Surface Object Progress

The Surface object is a replacement for the Overlay, with more advanced and user-friendly features and more MMF integration.

Features

• Being able to store multiple images in a bank at both in edit and run-time.
• Being able to draw shapes with complex filling, e.g. gradient or tiles (See Quick Backdrop).
• Alpha channel support
• Export/Import images via MMF graphics filters, PNG, JPEG etc.
• The above could also make GIF animation export and import possible from what I've seen
• Fine collision, e.g. for destructible terrain
• Other basic stuff, see Please login to see this link.

Of course anybody who has access to this forum can request features.

Oh, I overlooked that! Sure, I think I could implement it somehow. Can't promise anything, but it should work out somehow. I need to find a proper way to merge layering with the multiple image storing.

Jax, setting the clip region will definitely be added - I find that feature to be quite useful as well.
What do you mean by effects?

Thanks for the info. Yes, Image Manipulator has lots of effects, but I didn't know who Herb is, so I was confused. I might look into that, but I have other priorities of course.

That's what I assumed at first actually, but that library is kind of bloated and huge - of course there's the possibility that he extracted the algorithms from it. I think a dedicated extension that is compatible with the surface object would be nice, but I'm definitely going to implement this.

[size:14pt]Surface Object Progress[/size]
Estimated Progress: 20%

Last Week's Progress:

• Basic drawing functions
• Managing multiple images
• Alpha channels & basic modifying
• Image import/export
• Instances of the same object share the image bank

This Week Goals:

• Adding more drawing functions (with gradient filling etc.)
• Improving framerate (Only update what has been changed)
• Cleaning up the action menu
• Fixing bugs

[size:14pt]Surface Object Progress[/size]
Estimated Progress: 25%

Last Week's Progress:

• Fixed some crashing issues
• "Image" parameter in actions is now gone, there's a "set editing action"

This Week Goals:

• Adding more drawing functions (with gradient filling etc.)
• Improving framerate (Only update what has been changed)

As you can see, I didn't make that much progress. I apologize for that and I will try to make up for it this week.

[size:14pt]Surface Object Progress[/size]
Estimated Progress: 40%

Last Week's Progress:

• Fixed some crashing issues, again!
• Added new drawing functions that utilize fill data (You can draw shapes with border + gradient, tiled images etc. like a Quick Backdrop)
• Added clipboard support. Was broken but thanks to Werbad it now works completely.
• Added actions to set 'blend settings', e.g. what ink effect to use to draw an ellipse.
• Added support for polygons, and being able to modify the point list.
• Added an edittime setting to make the object's image bank global
• Polished the menu a bit.

This Week Goals:

• Fixing known bugs.
• Completing the new drawing functions with fill data
• Other functions, like drawing text.
• Expressions & conditions

I think the optimization I mentioned a week ago, only draw what has been changed, will take a while to be done. I hope I'm able to do it at all.

[size:14pt]Surface Object Progress[/size]
Estimated Progress: 45%

Last Week's Progress:

• Fixed a lot of crashing bugs. I hope they're all gone now!
• Added a 'Use multiple images' setting that, if checked, removes all evidence of multiple image management functions.
• Added fill data support for lines, ellipses and polygons..

That was basically it. I'm having a side project and I'm being torn apart by it and the Surface Object.

This Week Goals:

• Other functions, like drawing text.
• Expressions & conditions