qbismSuper8 builds

[qbism]

When compiling for Flash with Adobe Alchemy and cygwin, and using the SVN of version 0020 I get a few errors:

host.c:913: error: implicit declaration of function 'BuildGammaTable'

...

Thanks, and great to hear of work with the Flash version. And if any other bugs are discovered or solved, please continue to share... The "Flash Quake 1" subset community is likely small. I haven't compiled for Flash in a while, keep getting sidetracked, currently by "trashed sentinel" when respawning in Unforgiven1. By my intent is a Flash Marcher demo with the 300 palette to test new stuff.

I had this same feature half-assed in Engoo (GRATE MINDS THINK ALIKE I THINK)"

I thieved much palette code from Engoo, that and Qlumpy.

depends a bit which compiler and which flags you passed the compiler

Maybe a flag to silence gcc on this issue, but yes, better to go ahead and prototype. Flash Alchemy is bound to Cygwin compiler and a particular version of LVM. Adobe hasn't updated Alchemy since 2008 but is using newer version of tech for Android and iOS I have read. But Alchemy does work with newer Cygwin versions.

[mrmmaclean]

depends a bit which compiler and which flags you passed the compiler

Compiling with Adobe Alchemy for generating a flash .swc leaves only one option per OS basically... For Windows, it's command-line in Cygwin using an Adobe Alchemy patched gcc. I'm sure I could learn more and write some ant script to compile with VC or something, but if it ain't broke...

And qbism, I've been following your fine work for some time and I finally have some time to play around with your code base again! I'll be sure to keep you updated on my dabblings. I can't wait for new features as I am never disappointed!

edit: probably should have finished reading the thread before saying the exact same thing qbism said about compiling... either way, I just prototyped the problem functions in quakedef.h and it compiled fine!

[qbism]

New build http://qbism.com/nexus/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/qbismS8_0026.zip
More error checking (from bjp) and developer mode messages that are useful for big maps. Also a handy console input history that saves a txt file (from Baker tute).

I cleaned-up most of the Flash build, then my environment broke. Possibly issue with new Cygwin updates. Probably still just missing a few prototypes.

I played Arcanum and Unforgiven some, seems to be OK. Give these a try.

[qbism]

This build of Super8 appears to fix all the major bugs... that I know of... Download: qbismS8_0036

Directional dynamic lighting of models looks better now because ambient light is added. (Set console variable r_light_style to 1.) Models blend more believably into scene.

Other changes:
Change defaults- r_light_style 1, sbar 2, sbar_show_bg 0.
Check to prevent sending server info twice.
Unwound some internal protocol changes to fix the imp fireball bug, whoo-hoo! Merge w/ previous build so affects many files...
Reset palette between map loads, prevents carry-over of custom palettes.
Added SV_LocalSound / PF_localsound from Timefrag. Sound to single client. Untested
Load palette matching map name, if there is one.
Get the Flash build caught-up to recent changes
Fix gamma table forgetfulness

[qbism]

The latest qbismS8_0039

Fixed overbright problem with custom palettes. Needed to "color boost" the baseline colormap. If you've experienced this issue, you'll know what I mean.

[qbism]

New build 41: http://qbism.com/nexus/wp-content/uploa ... 8_0041.zip
New video with Unforgiven 3 gameplay glamor shots: http://youtu.be/LOenE94-_p0

Quadra-post... sigh. ("quadro"?) Stay tuned to qbism.com for minor updates. Bigger challenges will return here to Engine Programming - to suck your brains!! Bwah-hah-ha-ha-haaa! Happy Halloween.

[frag.machine]

Awesome. The engine looks great and robust. And I love huge medieval maps with waves of monsters in a Serious Sam style like this.

[dreadlorde]

With the latest qbism I get a yellow tint (I suppose that's what you would call it) when I bring up the menu. I start qbism from a dos prompt and it doesn't report any errors.

Screenshot of the oddity.

[leileilol]

Looks like a weird implementation of the menu background or the lookup for it being corrupted.


Qbism might want to steal Engoo's Draw_FadeScreen for this, as I know Makaqu's method isn't perfect and was still speculative.

[mankrip]

New video with Unforgiven 3 gameplay glamor shots: http://youtu.be/LOenE94-_p0

This looks bloody amazing. Also, the beginning reminds me of the last boss of Doom 3's Ressurrection of Evil.

[qbism]

http://youtu.be/LOenE94-_p0
This looks bloody amazing. Also, the beginning reminds me of the last boss of Doom 3's Ressurrection of Evil.

This one level has several different bosses. Each level had one main boss, as foretold on the start map.

Looks like a weird implementation of the menu background or the lookup for it being corrupted.
Qbism might want to steal Engoo's Draw_FadeScreen for this, as I know Makaqu's method isn't perfect and was still speculative.

I added a cvar to control Makaqu-style fadescreen: scr_fadecolor. The default value I picked was ugly at some point. Legal values are palette entries, 0 - 254. Try "scr_fadecolor 48", should be an improvement. It's just doing an alphamap lookup vs. the specialized menumap lookup table that Engoo has. Should be stealable.

[qbism]

Build 53 - runs faster, colored lights (.lits, models, vwep, dynamic)
http://qbism.com/nexus/wp-content/uploa ... 8_0053.zip







The .lit file is loaded and converted into a value-balanced indexed colored hue map. The hue map is providing color and saturation but not (much) brightness. In R_DrawSurfaceBlock functions, the standard blended lightmap (blocklights) is combined with a dithered hue map (blockcolors) using a lookup table. Overall, a very minimal performance hit.

The build runs faster because several assembly functions have been restored, especially drawspans. The colored lighting method does not required modified span functions.

[leileilol]

Did you upload a Jan 2 build? I'm not seeing colored lighting anywhere.

[qbism]

Oops, left an old build in there, but it has been fixed. Please re-download. Server should report version 53.

[revelator]

heh i know how you feel