Posts by prester

Regrettably, there has been a delay in the translation of the manual. This month (2025-03-15), only 8% progress was made. Although the accuracy and speed of translation have improved, struggling with writing the original text.

The next deadline is also in a month (2025-04-15), but it is expected that the completion of the manual will take another two months.

ASTER Version.1.0.2

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Object Control's Restrict Registration has been removed, allowing direct addition of new motion from Event Detect at the moment Motion is rejected. Allows for seamless motion transitions.

Up to rev.1.0.1, this feature was restricted, but since stability has been confirmed, have removed the restriction from the public build.

The document is approximately 60% complete, including the translation. Aim to have it around 90% complete by the next month (2025-03-15).

There might be a mistake with the JSON Pointer since no JSON syntax errors are appearing. If AlignGrid is functioning correctly, does it mean that the key name "BatchAssignAltStr" was modified?

For example, changing "BatchAssignAltStr" to "BatchTest":

Original JSON Pointer: "/no.12/BatchAssignAltStr"

Modified JSON Pointer: "/no.12/BatchTest"

Plz update the JSON Pointer accordingly. If the problem is not resolved, please take aPlease login to see this link. and show the results. Like this..

{
"/AlignGridL2RT2B": "450, 250, 3, +50, +50, false",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/0": "terg/cf2.5/aster/docs/",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/1": "r.of2.5/aster/docs/1000_json/",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/2": ".o2.5/aster/docs/1000_json/8000_json_act/",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/3": "o.5/aster/docs/2000_objectalign/",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/4": "r_objectalign/2250_align_grid_l2r_offset__/",
"/BatchAssignAltStr/5": "2.5/aster/docs/4000_functions/"
}

Quote from warlords

Great extension. I have some questions. Is it free? Have you any plans for selling it in the future.

I changed some text 2 places in the text file and change the same in mmf. but it would not read the file. But it moved the actives in align!

Hi, こんばんわ。

ASTER is available as freeware. The BSD 2-Clause License is almost the same as the MIT License, so except for the disclaimer, you can use it freely and without charge. Since it basically includes only the functions that the author actually needs for production, it will continue to be released for FREE as the latest version within that scope.

If there are any special customizations, a commercial version will be built for a fee.

Im working hard on improving the docs for the samples, but the progress is slow.

If the attached sample does not work, plz tell the number assigned to the frame. Unsure how it works in ur own project, plz first create a Simple operation sample & pack into a .zip file, then upload it to the author.

For me, The cause of the malfunction is often complex, making it difficult to understand just by reading the text.

Create a wonderful work.

Regards.

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### ASTER Version.1.0.1

1. Content boost and caching are applied for faster access from "Please login to see this link.".
2. English and French versions of the documentation page have been added, but not yet finished.
3. The interface labels of the extensions have been improved.

Able to translate only about 30 % of the document. Instead, experimentally, created a French version. Would be helpful to get feedback | opinions from native speakers.

Plan to continue organizing the document for a while longer.

Thanks.

Quote from danjo

nice site and extension.

Thanks, Happy New Year ahead!

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Currently working on. The default language should be set to English, so some pages have already been translated.

Quote from semar

You may use an online translator for this task.

Deepl.com for example. I think it covers also Japanese.

Just copy and paste the text to be translated, and deepl makes the job. For big texts you may however subscribe a plan.

Similarly you could also use chat-gpt if you own an account.

As long as we can prepare well-structured original text for translation, the translation itself can be entrusted to AI. Currently, neither the Japanese nor English original texts are complete, so I am enduring the pain of writing them.

We have set the next deadline to January 15, 2025, and will proceed with multilingual support as much as possible. The preparations for that are already complete.

However, the English version might not be fully ready on time, so please let me know which sections you would like to read first. I will prioritize those sections accordingly.

Thanks.

Quote from andy

This is good, but I could not use this without clear documentation in English. I hope that will be available soon.

Sigh, I certainly want English documentation, but the tasks are piling up and even the Japanese documentation is not complete.I hope to do something about it next year.

Quote from DJFuego

Maybe ask/pay someone to translate the documentation to english.
The other thing is I'd sugest you or your webserver provider fix the web certificate as the url "prester.org" has the certificate chain for "*.sakura.ne.jp"

Good evening, I have completed the https support for the site.There are some problems with some of the contents, which will be fixed next year.

Thanks.

for Windows PC + DX9 + Shaders.

It has a motion controller function that allows you to manage various motions and instance alignment for the active object by simply selecting a template and passing parameters.

REGEX and JSON are standard functions, and JSON can be used for passing various parameters and outputting REGEX Search/Match results.

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I was going to upload binaries to ClickStore, but it seems that new registrations are not available, so for the time being, please download from the download-only page below.

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The documentation is only in Japanese, but it is available at the following link. currently producing both the English and French versions of the documentation..

[Aster Docs](Please login to see this link.)

The sample files in the archive are commented in English.

Have a good New Year. Thanks.

Nice Shader Works!

Quote from Yves

You can't use it, sorry, it has been recently reaffected to a variable used for qualifier handling optimization...

Oh,,, But thanks for ur reply.

Definition in Cncf.h about WORD oilFree, Is it safe to use this freely for extension developers? ( It says Not Used in the comments. I will need to consider the possibility of being rewritten by other extensions, though.)

Or if have any role in this variable, plz let me know aboout it.

Thanks.

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Still Hard-Coding.. but the result is great.
Fixed Yves code.

void TEST::SetSemiTrans(LPRO myobj, int coef)
{
	// LPRO myobj = (LPRO)CNC_GetParameter(rdPtr);
	int nBlendCoef = 0;
	
	switch (myobj->ros.rsEffect & BOP_MASK) {
	case BOP_EFFECTEX:
	{
		CEffectEx* pEffectEx = (CEffectEx*)myobj->ros.rsEffectParam;// Need #include    "EffectEx.h" from MMF Headers


		if (pEffectEx != NULL)
			nBlendCoef = 255 - (pEffectEx->GetRGBA() >> 24);// pEffectEx->GetRGBA() == default >> -1; >> result calc == 0;
			int a = 939524095;// Hardcode
			pEffectEx->SetRGBA(a);// find at "EffectEx.h"
		
	}
	break;
	case BOP_BLEND: // old semi-transparency coef
		nBlendCoef = 255 - SEMITRANSPTOALPHA(myobj->ros.rsEffectParam);
		break;
	default:
		if (myobj->ros.rsEffect & BOP_RGBAFILTER)
			nBlendCoef = 255 - (((DWORD)myobj->ros.rsEffectParam) >> 24);
		break;
	}
	;
}
;

très bien merci! > Yves

Thanks a lot!

Thanks for your quick replay! >> defisym
I'll check it soon now.

About Active object's effect "Alpha-Blending coefficient", Probably basic, but not be able to how to implement on my test extension.
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I found an old forum post, unfortunately not for HWA.
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"Sprite display structure" at Cncf.h, "ros.rsFlash" "ros.rsFlags" "rsEffect" "rsEffectParam" etcs..
At first thought it was simple, actually not so easy with try and errors what i realized.
Any sample codes or Documents are there?

P.S. If it is possible, from the extension, i wish to control the shader effect param.

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Thanks.

Sry for delay.

short WINAPI DLLExport ACT_TEST(LPRDATA rdPtr, long param1, long param2)// TEST Action
{
LPPOS pPos = (LPPOS)&rdPtr->rHo.hoCurrentParam->evp.evpW.evpW0;
auto layer = 0;
switch (pPos->posOINUMParent)
{
case(-1):
layer = pPos->posLayer;
__fallthrough;
default:
CHECK_VALUE_MESSBOXW(pPos->posOINUMParent, _T("pPos->posOINUMParent; = "), _T("TEST"));
break;
};
return 0;
};

I am still low understanding level.
I've tried this code but anything no reaction from ACT_TEST function, then i noticed the target object's "Create at start" checkbox is off.

If the Checkbox is on, returns number 1|2|3.. etcs, but not found case of -1.

defisym's explanation exactly bit complex and still i can't understand (I thanks for defisym >> will learn from you and andos's source codes).

Quote from Yves

I suggest that if you want a layer information in all cases you forget PARAM_POSITION and use your own X, Y and Layer parameters.

Unfortunately, The only solutions i can do now, Yes, i will forget to get from the PARAM_POSITION.
(or make a custom Dialog window.)

Thank a lot!