patjomki Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, rensoup said: While waiting for assets, I decided to implement a frame counter... Here's the beginning of Level 2 ? For comparison, here's the BBC Master version: Not only because of more frames our version looks so much better even with less colours.? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, rensoup said: While waiting for assets, I decided to implement a frame counter... Here's the beginning of Level 2 The frames per second is the TV's framerate/ the number of frames. So with 2 characters on screen and moving tiles we get between 50/7 and 50/5 = 7 to 10fps Ouch ?... For comparison, here's the BBC Master version: Same deal! (with a brief dip at 6fps). I think the Apple2 and C64 drop even further... Nice BBC master animation, but... nauseating colors (sorry)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Faicuai said: Nice BBC master animation, but... nauseating colors (sorry)... BBC has the advantages of a fast CPU plus extra fast ram that allows the graphics chip to access ram in between with no DMA steals but you pay for that with 8 colors only, less than a C64.... Reminds me I need to dig out mine to finally use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Don't worry about it! Plenty of games on the 64-bit powerhouse known as Jaguar has 7-10fps framerates In all seriousness, that does look awesome. How did you implement the frame counter BTW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 frame counters eat bytes and consume resources, while nice to quick insert them, it's best to pull all remnants out before continuing. Nice to see where you are, but often gets in the way of where you are going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Won't that frame counter waste cycles? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 You were thinking and typing the same thing at the time as most of us. Thanks for affirming my reasoning. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ger Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Guys. If the game takes 5 frames to render, displaying one number, most likely in character mode, is really not an issue. And do you think it will be there when the game is complete ? Oh wait, is this an April joke ? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) LOL, ah such a jolly R0ger!, you know us too well and catch on quite quickly. Although to be honest saving a cycle or a byte is serious business. Edited April 1, 2020 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Well you got me ? Technically the frame counter always exists, it's pretty standard: a single byte that gets incremented every VBi until the main loop resets it when it's has finished drawing the new screen. It doesn't have to be in there but I use it as a frame limiter as well because the game can get too fast... with an overclocked CPU ? Even with a 3mhz 65c816, the game becomes a little too speedy to be fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R0ger Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, _The Doctor__ said: LOL, ah such a jolly R0ger!, you know us too well and catch on quite quickly. Although to be honest saving a cycle or a byte is serious business. Jesus, thanks. I really lost my hope in humanity for a moment there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, patjomki said: Not only because of more frames our version looks so much better even with less colours.? Agreed, @TIX's the man ! 1 hour ago, Faicuai said: Nice BBC master animation, but... nauseating colors (sorry)... 1 hour ago, slx said: BBC has the advantages of a fast CPU plus extra fast ram that allows the graphics chip to access ram in between with no DMA steals but you pay for that with 8 colors only, less than a C64.... Indeed, it's makes it a little difficult to compare both versions: Those 8 colors are fixed on the BBC and to make it worse, the screens cost twice as much space (32KB vs 16KB on A8) although I believe it might have allowed Kieran (PoP BBC coder) to optimize the sprite routines. The other consequence of those 2 16KB screen buffers is probably what caused the him to half the Prince's vertical resolution. you can see that he looks a blockier than the enemy which uses full vertical height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Looks excellent and you always keep you eyes on the enemy, so it's got the eye candy exactly where it needs to be! You are always scanning the background (which also looks excellent) and focused on the enemy. Perfect. Edited April 1, 2020 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Faicuai said: Nice BBC master animation, but... nauseating colors (sorry)... Reminds me of IBM CGA graphics; blahhhhhhhh... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 51 minutes ago, rensoup said: Well you got me ? Well if team Hoaxers don't snap you up with a Premier League player's salary then somethings not right with the world 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Wrathchild said: Well if team Hoaxers don't snap you up with a Premier League player's salary then somethings not right with the world Well I actually thought the frame counter comments were serious, so I'd actually started replying seriously until I spotted Roger's reply ? That frame counter took me a good half hour to implement because I'd forgotten how my font plotter worked... damn bank switching! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 precious time, spent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+playsoft Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 It looks absolutely stunning ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIX Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Thanks a lot man, and all of you guys for your encouragement here and in private messaging ! 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Prince of Persia landing on A8 will be one of the biggest news our beloved computer ever witnessed ? No doubt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Jacques said: Prince of Persia landing on A8 will be one of the biggest news our beloved computer ever witnessed ? No doubt! Hopefully the goto game to show off your supercomputer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 So we're still having glitches with new assets... in the meantime here's @TIX's early concept for the enemy: Awesome huh? Unfortunately I quickly concluded that it was (probably) impossible to add to the game. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) I love what you have in game as it is now, that early concept hero should not be canary yellow ever, and certainly not in tight pants! Edited April 3, 2020 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 23 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: I love what you have in game as it is now, that early concept hero should not be canary yellow ever, and certainly not in tight pants! I can never tell if you're being facetious or not... top row is the BBC version of course! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 New assets are in... and changes are being made to them! ...In the meantime, let's introduce the shadowman and the palace level! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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