Statically load the empty tile image so that we don't need to have over 9000 instances of it. Also display an error message if loading fails on startup.

code/studio/src/plugins/tile_editor/tile_editor_main_window.cpp

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 #include "land_edit_dialog.h"
 
+#include <QTimer>
+
 TileEditorMainWindow::TileEditorMainWindow(QWidget *parent)
 	: QMainWindow(parent),
 	m_ui(new Ui::TileEditorMainWindow)
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ TileEditorMainWindow::TileEditorMainWindow(QWidget *parent)
 	m_ui->setupUi(this);
 	m_undoStack = new QUndoStack(this);
 
+	if( !TileItemNode::loadEmptyPixmap() )
+	{
+		QTimer::singleShot( 0, this, SLOT( onEmptyImageLoadFailed() ) );
+	}
+
 	// Retrieve the menu manager
 	Core::ICore *core = Core::ICore::instance();
 	Core::MenuManager *menuManager = core->menuManager();
@@ -341,6 +348,13 @@ void TileEditorMainWindow::onRotate( int id )
 	m_tileModel->setAlphaRot( id );
 }
 
+void TileEditorMainWindow::onEmptyImageLoadFailed()
+{
+	QMessageBox::critical( this,
+							tr( "Empty image load failed" ),
+							tr( "Couldn't load the image for empty tiles :(" ) );
+}
+
 void TileEditorMainWindow::onActionAddTile(bool triggered)
 {
 	onActionAddTile(m_ui->tileViewTabWidget->currentIndex());

code/studio/src/plugins/tile_editor/tile_editor_main_window.h

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 	void onZoomFactor(int level);
 	void onRotate(int id);
 
+	void onEmptyImageLoadFailed();
+
 private:
 	void onActionAddTile(int tabId);
 	void onActionDeleteTile(int tabId);

code/studio/src/plugins/tile_editor/tile_item.cpp

@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ public:
 
 	bool loadImage( TileConstants::TTileChannel channel, const QString &fn )
 	{
+		if( fn.isEmpty() )
+		{
+			pixmaps[ channel ] = TileItemNodePvt::emptyPm();
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		QPixmap temp;
 		bool b = temp.load( fn );
 
@@ -284,6 +290,17 @@ public:
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	static bool loadEmptyImage()
+	{
+		bool b = empty.load( ":/placeHolder/images/empty_image.png" );
+		if( !b )
+		{
+			empty = QPixmap();
+		}
+
+		return b;
+	}
+
 	void clearImage( TileConstants::TTileChannel channel )
 	{
 		pixmaps[ channel ] = QPixmap();
@@ -293,10 +310,15 @@ public:
 		return pixmaps[ channel ];
 	}
 
+	static QPixmap& emptyPm(){ return empty; }
+
 private:
 	QPixmap pixmaps[ TileConstants::TileChannelCount ];
+	static QPixmap empty;
+
 };
 
+QPixmap TileItemNodePvt::empty = QPixmap();
 TileConstants::TTileChannel TileItemNode::s_displayChannel = TileConstants::TileDiffuse;
 
 TileItemNode::TileItemNode( TileConstants::TNodeTileType type, int tileId, Node *parent )
@@ -321,14 +343,7 @@ TileItemNode::~TileItemNode()
 
 bool TileItemNode::setTileFilename(TileConstants::TTileChannel channel, QString filename)
 {
-	QString fn = filename;
+	bool b = pvt->loadImage( channel, filename );
-
-	if( filename.isEmpty() || ( filename == "empty" ) )
-	{
-		fn = ":/placeHolder/images/empty_image.png";
-	}
-
-	bool b = pvt->loadImage( channel, fn );
 	if( !b )
 		return false;
 
@@ -346,6 +361,11 @@ QString TileItemNode::getTileFilename(TileConstants::TTileChannel channel)
 	return itr.value();
 }
 
+bool TileItemNode::loadEmptyPixmap()
+{
+	return TileItemNodePvt::loadEmptyImage();
+}
+
 QVariant TileItemNode::data(int column, int role) const
 {	
 	QString tileFilename = m_tileFilename[ TileItemNode::s_displayChannel ];

code/studio/src/plugins/tile_editor/tile_item.h

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ public:
 
 	static void setDisplayChannel( TileConstants::TTileChannel channel ){ s_displayChannel = channel; }
 	static TileConstants::TTileChannel displayChannel(){ return s_displayChannel; }
+	static bool loadEmptyPixmap();
 
 	QVariant pixmap( TileConstants::TTileChannel channel ) const;