Subject: Re: [stella] The Demo Image Series #9 From: "Andrew Davie" <atari2600@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:53:06 +1100 |
Were you testing on hardware, or emulators? Your suggestion requires repositioning sprites on every line. My system can't do that; I'll leave the challenge to you! Cheers A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Saunders" <mos6507@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 5:25 AM Subject: Re: [stella] The Demo Image Series #9 > I think the flicker might be a little too much to take for this to be > viable. It's borderline. I guess it depends on the individual. > > What you might experiment with is interleaving the sprites like this: > > XXXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXXXXXXXXXXX > XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > > and then alternate this even/odd pattern so it would be like a "closed > venitian blind" technique. > > That way on every frame you'll have graphics on both sides. There is > something about the flicker right now that when I shift my focus from side > to side, the sprites seem to jump around as an optical illusion. If the > flickering were more interleaved I think the mind would help fill in the > blanks better. But I'd like to see this with a monochrome image first > because I suspect that a monochrome bitmap, in the end, might be more > viable because you'd only have one level of flicker. In fact, you might > then be able to stack three sprites next to eachother that way to fill the > full width of the screen and still have an acceptable amount of flicker. > > > > At 02:11 AM 2/28/2003 +1100, you wrote: > >I'm up way way too late - major bug had me guessing for hours. Here's a > >slight variation on the theme - this is a super-wide bitmap. Won't look too > >crash-hot on the emulators. I'm suspecting it will look OK on the real > >thing. Confirmation, anyone? This is a first-effort... I believe the > >'join' can be further improved. > >Cheers > >A > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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