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Work in Progress / Singed Dust(Working Title...)::screens::download::

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Peter H
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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:23 Edited at: 1st Sep 2004 01:02
note to people who just started to read this: the problem is fixed and now it works for everyone...

Latest Screen and download-
Link- 2778 KBs .zip
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/lQQUzxYQ/SingedDust.zip
screen-


besides the link i give you in my updates(added to the ned of the thread), this will be the only link that is updated

ok here is my WIP of the scorched-turf re-make...i've done all of the coding today...

controls-
-use the mouse to create explosions

note: you have to wait until the backround and the terrain have loaded before you can do anything...

screen-

this demo really looks better in action then in a screen
all the graphics are placeholders(level made in MSpaint...ect)...or don't exist(like the tanks and bullets..and well, yeah

but i just uploaded this so you could see the destructable terrain

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:26
i click the mouse, but nothing happens.

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:29
wait for both the terrain and the backround to appear

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:44
i waited like 10 min

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:49
hhhmmmmm...took me 11 seconds...

so you didn't get any error message? it works fine over here...

what processor do you have?

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:53
I have a dual amd athlon, 1.4ghz x 2

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 10:59
so you tried clicking on the terrain?(it won't effect the sky...)

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 11:00
i dont see any terrain, only the skies.

Peter H
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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 11:03 Edited at: 25th Aug 2004 11:03
then it's still loading...hmph

could somebody else test this to see if it's only "PiratSS"'s system?

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 11:40 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 04:40
wait i got a much faster loading time when i did some optimizations...try this one...

download-
1183KBs
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/iYWIcnM/SingedDust.zip

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 12:22
no terrain for me.
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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 14:29
me neither

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 16:56
i see the terrain fine....amd athlon 1.6 ghz

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 17:49
just a though, I seriously doubt the CPU has any effect on the visibility of the terrain... more likely the video card + video card drivers

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 21:16
@bishop-so it worked for you?

@walaber-did it work for you? yeah...i was just making sure he didn't have a 200MHz CPU

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 22:18
Nope, nothing for me except your splash screen. Waited for about 5 mins then gave up.

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Posted: 25th Aug 2004 22:55
huh...bishop, what is your system? and operating system...

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Gave up after two minutes, 2 GHz Pentium with integrated Intel graphics. (work machine)

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 00:24 Edited at: 26th Aug 2004 00:32
uuuhh...this is weird...it works fine over here and i have a P 1.5ghz and i didn't use any advanced features...see? here's teh code...

with the images for the levels just use any 640*480 picture you want!(the black areas will be counted as sky...) and the backround pic s what is used for the "sky"...

@Bishop-please tell me could you click and destroy areas?

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 00:33
load image "media/levels/testlevel2.bmp",1

!!! Is your ZIP file missing an image?
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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 00:35
oh sorry, that's the only peice of code i added since the last download...but no it would give a error...

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 00:47 Edited at: 26th Aug 2004 01:02
well i had somebody else download it and it worked fine for them...
his system...
os-XP
CPU 3.00GHz HT
1GB ram
128 MB ram-geforce fx 5200

so....maybe it only works on super systems? except it runs fine on my poop system?

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 01:12
Doesn't work here.



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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 01:13
hmph...what's your Operating system?

icy level-


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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 01:38
doesn't work on my laptop (Athlon XP 1700, 512MB ram, Radeon graphics). I see the sky and the outline of the ground, but not the ground itself. My proc fan then spools up real fast (it's thinkin hard evidently). So it's doing something.

But nope, didn't work.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 02:15
Quote: "outline of the ground"

huh?

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 07:24
Win XP Pro on a 2800+ XP with a Radeon9800 PRO.



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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 07:58
Works fine for me

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Impressed with your destructable terrain.


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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 08:09
Works like a charm, nice desrtuctable terrain



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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 08:15
I see everything fine, didn't have to wait long at all for it to load.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 08:32 Edited at: 26th Aug 2004 08:32
@flashing bang, mussi, and newbie brogo-Thanks! yay! three more people it works for!

i wonder why it didn't work for the other people...

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 09:47
The reason it doesn't work is your code is a bit dodgy!

POINT returns a DWORD value. Depending on graphics card and resolution and depth, the value of black is different. You need to use RGBR, RGBG and RGBB to work out if it is black.

Here is modified code that works like a dream on my pc.

POINT is a fairly slow command and so using it twice in same command is a bad idea. Better to store in a variable (which has been defined as a DWORD), and then use the variable (I have used 'col').




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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 09:51
Works for me.
But I don't like the fact that I can only make one explosion at a time.

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 09:55 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 04:40
@ilya- lol....it's made this way because it's not a tech demo really it's a WIP in the game it will explode then the sand will settle then the game will continue...

@spooky-thanks! i know next to nothing about dwords

everybody else who had it not work go ahead and try agian...

ok here's the new link-http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/iYWIcnM/SingedDust.zip
(and it uses a "ice" level... )

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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 10:12 Edited at: 26th Aug 2004 10:19
Downloaded all 3 version and none of them worked.
The sky image show's up with the text 2004-Potor Hollmuth in the bottom right hand corner and nothing else happens.
The last one gave me a

Runtime Error 506-Could not load image at line 11

Tried the first two both at 16bit and 32bit color at
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Posted: 26th Aug 2004 11:04 Edited at: 26th Aug 2004 11:12
all three are the same
fixed the load image error and updated links

Quote: "Potor Hollmuth "

lol...BTW those Os are Es...Peter Hellmuth

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 00:16
It works now and I found a bug:





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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 00:55 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 00:58
oh you evil person

k, i'll fix it

the explosion wasn't ment to wrap around like that though...not sure why it's doing it

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 01:07 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 04:41
ok now i set it up so that the explosion can't wrap around so no more "don't know what backround looks like so can't update pixel...so end up with ugly smear" bug

new link- 1183KBs
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/iYWIcnM/SingedDust.zip

once i decide what to use and make the graphics i will add in "tanks"(maybe this weekend...)

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 03:38
YAY, it works now. Very impress with you terrain, I something like this once in qbasic, except I didn't make it animated, it simply took the chunk out of the land.

Very nice!

Can't wait for you to get some tank on there and start duking it out!

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hehe yeah working on explosion graphics now..almost done

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 04:39 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 04:42
update-


added-
explosion effects(sound and animation)
can toggle with right mouse button which type of explosion you are using...

screenie-(zoomed in)


download- 1183 KBs
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/iYWIcnM/SingedDust.zip

i will add tanks(or whatever) most likely over the weekend

BTW if you whish to make your own levels...just save over the "testlevel2" file with a 640*480 bmp, in the media/levels folder(keep the name the same)

all the black parts of the image will be treated as none existant...also anything above a certain point(20 pixels from the top...) is cut of so that no matter what image you put in there will be room for tanks

[edit] notice that instead of a just circle being cut out, it cuts out were the explosion has touched?

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 08:51 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 08:51
update:

terrain slides down much faster..resulting in a much better looking effect

link-
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/VcHPezCU/SingedDust.zip
note: i did not edit the other links this time

will add larger/different explosions then tanks

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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 09:12 Edited at: 27th Aug 2004 09:15
sorry peter_h but i just tried the new demo (link from your last post) and i still get wraparound

very good other than that tho



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Posted: 27th Aug 2004 09:25 Edited at: 28th Aug 2004 00:23
thanks!

fixed-
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/miwxpcjG/SingedDust.zip
lol, i had it fixed but i messed it up again when i added explosions

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Posted: 28th Aug 2004 00:23 Edited at: 28th Aug 2004 03:27
Update


yay! i finally managed to make bigger explosions

changed-
you can now make a medium explosion...

link-
http://wakehosting.com/upload/files/miwxpcjG/SingedDust.zip

next Download will most likely have a tank in it
[edit] working on tanks now will probably have a download by sunday or monday...with tanks
[edit2]
preview of a fully souped up medium tank(it won't appear this way in the game...the blue color is where your custom color goes, the green color is the sheild which will be a "animated" color ...also the turret will be added in-game)


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Posted: 28th Aug 2004 06:33
Is there an ammo limit?

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Posted: 28th Aug 2004 07:05 Edited at: 28th Aug 2004 07:06
there are no tanks yet(so no ammo limit), but there will be different kinds of ammo and limits on all of them except for the most basic one(something like "small missile")

you will have unlimited of the most basic so you don't ever run out ...but everything else you have to pay for

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Posted: 28th Aug 2004 22:37 Edited at: 28th Aug 2004 22:44
thanks!

i'm pretty sure that bug is fixed now(i haven't uploaded the latest version...)
later today i should have a demo with a tank in it(that you control)
that can fire shells and all that...

BTW i'm going to remove the part in the begining when all the stuff flashes on the screen...what i'm doing is getting data from the images...instead i'll just have files with the data re-written...

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Posted: 28th Aug 2004 23:27
worked well for me! the explosions and terrain destruction was very nice- interesting idea

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