level editor improvements

level_editor/editor.lua

@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ end
 
 function saveAsset()
 	gameAssets[selectedAsset] = assetProperties
-	local save = TSerial.pack(gameAssets, nil, true)
-	love.filesystem.write("assets.prop", save)
+	-- the asset's class lives in its .meta next to the art (source of truth,
+	-- read back by getAllAssets); write it there
+	local metaPath = "art/" .. assetProperties.directory .. "/" .. selectedAsset .. ".meta"
+	writeToSource(metaPath, TSerial.pack({ class = assetProperties.class }, nil, true))
 	assetsView()
 end
 

level_editor/object_attributes.lua

@@ -24,14 +24,22 @@ function getAllAssets()
 
 						local name = fileToAnalyze:sub(1, fileToAnalyze:len() - 6)
 
-						if not globalAssetProperties[name] then 
+						if not globalAssetProperties[name] then
 							globalAssetProperties[name] = {}
 							globalAssetProperties[name].directory = folder
 							globalAssetProperties[name].sprites = {}
-							globalAssetProperties[name].class = "unmoveable"
 							globalAssetProperties[name].preload = false
 						end
 
+						-- class comes from a <name>.meta sitting next to the art
+						-- (authoritative); default to immoveable if none exists
+						local metaPath = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. name .. ".meta"
+						if love.filesystem.exists(metaPath) then
+							globalAssetProperties[name].class = TSerial.unpack(love.filesystem.read(metaPath)).class
+						elseif not globalAssetProperties[name].class then
+							globalAssetProperties[name].class = "immoveable"
+						end
+
 						local sprite = topFolder .. "/" .. folder .. "/" .. fileToAnalyze
 						globalAssetProperties[name].sprites[color] = sprite
 
@@ -45,7 +53,5 @@ function getAllAssets()
 		end
 	end
 
-	str = TSerial.pack(globalAssetProperties, nil, true)
-	love.filesystem.write("assets.prop", str)
 	return globalAssetProperties
 end