Unify editor input with room preview transform

level_editor/editor.lua

@@ -58,21 +58,14 @@ local boxPaletteSections = {}
 -- erase that tile more than once.
 local function roomCellAt(x, y)
 	if x < 0 or x >= width or y < 0 or y >= height then return nil end
-	local cell = currentRoom:getCellFromMousePos(x, y)
+	return currentRoom:getCellFromMousePos(x, y)
-	cell.x = constrain(cell.x, 1, gridWidth)
-	cell.y = constrain(cell.y, 1, gridHeight)
-	return cell
 end
 
 local function paintRoomCell(cell, button)
-	-- Use the centre of the cell so Room's existing pointer-based edit helpers
-	-- perform the same operation as a normal click.
-	local x = (cell.x - .5) * width / gridWidth
-	local y = (cell.y - .5) * height / gridHeight
 	if button == 1 and selectedAsset then
-		currentRoom:attemptPlace(selectedAsset, gameAssets[selectedAsset], x, y, selectedColor)
+		currentRoom:attemptPlaceAtCell(selectedAsset, gameAssets[selectedAsset], cell, selectedColor)
 	elseif button == 2 then
-		currentRoom:attemptDelete(x, y, selectedColor)
+		currentRoom:attemptDeleteAtCell(cell, selectedColor)
 	end
 end
 

main.lua

@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ function love.draw()
 	-- Blitting the canvas 1:1 afterwards means no rescaling of the final image
 	-- (crisp, nearest-neighbor throughout — nothing is averaged).
 	love.graphics.setCanvas(sideBarCanvas)
-	love.graphics.clear()
+	-- The gameplay view now intentionally extends beyond its old room bounds.
+	-- Keep the editor panel opaque so that neighbourhood preview never shows
+	-- through empty areas of the UI.
+	love.graphics.clear(0, 0, 0, 1)
 	love.graphics.push()
 	love.graphics.scale(editorRenderScale, editorRenderScale)
 	editorDraw()

room.lua

@@ -841,14 +841,18 @@ function Room:registerNpc(entity)
 end
 
 function Room:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY)
-	local cell = {}
+	if gameWorld and gameWorld.levels and gameWorld.levels[self.name] == self and
-	cell.x = math.ceil(mouseX * gridWidth / width)
+		not gameWorld.drawingRoomNeighborhood then
-	cell.y = math.ceil(mouseY * gridHeight / height)
+		return gameWorld:screenCellInRoom(self, mouseX, mouseY)
-	return cell
+	end
+	return {
+		x = math.floor(mouseX * gridWidth / width) + 1,
+		y = math.floor(mouseY * gridHeight / height) + 1,
+	}
 end
 
-function Room:attemptDelete(mouseX, mouseY, color)
+function Room:attemptDeleteAtCell(cell, color)
-	local cell = self:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY)
+	if not cell then return end
 
 	-- "white" (or nil) deletes every channel; otherwise just the picked one
 	local colors
@@ -915,9 +919,13 @@ function Room:attemptDelete(mouseX, mouseY, color)
 	self:tick()
 end
 
-function Room:attemptPlace(name, props, mouseX, mouseY, color)
+function Room:attemptDelete(mouseX, mouseY, color)
+	return self:attemptDeleteAtCell(self:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY), color)
+end
+
+function Room:attemptPlaceAtCell(name, props, cell, color)
 	if not props or not props.sprites then return end
-	local cell = self:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY)
+	if not cell then return end
 	-- Jorge is one dialogable NPC with three display channels, not three
 	-- independently placeable color-layer entities.
 	if name == "jorge" then
@@ -944,6 +952,10 @@ function Room:attemptPlace(name, props, mouseX, mouseY, color)
 	self:tick()
 end
 
+function Room:attemptPlace(name, props, mouseX, mouseY, color)
+	return self:attemptPlaceAtCell(name, props, self:getCellFromMousePos(mouseX, mouseY), color)
+end
+
 function Room:load(name, preferRuntime)
 	-- Editor/startup loads must use the project source level. Runtime saves are
 	-- only consulted for an in-progress room-to-room game transition, otherwise

tests/test_wire.lua

@@ -391,6 +391,21 @@ test("WASD room browsing changes view without moving players", function()
 	currentRoom, setEditorRoomName = oldCurrentRoom, oldSetEditorRoomName
 end)
 
+test("screen-to-cell mapping uses the neighbourhood render transform", function()
+	local oldWidth, oldHeight, oldGridWidth, oldGridHeight = width, height, gridWidth, gridHeight
+	width, height, gridWidth, gridHeight = 110, 110, 11, 11
+	local room = {name = "a"}
+	local world = setmetatable({}, {__index = World})
+	world.roomNeighborhoodTransform = function()
+		return {zoom = 0.78, originX = 22, originY = 22, cameraX = 0, cameraY = 0}
+	end
+	local cell = world:screenCellInRoom(room,
+		22 + width * 0.78 * (4.5 / 11), 22 + height * 0.78 * (7.5 / 11))
+	assertTrue(cell.x == 5 and cell.y == 8, "rendered cell did not map back to itself")
+	assertTrue(world:screenCellInRoom(room, 1, 1) == nil, "preview margin mapped into active room")
+	width, height, gridWidth, gridHeight = oldWidth, oldHeight, oldGridWidth, oldGridHeight
+end)
+
 test("one run cannot terminate at two different switches", function()
 	local second = switch("red", 1, 2)
 	local world, _, roomB = makeWorld(second)

world.lua

@@ -908,13 +908,12 @@ function World:drawOverlaps(room, color)
 	end
 end
 
--- Render the active room at a small zoom-out, together with the eight world
+-- The neighbourhood renderer and editor pointer mapping share this exact
--- neighbours around it.  This is display-only: individual rooms still own
+-- transform. Keeping it in one place prevents a visual zoom adjustment from
--- their data, collision, and authored boundary walls.
+-- silently shifting placement/deletion by a tile.
-function World:drawRoomNeighborhood(room)
+function World:roomNeighborhoodTransform(room)
-	if self.drawingRoomNeighborhood then return end
 	local location = self:roomLocation(room.name)
-	if not location then return end
+	if not location then return nil end
 
 	-- Leave enough margin to read several cells of each neighbour, not merely
 	-- its boundary wall.  This keeps a nearby separated player discoverable.
@@ -932,16 +931,47 @@ function World:drawRoomNeighborhood(room)
 		cameraY = transition.dy * (1 - eased)
 		if progress >= 1 then self.roomTransition = nil end
 	end
+	return {location = location, zoom = zoom, originX = originX, originY = originY,
+		cameraX = cameraX, cameraY = cameraY}
+end
+
+-- Convert a gameplay-screen coordinate to a cell in the centered room. The
+-- surrounding rooms are preview-only while editing; browse to one with WASD
+-- before changing it. Returns nil for the preview margin or any other room.
+function World:screenCellInRoom(room, mouseX, mouseY)
+	local transform = self:roomNeighborhoodTransform(room)
+	if not transform then return nil end
+	local roomOffsetX = (mouseX - transform.originX) / (width * transform.zoom) - transform.cameraX
+	local roomOffsetY = (mouseY - transform.originY) / (height * transform.zoom) - transform.cameraY
+	local offsetX, offsetY = math.floor(roomOffsetX), math.floor(roomOffsetY)
+	if offsetX ~= 0 or offsetY ~= 0 then return nil end
+	local localX = (roomOffsetX - offsetX) * width
+	local localY = (roomOffsetY - offsetY) * height
+	local cell = {
+		x = math.floor(localX * gridWidth / width) + 1,
+		y = math.floor(localY * gridHeight / height) + 1,
+	}
+	if cell.x < 1 or cell.x > gridWidth or cell.y < 1 or cell.y > gridHeight then return nil end
+	return cell
+end
+
+-- Render the active room at a small zoom-out, together with the eight world
+-- neighbours around it. This is display-only: individual rooms still own
+-- their data, collision, and authored boundary walls.
+function World:drawRoomNeighborhood(room)
+	if self.drawingRoomNeighborhood then return end
+	local transform = self:roomNeighborhoodTransform(room)
+	if not transform then return end
 	self.drawingRoomNeighborhood = true
 	for roomY = -1, 1 do
 		for roomX = -1, 1 do
-			local name = self:roomAt(location.x + roomX, location.y + roomY)
+			local name = self:roomAt(transform.location.x + roomX, transform.location.y + roomY)
 			local adjacent = name and self.levels[name]
 			if adjacent then
 				love.graphics.push()
-				love.graphics.translate(originX + (roomX + cameraX) * width * zoom,
+				love.graphics.translate(transform.originX + (roomX + transform.cameraX) * width * transform.zoom,
-					originY + (roomY + cameraY) * height * zoom)
+					transform.originY + (roomY + transform.cameraY) * height * transform.zoom)
-				love.graphics.scale(zoom, zoom)
+				love.graphics.scale(transform.zoom, transform.zoom)
 				adjacent:draw()
 				love.graphics.pop()
 			end