Here's a very very (very!) rough little test of an idea, I don't think I'll do anything with it, but it's a kind of paining-in-the-air thing . . . I'm sure you could do a neat version with nice lines, I only threw this together quickly, but I can imagine all sorts of weird games you might be able to do with it . . .
@Socks said:
Here's a very very (very!) rough little test of an idea, I don't think I'll do anything with it, but it's a kind of paining-in-the-air thing . . . I'm sure you could do a neat version with nice lines, I only threw this together quickly, but I can imagine all sorts of weird games you might be able to do with it . . .
What?!?! How?!?!? Why have I not been following this thread??? Absolutely unreal stuff! Was about to fire up GS but after looking at this thread, it would appear I am not worthy
2 files in particular I would love to check out .. the dial and the swimming join/follow thing!
@beefy_clyro said:
What?!?! How?!?!? Why have I not been following this thread??? Absolutely unreal stuff! Was about to fire up GS but after looking at this thread, it would appear I am not worthy
I think exactly the same thing when I see people, like yourself, get actual viable, playable, working games completed and out there !! . . . while I'm just stuck in my laboratory fiddling around trying to find new ways to make an actor move with a slightly weird motion.
@beefy_clyro said:
2 files in particular I would love to check out .. the dial and the swimming join/follow thing!
Yeah, like I said to Braydon, when the new Marketplace is up and running I will finish and upload a bunch of these ideas, and I will use the money either for a Pro licence or for evil.
@beefy_clyro said:
Lastly .. Make a game will you!!!
Working on it !! But when you take 3 weeks making antialiasing decisions and then a month to choose a font (which you later reject because the 'a' and the capital 'M' are too 'BroStep') then these things tend to take time.
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You are annoyingly clever sometimes!
That's what my parole officer said as I took him hostage for the fourth time using nothing more that a hypnotist's watch, a false moustache and 30lbs of high explosive strapped to my legs.
I made the knob indented, so it rolls back (or forward) to the nearest whole facet when you release it, kind works.
I was also thinking that as the tone/colour of the panels on the dial was controlled by a simple constrain behaviour, constrained to the sine of an angle, then you could offset that angle with another value - in effect changing where the light falls onto the dial, so adding 90° to the angle will mean the light is coming from above, whereas -90° means the light is coming from below . . . etc . . . you can also change the contrast of the light by simply altering the shape and size of the sine wave (clipping it or moving it or down) . . . if you were to have a fairly low contrast dial in a colour, then on top a higher contrast one (in white) using a clipped sine wave you'd end up with a specular highlight, it should work, might give it a try . . . .
Just did a very quick test, the specular highlight idea works just fine, I'm sure you can refine it, but it's quite straightforward to do . . . you have a lot of control just using simple maths, you can change the falloff (the size of the specular highlight), the angle it hits the object, the intensity and so on . . .
MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SOON ALL SOCK'S SECRETS WILL BE MINE!
(For a low, low price of $49.95)
All kidding aside, I'm really looking forward to the day @Socks throws some of this stuff on the marketplace and I really can get a peek at his secrets!
Geez I see some of the stuff you guys do in this thread and I get humbled really quick. I cant even grasp that stuff. Ill just stick with if true...rotate left or right. Lol
@Armelline said:
MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SOON ALL SOCK'S SECRETS WILL BE MINE!
(For a low, low price of $49.95)
All kidding aside, I'm really looking forward to the day Socks throws some of this stuff on the marketplace and I really can get a peek at his secrets!
There are no secrets, just AAA*sin(angle)+offset !
@Thunder_Child said:
Geez I see some of the stuff you guys do in this thread and I get humbled really quick. I cant even grasp that stuff. Ill just stick with if true...rotate left or right. Lol
Just learn what sin and cos do (in fact you needn't bother will cos, as it's just sin really but offset) and a whole world of fun opens up to you.
Here's an 8 bit volume controller I did for fun, the same code as the dial I was playing with, but done in that chunky, blocky 8bit style . . . basically it's just a bunch of blank actors moving in a circle, but it kinda' works for a dial control.
The rainbow colours screwed up a little (the alpha channel was set wrong) but I couldn't be bothered to fix it when I noticed on the video, but those colours give it a real old school 8 bit feel . . .
@Socks said:
Here's a very very (very!) rough little test of an idea, I don't think I'll do anything with it, but it's a kind of paining-in-the-air thing . . . I'm sure you could do a neat version with nice lines, I only threw this together quickly, but I can imagine all sorts of weird games you might be able to do with it . . .
You sir are a witch doctor... an evil witch doctor obviously harnessing dark magic... now where did I put that green cube shaped voodoo doll...
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Just when through this thread... great stuff! Love the 3D effect - looks very cool. Nice job @Socks!
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always love your experiments. This one is awesome too!
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WOW! You turn 2D into 3D! What is this sorcery!?!?
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Mostly the the constrain behaviour, but with a little basic witchcraft.
Here's a very very (very!) rough little test of an idea, I don't think I'll do anything with it, but it's a kind of paining-in-the-air thing . . . I'm sure you could do a neat version with nice lines, I only threw this together quickly, but I can imagine all sorts of weird games you might be able to do with it . . .
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Hmmmm . . . . I'll check it out . . .
Cheers Jon !
Try this . .
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ua8b85c8b4sl7w5/A.zip
Let me know if it works.
That worked!
You are annoyingly clever sometimes!
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What?!?! How?!?!? Why have I not been following this thread??? Absolutely unreal stuff! Was about to fire up GS but after looking at this thread, it would appear I am not worthy
2 files in particular I would love to check out .. the dial and the swimming join/follow thing!
Lastly .. Make a game will you!!!
All this is blowing my @Socks off! Insane mate, well played.
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I think exactly the same thing when I see people, like yourself, get actual viable, playable, working games completed and out there !! . . . while I'm just stuck in my laboratory fiddling around trying to find new ways to make an actor move with a slightly weird motion.
Yeah, like I said to Braydon, when the new Marketplace is up and running I will finish and upload a bunch of these ideas, and I will use the money either for a Pro licence or for evil.
Working on it !! But when you take 3 weeks making antialiasing decisions and then a month to choose a font (which you later reject because the 'a' and the capital 'M' are too 'BroStep') then these things tend to take time.
That's what my parole officer said as I took him hostage for the fourth time using nothing more that a hypnotist's watch, a false moustache and 30lbs of high explosive strapped to my legs.
I made the knob indented, so it rolls back (or forward) to the nearest whole facet when you release it, kind works.
I was also thinking that as the tone/colour of the panels on the dial was controlled by a simple constrain behaviour, constrained to the sine of an angle, then you could offset that angle with another value - in effect changing where the light falls onto the dial, so adding 90° to the angle will mean the light is coming from above, whereas -90° means the light is coming from below . . . etc . . . you can also change the contrast of the light by simply altering the shape and size of the sine wave (clipping it or moving it or down) . . . if you were to have a fairly low contrast dial in a colour, then on top a higher contrast one (in white) using a clipped sine wave you'd end up with a specular highlight, it should work, might give it a try . . . .
Just did a very quick test, the specular highlight idea works just fine, I'm sure you can refine it, but it's quite straightforward to do . . . you have a lot of control just using simple maths, you can change the falloff (the size of the specular highlight), the angle it hits the object, the intensity and so on . . .
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@Socks, is this all not just a juvenile reaction to not having snap to grid?
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Yep
MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SOON ALL SOCK'S SECRETS WILL BE MINE!
(For a low, low price of $49.95)
All kidding aside, I'm really looking forward to the day @Socks throws some of this stuff on the marketplace and I really can get a peek at his secrets!
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Geez I see some of the stuff you guys do in this thread and I get humbled really quick. I cant even grasp that stuff. Ill just stick with if true...rotate left or right. Lol
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Bet your bottom that i will be the first to report you if this goes on the marketplace! Im like those fat mall cops.
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I will pay you off, $4 to keep quiet.
There are no secrets, just AAA*sin(angle)+offset !
Just learn what sin and cos do (in fact you needn't bother will cos, as it's just sin really but offset) and a whole world of fun opens up to you.
Here's an 8 bit volume controller I did for fun, the same code as the dial I was playing with, but done in that chunky, blocky 8bit style . . . basically it's just a bunch of blank actors moving in a circle, but it kinda' works for a dial control.
The rainbow colours screwed up a little (the alpha channel was set wrong) but I couldn't be bothered to fix it when I noticed on the video, but those colours give it a real old school 8 bit feel . . .
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You sir are a witch doctor... an evil witch doctor obviously harnessing dark magic... now where did I put that green cube shaped voodoo doll...