Post by: Dragon__lance on July 05, 2006, 03:12:00 pm
Well, i've decided to carry on Necro's proposed idea of the Xlib Guru, a tutorial to help BASIC programmer's learn how to use xlib. I would really like to see this as a community project, contributed to by all members of the Calc programming society,not just omnimaga :)
If you would like to add in your own section,please just post it here,or pm/email me. I am also looking for someone to help with formatting the tutorial, as i would like to see it in HTML, (but seeing it as i know crap about html),i'll need some major help there...if you can help out please pm/email me :)
The plan of this tutorial-
-written explanation of all xlib functions
-grayscale?
-tips and tricks
-map making,scrolling,etc...
Anyways, i hope for this to be a tutorial written just not by me, but by many,and be a community project! :)
btw, if you're wondering why i decided to write this,tr1p1ea included me in the credits of xlib, and i felt very undeserving of that, so i hope to help out in my small way :)
Well here's the first part that explains sprite usage and detailed explanation of the sprite command of xlib.I plan on adding some more tips and tricks with the sprite command, so expect more!
Post by: Spellshaper on July 06, 2006, 01:30:00 am
As for making it html: I normally write in Word and then just paste paste it into my online blog editor ^^
Apparently it automatically converts it into html, it always worked.
I'd like to help as much as I can. :)
Post by: tifreak on July 06, 2006, 01:33:00 am
That is one of the few things I am good at. ;)
Post by: Spellshaper on July 06, 2006, 01:41:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 06, 2006, 04:06:00 am
If there is any particular subject anyone wants to write a tutorial on,just post it here,ex: grayscale,scrolling tilemaps,etc... :)
Post by: Zeromus on July 06, 2006, 07:44:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 06, 2006, 07:54:00 am
did the file i sent you for Pure come out ok? Anyways,here's most recent version, i added some more to sprites!
Post by: Spellshaper on July 06, 2006, 08:08:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 06, 2006, 09:30:00 am
Can't wait till it's release! :)
Post by: Spellshaper on July 06, 2006, 11:07:00 am
| QUOTE (Dragon__lance @ Jul 6 2006, 10:30 PM) |
| Can't wait till it's release! :) |
That depends how long lolje needs to upload his version after I uploaded mine, so I can see what changes he did. :lol:
Post by: BCTurk on July 12, 2006, 07:13:00 am
Post by: Halifax on July 12, 2006, 12:35:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 12, 2006, 01:10:00 pm
I need to stop only using today active topic function >.< glad you started working on this :)
It will become the biggest xlib ressource for programmers, anyone is free to convert my omnicalc grayscale tutorial to xlib btw if you want to add more stuff in CDI's (altough imo CDI is alerady nice)
Post by: Halifax on July 13, 2006, 11:45:00 am
Post by: Demon on July 13, 2006, 11:50:00 am
Screenshots are here.
http://omnimaga.dyndns.org/index.php?showtopic=420
As for XLib Guru, I could make some animations of the functions you can add to the HTML version...
Post by: Halifax on July 13, 2006, 02:00:00 pm
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 14, 2006, 04:34:00 am
BcTurk, if you could do the lesser section's of xlib from contrast,getkey,etc....that'd be awesome!!!
-Pyro xp2k if you could help with any animations or html related stuff, that'd be great too!
sorry i'm not around rightnow, currently away from home at OH :)
i'll get some more done with tilemap and sprites when i get back.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 14, 2006, 02:51:00 pm
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 17, 2006, 03:34:00 pm
In fact,any contribution of unique coded ways that use xlib would be great :)Anyways, i finished up the main description of tilemapping so here it is :)
I'm gonna now work on the tips and tricks of tilemappin such as scrolling and such.If anyone here thinks they have the fastest possible scrolling methods, please post! :P
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 18, 2006, 02:38:00 am
(the real(0 second argument thing)
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 18, 2006, 05:20:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 18, 2006, 05:37:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 19, 2006, 02:31:00 pm
collusion detection is finished,and a little part of scrolling,please tell me what you think :) Also,itd be great if someone is willing to provide some good scrolling code? :)
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on July 19, 2006, 02:44:00 pm
Post by: Dragon__lance on July 19, 2006, 03:13:00 pm
If there are any wording or grammar errors,let me kno! :)
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 04, 2006, 10:17:00 am
but for now.....thats all thats gonna be done....unless anyone wants to help out!
Post by: tenniskid493 on August 04, 2006, 10:44:00 am
or tifreak8x is also another good person to help you. I'm leaving tommorrow for vacation for 2 weeks so I might not be able to help you much for a while.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 04, 2006, 11:35:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 04, 2006, 03:31:00 pm
anyways,bundling with xlib (as in putting it in the zip folder) looks questionable.I think it's time to transfer to HTML,so if anyone can help! (tifreak8x?)Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 05, 2006, 12:48:00 am
, but it's true that since I quitted efnet and only go on irc://unitedti.org I dont have much chance of seeing him much anymore :(
Post by: kalan_vod on August 06, 2006, 08:35:00 am
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Post by: Halifax on August 13, 2006, 03:39:00 pm
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 13, 2006, 04:39:00 pm
Post by: Halifax on August 13, 2006, 04:47:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 14, 2006, 03:33:00 am
if onl;y expr( (or whatever command that ran program commands) worked with everything it would pwn cuz we could have game generator on calc
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 15, 2006, 05:28:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 15, 2006, 09:51:00 am
Post by: Demon on August 15, 2006, 02:39:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 15, 2006, 02:41:00 pm
I could host it on my UTI webspace I still have lot of free diskspace
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 15, 2006, 03:32:00 pm
I'll have to see what i can do with rpg guru :) As for now, i guess i'm open to any code snippets people would like to contribute that they would like to contribute! Such as Scrolling routines, A walking routine, GS routine, etc...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 16, 2006, 01:52:00 am
so I'll have to wait laterI think I'Ll start a forum for this
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 16, 2006, 05:10:00 am
now i only have to wait until UTI got back online
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 16, 2006, 06:43:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 16, 2006, 10:11:00 am
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 16, 2006, 03:05:00 pm
So would we post the actual info on the Wiki, and discuss it here?
Post by: Halifax on August 16, 2006, 04:34:00 pm
Post by: CureDesu on August 16, 2006, 05:19:00 pm
) But so far it looks awsome (ecspecially the tilemapping). This really cleared things up for me that I didn't understand in the readme, so I'm sure this will be a great help to me during the process of making my game. Thanks again. :DOh, Killerplayer: I'm interested in that 4-way scrolling thing.
Post by: Halifax on August 16, 2006, 05:45:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 17, 2006, 03:07:00 am
Btw if it works (I HOPE), we will have all the xlib guru info in a wiki, and hopefully ppl will be able to contribute their stuff, expand documentation, elaborate, improve it, etc, and it will eventually grow up signifiantly. The wiki will use this sub forum for discussion. If I get the wiki to work I may setup some more sub forum in this forum section as well to keep things more organised. Once it works we should let the community know about this :)
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 17, 2006, 04:42:00 am
Also, would anyone care to help out and maybe make some images for xLIB guru, in the text file, you notice that i used ASCII, i'd like to convert to real calc images now :)
Post by: merthsoft on August 17, 2006, 05:02:00 am
That kind of four way scrolling? I made this for crzyrbl for Zelda, and I think him and CDI both made some pretty good innovations with it... With xLIB guru is the plan to start simple, and then when it gets harder use more advanced routines? Like start with this one, and then the further we progress, we go back to this, and add a hud and better integrate it?
Post by: Dragon__lance on August 17, 2006, 06:03:00 am
Post by: Halifax on August 17, 2006, 02:27:00 pm
Variable C equals first matrix to start scrolling from and D is the matrix to scroll to. The syntax is below and it will scroll from matrix A to B going up.
->C:1->D
1:prgmSCROLL
c1-->
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| ec1 If Ans=1:Then Post by: Dragon__lance on August 17, 2006, 03:30:00 pm btw,you can save some space in your code, by removing all the "real(6", and just update lcd at the end of tilemap ;)
Post by: Halifax on August 18, 2006, 08:38:00 am Post by: Demon on August 19, 2006, 06:35:00 pm Post by: DJ Omnimaga on August 20, 2006, 02:06:00 am , I still gotta ask tr1p if I can add the original readme to the wiki too :)
Post by: ninja_master on September 07, 2006, 10:40:00 am Post by: Spellshaper on September 07, 2006, 11:03:00 am
O_____O Wow. If you manage to pull that off, I'll drool all over my TI screen. Seriously. And: Welcome to the forums! *Spellshaper Post by: tenniskid493 on September 07, 2006, 01:24:00 pm Post by: bfr on September 07, 2006, 02:14:00 pm
It would be great if you do that. Also, like Spelli said, welcome to the forums. :gift:  Post by: DJ Omnimaga on September 08, 2006, 01:50:00 am as for ninja master, welcome to the forums, I can't wait to see your tutorial :) . will it be in complement to CDI's 4 level grayscale tutorial or a separate tutorial?
Post by: Halifax on November 02, 2006, 07:27:00 am Post by: Demon on November 02, 2006, 11:34:00 am
Post by: Halifax on November 03, 2006, 09:58:00 am Post by: Radical Pi on November 03, 2006, 10:35:00 am Post by: Halifax on November 03, 2006, 11:22:00 am Post by: Radical Pi on November 03, 2006, 11:49:00 am If you didn't know, it was found that SAFE blue was possible on the 84+(SE) by looping real(5,0,0 and real(5,0,39 because the highest contrast turned out to be a dark blue. Combining this with random mixtures on the graphscreen provides hours of fun (seriously, this is a very amusing hack). Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 09, 2006, 03:14:00 am but since its a wiki it cannot really die, as anyone can add info anytime in it
Post by: necro on November 27, 2006, 08:20:00 am
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