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syn9

before, we were using futurelib with 3d rendered backgrounds

think... 3d characters on 3d background with chrono trigger style fighting...

ive finished 2 maps, and the main player model, now working on a walking animation demo
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Ninkazu · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:31 am Post subject:

How the heck do you do all that 3D stuff? How much calculus and trig is needed for that? Damn, I'm never going to understand this shit...

syn9 · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:39 am Post subject:

actually, i wrote a tutorial on it a while back, i'll post that here once i dig it up
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Barok · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 3:47 am Post subject:

that's incredibly impressive for qb. someday, when i get a higher math education, i'll try that stuff.
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syn9 · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 7:36 am Post subject:

new screens::::

this is right at about 600 textured polies with player model

the player model

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Ninkazu · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 12:18 pm Post subject:

Jeez, that's so freaking cool! Do you have to use ems and xms memory for this program? It looks quite bulky on the memory side...

Barok · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:25 pm Post subject:

yeah, i didn't even know that's possible with qb, with all the memory limitations, and slowdown and all.

the graphics remind me of the early twisted metals. you know, the backgrounds. they're always hollow. of course, it makes it seem pretty cool. your games going to be one of a kind, i'll tell you that.
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Modanung · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject:

That looks very good indeed! In QB... Wow!
But, 9 fps? Are you planning to improve that or not?
When there are also enemies, the fps must be even lower.

Barok · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:27 pm Post subject:

i never took a look at the fps... that's what i was afraid of in the first place. it being incredibly slow. maybe try just redrawing the places where you move, unless the camera moves too, unless you already do that?

by the way, could someone post the code to show the fps? i tried that, but i kept on getting several thousand fps. i think that's not right :P
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Ninkazu · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 11:34 pm Post subject:

before the main loop, have:

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yea, the fps are that low, but thats 622 textured polies all z-sorted and rotated per frame, in a room with 3x the normal size... my other demo room gets 24fps with character and zsorting and rotation every frame. ingame the backgrounds will only be calculated once, and character z-sorting will be precalculated for im thinking 20 or 45 degree increments, so that should increase frames substantually. enemy models would only calculated zsorting in fighting animations based on their angle. i'll prolly not have the camera move except when you move to a far part away from it so that you can get a better view, like, have it move from the doorway next to the ledge to the upper platform when you go up the stairs

Barok · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 3:47 am Post subject:

thanks Ninkazu. i'll test it soon enough.
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Barok · Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject:

hmmm... i'm very puzzled now. ninkazu, i installed the counter, but what did i get? nothing. i put in
[code]print frames[/code]

all over the place, but first, it put over 30'000, then when i put it outside of the IF loop, it displayed everything too fast for me to read. (doesn't matter, i could tell that it's too high to be real anyways... the engine is a SoC type, in case you want to know.
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the speed is still lacking considerably, but its running 3x the polies that i started out with for the same fps, so its getting there...

this shot shows the first scene of the game

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first fight scene:::

the enemy

the fight