Castle Paradox

byako · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:50 am Post subject: two questions

K, here goes.

1) Has it ever been implemented to resume map music from where it left off playing once you leave and return?
(so the music does not constantly replay from the start after battles, ect)

2)What about partially transparent map tiles?

I suppose these have been answered somewhere before, but with the editor in constant flux (that and my extended OHR sabatical...) Big grin

Thanks
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

To answer question #2, alpha transparency hasn't been implemented (unless the latest nightly suddenly sneaks it upon us), but you can fake semi-transparency by using the trick the Sega Genesis games did and use dithering and layers in conjunction.
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byako · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: Hmm....

Just how would you go about doing so? Dithering that is...
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Dithering is just cross-stitching pixels with another color. For faking semi-transparency, you would be cross-stitching with the transparent pixel so you have a bunch of tiny holes that you can look through. Be sure to put this on layer 2 so you can see stuff behind it.
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Moogle1 · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

...or layer 1, depending on what it is you want.

As for question 1, your answer is "sorry, no."
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byako · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: well then

Thanks. I didn't think the music thing had been done yet. Oh well

Anyway, what I want to do with the transparent tiles is this:

The tile Date is under I want all the green transparent so he shows through, but not the pink and brown...

Newbie, can you explain a bit more in depth how to accomplish what your talking about?

(sheesh. This sounds funny. A newbie explaining to a veteran how run the OHR...)
Ha ha ha!

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msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

If I'm understanding you right Byako, you might be very interested in this link:

http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/index.php/Using_Map_Layers.html
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Heh. That Cherry Blossom tree would be the PERFECT example of what I was trying to explain. Put that on layer 2, and you would be able to see Date Masamune through it.
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byako · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:33 am Post subject: Starting to get it

Ok, I have the layering thing all figured out, mostly....

I tried and tried with my existing file to get the layering to work, but it seems to want to show the wrong tile in the appropriate layer.
(ie, I put down a basic grass tile, then switch to layer two(it is visible) and placed the cherry tree tile, which I altered to have surrounded by black#0.)
But, it ends up showing the grass tile as if I had placed it in layer 2 instead of 0 (I didn't. Believe me).
Then I turned off layer 0, and the rest of the map went black, except for the one tile (all black because at this point I have only placd on trans. tile)
Turn 0 back on, the tree disappears.
Any ideas?

I said above that I had it figured out. This is because I started a new game file, mad a green tile and a simple tree with a black#0 background, and when I placed the tree over the grass tile, it worked, so I know I am doing it correctly.

Is there an issue with the editor in being able to convert old files into ubersetzung(the ver I'm using)?

Hope this all makes sense, and thanks for all the help.
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msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

The first thing that occurs to me is that if you had tiles with the overhead bitset set on their default passability, it might cause some weird behavior with layers. With layers there should never be a reason to use that bitset again. This is just a total guess for your problem though, I don't know what else could be going on.
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byako · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:05 am Post subject: never mind.

I think its a case of Eye Dee ten Tee here.

I had the default passabilty for overhead tiles still set. Pissed off!

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byako · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:21 am Post subject:

Okay, here is what it looks like now. You can even see him walking through the trees...
Thanks all for you patience and help.

Also, here is a quick preview of my new(err, latest) overworld map.
I figured it fitting, given the name of the game and all...

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Leonhart · Joined: 25 Feb 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Philippines

I love the way you drew the sakura.
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byako · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: Sakura are awesome

I like the sakura too. Came out much better than I intended.

Hanami, as it is called in Japan, is when the Sakura are in full bloom, and the communities make a festival of 'Viewing the Cherry blossoms', thus the name HANAMI.

There's nothing like going to the local castle or large park with hundreds of people milling around, just enjoying themselves and the various vendors.
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TMC · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:34 am Post subject:

Welcome back byako. I played EDO years ago, but I can't remember anything. matricx re-hacked was pretty memorable, though.

Resuming music would be really great, but I'm not sure if the music backends would support it. sdl_mixer is really buggy, and doing it in music_fb would mean diving deep into the MIDI code. I guess it would be OK if only one or the other supported it though.
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