Post by: loudar on September 28, 2021, 03:29:56 pm
The UI is utilizing my self-written universal menu framework which you can find here: https://github.com/Targon-Industries/um (https://github.com/Targon-Industries/um).
The particle system stems from a game I started and I might want to expand with this and more tools to come.
To try it out yourself, download the .zip below, extract it and run the program, should work fine. Please don't hesitate to report bugs! 8) You can also save/load emitter files, if you want to share them.
Newest version
Post by: bplus on September 28, 2021, 08:28:58 pm
Post by: loudar on September 28, 2021, 08:46:07 pm
You could, if you want to, tinker with the placement in the internal/.tui files, documentation is in the GitHub repository linked above!
Post by: bplus on September 28, 2021, 08:53:30 pm
Wait don't you set the screen size in code?
Yeah you even measure my window potential and use half
Code: QB64: [Select]
- sw = _DesktopWidth
- sh = _DesktopHeight
Post by: bplus on September 28, 2021, 09:04:05 pm
Post by: loudar on September 29, 2021, 02:39:02 am
Post by: bplus on September 29, 2021, 09:35:50 am
_FullScreen does not just make everything bigger, everything including the particles drawn remain same sized but there is more space to fit everything.
Post by: loudar on September 29, 2021, 11:31:54 am
Post by: bplus on September 29, 2021, 11:52:18 am
Post by: loudar on September 29, 2021, 12:10:42 pm
Post by: Pete on September 29, 2021, 08:40:11 pm
Hey, I love the interface. It reminded me of something I implemented in SCREEN 0 for a WP app.
Pete
Post by: loudar on September 30, 2021, 03:48:04 am
Also added the option "extra" (how much particles deviate from their path) and "wind influence" (self explanatory)!
Also a little side note/question: The dropdown menus seem to be expanded randomly sometimes and I can't figure out why for ages now, so if anybody wants to have a look...
Post by: johnno56 on September 30, 2021, 05:23:19 pm
Second: Ran the executable using Wine on Linux and it ran very well. Cool program. Well done! Question: How long did it take to write this and from whence came your inspiration?
Post by: loudar on September 30, 2021, 07:00:35 pm
I think I started the first bits of code for this about a year back. The UI framework was inspired by the ease of HTML, I wanted to capture that and put it into a QB64-native desktop variant. So I designed all the elements I wanted and I am still continuously expanding that library as I go.
As for the particle routines, that was a piece of code I also started a year ago, but only wrote that for a little 2D "game" which never became anything. Now I relived it to make it modifiable with the UI and maybe use the emitters I create in a Level design tool that is yet to be written 8)
As for putting those pieces of code together, it took me one day. Writing all the aspects...months!
Post by: johnno56 on October 01, 2021, 02:01:21 am