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[blue_knight]

Does the RotatePointXY() do what you want?

No because it doesn't tell me how you (i.e. Zelda Classic) compute the pivot point when calling DrawBitmap() with a destination rectangle. I know how to rotate a point around a pivot given an angle already, what I need to know is what is that center point when calling DrawBitmap()? I originally thought it was in the center of the destination rectangle (i.e. centerX = dstX + dstWidth*0.5; centerY = dstY + dstHeight*0.5;), but that didn't work with thin rectangles. It actually looks like it is something like centerX = dstX + dstWidth*0.5; centerY = dstY + dstWidth*0.5 or something like that. I could try a few more examples and figure it out but I was hoping for a definitive answer. Sorry if I'm not being clear.

Edited by blue_knight, 27 February 2012 - 03:45 AM.

[judasrising]

Hm. The launcher should create ag.cfg, even if the game doesn't run. Do you have write permission in that directory? You may need to set the programs to run as administrator.

I just unzipped the downloaded RC3 again and tryed it and it runs and creates ag.cfg and allegro.log
so i really dont know what it was before but it works fine now

Edited by judasrising, 27 February 2012 - 10:44 AM.

[Orithan]

I would like to report what appears to be a bug that has possibly been around for quite a long time (this is in RC2) - Setting an enemy's Damage and WeaponDamage variables in a script doesn't do anything. I was trying to use it for my LttP Mail script, as I recall that Saffith did this for his Iflyte script back in the Ghost.zh demo and it worked.

Script

CODE

int LttP_Tunic_NPC_MISC_Check = 14;
int LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor;
int LttP_Tunic_Defense;
int LttP_Tunic_Item_Activator = 0; //Set this to above 0 if you want Link to have the tunic upgrade at the beginning of the game. Overidden by the tunic's level in the item data.
int LttP_Tunic_Track = 0; //Don't change this.

void LttPMailRun(){
    if(LttP_Tunic_Item_Activator > 0){
        if(Link->Action == LA_SCROLLING){ //Set track to 0 when Link is moving between screens, to avoid problems with loading enemies on diffrent screens.
            LttP_Tunic_Track = 0;
        }
        if(Screen->NumNPCs() > LttP_Tunic_Track){ //Load all npcs on the screen if there is more than the previous amount.
            for(int i; i <= Screen->NumNPCs(); i ++){
                npc nme;
                nme = Screen->LoadNPC(nme);
                if(nme->Misc[LttP_Tunic_NPC_MISC_Check] = 0 && nme->Type != NPCT_GUY){ //Adjust the damage that the enemy causes if it hasn't already been reduced. Skips Guys.
                    if(LttP_Tunic_Defense*4 >= nme->Damage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor){ //Reduce the enemy's physical attack.
                        nme->Damage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor;
                    }
                    else{
                        nme->Damage - LttP_Tunic_Defense*4;
                    }
                    if(LttP_Tunic_Defense*4 >= nme->WeaponDamage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor){  //Reduce the enemy's weapon attack.
                        nme->WeaponDamage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor;
                    }
                    else{
                        nme->WeaponDamage - LttP_Tunic_Defense*4;
                    }
                    nme->Misc[LttP_Tunic_NPC_MISC_Check] ++; //Marks that NPC not to be used again by this script.
                }
            }
        }
        LttP_Tunic_Track = Screen->NumNPCs();
    }
}

I ran Traces through the code to confirm that all of the conditionals are working, but it just won't modify the amount of damage that the enemy causes. After that and what I said above, I assume that's a bug.

[Saffith]

Your code doesn't actually do anything.

CODE

                    if(LttP_Tunic_Defense*4 >= nme->Damage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor){ //Reduce the enemy's physical attack.
                        nme->Damage/LttP_Tunic_DMG_Reduction_Factor;
                    }
                    else{
                        nme->Damage - LttP_Tunic_Defense*4;
                    }

Those should be /= and -=

[aaa2]

Ok i made a testquest showing the problem i have with draw screen. First of all this is the script i use:

CODE

bool new_screen_is_to_the_left(int new_screen, int old_screen){//check which direction Link walked in
    if(new_screen-old_screen==-1) return true;
    else return false;
}
bool new_screen_is_to_the_right(int new_screen, int old_screen){
    if(new_screen-old_screen==1) return true;
    else return false;
}
bool new_screen_is_up(int new_screen, int old_screen){
    if(new_screen-old_screen==-16) return true;
    else return false;
}
bool new_screen_is_down(int new_screen, int old_screen){
    if(new_screen-old_screen==16) return true;
    else return false;
}

void Smoothscrolling(int old_screen, int new_screen, int old_map, int new_map){ //the scrolling function

itself
    if(old_map==new_map){
        if(new_screen_is_to_the_left(new_screen,old_screen)){
            for(int i=0;i<60;i++){
                NoAction();
                Screen->Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 512, 512, 0, 1.0, 0, 0, 0, true, 128);
                Screen->DrawScreen(0, Game->GetCurMap()-1, Game->GetCurScreen(), -256+4*i, 55,

0); //this should draw both screen 0 and 1
                Screen->DrawScreen(0, Game->GetCurMap()-1, Game->GetCurScreen()+1, 4*i, 55,

0);
                Waitframe();
            }
        }
    }
}


global script onstart { //the main scrolling script
   void run() {
    int old_screen=-10;
    int new_screen=1;
    int old_map=-2;
    int new_map=-1;
    while(true) {
        new_screen=Game->GetCurScreen();
        new_map=Game->GetCurMap();
        if(old_screen!=new_screen){
            Smoothscrolling(old_screen, new_screen, old_map,new_map);
        old_screen=new_screen;
        old_map=new_map;
        }
          Waitframe();
    }
   }
  
}

The testquest i made with this can be found here:
http://www.mediafire...gj429gyugpwpva7

My problem is DrawScreen only draws Layer0 all other layers seem to get cut.(yes there is a bug in the demo because i draw on layer 0 and so you see some residue from upper layers while scrolling but thats not the problem) Why doesnt DrawScreen draw all other layers like it is supposed to?

[Xenix]

Ok, so I was trying to get Game->PlayEnhancedMusic() to work, but I don't think I am understanding the (int [] filename, int track) part in zscript.txt. How do I set those values?

[LinktheMaster]

int [] filename, I'm assuming, is referring to a string with the path and filename of the file. Track is the track number to be played.

CODE

int filename[] = "thefile";
Game->PlayEnhancedMusic(filename, 0);

[Saffith]

That's correct. And remember that filenames are case-sensitive on Linux, so be sure to match it exactly.

[Xenix]

Sweetness! I was able to finally fix up the boss/miniboss battle room music script to be able to play enhanced music. It works like a dream! Thank you both!

[Russ]

Is there any way to turn off the blue outlines that show the warp return points? It's seriously bugging me, more than it should.

[Saffith]

View->Show Squares

[Jared]

Found a first little bug.



Notice how in RC3, the "DoR.qst" doesn't go all the way down. In RC2, it does. Not just because of the scroll bar.
Thought I should point it out.

Was this missed? No one commented on it.

[Moosh]

Was this missed? No one commented on it.

I don't quite understand what the bug is...sounds pretty minor. Might even have been an intended change...

[Gleeok]

Try this: drop this version into your rc3 directory (Note**You cannot use the ZCLauncher to start zc unless you rename it) and set win_proc_fix = 1 in the config file before you run it.

Download: http://www.mediafire...gq5xx/rc3.1.zip


Side Note: The only changes from this build are extra debugging info, fixed scanlines, and a modified DrawLayer() . This is not a replacement for rc3 so use the download link in the first post if you haven't downloaded it yet. This will not run without it.


[edit] ...Sorry, I accidentally deleted my last post so here it is again. lol.

[LinktheMaster]

Was this missed? No one commented on it.

I'm pretty certain Saffith replied to you.