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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #195 on: July 20, 2010, 01:46:25 am »
Whether difficult or not, shadows would slow down the engine.

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #196 on: July 20, 2010, 01:49:14 am »
Aaaah ok D:

It's up to you, though, anyway.

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #197 on: July 20, 2010, 01:57:58 am »
Aaaah ok D:

It's up to you, though, anyway.

Let's put it this way: I'll certainly think about it.  We still have to take weapons, fog of war and other player's ships into account, plus the fact that a shadow going straight over/through a tree or a rock is totally ridiculous.  So I'll think about it, but I don't want you to cry if we can't do it

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #198 on: July 20, 2010, 02:42:33 am »
* DJ Omnimaga cries

(I really need to figure out how to add new emoticons to SMF one day...)

j/k Don't worry ;D regardless, The Game will still be awesome anyway. :)
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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #199 on: July 21, 2010, 01:52:00 pm »
Wow, those screenies look great!  I like the Balkstone moving around.  * ZTrumpet cries with DJ over the fact the there will never be any shadow.

[semi-offtopic]I was watching South Park last night, and there was a reference to alien lifeforms called Toosians.  Care to comment Hot Dog? :)[/semi-offtopic]
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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #200 on: July 21, 2010, 03:16:36 pm »
Wow, those screenies look great!  I like the Balkstone moving around.   * ZTrumpet cries with DJ over the fact the there will never be any shadow.

[semi-offtopic]I was watching South Park last night, and there was a reference to alien lifeforms called Toosians.  Care to comment Hot Dog? :)[/semi-offtopic]

Remember, I didn't say anything about NO shadows.  I only said it's not a huge possiblity, I have to see how things go.  I really want to make the game the best it can be, but not have to worry about hangups in the game.  Who knows, it might be a lot easier than I think ;D

About South Park...I never watch it.  The name "Tosonians" was completely thought up, and any reference was accidental.  Either that, or South Park realized that I had picked the name "Tosonians" and didn't want to copy ME 8)
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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #201 on: July 21, 2010, 03:18:27 pm »
About South Park...I never watch it.  The name "Tosonians" was completely thought up, and any reference was accidental.  Either that, or South Park realized that I had picked the name "Tosonians" and didn't want to copy ME 8)
lol, okay. :)

Remember, I didn't say anything about NO shadows.  I only said it's not a huge possibility, I have to see how things go.
Cool! * ZTrumpet hopes for the best... ^-^

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #202 on: July 21, 2010, 03:19:56 pm »
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Cool! * ZTrumpet hopes for the best...

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #203 on: July 21, 2010, 04:05:42 pm »
Sorry for the double post.

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #204 on: July 21, 2010, 04:08:41 pm »
I think It kinda depends on how serious you are taking shadows. If you just add them but not really care about them it should be quite easy, just add another 8x8 sprite that is drawn on the units current position with 'and' logic. If you really care about shadwos being accurate on the terrain you will need to add heightmaps which will take up more precious space. Altough I like the idea of shadows (and I am currently tinkering about a fast asm routine to do it) I think AI, pathfinding etc should have priority.

On a side note, I can't really work on SADce atm but I am quite curious about the AI in this game (is it it being developed already?)
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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #205 on: July 21, 2010, 04:10:38 pm »
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On a side note, I can't really work on SADce atm but I am quite curious about the AI routines...are there any already?

Even though I know what I want to do with the AI, I don't have any routines done yet.

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #206 on: July 21, 2010, 04:14:23 pm »
Shadows would be awesome, but i can see how they would be terrible draining D: Dont worry too much about them!  The game has enough awesome as it is ^^

EDIT: Ninja'd by 3 shadow unrelated posts, just pretend mine was up there ^ ;D

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #207 on: July 21, 2010, 04:25:19 pm »
Whether you'll implent shadows or not I'd surely make them optional so they can be turned on or off.
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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #208 on: July 21, 2010, 04:31:16 pm »
Whether you'll implent shadows or not I'd surely make them optional so they can be turned on or off.

Good idea...

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Re: [S.A.D.] Progress 2010
« Reply #209 on: July 21, 2010, 06:15:28 pm »
I guess that could maybe be a good idea. That said, if it's too much hassle, I guess it may be best to not add them.