Author Topic: Large masked sprites? (Read 5536 times)

Raylin · « **on:** September 16, 2010, 05:29:08 pm »

How do you do it in Axe outside of a million Pt-Mask() commands?

SirCmpwn · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2010, 06:47:23 pm »

You could write a custom bitmap routine, I guess.
I'm several versions behind on Axe, I haven't even seen Pt-Mask. Advance Wars uses its own masked sprite routine.

Raylin · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2010, 06:48:47 pm »

What was your solution to that, Sir? Could you input arbitrary numbers for the size of said bitmap?

SirCmpwn · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2010, 06:59:40 pm »

Well, you can define them at compile time, and you can use SMC to define them at runtime.

Raylin · « **Reply #4 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:04:42 pm »

Hmm...

How would one make his own masking routine?
What are the basics of masking?

SirCmpwn · « **Reply #5 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:13:39 pm »

Well, I made one sprite completely black (sprite A), and the other one was just the white pixels (sprite B), then I used Pt-On first with sprite A, then Pt-Change with sprite B on top.

Raylin · « **Reply #6 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:30:54 pm »

PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SirCmpwn · « **Reply #7 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:32:10 pm »

No. I'm having trouble sending things between my calc and my computer. Just try it on your own, it will work.

calc84maniac · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:03:26 pm »

This is actually how masking is done in xLib too (though most people prefer using AND/OR masking, but AND is not an option in Axe)

tloz128 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:05:45 pm »

I used XOR to do sprite masking in my axe game. I would draw on one sprite that contained black for everywhere that I wanted to be masked using OR logic (Pt-On), and I would draw a sprite over that with black for all the areas of the masked sprite I wanted white using XOR logic (Pt-Change).
EDIT: oh wait, SirCmpwn already said that

Raylin · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:24:34 pm »

Quigibo? Any ideas? Maybe add in this badass feature (masked bitmaps)?

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #11 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:28:23 pm »

I would like this feature. I think it uses TI's routine, though, so I am unsure how it can be modified.

Quigibo · « **Reply #12 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:47:47 pm »

The Pt-Mask() is a way to automate exactly what SirCmpwn was talking about. There isn't a way to optimize it further outside of writing an Asm routine.

Raylin · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:34:25 pm »

Is there ANY WAY to mask huge sprites without the Pt-Mask()?

Quigibo · « **Reply #14 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:54:10 pm »

You can write a gazillion pxl-change()/pxl-on()/pxl-off() but that's really slow. Like I said, your only other option is inline assembly or multiple Pt-Mask() routines.

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