RedPill - Amiga Game Creator Program

[Zener]

To be honest I don't know what's the problem. There are RedPill games that use 32 color images without problems. First, I would try to find out if the problem is in the program or in the image.

Could you share the image to do some tests?

[amiman99]

Originally Posted by Zener

To be honest I don't know what's the problem. There are RedPill games that use 32 color images without problems. First, I would try to find out if the problem is in the program or in the image.

Could you share the image to do some tests?

Here are the images, the 32 color one is causing problems in my system.
I just converted the image to 16 colors, and it displays fine, no crashes.

[Sinphaltimus]

So I gave redpill a run today. i don't think it works well right now on a Vampire A500 via the RGB output. I think a lot of the screen gets cut off in the editor mode but I don't know because I haven't seen it any other way with projects loaded. I'll try again in Win UAE at some point to see the difference. also, whether I play any project via the editor or the player, the screen is shifted 50% to the sides. meaning, down the center is where the left and right edges of the screen meet (touch). I'll post this at some point to the apollo forums and see if I can't get one of the guys to test it on Goldv3.

Anyone else here using redpill on a vampire Amiga?

[Zener]

Could it be that you are using a NTSC mode?

[Sinphaltimus]

Originally Posted by Zener

Could it be that you are using a NTSC mode?

Yes, it probably is, didn't know that could be an issue.

[amiman99]

Launching example games poses no problem for my A1200.
The editing does. For some reason, when trying to create new game, I have problems and crashing. I tried booting into PAL, same issues.
When I use 32 color graphic, crash, when auto slicing sprites, crash. Same with 16 col backgrounds.
I also tried my A600 with ACA 630 accelerator with 32MB RAM, same thing crash while editing my new project.
Both PCs have Classic WB installed.

I was able to crash emulator also. I used the 2012 Amiga Forever, WB3.X install, the emulator crashed when slicing the sprites.

Something is going on.

I will try a clean WB install as my next setup and see if I can get it to work. I will do controlled experiment to find what works for me.

Can anyone who works with RedPill tell me what WinUAE settings / configs they use?

Is there a limitation on how large the sprites can be?
What is the preferred work flow, which steps need to be performed first etc?

Thanks.

[Zener]

If it crashes when autoslicing it is probably an issue with autoslice. Try with grid slice and make sure your transparent color is color 0, otherwise it will try to create a sprite the size of the bitmap

[Lemming880]

I haven't properly tested but I also noticed that after v0.5.5 I can't load projects anymore. The program just freezes.

Never mind it seems to work now. I swear it tried several times with freezing but I just tried again and it works. Ah well. I'll let you know if it happens again.

[Zener]

Any specific project? one of the examples? player or editor?

There is some project updating going on when loading, does it help waiting a bit?

[Lemming880]

hey I edited my above post. I tested several projects like astro and puzzle. I waited for 10 minutes at some point and nothing would happen. Now it works.

Edit . I know what the problem was. I forgot to add 4MB fast ram on A1200 in WinUAE.

[Zener]

Please try new version 0.5.6 with proper (I hope) NTSC support.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz...ERhbXVPb3Zndzg

[amiman99]

Originally Posted by Zener

If it crashes when autoslicing it is probably an issue with autoslice. Try with grid slice and make sure your transparent color is color 0, otherwise it will try to create a sprite the size of the bitmap

I redid my sample sprite sheet and it seems to work now without crashes.
The 32 color mode works fine too, I'm not sure what was the problem with my previous graphics.

[amiman99]

Hmm, something happened to my last post???

Is there a way to have individual counter and timer per enemy?
I would like to add multiple shots per enemy to kill them. Is it possible?
Also, I need a delay per enemy before they attack.

I have been playing with Redpill and so far so good. Definitely I see slowdown when multiple enemies are displayed on screen. I may have to lower the number of frames in animation.

Thanks.

[Zener]

Hi,

I'm thinking about adding energy to enemies. If you are instantiating enemies a way to time their attacks is using the animations, there is a trigger named on animation finish you can use.

[amiman99]

Originally Posted by Zener

Hi,

I'm thinking about adding energy to enemies. If you are instantiating enemies a way to time their attacks is using the animations, there is a trigger named on animation finish you can use.

Yes, energy would be nice.
Can I play some animation for a second or more and then switch the animation?

I found few issues with Redpill:
1. The Player object cursor appears behind the enemy sprites, can the cursor be moved to the front?
2. Expending on the first point, can I layer the objects on screen, put some objects in front and some behind?
3. The HUD always stays on the bottom, even if checked to be on top.

Thanks.

[Zener]

Thank you,

for now only the HUD at the bottom is implemented, HUD on top will be ready in the future. Z sorting can be a bit complicated, but it is doable.

Here is the list of upcoming features for v0.5.7:
-You can select the font to be used in the game inside the Game Setup menu.
-Each Object now has Custom1 and Custom2 vars that can be used for energy, health, shots, etc.
-Condition and action triggers have been added to set, modify and check the object custom vars.
-A custom object timer has been added too, use Set GO Timer to start it, and GO Timer Trig to check if it has been triggered.
-Options key is now supported, a condition trigger added to check it.
-When enabling and disabling HUD objects, HUD will be cleaned up only if a change has been done.
-Fixed a bug in RedPillPlayer when using tooltypes that prevented the games from starting.
-Fixed a bug in RedPillPlayer causing Reload level to act like Restart level.

[Zener]

And the new version is out (v0.5.7)

As a reminder there are a couple of game competitions where you can submit your RedPill games:
http://capacitorparty.com/
http://www.retroaccion.org/concurso-...ommodore-amiga

[amiman99]

Originally Posted by Zener

And the new version is out (v0.5.7)

As a reminder there are a couple of game competitions where you can submit your RedPill games:
http://capacitorparty.com/
http://www.retroaccion.org/concurso-...ommodore-amiga

Thanks, I will try to play with it this weekend.

[Zener]

And next version is ready, Get v0.5.8 now!

List of changes:
-Added action trigger to set a random value to Custom Object var 1.
-Added action trigger to set a random value to Custom Object var 2.
-Added action trigger to set a random value to Custom Object timer.
-Fixed a bug when detecting if joystick buttons were released
-Fixed UI bug that caused a change in the action when changing second parameter of a condition.

[nobody]

I think speed.was improved a bit on latest versions. I tested an old project I had and was running very good on Winuae, with speed about equal to 68030/50.