State of development:
I'm still working on the input system. Gave me some headaches already XD.
But I guess I found a way to get it working.
I will just add another layer to the input system.

Layer one:

• Every used key or button is listed once
• Here I check the state ( if pressed or not ) and use timers to check for holding and double press and stuff
• Always running and monitoring key states, but with a common delay ( so it doesn't check for every frame )
  
• Individual delays for the different keys ( so it only checks what is needed )

Layer two:

• Every individual keybinding is listed ( so if a key is used twice it is listed twice with another setup )
• Here I only read the information of layer one
• Running every frame ( since it only reads numerical information it should be fast enough )

I'm working on this right now.
Well, I want to include shader effects, and make the graphics as good as possible, but I will give the choice to deactivate them though.
I have to look into the shaders a bit more to get an idea of the quality possibilities, so you can also set them on low, medium, high.
Should be possible.

EDIT:
I almost got the input system working now. Only problem at the moment is for each key-hold and double press it still registers a normal
single press ... and I just can't find the issue. I already checked the code like a million times. This shouldn't be happening.


EDIT2:
The input system is working now. That was quite the tough nut there, but it's working like a charm now.
I still have to implement some things though, like the individual delays, combined keys, but that shouldn't be the problem now.
First thing, apart from a backup XD, is getting the movement running again. Then I will work on the map system a bit more,
and finally implement the texture support. If textures are working I can continue with the shader effects ( that's probably gonna
be another tough nut XD ).



EDIT3:
I was just optimizing and cleaning my code once more.
The map does now reload correctly, if the graphics settings are changed.
I just have to implement a check if the vram was flushed automatically, which happens in dark basic if
you minimize the window. Unhandled this would lead to a hard application crash for sure.

The problem with dark basic and fullscreen exclusive mode is still persistent, so I removed this mode
from the graphics settings completely. Available modes are windowed and windowed fullscreen.

The common movement system is running again with the reworked input system.
I also included a W,A,S,D doube-press key binding to perform a small jump like in cry of fear.
Currently the keys are hardcoded, but it won't be a problem to let them be customizable later on.

There is so much to do XD ... I guess I will go on with the texture management now.

EDIT4:
Textures are now working, although there it's still a bug left I have to handle.
Also if the graphic settings are changed the map get's reloaded and retuxtured pretty fast, but there are only 2 textures used though.
The texturing is designed to handle all the different texture stages I need for the shader effects later on.
Once the textures are working properly I will implement the shaders and improve the current test map a bit.
So, a demo and screenshots could be realistic ideas pretty soon, but I don't really feel like telling any date XD.

I had some fun with music maker XD and made a temporary short track for the main menu.
Link
Tell me how you like it XD.

Try that link XD

I haven't been around here for some days now XD.
First thing: I updated the first post and included all the bros.

State of development:
I implemented the shaders, but I still got some problems with the texturing.
The shaders are working, but they aren't implemented very good right now either.
I found a nice shader pack for dark basic, which has everything included that you can imagine.
There should be a wide range of effects possible with these.

I will repair the texturing as soon as possible, right after that I will work on a small testmap,
because what I use at the moment isn't exactly a map ... it's just a floor and 2 walls XD.

EDIT:
I finally found the error I made. And I can't believe it at the same time XD.
I accidently used an If istead of a while ... I guess you don't necessarily have to be a programer
to get which problems can be caused by this XD. loool


EDIT2:
I thought I should show some first screenshots XD.

Parallax Mapping:

I just wanted to show you which kinds of shader effects are possible ... even with bad dark basic XD.
Actually a picture like this is no big deal ... I could achieve this from scratch in like 20 minutes.
But with my package system and a dynamic engine in the background, it surely is another thing.

I love parallax mapping :D.

Shadow quality:

The black box is an area ... to be exact my player-start-area in this current "map" XD.

To show the quality of the shadows I just activated the shaders for it, but it doesn't have a
texture. That's why it's only black here.

However to the right of the box you can see the shadow of it. This shadow is rendered with
a pretty low quality and I have full control of the quality in my code.

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This very small test map is currently running with 460-480 FPS on my computer.
My Computer basically:
AMD Phenom II X4 3.2Ghz
AMD Radeon HD 6970
The shaders actually cost a lot of performance, but 480 FPS is still pretty good.

Thanks XD.

Next step for now is ... implement everything in a solid way, optimize, clean, simplify.

Also I had the idea to include a "default_resources" package.
There are many basic components, that simply have to be present. I need them ... no matter what.
So I will implement this concept of default resources and use the new package for a fall-back system.
That way I have the possibility to feed the engine with standard components, if anything is missing.

EDIT:
This could be handy for the development of custom sories later on. You will be able to run your custom
story even if it is uncomplete, or misses an important component, but you will see that it's missing.

dragonlord7132 wrote:

As a simple human beings that doesn't have any special talents or anything, i don't have any f*cking ideas what the hell is a "default_resources"... but as far as i could see, this project goes pretty damn well! looking forward to this "game"

I don't know if you actually want an explanation XD ... but I made a pic



I just load this default resources package. The resources of the package are flagged as overwritable.
When I load the package resources I check if the same resources are already existing as a default
resource, delete it, and finally recreate it from the package resource.

So I always have the bare minimum of resources to run the engine.

However, if even the default resources are missing I can only give an error.

PS: Yes the project goes well, but alone I'm just too slow. There is so much to do XD.

State of development:
Default Package concept:
The default resources package is working.

I had some problems in the meantime, but now everything is working.

Shaders:
I'm still implementing the shaders. At the same time I'm reworking some old code.
The shader package is using a lot of relative paths, not only do I want to get rid of them, but pack everything up
in my packages. So I have to alter some of the smaller functions of the shader package.
Then I will just include them into the default resources package and they are good to go.

Lua:
I guess I will implement lua in the near future.
I want to handle two things in lua scripts right now:

• Menu ( each menu should have a lua script defining the functions for the controls like buttons,... )
  
• Map ( each map should have a lua script that defines the functions for map elements like areas, doors,... )

Interesting ... I will keep it in mind.

Water:
I already thought about water as healing items. Well, maybe just not the main healing item.
I think it's odd if the main character is drinking water all the time.
Wounds:
Apart from a normal health bar, I definitely want to implement wounds in the game.
So if your left arm gets badly injured you can't use that arm anymore until you fix the wound.
The unrealistic part is you would be able to heal the wound with a bandage or something like this.
So water as only healing item would be odd.
Crisis:
In my plot the people are beginning to question the current political and financial system, but
the governments and banks want to keep their power. The plan is to decimate the population
to a controlable count.
Characters and Plot:
I also thought about other characters in the script. Well, since I'm still in the middle of the
development I haven't really thought of a script yet.
However, I already had ideas of crazy characters.

Sorry if you expected me to write more XD. It's just, I'm in the middle of something.
I saved it in my concept folder, so it won't get lost.