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Update:
Now available: v1.2: switched from 16-bit (hi-colour) to 32-bit (true-colour) version.

Working on categories now.
01. Exterieur [88]
02. Interieur [67]
03. Sceneries/Landscapes [100]
04. Space [7]

Maybe splitting them up in subcategories and removing the category Space cause it only contains 7 BG's.
Any ideas?

Reimported all backgrounds in 32bit.
Now I remember why I had chosen to use 16Bit: the compiled size doubles using 32bit.
Still keeping it now at 32bit.

Yeh sorry, I know...

Somehow I thought I needed to switch GetViewportX() & GetViewportY()
in stead switching the number of pixels from X to Y...
Anyway...

OK, got it. Thanx!

I'm sorry but I don't understand it.

Tried this
SetViewport (GetViewportX() - 10, GetViewportY()); // scroll down 10 pixels.
and this
SetViewport (GetViewportY() - 10, GetViewportX()); // scroll down 10 pixels.

both do nothing...

{
if (mouse.y <= 20) { //if mouse is near top of screen
  SetViewport (GetViewportX() - 10, GetViewportY()); // scroll down 10 pixels.
}
else if (mouse.y >= 300) { //if mouse is bottom of screen
SetViewport (GetViewportX() + 10, GetViewportY()); // scroll up 10 pixels.
}
}

Having this, still nothing happens.

The problem is that it doesn't scroll at all

added this:
SetViewport (GetViewportY() + 10, GetViewportX()); // scroll down 10 pixels.
into:
SetViewport (GetViewportY() - 10, GetViewportX()); // scroll down 10 pixels.

I noticed it after submitting the post...

I'm trying to get a vertical scrolling room working.
Gameresolution: 640x480, room background resolution: 640x5421
Can't figure out why this piece of code doesn't work...:


function room_RepExec()
{
if (mouse.y <= 20) { //if mouse is near top of screen
 SetViewport (GetViewportY() - 10, GetViewportX()); // scroll down 10 pixels. Change this for quicker or slower scrolling.
}
else if (mouse.y >= 300) { //if mouse is bottom of screen
SetViewport (GetViewportY() + 10, GetViewportX()); // scroll up 10 pixels. Change this for quicker or slower scrolling.
}
}

Congrats Calin.

I voted Tijne cause I really like platform games and it was a surprise to see a platform game in the mags compo.
And one that worked pretty well. 

Checked 

This game was lots of fun to beta test, and I was completely impressed with the graphics. 
If you want me to do a final beta test (that would be like the 6th or 7th beta test now. haha), I would definitely give it another go.

Fully agreed.
When needed I'd like to rejoin for the final beta testround too 

Importing them into the sprite manager, mmhh, I'll check that out

And oh, 'guy-backgrounds' was a typo, I meant 'gui-backgrounds'.

@Stupod:
So every background blitz theme would become a categorie?
That makes a lot of categories...
But I'll think about it 

I think scr files are just exe files renamed arent they?

Yup

@Wyz: Thanx

B.t.w.: I do remember that loader you made.
I might have a look after you have revisited the code cause
unfortunately it didn't workout for me last time I tried it with WOO....

[Anyone else got suggestions?]

The guy-backgrounds are sprites, so that import en masse indeed  
The room-backgrounds will be a one-by-one import :'(

Anyone else got suggestions?
Otherwise v1.2 [32bit] is coming up.
Soon...

Thanx for the info Calin.
Darn, 261 x re-importing room-backgrounds....
I guess I also need to re-import the guy-backgrounds?

I also used "compress the sprite files".
That doesn't harm anything doesn't it?

Why only 16-bit?
16-bit can have pretty disasterous effects on gradients.

Why:
Because I had no clue what setting to choose, so I kept it low.

Question:
Can I just change the setting from 16bit to 32bit and recompile the sceensaver without any trouble?

The image you have credited to me was, unfortunately, not mine.
I was just pointing out that someone had painted over a loominous critic's lounge paintover.

mmhh, must have overlooked that...
I'll remove your name [if there are no other entries on your name, I'll check]
and the loominous critic's lounge paintover pic in the next version.