Suggestions: Various, mostly graphical.

[DarkCryst]

Well, we have PNG support in AGS which, you know.. rocks.

However, this is where suggestions come in.

Support for RGBA pngs? (smaller files sizes, built in alpha info)
Anti-aliased sprites with alpha maps?
Preview window for animations (if its there I've missed it)?
Automatic animated gif frame import?

Oh.. and an updated help file? Doesn't mention PNG in many sections, even when you can use them.

Other than that... its great though I'm sure, as with anything,  you have your own bug/feature list a mile long. Speed isn't a huge issue.. but it would be nice to tweak some things a bit I guess *shrugs*.

Oh.. and hey, long time lurker, first time poster. Treat me gentle.

[Pumaman]

Hi, thanks for your input:

Support for RGBA pngs? (smaller files sizes, built in alpha info)

These should work, are you having problems with them?

Anti-aliased sprites with alpha maps?

Anti-aliasing is supported on scaled sprites; extending it to work with alpha blended sprites is a possibility for the future.

Preview window for animations (if its there I've missed it)?

This has been requested quite a few times, it's on my to-do list

Automatic animated gif frame import?

GIF support has not been included to due legal issues; however the GIF patent expires shortly (July I believe) so at that point I'll consider whether GIF support can be added in.

Oh.. and an updated help file? Doesn't mention PNG in many sections, even when you can use them.

I'll take a look - the manual mostly only mentions file formats in sections like SaveScreenShot, and the engine does still only support BMP/PCX.


Thanks for your suggestions, and welcome to the AGS Forums

[DarkCryst]

thank you!

With RGBA it just doesn't work.. so, maybe thats just me. Not a huge problem for me right now.. but maybe I'll try redownloading to make sure I have the latest version.

I should have guessed about the Unisys thing being the gif issue. PNG is a better format for stills anyhow, so agiain, not really a problem for me.. just thought some people would apriciate it.

One thing about the Unisys patents.. is that while they expire in some places in July (June? can't remember) they don't expire everywhere then. So authors will still have to be careful (in theory).

As you seem to have PNG support locked down.. perhaps MNG.. you know, if you are feeling bored and lots of time on your hands

Also yes, with anti-aliasting I knew it worked on scaled characters, was the alphamapped characters I was refering to.

Oh and my other suggestion would be a GUI one, this is just me, but I'd have put the buttons on the left in a icon toolbar under the menus. Would free up screen realestate for more editiing/options.. etc etc. Mind you I'd prolly do a few other cosmetic/organisational changes to make some things a bit clearer/simpler. But thats just me.

Thanks again for a great product!