Author Topic: Same as Screenshot? (Read 10040 times)

Shockwave · « **on:** January 16, 2009 »

This is going to be an invitation for the next retro computer museum event.

Perhaps if my fellow group members in Codigos like it I'll even release it as a 32kb in the scene, but for now I have done a few things different to normal and I'd appreciate a little bit of testing please!

What I am hoping is that the display you get is the same as the screen shot.

I'm not looking for ideas for the intro (yet!) as it's going to change a fair bit, I'm more concerned that what you see is the same as the shot.

Many thanks guys.

Shockwave · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2009 »

Whoops, wrong archive
Sorry!

DrewPee · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2009 »

Works fine on mine mate. Thanks for this!

DrewPee

Shockwave · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2009 »

If it fails anywhere I'll be grateful to know what machine / card

Thanks.

bikerboy · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2009 »

same as screenshot here.

hellfire · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2009 »

works fine (geforce 8800).

Jim · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2009 »

Is OK here too. Pretty fx. Windowed it probably needs WS_EX_TOPMOST else the window doesn't appear on top. When you click/alt-tab it to bring it up, it turns back in to an edit box (that's the tiny framework "edit" class problem), click it again and it will crash.

Jim

benny! · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Yup. Sweet effect, runs smooth and looks like screeny.
Message handling in windowed mode is wrong. To repro-
duce it:

- Open fx in window mode
- Click outside the window
- Try to re-activate fx window

On my machine this results into a crash.

Paul · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Only problem is that my head is spinning

Shockwave · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Thanks for the feedback, the edit bug is a well known *ahem* feature of the hacked framework, the same thing is true of everything made with it, I'll add WS_EX_TOPMOST but I don't think that the other bug is going to be fixed sadly.

Hotshot · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Work fine on mine and lovely Shape

Rbz · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Nice colors and design idea.

I just found a little bug with your shape connection when it rotate, take a look at attached image, I have marked it with an arrow

hellfire · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2009 »

I would like to mention that most modern flat-screens are not 4:3 anymore.
On many devices hardware-scaling 800x600 results in ugly artefacts and wrong aspect ratio.
It's totally okay if you can't support every display's native resolution but when running in windowed-mode I'd atleast like to move the window to some appropriate position.
As long as you're not heading for 4k, please spend a couple of bytes on ergonomics.
I'm sure many users will appreciate your effort.

The effect and colour-sheme reminds me very much of this btw.

Shockwave · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2009 »

Ack thanks rbz, I hadn't calculated PI accurately enough, I fixed the gap.

Hellfire, yes, you are right of course, I'll alter the windowed mode.

The intro is indeed quite similar looking to that Fegefeuer cracktro by Widowmaker, I like the overlapping squares effect in that intro.

Positron · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2009 »

Runs smooth. Nice design.

- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
- Athlon 64 X2
- 2 GB

Shockwave · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2009 »

Thanks.

I'm stuck for an effect to happen in the middle now.

I attached a new version with some of the issues fixed, Anybody got any ideas what I can put in the middle?

It's not essential that the chessfield stays.

I would definately like to do something cute looking.

DrewPee · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2009 »

Shockwave,
Would it be possible for the logo to go there? with something done to that? Just a thought?

Drew

Shockwave · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2009 »

Yes that could be done

I am looking for an effect really though... The logo doesnt really suit the visuals so I was going to display the logo at the start and transition between them.

hellfire · « **Reply #18 on:** January 19, 2009 »

The purpose of a "background-effect" is to give a feeling of "depth" to whatever is in front of it.
But it's rather difficult to figure out the depth of the chessboard, for several reasons:
- there is no shading but a constant 2d-colour-gradient (which is irritating)
- the chesspattern repeats too often, so you can't tell a direction from the visible edges.
- there is no connection between the board and shape in front of it
So in my opinion it doesn't really work well as a background-effect and it's hard to tell anything that could "fit" in front of it.

Maybe I would try to give the chessboard some structure or make bars out of it, like this

- just with a "something cute looking" color-sheme

That could make a nice scroller, too...
Maybe you can make that shape in front of the board some sort of lens to disconnect the background when in- and outside of the shape.

Shockwave · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2009 »

Yes, you're right... It does need something to give it a sense of depth doesn't it?

Thanks.