editor: multiple fixes & improvements related to LODs

[editor]/edf/edf.lua

@@ -25,9 +25,19 @@ end
 
 -- basic element create functions table (cdata holds creation parameters)
 local edfCreateBasic = {
-	object = function(cdata)
+	object = function(cdata, editorMode)
 		local object = createObject(cdata.model, cdata.position[1], cdata.position[2], cdata.position[3], cdata.rotation[1], cdata.rotation[2], cdata.rotation[3])
 		setObjectScale(object, cdata.scale)
+		-- Create object's LOD if editing a map in Map Editor & LODs are enabled in the map's settings
+		if editorMode and exports.editor_main:getMapSettingValue("useLODs") then
+			local lodModel = exports.editor_main:getLODModelFromObjectModel(cdata.model)
+			if lodModel then
+				local lodObject = createObject(lodModel, cdata.position[1], cdata.position[2], cdata.position[3], cdata.rotation[1], cdata.rotation[2], cdata.rotation[3], true)
+				setObjectScale(lodObject, cdata.scale)
+				setLowLODElement(object, lodObject)
+				setElementParent(lodObject, object)
+			end
+		end
 		return object
 	end,
 	vehicle = function(cdata)
@@ -498,7 +508,7 @@ function edfRepresentElement(theElement, resource, parentData, editorMode, restr
 					end
 
 					-- create our basic element
-					component = edfCreateBasic[definedChild.type](childData)
+					component = edfCreateBasic[definedChild.type](childData, editorMode)
 
 					componentHandle = component
 
@@ -596,7 +606,7 @@ function edfCreateElement(elementType, creatorClient, fromResource, parametersTa
 			childData[property] = parametersTable[property] or propertyData.default
 		end
 
-		theElement = edfCreateBasic[elementType](childData)
+		theElement = edfCreateBasic[elementType](childData, editorMode)
 
 		setElementInterior(theElement, parametersTable.interior)
 		setElementDimension(theElement, parametersTable.dimension)

[editor]/editor_main/meta.xml

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 	<!-- Utils -->
 	<script src="client/controlinterface.lua" type="client" />
 	<script src="server/util.lua" type="server" />
+	<script src="server/lods.lua" type="server" />
+	<export function="getLODModelFromObjectModel" type="server" />
 	<script src="server/orderedPairs.lua" type="server" />
 	<script src="client/matrix.lua" type="client" />
 	<script src="client/complex.lua" type="client" />
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
 	<script src="server/synchronization.lua" type="server" />
 	<script src="server/locking.lua" type="server" />
 	<script src="server/mapsettingssync.lua" type="server" />
+	<export function="getMapSettingValue" type="server" />
 	<script src="server/definitionssync.lua" type="server" />
 
 	<!-- ID assignment handling code -->

[editor]/editor_main/server/dumpxml.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+local SCRIPTING_EXTENSION_CODE
+
 local DESTROYED_ELEMENT_DIMENSION = getWorkingDimension() + 1
 function toAttribute(value)
 	if type(value) == "table" then
@@ -193,37 +195,30 @@ function dumpMeta ( xml, extraNodes, resource, filename, test )
 		end
 	end
 
-	--Add the mapEditorScriptingExtension scripts to meta
-	local scriptName = "mapEditorScriptingExtension_s.lua"
+	--Add the map editor scripting extension scripts to meta
+	local scriptName = "newMapEditorScriptingExtension_s.lua"
+	local scriptContent = SCRIPTING_EXTENSION_CODE
 	local foundScriptInMeta = false
 	for i, child in ipairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(xml)) do
 		if (xmlNodeGetAttribute(child, "src") == scriptName) then
 			foundScriptInMeta = true
 			break
 		end
 	end
-	if (not foundScriptInMeta) then
-		local scriptNode = xmlCreateChild(xml, "script")
-		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "src", scriptName)
-		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "type", "server")
-	end
-	fileCopy("server/"..scriptName, ":"..getResourceName(resource).."/"..scriptName, true)
-
-	scriptName = "mapEditorScriptingExtension_c.lua"
-	foundScriptInMeta = false
-	for i, child in ipairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(xml)) do
-		if (xmlNodeGetAttribute(child, "src") == scriptName) then
-			foundScriptInMeta = true
-			break
+	-- If for some reason the file fails to create, we won't add it to meta.xml
+	local scriptExtFile = fileCreate(":"..getResourceName(resource).."/"..scriptName)
+	local scriptExtFileSuccess = false
+	if scriptExtFile then
+		if fileWrite(scriptExtFile, scriptContent) then
+			scriptExtFileSuccess = true
 		end
+		fileClose(scriptExtFile)
 	end
-	if (not foundScriptInMeta) then
+	if scriptExtFileSuccess and (not foundScriptInMeta) then
 		local scriptNode = xmlCreateChild(xml, "script")
 		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "src", scriptName)
-		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "type", "client")
-		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "validate", "false")
+		xmlNodeSetAttribute(scriptNode, "type", "server")
 	end
-	fileCopy("client/"..scriptName, ":"..getResourceName(resource).."/"..scriptName, true)
 
 	return xmlSaveFile(xml)
 end
@@ -239,3 +234,73 @@ function getMapElementData ( element )
 	end
 	return elementData
 end
+
+SCRIPTING_EXTENSION_CODE = [[-- FILE: newMapEditorScriptingExtension_s.lua
+-- PURPOSE: Prevent the map editor feature set being limited by what MTA can load from a map file by adding a script file to maps
+-- VERSION: 11/October/2024
+-- IMPORTANT: Check the resource 'editor_main' at https://github.com/mtasa-resources/ for updates
+
+local resourceName = getResourceName(resource)
+local usedLODModels = {}
+local LOD_MAP_NEW = {}
+
+-- Makes removeWorldObject map entries and LODs work
+local function onResourceStartOrStop(startedResource)
+	local startEvent = eventName == "onResourceStart"
+	local removeObjects = getElementsByType("removeWorldObject", source)
+
+	for removeID = 1, #removeObjects do
+		local objectElement = removeObjects[removeID]
+		local objectModel = getElementData(objectElement, "model")
+		local objectLODModel = getElementData(objectElement, "lodModel")
+		local posX = getElementData(objectElement, "posX")
+		local posY = getElementData(objectElement, "posY")
+		local posZ = getElementData(objectElement, "posZ")
+		local objectInterior = getElementData(objectElement, "interior") or 0
+		local objectRadius = getElementData(objectElement, "radius")
+
+		if startEvent then
+			removeWorldModel(objectModel, objectRadius, posX, posY, posZ, objectInterior)
+			removeWorldModel(objectLODModel, objectRadius, posX, posY, posZ, objectInterior)
+		else
+			restoreWorldModel(objectModel, objectRadius, posX, posY, posZ, objectInterior)
+			restoreWorldModel(objectLODModel, objectRadius, posX, posY, posZ, objectInterior)
+		end
+	end
+
+	if startEvent then
+		local useLODs = get(resourceName..".useLODs")
+
+		if useLODs then
+			local objectsTable = getElementsByType("object", source)
+
+			for objectID = 1, #objectsTable do
+				local objectElement = objectsTable[objectID]
+				local objectModel = getElementModel(objectElement)
+				local lodModel = LOD_MAP_NEW[objectModel]
+
+				if lodModel then
+					local objectX, objectY, objectZ = getElementPosition(objectElement)
+					local objectRX, objectRY, objectRZ = getElementRotation(objectElement)
+					local objectInterior = getElementInterior(objectElement)
+					local objectDimension = getElementDimension(objectElement)
+					local lodObject = createObject(lodModel, objectX, objectY, objectZ, objectRX, objectRY, objectRZ, true)
+
+					setElementInterior(lodObject, objectInterior)
+					setElementDimension(lodObject, objectDimension)
+
+					setElementParent(lodObject, objectElement)
+					setLowLODElement(objectElement, lodObject)
+
+					usedLODModels[lodModel] = true
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
+addEventHandler("onResourceStart", resourceRoot, onResourceStartOrStop, false)
+addEventHandler("onResourceStop", resourceRoot, onResourceStartOrStop, false)
+
+-- MTA LOD Table [object] = [lodmodel]]
+
+SCRIPTING_EXTENSION_CODE = SCRIPTING_EXTENSION_CODE .. "\n" .. getLodsLuaTableString()