MiniB3D - and Blitz3D tricks that I use
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| Howdy! I've decided to move the racer over to MiniB3D. (I can do this now instead of waiting to buy a Max next year for the iPhone version.) I do however use several tricks in Blitz3D that I don't know if MiniB3D can do- 1) I scale cameras instead of use camerazoom. 2) I have two cameras running at once. One main camera and one HUD camera. The HUD camera is EntityOrdered to -1 so that it is rendered last. It is also set not to clear the colour buffer using CameraCLSmode. This camera contains a mirror and the speed dials so that the main camera can zoom in and out without affecting the hud. I notice MiniB3D doesn't treat a camera as an entity (or, it doesn't look like it from the commandset, but I can always cause it to extend those types from a base type I guess!) How would I do the above in anotherway if MiniB3D doesn't allow for it? I recon it'll take a while before it's an issue, mainly since my b3D code is as superstrict as diarrhea from a very sick dogs behind- but I won't port if it's going to be a pain to perform the above. *sigh* you can tell I've gotten sloppy, I wrote a 3D engine back when Max was initially released, no idea how I pulled that off now! |
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| Don't know about scaling cameras, but you can use max2d for your hud or have two cameras running at once. Cheers Charlie |
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| Heh, nah, the Hud is already in 3D, though Max2D will be used for the text for sure. :-) I just checked and I no longer scale the camera, I removed that last night, but I still need to be able to render two cameras. I'm home now so I'll have a play :-D |
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| You can definately render 2 cameras, i do it in my current game. Cheers Charlie |
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| Cool- One on top of the other? That assumes it works, problem is, I can't install MinGW on my machine- it likes to get closed by windows. so although I've grabbed MiniB3D I can't use the frickin' thing :/ Ah well. There's a lot of missing functions but I really don't mind working on that once it's working. |
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| Yep, one on top of the other. Best of luck getting MinGW to work. There are a lot of missing functions, but i barely use 5% of what's there anyway. Cheers Charlie |
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| Cygnus have you tried installing on something else and copying the C:\MingW directory to a key or something then whacking that onto your development PC then setting up the paths? |
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