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#1 2010-02-15 09:16:38
- RHY3756547
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The project I'm working on.
Development is slow over here - so I'll share a few facts about what I'm making:
- It is by far my best project ever
- It is graphically superior to all other games of it's kind
- It will have 8 stages
- I have only completed an 8th of the content and one whole game mode and the size is at 14MB uncompressed
- The game is so advanced that it runs at 12 fps in presentation mode (and I don't even want to say what it's like outside) on the No CPU gamemode
- Because of this - The game has a frameskip feature that allows the game to run full speed (but doesn't get rid of the frame loss)
- It has an advanced scrolling distance based sound system.
- It will be the biggest game on scratch.
The only thing I wish for is that it could be faster - and I'm hoping when 2.0 comes out that it will be playable - because the frameskip isn't perfect (friction becomes stronger at lower framerates)...
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#2 2010-02-15 09:20:06
- Kileymeister
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Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
- It is graphically superior to all other games of it's kind DOUBTED
- The game is so advanced that it runs at 12 fps in presentation mode (and I don't even want to say what it's like outside) on the No CPU gamemode So? Most of my games run 15 or so fps on my computer
- It will be the biggest game on scratch.Doubted again
What's this project even about?
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#3 2010-02-15 09:24:42
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Re: The project I'm working on.
Kileymeister wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
- It is graphically superior to all other games of it's kind DOUBTED Not.
- The game is so advanced that it runs at 12 fps in presentation mode (and I don't even want to say what it's like outside) on the No CPU gamemode So? Most of my games run 15 or so fps on my computer I have an Intel Core i7 that runs all of your games over that online and full speed offline.
- It will be the biggest game on scratch.Doubted again Are you so sure? The estimated final size is 100MB. 1 stage is 6MB and then there's the music and the 7 other characters I have to make.
Kileymeister wrote:
What's this project even about?
None of your buisness. 
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#4 2010-02-15 09:29:23
- soupoftomato
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Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
- It is graphically superior to all other games of it's kind DOUBTED Not.
- The game is so advanced that it runs at 12 fps in presentation mode (and I don't even want to say what it's like outside) on the No CPU gamemode So? Most of my games run 15 or so fps on my computer I have an Intel Core i7 that runs all of your games over that online and full speed offline.
- It will be the biggest game on scratch.Doubted again Are you so sure? The estimated final size is 100MB. 1 stage is 6MB and then there's the music and the 7 other characters I have to make.Kileymeister wrote:
What's this project even about?
None of your buisness.
The limit is 10MB, which IMO needs to be changed.
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#5 2010-02-15 09:31:44
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Re: The project I'm working on.
soupoftomato wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
Kileymeister wrote:
What's this project even about?
None of your buisness.
The limit is 10MB, which IMO needs to be changed.
I did a test upload onto a seeecret acount and it compressed the 12MB version to like 2MB but everything looked and sounded like rubbish because of the heavy compression.
Hmm - maybe for projects your MB limit goes up the longer you are on scratch?
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#6 2010-02-15 10:52:13
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When you say biggest you mean file size, right? The biggest game on Scratch game wise is M44's Factory(or something like that) or one of Canthiar's projects. And I doubt this will be the most popular. Sorry if I am being an all time downer right now, I haven't taken my happy pills yet 
Seriously 
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#7 2010-02-15 11:08:20
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adriangl wrote:
When you say biggest you mean file size, right? The biggest game on Scratch game wise is M44's Factory(or something like that) or one of Canthiar's projects. And I doubt this will be the most popular. Sorry if I am being an all time downer right now, I haven't taken my happy pills yet
M44's Factory? Wha?
I never said it would be the most popular.
Happy pills? Wha?
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#8 2010-02-15 11:25:02
Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
adriangl wrote:
When you say biggest you mean file size, right? The biggest game on Scratch game wise is M44's Factory(or something like that) or one of Canthiar's projects. And I doubt this will be the most popular. Sorry if I am being an all time downer right now, I haven't taken my happy pills yet
M44's Factory? Wha?
I never said it would be the most popular.
Happy pills? Wha?
Cool Game
Okay
Pills that make everything smiley faces so I don't have a spaz attack every 3 seconds. Trust me, spazzing is not fun.
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#9 2010-02-15 11:58:36
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#10 2010-02-15 13:37:46
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12 fps in presentation mode!? So, running it online is absolutely out of the question.
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#11 2010-02-15 13:42:01
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Re: The project I'm working on.
archmage wrote:
12 fps in presentation mode!? So, running it online is absolutely out of the question.
Sounds like . . .
I've taken a long hiatus, but I still visit sometimes. Give me some time to answer any messages you post on my projects!
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#12 2010-02-15 13:42:49
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So, this game of yours might destroy my computer... 
I'm graduating HS this April and going to college in the Fall.
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#13 2010-02-15 13:45:17
- RHY3756547
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Re: The project I'm working on.
archmage wrote:
12 fps in presentation mode!? So, running it online is absolutely out of the question.
Yup. Doing some online tests it ran at what - 4?
I'm afraid that it won't work online. Also the fact that the online player doesn't handle the many sound playing at once and screeches loud enough to destroy your ear drums. And the graphics errors. And the miscalculations.
This is much worse than your SSB game. The lag is caused by the extreme scrolling.
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#14 2010-02-15 13:51:47
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Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
archmage wrote:
12 fps in presentation mode!? So, running it online is absolutely out of the question.
Yup. Doing some online tests it ran at what - 4?
I'm afraid that it won't work online. Also the fact that the online player doesn't handle the many sound playing at once and screeches loud enough to destroy your ear drums. And the graphics errors. And the miscalculations.
This is much worse than your SSB game. The lag is caused by the extreme scrolling.
What sort of scrolling causes that much lag?
I've taken a long hiatus, but I still visit sometimes. Give me some time to answer any messages you post on my projects!
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#15 2010-02-15 13:54:56
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Re: The project I'm working on.
demosthenes wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
archmage wrote:
12 fps in presentation mode!? So, running it online is absolutely out of the question.
Yup. Doing some online tests it ran at what - 4?
I'm afraid that it won't work online. Also the fact that the online player doesn't handle the many sound playing at once and screeches loud enough to destroy your ear drums. And the graphics errors. And the miscalculations.
This is much worse than your SSB game. The lag is caused by the extreme scrolling.What sort of scrolling causes that much lag?
RHY® Scrolling
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#16 2010-02-15 14:10:29
Re: The project I'm working on.
steppenwulf wrote:
demosthenes wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
Yup. Doing some online tests it ran at what - 4?
I'm afraid that it won't work online. Also the fact that the online player doesn't handle the many sound playing at once and screeches loud enough to destroy your ear drums. And the graphics errors. And the miscalculations.
This is much worse than your SSB game. The lag is caused by the extreme scrolling.What sort of scrolling causes that much lag?
RHY® Scrolling
Hehe. I am guessing that at this laggy rate you are using a stamp engine? If you used regular scrolling it wouldn't be that bad. But of course, you are RHY-there is no such thing as regular
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#18 2010-02-15 14:17:34
- RHY3756547
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Re: The project I'm working on.
adriangl wrote:
steppenwulf wrote:
demosthenes wrote:
What sort of scrolling causes that much lag?RHY® Scrolling
Hehe. I am guessing that at this laggy rate you are using a stamp engine? If you used regular scrolling it wouldn't be that bad. But of course, you are RHY-there is no such thing as regular
Actually - it's all sprites.
16 sprites. 4 4x4 infinite scroll compatable sprites.
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#19 2010-02-15 14:18:32
Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
adriangl wrote:
steppenwulf wrote:
RHY® ScrollingHehe. I am guessing that at this laggy rate you are using a stamp engine? If you used regular scrolling it wouldn't be that bad. But of course, you are RHY-there is no such thing as regular
Actually - it's all sprites.
16 sprites. 4 4x4 infinite scroll compatable sprites.
Then why is it so laggy? I thought that would be better...
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#20 2010-02-15 14:22:12
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Re: The project I'm working on.
adriangl wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
adriangl wrote:
Hehe. I am guessing that at this laggy rate you are using a stamp engine? If you used regular scrolling it wouldn't be that bad. But of course, you are RHY-there is no such thing as regularActually - it's all sprites.
16 sprites. 4 4x4 infinite scroll compatable sprites.Then why is it so laggy? I thought that would be better...
12/16 of them are involved in collision detection.
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#22 2010-02-15 14:46:21
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Re: The project I'm working on.
urhungry wrote:
Sounds incredible. You might have just killed off any hope of mine for ever makig anything good at all.
16 sprites of scrollness doesn't mean the end product will be any good. Right now the CPU is the worst player ever and the lag in unbearable. I don't think I'll be able to put the multiplayer feature in, either.
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#23 2010-02-15 14:51:40
Re: The project I'm working on.
RHY3756547 wrote:
adriangl wrote:
RHY3756547 wrote:
Actually - it's all sprites.
16 sprites. 4 4x4 infinite scroll compatable sprites.Then why is it so laggy? I thought that would be better...
12/16 of them are involved in collision detection.
...OMG.....
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#25 2010-02-15 14:55:36
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urhungry wrote:
Sounds incredible. You might have just killed off any hope of mine for ever makig anything good at all.
LOL
Ah, I wanted to do that...
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