Hi Paul!
>>Now I'm thinking of alternatives. Does anybody have an
>>idea?
>I know it's kind of an established standard in vintage
video games to have
>stars flying towards you, but it's not very realistic.
The stars should
>really be stationary and just pan in different
directions when you steer
>the ship.
Hm... I've spent quite some time this year playing
almost all recent & uptodate space games.
Out of this list:
X-Wing Alliance
Freespace 2
Klingon Acadamey
Starlancer
Tachyon
Klingon Acadamey has the most statinonary stars and it's
the only game on the list that really sucks. Might be
some strange coincidence, but... :-)
(BTW: Though being Off-Topic: "Tachyon" is by far the
best pick out of these IMHO!)
>I don't know if this would help much or even if you'd
want to
>stray from the standard "flying starfield", but it's an
idea. ;o)
Thanks. I'll think about it, really. I always write all
suggestions & ideas down to my design block. Right
before starting some longer car ride, I read through
this list of ideas and while driving I think about it.
- It works ;-)
>And I'd be interested to see your kernal source.
It's probably the worst copy & Paste mess I ever
produced, but you asked for it ;-)
The main display kernel loop is labled 'NextLine'.
Its drawing the crosshair, then there's two checks:
- wether to reposition a sprite
- wether to draw a sprite
After that it branches into one of three different 2LK
blocks according to the results of the checks.
I can explain more on demand, but it really is only a
WIP snapshot.
Greetings,
Manuel
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