[Restrict physics axis]

Seems like everyone wants Blitz3D collisions system

[Take the Great Big Leadwerks 3 Survey]

Yeah.

Did we can see results of it in future?

[LE3 CSG Extract, hollow ETC operations?]

Josh currently working on new CSG elements. Perhaps the boolean will follow soon after this.

http://www.leadwerks...ed-csg-objects/

 

Thanks Aggror.

 

I imagine if this blocks will possible to add form script with all CSG operations! And run it in "edit mode"

[LE3 CSG Extract, hollow ETC operations?]

So as i guess still no boolean operations?

[Future Official Support For Leadwerks 2.5 ?]

Me too, think that 2.5 must stay alive.

[How do you handle tasks]

However, I would not recommend that for Lua because Lua has additional flexibility.

 

Yes, Lua is fantastic with if someObject.SomeFuntion~=nil then ... language maked realy for people.

[How do you handle tasks]

If i understand correct - you all talking about that i calling "messages system".

 

Each active object on creation adds to "listeners list"

They are all have one same method OnMessage(msg), string name and string class

 

I have global function send(name,class,msg,delay)

Message adds to "messages list"

 

In main loop i run messages list

decrace each of it delay value

and if delay became to be zero

compare name\class of message adres and "listener"

if all cool, just call listener method OnMessage with current message object

all done, message sent to all fits objects, removes it from messages list

 

So i can sending messages with delay, and no need to warry abut - when entity will be broken by peaces, when fire sprites to be respawn, sound, etc...

 

It's like Leadwerks messages system, but little updated to handle delay and possible to send many messages per iteration to one object.

 

I have one try to gather Last Chapter with such "messages system", where i'm not acessing to objects directly, all stuff only by messages, and it works good and fast for Last Chapter gameplay.

 

And in the end i'm get separate classes of all objects in world as usual, but they totaly movable from one project to another - without any warry for methods compatibility. If another project don't generate messages - this class will stay silent, if project trying to call unknown method of such messaging-class - just nothing happens, no any crashes.

 

As for me it's best issue with my developements, and when i will return to making gamplay will be use this system.

 

I hope you understand me

[An explanation]

You will return here we are always returns

[How many games have been made by LW ?]

numbers sold hitting 6 digit number

 

Congrats your team! Big respect

[How many games have been made by LW ?]

Yes, Leadwerks don't have many finished games as some another engines.

I agree with all guys here that saing Leadwerks2 is API for making your game engine.

 

Me myself came here with zero knowlege of game making (Blitz3D only, and little 3DSMAX). Till this years Leadwerks primary teach me how things must be done, on it amzing shaders.pak i realy get how GLSL works, and what things must have any game engine. Thanks Josh.

 

So this not stoped me before (working with lights tutorial is buy me ), i get it, and start lerning. And till this time it return all it cost to me in money (little not gaming projects), and much more in experience.

 

I can't say that i'm good game programmer now. But thise days i'm working on my own OpenGL4.2 visualisation API for medical research, in C++ from scratch, and it's all Leadwerks fault, i can't say that make such results without Leadwerks.

 

At last i can say - Leadwerks is very good engine for learning, and for thouse people ho like to make games, or something pretty render. Difenetley - it possible and fun to make good game with this, but me myself (and i think most part of us here) don't have enought patient for this and free time because of primary job.

[To lightmap or to not lightmap - that's my question]

Just use dynamic lights on everything and don't worry about it. That's the point of deferred rendering. You shouldn't really have to worry about it.

 

Thanks

[To lightmap or to not lightmap - that's my question]

You can bake lights also with LE2. Just render the lights only once before the main loop, or make the shadows static after the first frame. You can also render the lights only every 10 seconds with that method.

Please, can you put here a little example, how to use it in code?

[CopyEntity(cube) and material]

You need to fill your array not by CopyEntity(), create each cube separate by CreateCube(). It loose instaces, but make different materials.

[Spline class]

How can it

 

for (var t:Number = 0; t <1; t+=rez){

 

I don't unerstanding you, think it can be ported to C like

 

 

float rez=0.1f;
for (float t=0.0f; t<1.0f; t+=rez)
{
}

 

hmm, or not?

 

main idea is to build spline class with control points going from start to end, and rez here is spline position from 0....1, 1- it's end. So if first path point is 0,0, and second - last 100,100, then rez=0.5 returns ~50,50. But if there will be more control points such code will return spline position smoothed.

 

And this little function realy helps to get value betwen 4 spline points (if there will be less its easy to fill it like first,first,first,last for example )

 

Works with 3D too (checked)

[Spline class]

This one works good, you can port it on C++.

http://actionsnippet.com/?p=1031

[GLSL and LE 2.5]

Seems it must work on your video, something wrong with your drivers. Do you get them from nVidia website?

[Is there any way to put object to scene in Editor by script?]

Imaginate level generator. Where you just put LEVELGEN entity to scene, and it building some world for you.

 

Aftrer this you can move genarated objects, delete\copy as any another objects added to scene.

 

This doesn't works

[Fake navmesh style A* pathfinding]

Cool! Any method that consistently gives valid paths is a valid method, the only concern then is the cost and it's ability to deal with realistic game geometry.

Do you remember Diablo2? world is flat and maked by boxes, so Torchlight have same scene geometry. This little code can possible to make Diablo2 style game, if each wall represent to it AABBs.

[Fake navmesh style A* pathfinding]

the only concern then is the cost and it's ability to deal with realistic game geometry.

I was thinking about it, and will add another geometry types here (sphere,poly) and this can be used in little games, where just need to find path and send NPC by it.

 

Now i think it can helps to make little strategy, or simple shooter with field and unwalkable areas on it (houses, trees, stones...)

[Fake navmesh style A* pathfinding]

Working with pathfinding a little i found some sad things

 

1. walking by waypoints as "by rails"

2. navmesh code is hard to implement (recast\detour)

3. all i saw last time is realy hard to use

 

Target:

1. game have big open field

2. on this field many objects that charachters must drive over

3. i need speed and simplify

4. this must be easy attached to diferent projects

 

At last my pathfinding is:

each "unwalkable" area have aabb nav-body, that uses waypoints links as "can't walk here"

each "unwalkable" area have waypoints in it corners, to find path around unwalkable areas

 

base function give start (for example NPC) point as X,Y floats

and end X,Y float point

and returns path linked list where calculated path points runs each other from start path to end

 

It's just first "zero" version of this idea, it works, but need some clean code, fixes and add more functionality (it's still 2D, but soon....).

 

Try it guys Who can say that is not navmesh?

 

BlitzMax source and EXE in archive.

 

Hold F1 to see waypoints

 

Next step is done it by bMax and port to Lua,C++ and ActionScript if i will have time and good mood for this.

nav_grid_0001.rar

[Wizard Defense Alpha]

Works here, good job! One of my favorite gameplays.

[how do you output to editor console in lua]

Print() ?

AppLog() ?

[Updater fails to install Leadwerk Engine SDK 2.5]

Set threads to 1, it helps to me.

[BlitzMax ARB FSAA ready to use modules (real antialias)]

My customer very-very wants antialias, so...

 

I found this old Josh's post about FSAA for BlitzMax and little reworked for BlitzMax 1.45

 

All we know that BlitzMax creating OpenGL window without full screen anti aliasing, it's realy sad, and haven't any worked solution, just this Josh's post

http://blitzbasic.co...c=64265#1022476

 

(Thanks Josh, realy helpfull)

 

I little reworked this, and now if you are creating window, you don't need to make first hidden window, next normal - it's simple like this for most usual games:

Const GRAPHICS_MULTISAMPLE2X= $40
Const GRAPHICS_MULTISAMPLE4X= $80
Const GRAPHICS_MULTISAMPLE8X= $100
Const GRAPHICS_MULTISAMPLE16X= $200
GLGraphics 800,600,0,60,GRAPHICS_MULTISAMPLE4X

 

all done, after this you enjoyed 4X FSAA in bMax

 

Checked, and it works with

1. Leadwerks (without deferred shading)

2. Leadwerks in MaxGUI canvas (without deferred shading)

3. minib3d (do not need to use acum buffer technique anymore)

4. Standart BlitzMax OpenGL

 

Examples and READY TO USE COMPILED(!!!!) modules in archive too. Just replace your modules with my, and be cool

[Anyone successfully implemented model texturing using vert coloring?]

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/files/file/234-lme-basic/

 

Here is implemented by vertex paint shaders only two layers, take a look at shaders code.