New hoverbike?

Kaimetsu · #1 02-04-2005, 07:34 PM

I thought the hoverbike's trail was pretty unrealistic, so I made this alternate gani. There's a very simplistic test level included in the zip.

Stefan, let me know if you intend to use it. Some of the variables may need tweaking and I can save you the effort of deciphering my code.

Edit:
v1.11 changes the gani so that all sounds are played by the script - this way there is not as much ugly overlap
v1.12 has some insignificant changes, and now all the related graphics are included in the zip - perhaps it will alleviate the performance issues that have been reported here

Crono · #2 02-04-2005, 08:51 PM

That is EXTREMELY laggy on my graal. Frame frates dropped like hell.

Kaimetsu · #3 02-04-2005, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerami

That is EXTREMELY laggy on my graal. Frame frates dropped like hell.

That is strange. There aren't many images shown at once. Lemme look over the code again.

EikeSiewertsen · #4 02-04-2005, 09:03 PM

Just wanted to say that I am not having any speed problems with it and it is working fine here. Again, it's Crono's fault!

Nice, by the way.

Spark910 · #5 02-04-2005, 10:29 PM

Hmm my client died when running it, while this computer is lower than my usual spec... I would have thought it could handle it, it's not that old.

Kaimetsu · #6 02-04-2005, 10:39 PM

Not sure what's causing the performance problems. Does it happen as soon as you enter the level, or when you try to move?

LordZen · #7 02-04-2005, 11:55 PM

Why the heck does it make me download "download.php" instead of the actual file? God thats frustrating.

Admins · #8 02-05-2005, 12:40 AM

Ok added to the game, with some small modifications (converted it to use this. vars and the alpha starts at 0.6). On my 450Mhz computer it is only taking ~2% cpu usage (in the debugger window).
I have also optimized the flamethrower fire, it much less laggy now

Kaimetsu · #9 02-05-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

converted it to use this. vars

None of the non-this variables needed to keep their values between frames. Do we still need to use the this. prefix for all variables in gani scripts?

Spark910 · #10 02-05-2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

Not sure what's causing the performance problems. Does it happen as soon as you enter the level, or when you try to move?

It happened when I tried to move, for myself.

Kaimetsu · #11 02-05-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Spark910

It happened when I tried to move, for myself.

Have you tried the version that's currently on Zone?

Spark910 · #12 02-05-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

Have you tried the version that's currently on Zone?

Yeah some time ago.

Crono · #13 02-05-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Spark910

It happened when I tried to move, for myself.

Same, the version on zone works though.

Kaimetsu · #14 02-05-2005, 04:16 PM

It was probably because of the non-this vars. I'm still not sure of the rules about variable naming in ganis.

Admins · #15 02-14-2005, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaimetsu

It was probably because of the non-this vars. I'm still not sure of the rules about variable naming in ganis.

non-this vars are allowed, but not recommened. I also needed to change the use of the variables like "c" which were used as array and number at the same time.

Kaimetsu · #16 02-14-2005, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

I also needed to change the use of the variables like "c" which were used as array and number at the same time.

That is just one of my habits

I use the number component to store the size of the array. Probably not a good idea for compatibility with future Graal versions, but it is great for code obfuscation!