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« on: January 20, 2009, 05:26:06 pm »
The new engine method requires a slightly different scheme for storing distances, where all values are one-fourth of their previous values. I just changed the current engine to use these values and I was surprised to find that there wasn't much noticeable loss of quality! In addition, these values required a different way of finding tiles in the map, and this new way in itself adds over a frame per second! Also, since the values are smaller, there is a greater possibility now for larger maps. Edit: I just realized... the new method I'm about to code involves raycasting in its purest form.  Though it's quite a simplified case-specific version.
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« on: January 20, 2009, 01:15:54 pm »
Well, I've been trying to work on this a bit more. For starters, I've been commenting and documenting my code, which is a very important thing I have neglected. I've also been reorganizing my sprites. The next thing on the agenda is upgrading the 3D engine to a significantly faster method. I just hope I'll get around to it.
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« on: January 06, 2009, 06:23:42 pm »
I was working on it? O.o Erm... yeah, I have been at least thinking about it.
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« on: December 18, 2008, 11:27:38 am »
About Wikiti... I haven't been getting problems, plus Google no longer says that the site can harm your computer. 
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« on: December 14, 2008, 09:50:08 pm »
It's quite obviously oncalc... at least from what I've seen of the Maxcoderz topic... 
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« on: December 13, 2008, 04:53:59 pm »
I seriously have no idea why I gave up before starting on my 8-level GS Chip's Challenge...  Ah well, probably better for my other projects this way... assuming I work on them... which I don't... and long run-on sentences are fun... yeah.
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« on: December 06, 2008, 01:39:25 pm »
It already uses a LUT for the tile callbacks, and the math is quite simple... it just has to take the position collided within the tile and compare the x and y coordinates. Right now I even have it so that it makes sure his head won't go through a block when he's going up a hill.  However, there is a bit of a glitch that happens with objects 8 pixels high... and I'm pretty sure what it is, too. In other news, I updated his horizontal acceleration code to make it more accurate to the originals: when he's jumping, he does not accelerate or decelerate unless you press an arrow key. He used to go back to zero velocity just like he was on the ground.
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« on: December 05, 2008, 11:52:57 am »
It's grid-based, but it calls the tile collision callbacks each frame so I can customize the collision if I need to. (You know, check the coordinates of the object and see if it collided with the slope )
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« on: December 05, 2008, 01:12:27 am »
Well, technically I've been improving the graphics routines (i.e. the tilemapper and sprite routines). I've been avoiding having to work with hills...
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« on: November 23, 2008, 11:11:30 pm »
Hey Jon! Nice to see you back! Hope you have a project up your sleeve...
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« on: November 23, 2008, 08:39:40 pm »
very nice, any chance of backdrop like in kevin's engine?
That was in the original plan, yes. Though, I could probably add it in anytime I want to in the development process, even at the end if I need to.
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« on: November 22, 2008, 01:26:14 pm »
I'm fine with your name, if that helps any.
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« on: November 22, 2008, 01:14:32 pm »
After an intense spriting session, I now have object rotations! I set up an object which moves and rotates, as shown:  I also added the ability to go backwards and "strafe" left and right, as you might have noticed in the screenshot.
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« on: November 22, 2008, 01:19:27 am »
I was going to make Chip's Challenge in 8-level grayscale (in ASM of course) for the last Cemetech contest, but all the progress I made on that was the actual grayscale engine. Good luck on yours, though!
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