What Are You Working On?

I was adding a jumping bomb for all classes :O.

 

Im thinking of making a terraria/adventure kind of mode.

The only thing is i need an experienced codder etc to help me (ill be spriting) Start a convo with me if you want to join.

 

Sounds great loved super smash knights cant wait!

 

I've tried the same and I don't think it's possible within scripting limitations.

 

You have the power of the random number generator, don't you?

 

Not sure if this is viable performance-wise, but just wanted to share my thoughts on your weather-system problem.

1. Make a custom script to generate a file for each of your maps, that you can then read from when the map is loading. This file could simply contain a list of indexes, each corresponding to a tile on the map, and indicating that this tile on map load, should show the snow animation. (I can elaborate on generating these files, but basically it would just be doing some simple "ray-casting" from the edges of the map)

2. Make an extra layer on top of all tiles on map load with your snow animation, and set them all to not be visible.

3. While still loading the map, read the corresponding, genererated file for that map, and assign the snow layer of all the given tiles to be visible.

4. Each time a block changes state (solid/non-solid), recursivly run through the tiles beneath it, in a pattern based off the angle that your snow is falling. Keep this loop going untill the next tile is solid, and flip the visibility state of the snow layer for each of the non-solid tiles. (Sounds scary at first, but it might not be too taxing, given it is only performed on the client)

Not sure if you need to do some custom code to avoid drawing tiles that are not currently on the screen, but i'm sure that you know much more about how kag handles that.

EDIT: Actually, to decrease lag spikes, and to improve the snow effect:
Instead of doing a recursive loop untill you find a solid tile. Do each step after a certain amount of time has passed, to mimic the slow falling effect of snow. This might cause more problems, or require a bit more logic than simply flipping its visibility state though.

 

Busy with other projects atm, but might try to to implement a system similar to the one i suggested. I think i might need to clarify what i mean with some simple "ray-casting" though:

Imagine your snow was constantly falling at 45 degrees to the right, instead of calling fancy physics functions, just do a test to see if the tile that one tile below, and one tile to right (1,-1)(x,y) is solid. If not, then continue to the next tile.
(Or rather, if not solid, then add it to a list of tiles that has to be updated after X physics steps has passed, to add the snow falling delay as you break/place blocks)

And you don't really need to use the files as i suggested, they were not meant to be used at runtime. Only to make map loading faster, since the initial calculations would be the same each time you load a specific map.(Unless you generate tiles that are not in the .png file for the map)

Hopefully that makes more sense, just let me know if i need elaborate.

 

bugs make best features

boomerang jump. a ghetto bomb jump

 

The Hand cannon, a weapon for the Archer.

 

DAT IS AMAZING im gonna star playing Beta again.

 

There goes balance.

 

It won't be that easy to obtain. The current cost is 3 Steel bars and 1 Iron bar, 1 Iron bar will get you 5 cannonballs.

 

That really sounds like an inconsequential cost.

 

It was originally meant to be Dungeon loot, but now that it's smithable they're not meant to be rare. They're definitely not as powerful as you think.

 

I'm getting extremely tired of extra methods to melt bases.