Here is a screenie of how the HUD is layed out as such with speed, torpedoes and shields. I believe that the x-wing shields are also configurable fore and aft, and that you can transfer power from engine/lasers to shields and vice-versa ... but i think those are beyond the depth of this project also:



The tie-fighters with have some hull integrity but no shields also.

Each object in the engine has a chunk of data associated with it to describe things like shields and such .

What i find exciting is that the movement routines mean that i can automatically make the 'torpedoes' track and hone-in on their targets by setting their target byte to a valid object. I havent implemented them yet but it is a pretty trivial task .

Would it be possible to make planets zoom in/out in stages that are not wire-frame, like in Star Fox, as you approach the next stage, for example?

wait, this thing is still in-dev?
that is looking awesome!

Very nice

Wow, color solidFRAME That is really cool

Yeah it's pretty cool that you're porting it to the CSE. I wonder how fast it'd run with more complex models though ?

That is great ! Could you share the executable so we can test on real hardware ?

Wow this is impressive tr1p! I'm surprised at the speed so far, although I am curious about how fast it will run when you'll have to re-display a black background with stars. Couldn't the stars just be displayed pixel by pixel and limited to 50 per screen with only a planet in the background to avoid redrawing the entire screen over and over?