[WIP] zEdit

[Mator]

 
zEdit
Current Release: Alpha v0.3.0

 
 
What is zEdit
zEdit is a new GUI/frontend for the xEdit framework built with Electron. The goal is to do everything xEdit does and more through the power and flexibility of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
 
I posted a survey to get ideas for zEdit here (and elsewhere) a few weeks ago.  GamerPoets made a video going over the survey results, which you can view here.

 

v0.3.0 Release Notes
This release includes a new application mode for cleaning plugins (zClean), advanced record search/filtering functionality, a referenced by view, tab icons and dynamic labels, and more.

 

v0.2.0 Release Notes
This release brings documentation, record copying functionality, extension management, and more.

 

v0.1.1 Release Notes
This is a hotfix release which fixes several bugs and UX issues that were reported to me shortly after v0.1.0 was released. This release should finally fix all of the issues with FO4/SSE load order handling.

 

v0.1.0 Release Notes

This release includes a bunch of fixes and new features. The release is pretty solid and includes really some exciting new systems.

This release adds support for zEdit Modules. Modules are packages of JavaScript code and HTML templates which are loaded by zEdit on startup. zEdit modules are like mods for zEdit. Developers can create new context menu items, new modal views, respond to application events, and more.

The release also adds support for custom application and syntax themes. I included a dark theme which I put together myself as well as a bunch of syntax themes which were included with CodeMirror.

Finally, this release includes a core module - the zEdit Unified Patching Framework (or UPF for short). UPF is similar SkyProc/SUM, but better. You can find an example UPF patcher here. UPF offers:

• Generic progress modal display while patchers execute
• The ability to build multiple patchers into a single patch plugin file
• A single Manage Patchers modal where a user can adjust the settings of their patchers, disable patchers, and build patch plugins. Patchers can register tabs here with an HTML template and an angular controller.
• The ability to use all features of ES6 JavaScript in your code, including functional programming, classes, file system access through NodeJS, and more.
• Full access to xelib, a javascript wrapper around XEditLib which provides a high performance API to the XEdit framework. That means faster execution than xEdit scripts, no jvInterpreter weirdness, a simplified API with no redundant functions, and many totally new functions which make many tasks much easier.
• A highly structured patcher format which makes creating patchers faster and less repetitive.

Here are a few screenshots of UPF in action:

• Settings Modal Tab
• Manage Patchers Modal
• Example Patcher Tab
• Running a patcher
• Resulting patch

jdsmith2816 is currently working on porting the ReProccer to use UPF. He has Armors, Alchemy, and Projectile patching done and mostly tested, and is currently working on the last part of the patcher, patching Weapons.


v0.0.1 Release Notes

Today I released an alpha of zEdit to start getting direct feedback and ideas from the community. This release is nowhere near feature complete, and will have its fair share of bugs. You have been warned!
 
I have written some very extensive release notes on the release page on GitHub. I don't expect anyone to actually read all of it, but they're there so you can check to make sure whether or not I know something is broken before letting me know.
 
This alpha release already has a few things xEdit doesn't:

• You can choose the game mode from the start screen (no need to rename the executable)
• You can have multiple record view tabs
• You can reorder your load order from within the application when you start a new session
• You can search for records by name
• You can create user scripts using the full functionality of ES6 (functional and object-oriented programming, yay!)
• Special forms for editing certain fields such as colors, enumerations, and multi-line text.

More functionality is on its way.
 
EDIT: Builds updated to fix a problem with a missing dependency, causing the XEditLib.dll missing error. If you downloaded in the first 30 minutes this was posted redownload the application or download and install the dependency into its folder.

Plans
I started working full time a few weeks ago, so I have less time to work on zEdit. This caused the v0.2.0 release to take considerably longer than initially planned (from 1-2 weeks to 1 month). New releases will likely be monthly/biweekly going forward. zEdit development will continue, but it will be slower. This would be a good time for any developers who are interested in the project to make a commitment to contribute to zEdit more often!


Conclusion
You can report issues here or on the GitHub repository and you can track my progress on zEdit's public Trello board. You can get updates on zEdit and chat with me or other developers on the Modding Tools Discord Server. If you're a developer and interested in contributing, send me a message and we can find something for you to work on.
 
 
Thanks, and enjoy zEdit!
- Mator

Edited November 21, 2017 by Mator

[Jimmyflow]

Where can I find the development status of zEdit?  Its a great tool and significantly more user friendly than xEdit but understand some of its functions may not be complete, such as its clean function. 

 

 

Edit: maybe this answers my question - https://trello.com/b/AudbG6UN/zedit. 

 

 

Thank you

-J

Edited August 25, 2018 by Jimmyflow

[GSDFan]

I would like to point out that Pra has been porting xedit scripts to zedit. They can be found at Pra's zEdit Scripts - Automated Patch Generation RELOADED.

[archer]

is this tool still under development/ maintenance? I DL'ed v0.5.3 from GitHub, made one merge for testing purpose (MMM fallout 3) and it seems to work well.

 

The only thing is that the tool has problems  with code pages, e.g.:

 

Stählerne Bruderschaft -> St�hlerne Bruderschaft

 

Can this be fixed/ configured?

Edited January 27, 2019 by archer

[Mator]

is this tool still under development/ maintenance? I DL'ed v0.5.3 from GitHub, made one merge for testing purpose (MMM fallout 3) and it seems to work well.

 

The only thing is that the tool has problems  with code pages, e.g.:

 

Stählerne Bruderschaft -> St�hlerne Bruderschaft

 

Can this be fixed/ configured?

Yes, still under development and being maintained.

 

Code page issues should be fixed in v0.5.4, which is available on GitHub.

[Brotherofcats]

Not only is this thing not working right, it's working like a virus. I tried to replace it with a new version and the computer wouldn't let me do it.When I checked task manager there were eight copies of zedit running in memory.

[Lharchmage]

Sorry I am something of an Idiot so I have just 1 Question which I hope someone here can answer.

I read the 2 pages here and the documentation but I really am not sure.

I have used Zedit merge function with the clean merge (mostly on patches). If I disable the original mods Meaning ie. Mad a and Mod b =Merge1 What I am talking about is Mod a and mod b. Will this cause any issues with Merge1 in game?

Thank you!