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The Rumpus Room / Re: Name the Game
« on: Yesterday at 21:39 »
If we're doing obscure FPSs try this one (telltale interface removed)
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Engine Development / Re: Linux Port and Lua Plugin
« on: 18 May 2013, 17:34 »
Ok well it seems that the Arch Linux AUR package i was using doesn't clone the repo recursively and so the Lua plugin wasn't even in the source tree.
I rectified this and it wont compile due to some missing libraries which I don't quite understand.
However, the larger issue is that it wont work on 64bit systems. Is this fixable? I mean presumably the plugin could save the source and compile it at runtime?
I rectified this and it wont compile due to some missing libraries which I don't quite understand.
However, the larger issue is that it wont work on 64bit systems. Is this fixable? I mean presumably the plugin could save the source and compile it at runtime?
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Engine Development / Linux Port and Lua Plugin
« on: 18 May 2013, 05:17 »
The Lua Plugin doesnt seem to work with the linux version. I've compiled it from the git and I get the following:
I am using a x64 version of Arch Linux.
┌─[steve][archlaptop][~/evilhouse/Compiled]
└──╼ ags evilhouse.exe
AGS: Adventure Game Studio v3.3 Interpreter
Copyright (c) 1999-2011 Chris Jones and 2011-20xx others
ACI version 3.3.0.1132
AGS: ***** ENGINE STARTUP
AGS: Reading config file
AGS: Initializing allegro
AGS: Setting up window
AGS: Initializing game data
AGS: Game data file: /home/steve/evilhouse/Compiled/evilhouse.exe
AGS: Initializing TTF renderer
AGS: Initializing mouse
AGS: Checking memory
ci_find_file: cannot change to directory: Compiled
ci_find_file: cannot change to directory: Compiled
AGS: Initializing keyboard
AGS: Install timer
Checking sound inits.
AGS: Initialize sound drivers
AGS: Install exit handler
AGS: Initialize path finder library
AGS: Initialize gfx
AGS: Load game data
AGS: Built library path: ./libagslua.so
AGS: dlopen returned: ./libagslua.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
AGS: Built library path: /home/steve/evilhouse/Compiled/libagslua.so
AGS: dlopen returned: /home/steve/evilhouse/Compiled/libagslua.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
AGS: Plugin loading failed, trying built-in plugins...
AGS: No built-in plugin found. Plugin loading failed!
AGS: No placeholder functions for the plugin found. The game might fail to load.
An internal error has occurred. Please note down the following information.
If the problem persists, post the details on the AGS Technical Forum.
(ACI version 3.3.0.1132)
Error: load room: unable to deserialize prop schema
AGS: ***** ENGINE HAS SHUTDOWN
I am using a x64 version of Arch Linux.
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The Rumpus Room / Re: Name the Game
« on: 15 May 2013, 19:16 »
That is Legacy - Dark Shadows
EDIT: With the tell-tale interface removed:
EDIT: With the tell-tale interface removed:
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Critics' Lounge / Re: A small demo and "realistic graphics"
« on: 14 May 2013, 09:24 »
Urgh, Why do people go to the trouble of making 3D models which have perspective and lighting information built in to them only to then flatten them and *remove* that information to put them in AGS?
If you want to use 3D models then I cannot recommend enough using a 3D capable engine like Wintermute or Unity. Yes, the learning curve is steeper but if you are capable of using 3D modelling programs then you are probably capable of using a simplified 3D engine. The gains are simply huge in the visual quality of your game.
If you want to use 3D models then I cannot recommend enough using a 3D capable engine like Wintermute or Unity. Yes, the learning curve is steeper but if you are capable of using 3D modelling programs then you are probably capable of using a simplified 3D engine. The gains are simply huge in the visual quality of your game.
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Competitions & Activities / Re: Monster Workshop - full sketch due tonight (Monday)!
« on: 13 May 2013, 17:13 »
I disagree. I think the emptiness of the face is part of the allure of the monster. Blankness in a face is unsettling.
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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: integer value at 0.0025, not possible?
« on: 09 May 2013, 23:52 »
int means integer which means a whole number
you need to declare a float
you need to declare a float
Code: Adventure Game Studio
- float variable = 0.0025
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Modules & Plugins / Re: ENGINE PLUGIN: AGSteam - Steam integration, simplified!
« on: 09 May 2013, 22:04 »
This is what is commonly known as "putting the cart before the horse"
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Competitions & Activities / Re: Monster - a hi-res illustration workshop
« on: 09 May 2013, 01:59 »
I think the collective thread is good but it lacks chronology a little.. maybe updates should be in new posts to dhow the progression and for posterity.
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Editor Development / Re: AGS clean refresh to Object Oriented
« on: 08 May 2013, 15:30 »
That's how i read it too. I dont think frenchie was being overly sarcastic.
@Ryan
Implementing your changes would actually be astonishingly easy. You just need to edit the agsdefs file which is just an AGS header and then edit the section in the engine where those functions are linked. You aren't changing any functionality you're just rearranging the syntax. Not sure I think you *should* do that but you could if you wanted.
@Ryan
Implementing your changes would actually be astonishingly easy. You just need to edit the agsdefs file which is just an AGS header and then edit the section in the engine where those functions are linked. You aren't changing any functionality you're just rearranging the syntax. Not sure I think you *should* do that but you could if you wanted.
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Beginners' Technical Questions / Re: functions within functions, experience system
« on: 05 May 2013, 15:26 »
(it is in Lua 
)
)
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Editor Development / Re: AGS clean refresh to Object Oriented
« on: 04 May 2013, 18:09 »
- Can't pass references to user structures
- Extremely limited polymorphism (no overriding, limited subclassing)
- Limited encapsulation
EDIT: Actually encapsulation is possible but its wordy.
- Extremely limited polymorphism (no overriding, limited subclassing)
- Limited encapsulation
EDIT: Actually encapsulation is possible but its wordy.
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Editor Development / Re: AGS clean refresh to Object Oriented
« on: 04 May 2013, 17:57 »
I like the idea but AGS script itself does not allow for a truly OOP style so your changes are just syntactic rather than organisational.
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AGS Games in Production / Re: Nelly Cootalot II: The Fowl Fleet
« on: 03 May 2013, 13:16 »
Looks rubbish.
What's that bird thing? Some kind of bird?
Rubbish.
What's that bird thing? Some kind of bird?
Rubbish.
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Modules & Plugins / Re: Another Plugin: SpriteFont Renderer. Native Bitmap Fonts.
« on: 28 Apr 2013, 19:15 »
I dont think so. It seems to only be related to TextWindow GUIs. Font rendering on other GUIs works fine.
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Modules & Plugins / Re: Another Plugin: SpriteFont Renderer. Native Bitmap Fonts.
« on: 28 Apr 2013, 18:17 »
That looks to be a bug in AGS's TextWindow system. I will forward it on to the engine team.
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General Discussion / Re: AGS Kart (TICK) Swarm (CROSS) DEDICATED TEAM UNDER CONSTUCTION!
« on: 28 Apr 2013, 18:00 »
Ok, so the image is rendered in scanlines from left to right. So a line might look like this after i have selected the correct color from the source texture via a matrix transformation (imagine different characters are different colors):
*******&&&&&&&&&&$$$$$$$$**********
So my draw func steps across a line like this:
1) Found a new color, store that color and keep going:
2) Found a new color that is different from the last one, set the drawing color the color at point 1 and draw a line from 1 to here.
3 & 4) repeat 2.
In this way the drawing color only needs to be set 4 times (this is quite expensive) and only 4 lines needs to be drawn (which is also quite expensive).
*******&&&&&&&&&&$$$$$$$$**********
So my draw func steps across a line like this:
1 2 3 4
*******&&&&&&&&&&$$$$$$$$**********
1) Found a new color, store that color and keep going:
2) Found a new color that is different from the last one, set the drawing color the color at point 1 and draw a line from 1 to here.
3 & 4) repeat 2.
In this way the drawing color only needs to be set 4 times (this is quite expensive) and only 4 lines needs to be drawn (which is also quite expensive).