Development screenshots: cool things that are being worked on

[Futuza]

We're you able to find the Tatooine arena? That map is perfect for Versus.

Stoiss didn't send it to me, but I'll check my backups because I'm pretty sure I have it somewhere.

[Futuza]

 

@@eezstreet Found it.  Needs some fixes though: 

 

[Xycaleth]

Had a few hours spare: (I've fixed the top menu title since taking the screenshot)

[Smoo]

Awesome Darth Futuza

[Futuza]

So I know I said the RGB stuff was done.  Well I lied.  I refactored some code and built in RGB stuff to the tr_fonts.cpp functions - now it works everywhere, instead of using approximate colors.  (Notice how we get the non-console colors in the image below).

 

 

Still need to add RGB color support to console text though.  (Such as the player shot player2 text above).

 

 

EDIT: Noticed some bugs and fixed them, here's the result:

 

 

Still need to add console text support though.

Edited February 3, 2016 by Darth Futuza

[eezstreet]

An explanation for those who don't understand:

 

In JKG, you have a wider variety of color codes available at your disposal. By using this format:

^xRGB, and replacing RGB with a hexadecimal digit for Red Green and Blue values, you have approximately 16*16*16 different color options in addition to the original 10.

[ensiform]

Yes but it should be implemented like color codes are in the engine.  Not some gimmicky function that has to butcher the string every rendering and then add colors.  Do you really need 16³ colors?  Why not just do ^ ASCII ?

[Futuza]

Yes but it should be implemented like color codes are in the engine.  Not some gimmicky function that has to butcher the string every rendering and then add colors.  Do you really need 16³ colors?  Why not just do ^ ASCII ?

It's pretty much the same as how color codes are in the engine now, I've refactored it since then.  It's not done, still needs some fixes for things like the console. Because ^ASCII creates problems with very long strings and takes up more space than necessary in player names?  Is it needed?  No, but it was an already implemented feature that was partially broken and never completed so I'm fixing it.

[eezstreet]

Yes but it should be implemented like color codes are in the engine.  Not some gimmicky function that has to butcher the string every rendering and then add colors.  Do you really need 16³ colors?  Why not just do ^ ASCII ?

^ ASCII is not easily understood at all. What is ^a supposed to mean, and how is it different than ^'? With the xRGB identification, you have ease of use, and also predictable results. With ^ASCII, what are you supposed to do with unprintable characters, whitespace or null terminators?

[Silverfang]

 

 

 

Very dark and eerie in its current form, this is a new prototype map I'm working on that will eventually be used to test a planned feature.

[ensiform]

I simplified by saying ASCII but I meant printable character ASCII.  You would obviously only support the graphical characters which gives you ~88 color codes because excluding ^^ ^" ^` ^~ ^; ^%

 

The xRGB system only limits the amount of colors and text you can use tbh since it requires more characters to make a color.

[Jolly]

This is all very promising. Keep up the good work guys. 

[Light_mert]

Looking great!

[eezstreet]

 

 

 

 

new item drop system at work. This is a prototype command for testing the item drop rates

[Futuza]

Will you be merging this into the master branch, along with your other previous changes on github soon?

[eezstreet]

It's on a `develop` branch. All of the item code is getting rewritten from (basically) scratch.

[Silverfang]

 

 

 

(Old model on the left, new model on the right)

 

The first of a visual update pass over some of the older, lower resolution weapons. The DL-18 is the starter pistol in JKG and having cylinders that don't have many sides really hurts its overall visual appeal.

[eezstreet]

 

 

 

 

git branch and long hash are now part of the console (shown in the lower right corner) so I'll know exactly what version people are running

[Silverfang]

 

 

 

Visual update of the L8 Striker pistol, I really liked the overall design of the weapon compared to the original SWG L7 Liquidsilver, I decided to take a blend between the L7 and L8 for the visual update and keep the L8 Striker as opposed to recreating the original SWG weapon.

 

Also, the new visually updated model actually uses less triangles than the old model.

[Silverfang]

 

 

Click each thumbnail for a larger image

  

 

 

These are the results of last night's stream, they are fully UV Mapped, have Level of Detail models and are fully functioning weapons. They still require textures and are not using any new animation system, that's next on the to-do list.

[Onysfx]

@@Silverfang

 

That first weapon instantly reminds me of the black mesa magnum .

[Bek]

@@Silverfang

 

That first weapon instantly reminds me of the black mesa magnum .

And these animations reminds me of those from cs:go.

I love it!

[eezstreet]

The shop menu is in need of a facelift. Here's the current concept for the new shop, which has some new features.

 

 

 

 

First, you will be able to see both your inventory and the shopkeeper's inventory at the same time, without switching to another menu.

Second, you can repurchase items that you or other players have sold to vendors. It might be wise to search the buyback before purchasing an item at the shop, because it might be cheaper. By clicking the Buyback button, you can switch between Buyback and regular shop.

Third, you can sort prices by both the name of the item and the cost of the item.

Lastly, you can examine both items in your inventory and in the shop, which will bring up a nice little menu with more information about the item.

[ensiform]

As long as someone can't steal someone's buyback until they've really decided they don't want it then I don't see any issue with buyback being available to everyone's sold items.

[Noodle]

Might be a silly question, but english is not my native language so I'll still ask. What's the difference between value and price?