Slope Mode, Draw Slopes Mode: both modes are now deprecated as they are superseded by visual sloping. The modes will be removed in the future. Entering the modes will add a warning to the Errors And Warnings dialog

Source/Core/Editing/EditModeAttribute.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Editing
 		private bool usebydefault;
 		private bool safestartmode;
 		private string[] supportedmapformats; //mxd
+		private bool isdeprecated = false;
+		private string deprecationmessage = string.Empty;
 		
 		#endregion
 		
@@ -115,6 +117,16 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Editing
 		/// </summary>
 		public string[] SupportedMapFormats { get { return supportedmapformats; } set { supportedmapformats = value; } }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// When set to true the DeprecationMessage will be shown as a warning in the errors and warnings dialog
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool IsDeprecated { get { return isdeprecated; } set { isdeprecated = value; } }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Message to be shown as a warning in the errors and warnings dialog when IsDeprecated is true
+		/// </summary>
+		public string DeprecationMessage { get { return deprecationmessage; } set { deprecationmessage = value; } }
+
 		#endregion
 
 		#region ================== Constructor / Disposer

Source/Core/Editing/EditModeInfo.cs

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Editing
 					if(stream != null)
 					{
 						buttonimage = Image.FromStream(stream);
-						buttondesc = attr.DisplayName;
+						buttondesc = attr.DisplayName + (attribs.IsDeprecated ? " (deprecated)" : "");
 						buttonorder = attr.ButtonOrder;
 					}
 				}

Source/Core/Editing/EditingManager.cs

@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Editing
 				// Engage new mode
 				if(newmode != null)
 				{
+					if (newmode.Attributes.IsDeprecated)
+						General.ErrorLogger.Add(ErrorType.Warning, "The editing mode \"" + newmode.Attributes.DisplayName + "\" is deprecated and will be removed in the future. " + newmode.Attributes.DeprecationMessage);
+
 					newmode.OnEngage();
 					General.Plugins.OnEditEngage(oldmode, newmode);
 				}

Source/Core/Windows/ConfigForm.cs

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Windows
 				// Is this mode selectable by the user?
 				if(emi.IsOptional)
 				{
-					lvi = listmodes.Items.Add(emi.Attributes.DisplayName);
+					lvi = listmodes.Items.Add(emi.Attributes.DisplayName + (emi.Attributes.IsDeprecated ? " (deprecated)" : ""));
 					lvi.Tag = emi;
 					lvi.SubItems.Add(emi.Plugin.Plug.Name);
 					lvi.UseItemStyleForSubItems = true; //mxd
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Windows
 					if(emi.Attributes.SupportedMapFormats != null &&
 					    Array.IndexOf(emi.Attributes.SupportedMapFormats, gameconfig.FormatInterface) == -1) 
 					{
-						lvi.Text = emi.Attributes.DisplayName + " (map format not supported)";
+						lvi.Text = emi.Attributes.DisplayName + " (map format not supported" + (emi.Attributes.IsDeprecated ? ", deprecated" : "") + ")";
 						lvi.ForeColor = SystemColors.GrayText;
 						lvi.BackColor = SystemColors.InactiveBorder;
 						lvi.Checked = false;
 					} 
 					else 
 					{
-						lvi.Text = emi.Attributes.DisplayName;
+						lvi.Text = emi.Attributes.DisplayName + (emi.Attributes.IsDeprecated ? " (deprecated)" : "");
 						lvi.ForeColor = SystemColors.WindowText;
 						lvi.BackColor = SystemColors.Window;
 						lvi.Checked = (configinfo.EditModes.ContainsKey(emi.Type.FullName) && configinfo.EditModes[emi.Type.FullName]);

Source/Core/Windows/MainForm.cs

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Windows
 			if(General.Editing.Mode != null)
 			{
 				General.MainWindow.CheckEditModeButton(General.Editing.Mode.EditModeButtonName);
-				General.MainWindow.DisplayModeName(General.Editing.Mode.Attributes.DisplayName);
+				General.MainWindow.DisplayModeName(General.Editing.Mode.Attributes.DisplayName + (General.Editing.Mode.Attributes.IsDeprecated ? " (deprecated)" : ""));
 			}
 			else
 			{

Source/Plugins/3DFloorMode/DrawSlopesMode.cs

@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.ThreeDFloorMode
 			  SupportedMapFormats = new[] { "UniversalMapSetIO" },
 			  Volatile = true,
 			  UseByDefault = true,
-			  Optional = false)]
+			  Optional = false,
-
+			  IsDeprecated = true,
+			  DeprecationMessage = "Please use the visual sloping functionality instead.")]
 	public class DrawSlopesMode : ClassicMode
 	{
 		#region ================== Constants

Source/Plugins/3DFloorMode/SlopeMode.cs

@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.ThreeDFloorMode
               ButtonGroup = "000_editing",
 			  SupportedMapFormats = new[] { "UniversalMapSetIO" },
               UseByDefault = true,
-              SafeStartMode = true)]
+              SafeStartMode = true,
+              IsDeprecated = true,
+              DeprecationMessage = "Please use the visual sloping functionality instead.")]
 
     public class SlopeMode : ClassicMode
 	{