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I'm having trouble getting this working if its possible at all.
I can set transparency to any colour and overlay with no problems.
I then change the transparency to a different colour , grabsprite , then drawsprite to a new location in essence having 2 layer of transparency, how ever this bit never works no matter what i try.

what I am trying to do is have a font outline which is white and never changes.
the inside of the fonts in pink RGB255,0,128 and is draw over a background. this works
I then change the transparency to blue, grabsprite in the area I need which is the outside of the font background.
and draw it onto a new background.
however it always blue.(or the colour i picked)

Ive changed the colour
its A png image
ive tested the colour is saved right( Hence the bug I noticed in UO Dingsfont)
coded it in different orders but never works

Is it possible or Im I doing about it the wrong way.

cheers Paul

Don't know if this has been noticed as i haven't translated the pages but there is a Bug in the Green RGB value.
If I set background or outline etc to 255,0,128 the PNG always saves as 255,4,128 value. not a real problem but good to point out if your doing multiple transparencies .

But I do like this program, good work 

Did a clean up this mornings and all is well. next time I'll read the instructions. will setup a fresh install on my main PC.

Cheers Spacefractal

I'm getting this now,  dont even know what proguard is.I should have left well alone, I guess AE changed a lot of settings.
Oh well.Maybe spacefractal should put a warning saying "Not for idiots" on the download page


*** Configuration: ANDROID ***
precompiling:
GPC - GLBasic Precompiler V.10.053 SN:1e3d04c5 - 3D, NET
Wordcount:1240 commands
compile+link:
running glb_build.bat
Using ANDROID_TARGET="android-8"
You can use "C:\Users\PaulsLaptop\Documents\GLBasic\Andriod Reset\distribute\Android\glb_android_build.bat" to change the API level and SDK path.
%ANDROIDSDK% not set. Using GLBasic's default target-8, Android 2.2



BUILD STAGE 1: Compile and pack RELEASE
Updated project.properties
Updated local.properties
Updated file C:\Users\PaulsLaptop\Documents\GLBasic\Andriod Reset\distribute\Android\build.xml
Updated file C:\Users\PaulsLaptop\Documents\GLBasic\Andriod Reset\distribute\Android\proguard.cfg
It seems that there are sub-projects. If you want to update them
please use the --subprojects parameter.

BUILD FAILED
Q:\Compiler\platform\android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ant\build.xml:539: The following error occurred while executing this line:
Q:\Compiler\platform\android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ant\build.xml:568: null returned: 1

Total time: 2 seconds
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xms256m -Xmx512m
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BUILD STAGE 2: Build DEBUG and install on device
     [echo] Gathering info for glbasic...
     [echo] Creating output directories if needed...
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     [echo] Handling aidl files...
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Handling RenderScript files...
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Handling Resources...

BUILD FAILED
Q:\Compiler\platform\android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ant\build.xml:539: The following error occurred while executing this line:
Q:\Compiler\platform\android\android-sdk-windows\tools\ant\build.xml:568: null returned: 1

Total time: 2 seconds
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xms256m -Xmx512m
finished Android build-script.
Android=C:\Users\PaulsLaptop\Documents\GLBasic\Andriod Reset\distribute\Android
success
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*** Finished ***
Elapsed: 24.4 sec. Time: 22:43
Build: 1 succeeded.

Installed Android extras as i was curious, and now messed up my settings.
I've uninstalled it which logged 100s of non declared items errors when compiling.
I've reinstalled GLB which has fixed this but now I can't point the compile to my phone
any idea where this is configured.
I dont really want to wipe this laptop.
cheers

Webos is good for open apps
E.g watch something on YouTube then open Amazon then open Netflix etc , it pauses the app until you return  similar to android
Ideal for playing on Xbox then jumping on to YouTube to find a walkthrough.
All other smart TVs I've tried take up to a minute to even startup the so called smart menu,then the app has to close to open the next app.

Not saying it the best TV in the world, the good points out weigh the bad.
Has a slight picture twitch every now and again. Something to do with the upscaler I think.
My wife think the old TV had better sound.
SD can look worse
BBC HD can look good to amazing,wildlife shows stand out so far

Had a Samsung for 8 years, just started to play up.
have a LG 4k webos TV, only had it a week.
3D is great as 1080p TVs split the screen to 540 line for left and 540 for right.
The 4k shows 2x1080p at same time.

dual band WiFi, had no problems yet. Have it set to 5ghz


Start up time is 5 seconds to picture on
Then up to 20 seconds for webos menu to be active.
Menu is good always check for update on the app using
Has crashed once already
.
4k picture is excellent , through YouTube 4k videos.

Making you own 4k files that work can be tricky.
You need 4k footage( I use power director 12)
Handbrake nightly build ( has H265/HEVC )
Make A mkv with h265 Dolby 5.1
Stick it on a USB drive . it won't work through network servers no sure why.

Not started messing with webos builds yet but I'm sure I will have the TV broke in a few weeks

Again how  Quick simple Code can produce good results.
My take on the Circle part in Second Reality.
Code probably useless, but fun

Code (glbasic) Select Expand


// future Crew Second Reality style Circles
// First Version created 5 circle sprites with a palatte rotation but I didn't like it

SETSCREEN 1024,768,1                            //runs better in fullscreen mode
GLOBAL a, r,i,b
SETFONT 0,4
PRINT " Please wait slow rendering...",30,20
SHOWSCREEN
LIMITFPS 60


GOSUB picbuild                                 //Render Circles

GOSUB spriteline                               //Break sprite into 768 sprites lines

b= 180
WHILE TRUE
i= i+ 4                                       // 1st circle Speed clockwise
b= b +3                                       // 2nd circle Speed clockwise
ALPHAMODE -1
ZOOMSPRITE 7777,100*SIN(i)+0,100*COS(i)+0,1.5,1.5                  // Draw 1st Circle. zoomsprite higher then screen or edges will show
ALPHAMODE 0.9
IF i> 1000 THEN ZOOMSPRITE 1000,100*SIN(b)+0,100*COS(b)+0,1.5,1.5 // Draw 2nd Circle once i>1000

SHOWSCREEN
IF i> 3000 THEN GOSUB flow                    // bend sprite 1000 once i>3000

WEND
KEYWAIT




// wobble the picture
SUB flow:
              FOR y=1 TO 768
              a=a +0.001 * 6                // Wobble speed
              DRAWSPRITE y, COS( a + y ) * y / 4, y
              NEXT
              GRABSPRITE 1000,0,0,1024,768 // Grab whole screen
              RETURN
ENDSUB

// Draw the circles

SUB picbuild:
r = 0
FOR j= 0 TO 650
r=r + 15
IF r > 400 THEN r = 0
FOR i=0 TO 360 STEP 0.1                   // Higher the step the more missed pixels + faster render
SETPIXEL j*SIN(i) + 1024 /2, j*COS(i)+768 /2, RGB(r/3, r/3, r/3)   // PLot a dot
NEXT                                                                                                                           
NEXT


// Grab Whole screen
GRABSPRITE 7777,0,0,1024,768             // Grab the same picture twice
GRABSPRITE 1000,0,0,1024,768

RETURN
ENDSUB

SUB spriteline:
FOR t = 1 TO 768
GRABSPRITE t,1,t,1024,1                 //grab 1 line from top to bottom, 1024 pixels wide * 768
NEXT
RETURN
ENDSUB




didn't LG buy/Licence  WebOS from HP and use it in all there TVs?

Fake Plasma Rotating Cube ( Grabsprite abuse )

show.exe in zip shows sides being rendered on the fly
plasmacube.exe normal

not optimized, probably better ways to do this but an easy example.

wobble screen maths may be useful for other project and is quite simple, took me a bit to get it right.
dicecube.ddd made in ac3d.

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

SETCURRENTDIR("Media") // go to media files
GLOBAL xxx,a
LOADFONT "smalfont.png", 1
SETFONT 1,1.5
LIMITFPS 40


//LOAD IMAGES
X_LOADOBJ "dicecube.ddd", 0
LOADSPRITE "blue.jpg",9999
LOADSPRITE "orange.jpg", 6000
LOADSPRITE "test.jpg",5000

//------------------------------------------------------------------
// GRAB LOT OF SPRITE LINES
STRETCHSPRITE 6000,0,0,1024,768
FOR t = 1 TO 768
GRABSPRITE t+6001,1,t,1024,1
NEXT

STRETCHSPRITE 5000,0,0,1024,768
FOR t = 1 TO 768
GRABSPRITE t+5001,1,t,1024,1
NEXT

STRETCHSPRITE 9999,0,0,1024,768
FOR t = 1 TO 768
GRABSPRITE t+30,1,t,1024,1
NEXT

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// SHOW ROTATE TEXTURE CUBE

WHILE TRUE
xxx = xxx + 3
GOSUB side3
//CLEARSCREEN   TURN THIS ON FOR NO BACKGROUND ( SHOW SECRET )
PRINT "X:" + xxx, 100, 10
X_MAKE3D 1, 50, 45
X_CAMERA 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
X_SETTEXTURE 0, -1
X_ROTATION xxx, xxx/ 2, xxx / 2, 0
X_DRAWOBJ 0,0
IF xxx > 360 THEN xxx = 0
SHOWSCREEN
WEND


//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUB side3:



            FOR y=1 TO 768
      a=a + 0.005 * 2   // * SPEED
            DRAWSPRITE y, COS( a + y ) * y /4, y      // WOBBLE THE LINES
            NEXT

    GRABSPRITE 9998,200,150,500,500   // GRAB THE WOBBLED SCREEN
            DRAWSPRITE 0,0,0   // DRAW THE TEXTURE
         STRETCHSPRITE 9998,340,170,170,170   // DRAW 1 SIDE
         STRETCHSPRITE 9998,0,170,170,170   // DRAW 1 SIDE SAME IMAGE
         GRABSPRITE 0,0,0,512,512   // GRAB NEW TEXTURE
  //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

         FOR y=1 TO 768
         a=a + 0.005 * 2
         DRAWSPRITE y+6001, COS( a + y ) * y/4, y
         NEXT
         GRABSPRITE 9997,200,150,500,500
         DRAWSPRITE 0,0,0
         STRETCHSPRITE 9997,170,0,170,170
         STRETCHSPRITE 9997,170,340,170,170
         GRABSPRITE 0,0,0,512,512

//------------------------------------------------------------------------
            FOR y=1 TO 768
            a=a + 0.005 * 2
            DRAWSPRITE y+5001, COS( a+ y ) *y/4, y
    NEXT
      GRABSPRITE 9998,200,150,500,500
            DRAWSPRITE 0,0,0
            STRETCHSPRITE 9998,340,340,170,170
            STRETCHSPRITE 9998,170,170,170,170
            GRABSPRITE 0,0,0,512,512
RETURN
ENDSUB


I did map the image on a 512x512 this it just a typo, i'll fix it now. cheers

I guess 99% of you worked out how this was done.I recall someone asking about this ages ago.so this was my take with animation.

The cube was made using AC3D, I then drawn a picture 512x512 with a 3x3 grid 170x170. Using AC3D texture coordinate editor mapped each side to a grid position. save it as .ddd
not sure how easy this is if you built the cube from Code and tried to map it, maybe someone with more experience could shed some light?

The program load 3 sprite pictures(plasma )
stretches the images and grabs a sprite per line. e.g 320x200 would grab 200 sprites 320x1 and does this 3x

using cosine maths it wobbles the whole screen and grabs an image for 2  sides. again 3x
then all is written to the grid  in different  location then grabbed as the texture  map

2 Effect from Second Reality
All done with standard GLB commands.

1st Fake plasma Cube: FC used palette rotation , not  sure how to do that  so I did it my way.

2nd Overlapping/bending circles: takes 10 seconds to render.tried this with a rotating palette but it looked bad.

I will upload code once it cleaned and optimized if interested
Let me know if you like or have idea's

circles.exe
cube.exe

Can't beat a good 9 pin printer.
My first was a  colour  Star LC200, ready to print in 5 seconds from cold start.
My latest Canon MG6350 can take 7 min to warm, no good if you need a print quickly.
.
For my last year in high school I wrote a program in Qbasic that printed them Record of Achievement forms,(UK school thing)
using printer commands it would double strike or quad strike the same letters making the ink darker.my cheap school could not afford new ribbons .
still have the source code printed with the Star LC200..

Does any one remember networking Archimedes, think it was called Econet, anyway always remember sending chr$(7) to different terminals in the adjacent room pissing off the class.

Never used my ST for anything except running demos,got it for £20 from a friend who had everything.
Also my other friend used his for STOS programming and written this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGHQ70MZwgc
I know he lost most of his code but I had a copy  so I youtubed it years ago

Hated STOS at the time because I used to write stuff on the amstrad and he would copy it and make it better.
Amstrad rasters in z80 (3 days work ) vs  stos dedicated raster command ( 5mins work), then he got the 3D extensions and it was game over.