[.net] C# project editor...

This isn't really a C# question. You'd probably have better luck in the General Programming forum.

Since I am going to use C# these questions are more fitted here since they are depended on this programming language. If the moderator thinks that it should be there then the post will be moved. However I believe it is more fit here.

Someone really needs to make a Physics SDK for C#.. I know there are some wrappers out there, but I haven't even seen a full port.

If one exists, please show me (I need one:D)

A particle editor? Do you mean like a program to build a particle engine.. then save it to a file maybe? That sounds like it could be fairly simple but fun project.

Sages and I are writing a book titled Game Engine Toolset Development using C#.NET, so it should hopefully help fill the gap with C# and game engine tools, unfortunately it's not yet ready =)

Well, in terms of difficulty, the easiest of the 3, aside from the physics editor being UI only and no 3D viewing, would be the UI editor. All you require are X,Y calculations, and some custom GDI+ drawing. You'll end up making a custom control, learning about drag and drop events, hit detection (simple bounds checking on X,Y values), file I/O to open and save interfaces (could also use XML serialization if you are up to it), mouse events, and probably dynamic binding to a PropertyGrid control.

Anything 3D will obviously introduce a much greater level of complexity, in which case you would need to learn Managed Direct3D.

~Graham

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Original post by gwihlidal Sages and I are writing a book titled Game Engine Toolset Development using C#.NET, so it should hopefully help fill the gap with C# and game engine tools, unfortunately it's not yet ready =) Well, in terms of difficulty, the easiest of the 3, aside from the physics editor being UI only and no 3D viewing, would be the UI editor. All you require are X,Y calculations, and some custom GDI+ drawing. You'll end up making a custom control, learning about drag and drop events, hit detection (simple bounds checking on X,Y values), file I/O to open and save interfaces (could also use XML serialization if you are up to it), mouse events, and probably dynamic binding to a PropertyGrid control. Anything 3D will obviously introduce a much greater level of complexity, in which case you would need to learn Managed Direct3D. ~Graham

I'd highly recommend the afore mentioned book. You should buy two copies in-case something happens to the first.