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    EDIT
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    Hello, some of you might have heard of this object already, and I think I've reached a point at which I can say that this object is stable enough to post a public beta.

    The object bears a strong resemblance to Overlay Redux, but also provides many features that make it much more powerful.
    Here are some of its features:

    • Multiple images in one object that can be managed at edit and runtime
    • Loading/saving to other file formats than BMP, e.g. PNG
    • Reading/Writing to clipboard
    • Alpha channels
    • Making screenshots of window handles (e.g. desktop), active objects etc.
    • Fine collision for destructible terrain and such
    • Drawing shapes with color and outline or "fill data" (E.g. for gradients)
    • Faster alternative to fast loops (Can be twice as fast) for looping through all pixels
    • General performance increase compared to Overlay
    • The object is active - you can assign movements to it and put it above Actives
    • Partial HWA compatibility - You can even apply effects
    • Flash-compatible, as of now only a few commands are ported
    • Various effects that can easily be applied
    • Drawing text

    The list is more or less random - I simply wrote down what I could come up with.

    Here's the download:
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    Sorry, no examples included.
    I will have to come up with some good ones very soon.

    I'm looking forward to hearing your input on this. :)
    Happy testing.

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    Edited 5 times, last by Looki (October 27, 2011 at 3:38 AM).

    nice! about time Looki! Now if only Pictionary Online can work...

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    Maybe. I haven't touched Java yet. I'm interested in a Java Mobile version though, but this object is pretty big - I'm not sure how well it would run.

    Fine collision seems to be broken by the way... thanks to LB and Jaffob.

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    Quote from Looki

    ASD: The options are system-dependant, but it should work! I'll have a look at it.


    system-dependant?

    I was disabled ClearType in the setting of Windows. however, it's worked(Anti-aliased is doesn't work).

    What is the difference between Anti-aliased and ClearType?

    Looki, this object is great! Thanks very much!

    Just one thing: I can't seem to place active objects in front of it. I'm only using it to dynamically draw a line between a point and the mouse but it seems to remove actives when I "clear" the surface.

    Edit: It's almost working now. Actives are flashing instead :/

    ASD: Ah, yes! ClearType should work no matter what, sorry. But anti-aliasing should, too...
    The difference between anti-aliased and ClearType is that ClearType uses a more advanced technique, see this picture:
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    Note how the borders are orange/blue - that makes it more readable to us. With simple anti-aliasing, these colors are not used, which makes it a bit uglier but still better than aliased text.

    Nim: An example would be nice! I should have access to MMF within a few minutes so I can test it myself. :)
    EDIT: Never mind, I'm able to reproduce it
    EDIT2: Gee, thanks, I simply forgot to set a stupid flag. It will definitely be fixed for the next build. I've been working on the display routines recently... This fixes the fine collision masks bug as well. :D

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    I have tested this quickly, first impressions are this needs examples lol :)

    I hope you won't mind me saying it but compared to overlay redux i find it confusing, possibly down to the naming and no help/examples. It seems like the most basic thing from redux but cannot yet figure out how to simply paste all copys of a active into the surface together, seems it would be one of the blit options?

    Most of the other stuff seems to work well and this will be very useful, i just need to get used to how it works ;)

    Okay, since I've fixed a bad redraw bug, the fine collision bug, and forgot to add the Flash build, here's a new version.
    No examples yet. I'm working on that.
    I agree, Atom, it's hard to figure out what to do. I will definitely upload some within the next hours.

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    The flash build is limited to the actions in the "With color" sub-menu. Polygons&text are not supported. Shapes are drawn with anti-aliasing, I was unable to figure out how to disable that.
    The image that is drawn in the frame editor is not copied. Some expressions like Get RGB should work as well...

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