I was thinking for level editing it would be really nice if there was maybe a ui button along the top bar - where it says (Edit bodies, fixtures, images, objects etc.) that allowed you to select a group of bodies and images together (not just images attached to bodies, the background images that aren't attached to anything also).
For example, I've got a platform section with a bunch of textures that fit together to make that section. Then overlaid on top of that I have the static platform body. If I want to move the platform section elsewhere, I have to translate the platform section body in edit bodies mode. Then I have to translate all the textures for it, in edit images mode by selecting them all and translating.
Just to encapsulate that simple functionality would really help me out and I think a lot of other developers too. Being able to drag the selection box over those parts and move them nice and simply.
I know you can use scripts to achieve this to an extent, but it's just for simplicity's sake, I don't think it would take you much time at all to implement either since it probably only requires very minor changes.
Let me know what you think.
Allow translation of bodies and images together
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Re: Allow translation of bodies and images together
I usually add sets of images that need to move together, to a static body with no fixtures. That way I can move them together with any other related bodies by moving the body they are attached to, and I don't actually need to go around and select them all before doing the move (I just need to select their body). Would that work?
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Re: Allow translation of bodies and images together
You can add multiple images to a static body?