scrolling speed test...

i just wanted to test a scrolling with my new work-in-progress:

here's the scrolling version:
http://www.marmotte.levillage.org/_games/scrolling.html

here's the screen after screen version:
http://www.marmotte.levillage.org/_games/test/test.html

i was just wondering if the scrolling is smooth with your machine?
knowing that i can surely speed it up a little bit more, with another swapDepth method... and maybe also by using attached MCs...

the window size is pretty small (as small as a real snes game in fact)...

the second link i couldnt get 2... and im not sure but the 1st one seemed more like screen by screen... nice though fast and nice ;)

ok i just fixed both url ^^

scrolling is fast, however the way you have it set up, I can outrun it and get out of the screen, lock it on the character. its a bit mindspinny otherwise.

you are right, the character's speed is a bit faster than the background.
i just wanted to test if the game is smooth, nothing more; this one is just a detail that can be fixed in no time ^^

thanks for testing it.

also if you have a preference (scrolling or not), you can tell me.

Scrolling version runs very smooth here (at the girlfriends house).

Machine:
Pentium 1.8ghz
128 megs of RAM

Keep up the good work =)

Nugget

your girlfriend seems very well equipped ^^

hey marmotte ^^
i would go for scrolling i like it better

sorry if i dont post much these days but i am currently at my brother's house in tennesee (us) so i am on a lousy 56kb modem and its really frustrating :(

se la vie ^^

Hey! Marmotte, ... you did it again!

Working great! The scrolling is really smooth. I like the scrolling a lot better, it is annoying waiting for each section to load... And the screen size is okay.. depends what you want to do with the game, but to me its good size.

Ya, speed up the scrolling a bit.

Good luck..
I am now working (trying really hard actually) to make my first multiplayer game! It is actually work out really well. It will be a one on one game (pic you opponent and so on). Found a good server that comes with .as files that have a whole bunch of preset functions (makes things really easy!). Only problem will be to try and find a place to run the server... hehe..

C-ya

hehe... 56k modem is what i'm having when i'm not at work...

thanks for taking the time to test a 200kb game, i know what it is when you have to wait in order to play ^^

d3s_inc

i'm glad to hear the scrolling is smooth ^^
to be honest, it slows down with my old G3 400mhz (time to upgrade?).
i tried a fps counter, it stays at 60 without scrolling (=max), but sometimes go down to 50/45fps when there are a lot of swapDepth elements on screen...

creating a multiplayer game seems to be a challenge (never tried myself), so good luck

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I like the scrolling a lot better, it is annoying waiting for each section to load...

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it means the first loading will be longer also...
so i'm heading for a mix between scrolling and screen after screen method (like zelda 3 in fact...)

anyone have also a scrolling preference?

you know sumthn...
i hate readen any thread u create...u always make everythn so damn good...and it lower ranks anythn i have ever created, and on that note, another nice creation ;) scrolling is better

ermmmhhh... thanks madmental ^^

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i hate readen any thread u create...u always make everythn so damn good...

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that's just because i'm in front of my comp during the majority of my free time... really, i think it's the only reason.
ooh, here's a second reason: my graphics are ripped. that's it ^^

yeh, well never mind the graphics, the speed of the scrollen is still amazen, and just incase ur unsure, i ment that all in good heart, i like readen ur threads, always inspire me ;)

Nice work.
Dont know how your scrolling works. but if you want the screen to always follow the character. I've got this code.

(Character must exist in a universe Mclip,all objects that will be scrolled exist inside as well)

Universe code
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onClipEvent (load) {
sW = 300; //screen width
sH = 300; //screen height
posy = sH/2;
posx = sW/2;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
_y = -hero._y+posy;
_x = -hero._x+posx;
}

If this has no usefulness to you whatsoever, sorry but thats all i can do.

I like the game though its very cool

madmental
LOL ^^
wait, there's still no enemies, no bushes to destroy... it means: slowdowns to come, unfortunately...
unless you have a very performant comp (not like mine)... things should roll very well ^^

mr. malee
thanks for your code. but i don't really want the scrolling to act like that, always focused on the character ^^
i already improved my scrolling code (offline), it's exactly the same as the online version except that it adopts the speed of your character... if you have a slow character, then slow scrolling... the online version is here only for speed test...
i'll have to rework the dialog boxes though, cause now they are sometimes bigger than the screen size...

anyway, for those who wonder, my scrolling code is not more complicated than mr. malee's one... it's quite similar in fact ^^

runs nicely as well. I use it on some platform games.

marmotte,that scrolls really smooth,i´m into building my house at the beach even more now :)

lol..tomsamson iv been away for a long time, am i missing somethin? the beachs?? (*comfused*)

yep,but nothing big,i talked with marmotte in another thread of his about his fk member village some time ago and and preordered my house for it :)
(i want a house at the beach),i can support him with a level editor,beach tile graphics and some little games to play when meeting me at my house (for the case i´m not currently chilling),depending on what marmotte wants/needs.

to marmotte: by the way, i just had an idea: why not implement a clock into the thing which controls daytime and which persons/homes/games/activities are accessible?
i guess that would be fun and keep people coming back for more several times a day (and wouldn´t be too hard to code,too),well,just an idea...

tomsamson
what a good idea ^^
i was also thinking that some areas will be restricted/opened depending on the character you are currently playing (easy to implement, since dialogs are already interactive whether you are controling a character or another)(also, they have different abilities; rocky can hit the bushes and sometimes recieve random items (money, keys...?); the ninja can cut the same bushes with its sword (maybe there are some hidden entrance in it?) i also have some kind of chicken playable, it's so fun (he cannot read anything though).

my idea right now is: you can wander in the village freely, playing mini games and meeting people. now i'm planning to add a mission system: you go talk to the king, and he will assign you some missions you have to accomplish; save the ninja girl, retrieve something...etc

i'm currently reworking the graphics (sooo long and painfull), so that they fit the new size of the window (i'll put out the shadow thing i implemented earlier)

btw, the annoying thing with your clock is > i'll have to add a new alpha layer that simulates for example the night. it means surely huge slowdowns, don't you think? other that that, the idea is great.

i have another question; how to play "your" games? by opening a new html window? or directly with my game? both have disadvantages :-(

1st thing is first:

BRING BACK THE COWS!

The scrolling engine is working nice and smooth.
Also I sent you an E-mail (kinda long...sorry) but you don't have to reply to all the questions.

I have an Idea -

In the game, have some hidden items like, i don't know, an open source that is not already on your website.

OR

Have a little Home/Shack ^^ and have a Gamecube or a Snes or something inside With your already made games to play on it, so it saves people opening a new window, and going to your website.

Just a thought...


Hoody

there's absolutely no doubt about it, cows will make a come back! yeah!!!

what open source are you looking for? ^^ (i'm just curious)

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Have a little Home/Shack ^^ and have a Gamecube or a Snes or something inside With your already made games to play on it, so it saves people opening a new window, and going to your website.

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> i tried to import my bubble bobble in it (external swf), the keys didn't work anymore... also, if i load an external files, all games with a _root target will not work anymore (that's why i always use _parent in my games instead of _root, just in case i put my game in a new MC, without having to change all the targets...)
i don't know why the keys didn't work, maybe there was some similar variable used in both games, =conflicts? i don't know. now i'm working with the graphics, which takes a lot of time... grrr

anyway, the idea is great (and old, considering i wanted to implement it in my old rocky game 6 or 8 months ago...

i prefer the second one myself, alough the loading is a little annoying. what game are the gfx ripped from?

oh, finally ^^
you are the first person that prefer the second version... but too late, i'm making the graphics that fit the scrolling version now...

i ripped the graphics mainly form the snes game kikikaikai, kikikaikai 2 (pocky & rocky)