtime without including either editor.

Particle Editor

  • Outputs JSON compatible with ParticleEffects::effects(path)
  • Intended for fast iteration on emitter parameters
  • Reference sprite overlay for scale/position checks
  • Angle spread supports 0-360 degrees

UI Editor

  • ImGui-based inspector/preview for the UI system
  • Built as the uieditor target
  • Under active development; save a copy of important layout data before using editor-generated output

Sample Usage

auto* node = scene()->createNode("effect_preview");
auto* fx = node->addComponent<snowpulse::ParticleEffects>();
fx->effects("effects/sample.json");
scene()->rootNode()->addChild(node);
fx->play(true);

# From the repository root
cmake -S . -B cmake-build-debug -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
cmake --build cmake-build-debug --target particleeditor uieditor -j4

./cmake-build-debug/tools/particleeditor/particleeditor
./cmake-build-debug/tools/uieditor/uieditor

On Windows, append .exe. Multi-configuration generators also place the binary under a configuration directory such as Debug.