Raz

16th January 2003 18:06 UTC

check this out
Spent the last couple o days making a new DM for my No Escape preset. I cant seem to stop it fading out at points. any suggestions, help, the usual stuff?

Raz

16th January 2003 19:59 UTC

Crap im dozy, was just the mirror ruining it. Here it is again

anubis2003

16th January 2003 21:25 UTC

Raz, I like this DM a lot more. Good job speeding it up. However, It moves a bit too fast. It's kinda blinding when it moves that fast. At least have it accelerate smoothly. Also, there are still some weird lines that come up. I assume because of one of your DM's.
To keep it from fading to a solid color multiply the alpha by some number(experiment to find what you like). It is fading out because the "fog" is really close and can cover up most of the screen at times. By increasing alpha, the fog moves further away and the screen won't go black.

Jaheckelsafar

17th January 2003 07:07 UTC

That's pretty fast there. Anibus is right, it should change velocities more smoothly so you can actually see what's going on.

I dunno about anyone else, but a quarter of the time, I can't really see anything because it's too dark. If you want a colour shifting background I'd suggest use a superscope to define the colour, it gives you more control.

Raz

17th January 2003 21:17 UTC

Ok messed with the code a bit, fixed the alpha blending, i think. I got rid of one set of lines that were appearing, the other set i like and put into the DM intentionally.

Its slowed down quite a lot and rotates more now. Tell me if its still going to fast, my computers really quite shite and it runs at a nice speed on it.

Goood suggestion jaheckelsafar but i want to keep it part of the Dm because then the fog kinda matches the colours on the "surface type thing".

And tell me if it still fades out because it dosent on mine and i cant tell. Still needs some work i think but here it is.

anubis2003

17th January 2003 22:15 UTC

It still looks fast, although I think it's because of the texture which changes very rapidly. It no longer fades out either. The lines are less noticible and look better now(either that or I am getting use to them). It's running at 25FPS in windowed 320x200.

Jaheckelsafar

18th January 2003 06:38 UTC

It still looks too fast to me. Anibus is right about the texture.

Raz

18th January 2003 12:22 UTC

ok thanks for the suggestions ill work on it and repost it, ill go work on it on my other much better computer because it runs at a nice speed on this crap one, dosent run smoothly though. I dont already use it because its in my basement btw.

lol on my "amazing" machine it runs at 6.1 FPS on 250x300. Pathetic aint it. If i use pixel doubling and resize it down so its going at 25 FPS all i see is changing colours, lmao im goin on my other machine.

Raz

18th January 2003 18:22 UTC

hows this?
On my other computer now. Holy crap that was fast and shite looking at 25 FPS. Slowed it down a lot and it was the other major DM speeding it up along with the last one. Ive slowed them both down a lot and looks much better now but i think the effect on the texture takes a little too long to appear properly.

Oh yeah shoved something else i was working on in there, transfering it to my other computer, ignore that or whatever nowhere near done.

anubis2003

18th January 2003 22:04 UTC

Still fast, but no longer hurts my eyes. I like the new texture a bit more too. I would increase alpha some - too much of the screen is fog.

KiD cHaMeLeOn

18th January 2003 23:54 UTC

Great job Raz!:up:

Jaheckelsafar

19th January 2003 02:16 UTC

Much improved. The planes move in opposite directions though. The same thing happened in my 'two planes' preset. You can make them move in the same direction by multiplying by the sign of your z value.

Check it out.

anubis2003

19th January 2003 03:57 UTC

Jaheckelsafar, I like the plane warping - very nice. Your name is too long, any way to shorten it? (huck, J., ??)

Raz

19th January 2003 03:59 UTC

Thanks a lot jaheckelsafar, that helped majorly. As far as im concerned this presets finished now (unless i decide to stick some sort of superscope in it when i can be bothered). looks better and the planes now run the same. Thanks for the suggestions and help guys. :)

anubis2003

19th January 2003 04:08 UTC

The fog is still too close. Push it back some by multiplying alpha by some number(2,3,4,etc.). Much smoother now.

Jaheckelsafar

19th January 2003 06:13 UTC

Ahh, I see you slowed it down too. Looks decent.

Call me JC. It's not short for Jaheckelsafar, but friends call me it anyway. :)