Grammer 2-The APP

[Xeda112358]

Crap, I need to update my signature and first post .___. The latest is a few posts ago: http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=10961.msg232765#msg232765
EDIT: Eh, never mind, here is a minor update that fixes a bug in pixel testing (when you use Fix 16, I forgot I broke it) and I found out that I forgot to update augment( to work with my other changes, so now it works

[Jonius7]

Good job Xeda! Grammer shall now be greatly accessible to everyone!

[Xeda112358]

I also took the advice of kindermoumoute and made a topic like Axe's for just updates
http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=12730.0

[Jonius7]

Yes I have seen that. It's good that it has that, now that Grammer is becoming so major. I shall try your block eater asap!

[Xeda112358]

Awesome, I hope you enjoy it I already have added an enemy that chases you o.o

[Xeda112358]

This is kind of a prerelease that includes the still faulty pxl-Test( change. It will be a while before I can get back to work on it, so I will give these tips:
It currently does not properly pixel-test regions one pixel wide.
It automatically quits if it is out of bounds on the left and top (otherwises, it resizes the region which will not happen in the final version).

So to use it, pxl-Test('X,Y,H,W,0 (that is a zero). It will return the number of set pixels on the perimeter. This is also so that I can release my Gravity Jump program ^_^

(It also can have an optional argument for the buffer to test on)

[Yeong]

where does H and W start from?

[Xeda112358]

Height and width start at 1 and go to 96 and 64, respectively, sorry.

[Yeong]

oh. I was thinking that it was based on sprites...

[Xeda112358]

No, the arguments are pretty much the same as the Line( command. I was originally going to add this as a rectangle option, actually.

[nxtboy III]

Kind of a random question, but in a grayscale grammer game would you use Pxl-Test for collisions?

[Xeda112358]

You can do that and the pixel test command will let you check the buffers. For example, you can make your sprite on the black layer detect only collision on the gray layer (so it can go through anything else on the black layer). I made a program earlier that had fire on the gray as the "background" while a box bounced around the screen (also leaving a trail of fire on the gray layer). I added some code so that I could stop the fire and bouncing to watch the gray fire

[nxtboy III]

Oh, cool! So using another buffer is the only way?
Is that how a grammer platformer would work?

EDIT: Sorry I'm such a newbie, but can Grammer have multiple threads/tasks?

[Xeda112358]

Kind of, but things like interrupts still need work and are buggy. Still, you can program it to perform several tasks, but I have made plans in the past to add multiple threading officially

As a platformer example, take a look at this that I posted yesterday (also in grayscale with collision detection):
http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=12789.0

[nxtboy III]

Is there a way to have a game where the colliders (platforms) are gray?