KarlosTKG now on GitHub

[Karlos]

I've meged everything in the misc/redesign branch back into main. Anyone relying on the zip download to test can now try it out.

[Karlos]

Updated the engine with optional mouse inversion for those that like to play standing on their heads.

[kriz]

Can i have download link for latest Ab3D 2 ? I find lots of links but is hard to find the files ?!

[Dunny]

Go to the github: https://github.com/0xABADCAFE/karlos-tkg and where the button says "<> Code" click that and then use "Download Zip" from the menu that pops up.

Extract that to your miggy, go into the Game folder and double click on "KarlosTKG" icon.

[Karlos]

Yep, the latest stable version is always there. You'll have to get used to using git if you want to try out any of the work in progress branches.

[Karlos]

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[abu_the_monkey]

Originally Posted by Karlos

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Looking good

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by abu_the_monkey

Looking good

I think the weathered rock textures definitely suit a darker environment.

[Karlos]

It just occurred to me that the sandy texture should be aligned with the direction of the water ripples. They move at a 45 degree angle

[Karlos]

Minor details, but the mud/sand ripples line up with the prevailing water direction.

[grond]

This looks superb! When the texture with the rivets came into view, I thought that the rivet heads looked very flat and the flat surface very bland. It took me a second to remember that this, of course, is the maximum you can get from a simple texture mapping engine. The lighting in the other bits made me forget it was still a 1st generation engine.

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by grond

This looks superb! When the texture with the rivets came into view, I thought that the rivet heads looked very flat and the flat surface very bland. It took me a second to remember that this, of course, is the maximum you can get from a simple texture mapping engine.

Don't forget the 32 colour limitation as well. All walls are limited to just 32 colours from the 256 colour palette. That makes it difficult to have combined themes, like the grey bricks with rusted supports. The stone texture I am using for this whole area took me quite some time to get right - it has to fit the game palette and available shades and I didn't want the whole planet to be grey, even if the other rock texture I have does have a hint of colour, it's still very monochrome looking.

The lighting in the other bits made me forget it was still a 1st generation engine.

Where possible, I try to use lighting configurations that will result in the "simple" shading path, e.g. the upper and lower vertices are the same brightness (walls can change brightness horizontally still). I try to keep the more complex lighting for smaller areas, like a corner with a lamp in it, that sort of thing.

A little bit of lighting goes a long way...

If anyone remembers the very first playable AB3D1 demo, you'll hopefully get the atmosphere I am trying to recreate in this area.

[Karlos]

I'll have to repixel those rivets a bit. I thought I'd gotten away with it.

[pixie]

Originally Posted by Karlos

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It feels like a dream, aliens pass by, minding their own business

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by pixie

It feels like a dream, aliens pass by, minding their own business

In the dev build, you can set them to passive mode.

[Karlos]

Per level wall overrides ftw.

[abu_the_monkey]

Originally Posted by Karlos

Per level wall overrides ftw.

these little details make all the difference

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by abu_the_monkey

these little details make all the difference

I tweaked the wall texture so that the word "PORT" takes up the first 128x128 slot of wall_0, and there's B1 - B4 in the remaining 4 slots. However, I only managed to use 3 because of the fact that some of the other corridor bits are blue and red lit. There are still a ton of unused wall slots in B that could be overridden though.

[Karlos]

Can you tell what's changed here?

[Karlos]

Everything is pushed to the misc/redesign branch if anyone wants to test these in progress changes.