Wow,..how is this done?

Danny · November 30, 2011 at 12:55 PM

To be fair and without sounding patronising I think you should look at the code a little bit harder.

It isn't THAT hard once you study how everything is done, that's the learning curve of MMF2. 5-6 years ago and even 10 years ago we had hardly any examples/open source and hardly even an online community to further our projects. The fact you have something like that space explosion as an open-source example should be something that is not looked at lightly.

You have the source for something unique like this, go study it and learn from it! That way you can further your own developments within MMF2.

Ls2 · November 30, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Thanks, DannyC
I don't know many things about effects, this was one D:

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Some solutions are incredible... Very simple but the result sounds complex.

Danny · November 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM

You're welcome Ls2. Their are quite a few effects you can achieve with Flash and some of the other exporters but you have to remember with any exporter where you don't have a user with a PC to burn so you have to optimise your games accordingly, however I have used the semi-transparency in multiple flash games and hasn't affected frame rate.

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 2:17 PM

I also noticed that the frame rate goes way down when you create one of the explosions. IMO,.there is to many loops happening or something is wrong with the code or my PC is to slow,.but I don't think that's the case. I do have an older PC,.but its a 2.1ghz with 2 gigs of ram and should do fine with this example. I noticed that when I run his example the frame rate drops to around 26 and I haven't even created an explosion yet!! When I create an explosion,.the rate drops to 8. Anyone else having an issue with slow down?

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 2:23 PM

Quote from DannyC

To be fair and without sounding patronising I think you should look at the code a little bit harder.
It isn't THAT hard once you study how everything is done, that's the learning curve of MMF2. 5-6 years ago and even 10 years ago we had hardly any examples/open source and hardly even an online community to further our projects. The fact you have something like that space explosion as an open-source example should be something that is not looked at lightly.
You have the source for something unique like this, go study it and learn from it! That way you can further your own developments within MMF2.

LOL,..I got you! After looking at it for a while, I do understand it and what does what now. At first I was like what??? LMAO.

Reale · November 30, 2011 at 2:48 PM

its buttery smooth for me but i am running a beef'ed up pc (8gig ram/560gtx/i7 4.5ghz) but i do remember trying this out on my last pc and that was half the specs of this and didnt see frame loss... thats the thing about pcs being so differnt :-\ what works for my pc might have compatability issues with yours :-\

i love the fact that people show there stuff, i save em and then go through them with a fine tooth comb looking for information and how people made things! from the ios examples on a multitouch system that i then made my own... just from learning how one person makes something gives you the insite on how to make your own - its actually the reason why i went with buying MMF2 over other engines out there.

Danny · November 30, 2011 at 3:26 PM

lol good; I didn't want to come across like a gimp just want people to learn especially when open-source stuff is so hard to come by, this is a god send!

With relation to your frame rate on my netbook running an Intel 4500 I get 60 fps, what graphics card have you got? Have you setup your DX settings correctly? The default settings can override most processing done by the GPU.

Stephen · November 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM

There are some explosions in the new Please login to see this link., including a ground-up explosion.

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 3:56 PM

Quote from DannyC

lol good; I didn't want to come across like a gimp just want people to learn especially when open-source stuff is so hard to come by, this is a god send!
With relation to your frame rate on my netbook running an Intel 4500 I get 60 fps, what graphics card have you got? Have you setup your DX settings correctly? The default settings can override most processing done by the GPU.

Don't mean to sound like an idiot,.but what is DX? I'm running the standard card that is on the mother board. It's a ATI Radeon 200 series. I'm sure that's not good...LOL

Danny · November 30, 2011 at 4:01 PM

Not good at all. DX = DirectX. Even though you can change graphic configurations via settings/config, most default graphic drivers will override those settings hardware style, you can adjust them in your graphics card control panel. Not sure whether the integrated 200 comes with Catalyst, if it does, open Catalyst up and crank all the settings to performance and turn off any AA & AS.

Atom · November 30, 2011 at 4:09 PM

DX = DirectX

If anyone wants to do shader/effect (HLSL) development there is a forum here - Please login to see this link.

There is some effects there but also the Released Shaders here - Please login to see this link.

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 6:05 PM

Quote from DannyC

Not good at all. DX = DirectX. Even though you can change graphic configurations via settings/config, most default graphic drivers will override those settings hardware style, you can adjust them in your graphics card control panel. Not sure whether the integrated 200 comes with Catalyst, if it does, open Catalyst up and crank all the settings to performance and turn off any AA & AS.

Well,.I went and installed another card. A Radeon 9250 and there is no difference when I run the example file. Rate drops to 8 when an explosion takes place. So,.I have no idea why this is happening.

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Quote from Stephen

There are some explosions in the new Please login to see this link., including a ground-up explosion.

Thank you very much! Some real nice ones.

KLiK-iT · November 30, 2011 at 6:21 PM

Quote from Atom

DX = DirectX
If anyone wants to do shader/effect (HLSL) development there is a forum here - Please login to see this link.
There is some effects there but also the Released Shaders here - Please login to see this link.

How do these shaders work with MMF,.where do I install these?

nivram · November 30, 2011 at 10:09 PM

Quote from TheSmanman

How do these shaders work with MMF,.where do I install these?

Use HWA mode. They get downloaded to the effects folder in the MMF directory.

Marv

Crash86 · November 30, 2011 at 10:27 PM

Special Effects Pack? Wow, this really passed me by. Downloading now ...

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