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Its true, GLBasic PWNS

LoL! An Emotiwave!

Yes indeed, GLSL was only recently innovated, im impressed with the turnover time on implementation to the highend GLBASIC language!

Curious though, i heard good things about the directx innovations ..shaders, is it possible to add these in our code in the gbas files?

Youre welcome, check out my last post of the FPS and elapsed time function too

Hmm it used to work fine, i havent check recently though...
Assuming it works:
the differences between 1 and -1 are very subtle, and you may not see those differences until you really have at least more than one or two image/object's overlapping one another.

q. Why is everything so slow?

a. (assuming your video drivers are upto date)
You made a loop that does too many calculations per frame (main loop).

Edited and UPDATED AUG. 5, 2008 for GLBasic Version 5+

Excellent Timer Function that keeps track of many timers that calculate seconds!
These return TRUE if the alloted time is reached!

Usage:

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

onesecondelapsed=TTIMER(0,1) //returns TURE after 1 second
oneminuteelaped=TTIMER(1,60) //returns TRUE after 60 seconds
Function:

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

FUNCTION TTIMER: TTNum, TTCountTo
//onesecondelapsed=TTIMER(0,1) //returns TURE after 1 second
//oneminuteelaped=TTIMER(1,60) //returns TRUE after 60 seconds
STATIC  Init_TTTimer,NumOfTimers, CheckIt
IF Init_TTTimer<>TRUE;
NumOfTimers=100;
Init_TTTimer=TRUE;
DIM TIMETIMER[NumOfTimers][2];
TIMETIMER[0][0]=-1;
TIMETIMER[0][1]=-1;
TIMETIMER[1][0]=-1;
TIMETIMER[1][1]=-1;
ENDIF
IF TTNum>-1
TIMETIMER[TTNum][0]=GETTIMER()
TIMETIMER[TTNum][1]=TIMETIMER[TTNum][1]+TIMETIMER[TTNum][0]
CheckIt=TIMETIMER[TTNum][1]/1000
IF INTEGER(CheckIt)>=TTCountTo
TIMETIMER[TTNum][0]=0
TIMETIMER[TTNum][1]=0
checkit=0
RETURN TRUE
ELSE
RETURN FALSE
ENDIF
ENDIF
ENDFUNCTION



Tips:
1. becareful not to use too many timers,
2. reuse the id slots if they arent being used anymore.
3. More timers you se will result in less performance, dont use more than needed.
4. Do not use any single timer for multiple events! Watch those ID's!

Note:

Updated for use with current compiler: EDITED ON SEPT.23 2005
-Hemlos

The new cartoon effects are like anime drawings, impressive!

Nice work with the 3d lighting gernot!