Topic: Reflections Beta 20-Aug-09 (for a 20 liner coding contest) (Read 1150 times)

va!n · « **on:** July 22, 2009 »

Hi guys...
This will be my contribution for PurePunch #3... a coding contest by djes of this pb community with the goal to code something in max 20 lines (max 80 chars per line) and using only ONE 512x512 image and only ONE soundfile ^^

Due fact i have a newer computer (Intel Q8200, Radeon 4870, 8 GB Ram) i cant test it on older systems and how does it works / looks there... So it would be nice if you can give me feedback if the intro looks like the screenshots and if it works okay/smooth on your machine...

I think your gfx card must support textures with sizes like 256x128 instead 256x256... However, the intro sadly dont uses any timer or fps limitation... so it may possible run in different speed on any pc... Sad [i hate this compilcated timer, deltatimer coding and it would not fit into this contest size... so sorry...

Just a small info about the source (will be released as public soon)... This time i dont use any Win32 API... So the source should compile and run on Windows, Linux and Mac

Download Beta-Version from 20-Aug-2009

.: News 20-Aug-2009 :.
* Changed: Intro should now run on any PC in same speed (fps independent)
* Changed: Adjusted graphics a bit
* Changed: Source is now ~ 19,5 lines and should run on Windows, Linux, Mac ;-)

.: News 16-Aug-2009 :.
Here in germany we have today an absolutly great summer day but due fact i feel not good, i am still sitting at home and have tried to continue my entry for the pure punch contest 3 (maximal 20 lines - each maximal 80 chars). Here are some things that has been changed:

- Removed: The line drawing stuff (great idea guys, thanks!)
* Changed: Bad abstract tree thing has been replaced by a nice police car which fits hopefully much better into the scene
* Changed: Moving of the lighting blobs has been changed
* Changed: Corrected the author of the tune in the credits screen
* Changed: Background Skyline has been changed a bit (more detailed now)
* Changed: Added new features and hardcore optimized the source (just 19 lines of code now)
+ Added: Reflections of the moving lighting blobs on the floor
+ Added: Atmospheric moon in the sky
+ Added: Animated blue/red lighting on the police car

spitfire · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2009 »

Works exept the blue blobs arent transparent (I see black around their edges)
Im on a laptop intel graphics chipset.
Timing is smooth.

Nice demo!

hellfire · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2009 »

Runs fine here.
The city-background fits really well to the sirens in Eike's tune.
The chess-board blends into it nicely and the overlay gives a good impression of reflection.
But that tree-clipart sucks completely. And the lines should be anti-aliased.

Shockwave · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2009 »

I have to mirror Hellfires sentiments but I'd go as far as saying that the lines don't fit it very well. The additive bobs are nice though and it would be great to see a reflected bob object in that floor.

TinDragon · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2009 »

Runs fine on my Vista comp, looks like your screen shots.

I also dont think the tree object sort of fits with the rest of the scene that well. It also does look a little strange that the bobs are not refelcted as well, I dont mind the lines tho

I guess it is kinds difficlut to fit all that sort of stuff within the size limits, perhaps after you can expand it more

spitfire · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2009 »

I like the lines

va!n · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2009 »

@spitfire:
the blue blobs are using the DX blendingmode (D3DBLEND_SRCCOLOR, D3DBLEND_DESTALPHA), whichshould work on modern gfx cards without problems i think. possible your gfx card does not support this feature? Maybe i will write a small test app so we can see which modes are supported by your gfx card.

@all:
first a very big thanks to all your feedbacks and comments :-)

#TreePart:
Yes i agree to your comments that the tree clipart suxx in the scene. I had no real idea for any other graphic element to push the scene a little bit (more modern)... But now i
got possible THE idea... i will remove the tree thing for the next version and in my mind i have the idea to show a nice old american style police car. I think this could fit into the scene. But you will see and can test it, before the final will be released

#Lines:
First i thought the line thing is okayish... Sadly PB dont support any inbuild antializing drawing commands. After reading your comments and Watching the intro with enabled/disabled lines, i am sure the lines will be removed for the next version!

#Reflecting Bobs:
I will try to add bob reflections to the floor, so it looks more realistic to the full scene!

#Bobs:
Let us wait and see how the bob movings looks without lines... i think their is something missing in the bob movings... but not sure what/how atm...

Now i will start and recode / change the intro... just wait for the next beta version ^^

benny! · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2009 »

@va!n:
Yup. Looks quite nice for 20 lines of code. I second what most of the
others already said. And choosing Wasteland from BitArts is truley a
good choice.

Reflecting the bobs is a must when you think about that original demo
it was used in ;-)

Clyde · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2009 »

Unfortuneatly I have a PC pre 2005, and it doesnt run for me and crashes; im presuming it uses ps 3+.

What I will say is, that from the screen shots it looks absolutley awesome and I really hope you and it do well Va!n dude.

Cheers,
Clyde.

Jim · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2009 »

It won't be using any pixel shaders Clyde. Did you unzip the archive and run it from there?
It ran fine on my Windows7 netbook. I think it looks OK. The trees are a bit low-def, as other have said.

Jim

Clyde · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2009 »

Ah ok then, perhaps its a screen res / ratio thang then, and yep i extracted it fully.

va!n · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2009 »

Still working on this project... just check out my first post for latest news.

benny! · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2009 »

Improvements looking good.

When is the deadline of the competition ?

va!n · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2009 »

thanks for your feedback.
the deadline for the "pure punch 3" contest is set to September, the 1st. just check out the the link for more infos

http://forums.purebasic.com/english/viewtopic.php?t=38028&highlight=pure+punch

Sadly there is just only one entry until now... Hope that some more entries will follow like for the PurePunch 2 contest,
where 54 entries has been entered the compo: http://forums.purebasic.com/english/viewtopic.php?t=38018&highlight=pure+punch

Clyde · « **Reply #14 on:** August 17, 2009 »

Just seen screenshots of ifx2, looks amazing!
Best of luck with the contest

Shockwave · « **Reply #15 on:** August 17, 2009 »

Judging by the screenshot it seems to be a lot more coherent, the police car is more in keeping with the cityscape than the tree you had there before. Nice one.

va!n · « **Reply #16 on:** August 18, 2009 »

Intro should now run in same speed on any PC (fps independent), source should compile/work on Windows, Linux, Mac... Source is now about 19,5 lines (could be optimized to save about 40-80 more chars but i dont want to spend any time into this)... i have just to check/adjust some small graphical things and start again a small beta test if you guys would like to test the fps independent version (beta version will come very soon). final version is very near

va!n · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2009 »

Latest beta version from 20-Aug-2009 is now available.

Clyde · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2009 »

Thats just awesome dude! Best of luck

benny! · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2009 »

Yeah, latest beta looks good va!n. Good luck with it in the contest!

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