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That's creatures on C64

You call an unreleased A1200/CD32 game easy? I would have never guessed that and I wasted lots of hours/days/years in front of commodore's electronics

Thanks a lot - this works fine.

Is there a way to determine, whether dialogs options are currently displayed?
I have a custom dialog GUI and few function in rep_exec_always which I only want to check while the GUI is shown.

Thanks for any help

Great EGA artwork, could be right from Colonel's Bequest
As for the first bg: the trees in the upper part of the image are very present and are dragging the viewers attention away from the main object in the center. So I would avoid the black shape and try a lighter color tone.
The fog itself looks convincing, but it's always behind the tree shapes. You could try to blend the fog into a few trees.

Yep, next please

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/wkPX3Kd.jpg[/imgzoom]

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Time Gentlemen, Please!

Thanks everyone!
I'm having a great day so far.I also learned that Mêlée Island looks a lot like the classic 50s Peter Pan Neverland Island.
Took me almost 13 years to realize that

Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition & Time Gentlemen, Please! bundle for £3 ?

Duzz Quest??

On a sidenote - you can even buy Lenny Moore's Outcast Soundtrack on iTunes.

Question 1: IV, III, I, II
Rationale: There aren't that many commercial games and if the apocalyptic forecast of "how AGS is too limited for modern times" comes true, the number of commercial titles will even more decrease.

Question 2-I: d, b,c,a
Rationale: Totally selfish reason - I don't know if I ever have a voiced game

Question 2-II: a,b
Rationale: I can't see how a great story can be transported without having great dialogs

Question 2-III: c, d,b,a
Rationale: as Q2: great sprites usually don't go along too well with blocky animations

Question 2-IV: b,d,c,a
Rationale: With gameplay and puzzles merged, also a non adventure game has a chance to stand in Game-design

Question 2-V: c,b,a
Rationale: I like strong NPCs, so I also like to see an award for them.

Question 3: 0
Rationale: It sure would be nice to see those categories filled, but I can imagine that nominations and voting get pretty complicated.

Please post a second screenshot.

You made my day

Unfortunately the stand-alone editor crashes when I try to load anything.

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Informationen über das Aufrufen von JIT-Debuggen
anstelle dieses Dialogfelds finden Sie am Ende dieser Meldung.

************** Ausnahmetext **************
System.NullReferenceException: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
   bei AGS.Plugin.FontEditor.FontEditorPane..ctor(String filepath, String filename, String fontname)
   bei WFN_FontEditor.MainWindow.FontListBox_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.WmReflectCommand(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.WndProc(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   bei System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Geladene Assemblys **************
mscorlib
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3655 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll.
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WFN-FontEditor
    Assembly-Version: 1.2.0.1.
    Win32-Version: 1.2.0.1.
    CodeBase: file:///D:/Eigene%20Dateien/AGS-3.3.0/WFN-FontEditor-V1.2.0.1/standalone/WFN-FontEditor.exe.
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3645 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll.
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3644 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll.
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System.Drawing
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3644 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll.
----------------------------------------
AGS.Plugin.FontEditor
    Assembly-Version: 1.2.0.1.
    Win32-Version: 1.2.0.1.
    CodeBase: file:///D:/Eigene%20Dateien/AGS-3.3.0/WFN-FontEditor-V1.2.0.1/standalone/AGS.Plugin.FontEditor.DLL.
----------------------------------------
AGS.Types
    Assembly-Version: 3.2.1.111.
    Win32-Version: 3.2.1.111.
    CodeBase: file:///D:/Eigene%20Dateien/AGS-3.3.0/WFN-FontEditor-V1.2.0.1/standalone/AGS.Types.DLL.
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3654 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll.
----------------------------------------
mscorlib.resources
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3655 (GDR.050727-3600).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll.
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms.resources
    Assembly-Version: 2.0.0.0.
    Win32-Version: 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000).
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.resources/2.0.0.0_de_b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll.
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************** JIT-Debuggen **************
Um das JIT-Debuggen (Just-In-Time) zu aktivieren, muss in der
Konfigurationsdatei der Anwendung oder des Computers
(machine.config) der jitDebugging-Wert im Abschnitt system.windows.forms festgelegt werden.
Die Anwendung muss mit aktiviertem Debuggen kompiliert werden.

Zum Beispiel:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

Wenn das JIT-Debuggen aktiviert ist, werden alle nicht behandelten
Ausnahmen an den JIT-Debugger gesendet, der auf dem
Computer registriert ist, und nicht in diesem Dialogfeld behandelt.

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Apart from the reported bugs, it works fine inside the editor.

[*cough*]

But what motivates an unpaid dev, if everyone else gets a paycheck?

How about the bounty idea? Some people (or an indie studio *cough*) offer a bounty for a certain feature and freelance-devs can claim it by implementing the feature. In the meantime, the regular development continues as it currently does. Maybe with a bit less energy-drain from CW

If you try to draw on roomsurfaces without having a background pic, you get this nice CGA effect

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Unfortunately it also drops the framerate to 2-3 fps.
This also happens when you update the game to 32-bit and don't reload a dummy pic as room background.

It's not a major issue, but worth mentioning.

Is 32-bit really the way to go? It seems to be a little overkill as I hardly use more than 32 colors at the moment.
Once upon a time, 32bit was the "evil" setting in AGS, that caused massive slowdowns and gave you merely nothing in return.

My guess would be that it's a Delphine or Coktel Game, but I actually don't have a clue.

Alles Gute Björn

I got it working now.
In case anyone wants to do this too:

Code: ags

    ViewFrame *CurrentFrame = Game.GetViewFrame(player.View, player.Loop, player.Frame);
    DynamicSprite *player_tint = DynamicSprite.CreateFromExistingSprite(377);
    player_tint.Crop(0, 0, Game.SpriteWidth[CurrentFrame.Graphic], Game.SpriteHeight[CurrentFrame.Graphic]);
    player_tint.CopyTransparencyMask(CurrentFrame.Graphic);