Star Backgound

[johnno56]

I'm an not sure where to post this...

I have attached a space background (800 x 600). I made this using Gimp. Please feel free to use as you see fit. Credit is not required.

ps: I do planets as well... But they take a LOT longer to make...

Enjoy.

J

[odin]

This is probably the best spot.

[FellippeHeitor]

That looks gorgeous, johnno56! I wonder if it could be generated with code.

[johnno56]

You are quite welcome to try. I have absolutely no idea how to do that... It took me many attempts to create the image using the principles of a tutorial as a guide

J

[Ashish]

Wow johnno56! Seems like you are very good at graphics designing! Good work!

[bplus]

Hey Johnno,

That looks great for Lander project. Do you take requests? say for buttons, say for forward thruster, turning clockwise and counter-clockwise, for restarters?  ;-))

[Petr]

Johnno56 thank you for sharing this nice image!

[johnno56]

Hey Johnno,

That looks great for Lander project. Do you take requests? say for buttons, say for forward thruster, turning clockwise and counter-clockwise, for restarters?  ;-))

N.B. I've already made a Lander using that background (sdlbasic) ;)

Flat; Glossy; Metallic; Rectangular; Circular; "Surprise Me"
Info: Dimensions; Colour; Text or symbol; Format: png etc

or perhaps a "hand drawing"

Just let me know what you need?

J

ps: Gold or Platinum plated will take longer and cost more... Nah. Kidding! Cost WAY more... lol

[bplus]

Hey Johnno,

You can use your best judgment with Lander Project, the button sizes are around 200 x 50 but InForm can stretch them to fit.

Another collaboration? Feel free to add images to Lander Project thread.

Do you even have an idea for the Restart button?

[johnno56]

I'll start with perhaps a brushed metal finish... I do not think this project needs to have 'glossy' or 3D-type buttons... These beasties scream 'Hey look at me' and will 'distract'. After all, you do not want the player to crash, because their attention was 'drawn' to the fancy buttons... lol

Quick question: Regardless of the 'style', will you be wanting a duplicate 'clicked' button? (ie: slight colour change to indicate clicked)

J

[bplus]

Hi Johnno,

You know what would be fancy cool, crystal buttons.

I'd say crystal buttons would glow a bit with mouse over and light up when pressed.

Don't know if we could do all that, don't know if we could do any of that. ;-))

Your Star Background is looking good with a black silhouette terrain.

[johnno56]

"Crystal" buttons. Hmm.. Not sure if I've seen any of those. Slight glow with mouse-over. Brighter glow when clicked. How will that work if the player only uses the arrow keys? Perhaps just a change of state from no glow to full glow? So, in essence, you need a set of 12 buttons, right? Crystal you say? I suppose you needed them yesterday? lol  I'm going to need a bottomless cup of coffee for 'this' project... lol

J

[Petr]

Hi. Crystal buttons can be very easy realised using _SETAPLHA if button is image&. I muss going out now, but i can writing demo when am back.

[Petr]

So here it is, it use one Johnno56 picture:

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(800, 600, 32)
2. DIM SHARED hide AS LONG
3.  
4. Image& = _LOADIMAGE("restart.png", 32)
5. hide& = _NEWIMAGE(_WIDTH(Image&), _HEIGHT(Image&), 32)
6. DO
7.  
8.     SELECT CASE Quad_Button(400, 300, Image&, 200, 0, 120) ' set alpha channel (transparency), 0 is full transparent, 255 is NOT transparent
9.         CASE 0: LOCATE 1, 1: PRINT "Button not pressed"
10.         CASE 1: LOCATE 1, 1: PRINT "Button pressed    "
11.         CASE 2: LOCATE 1, 1: PRINT "Mouse on position "
12.     END SELECT
13.     _DISPLAY
14. LOOP UNTIL _KEYHIT = 27
15.  
16.  
17.  
18. FUNCTION Quad_Button (X AS INTEGER, Y AS INTEGER, ButtonImage AS LONG, OFF_Color, ON_Color, On_PosColor AS LONG)
19.     WHILE _MOUSEINPUT: WEND
20.     _DEST hide&: LINE (0, 0)-(_WIDTH, _HEIGHT), _RGB32(0, 0, 0), BF: _DEST 0
21.     IF _MOUSEX >= X AND _MOUSEX <= X + _WIDTH(ButtonImage&) AND _MOUSEY >= Y AND _MOUSEY <= Y + _HEIGHT(ButtonImage&) THEN
22.         IF _MOUSEBUTTON(1) THEN GOSUB Button_Active
23.         GOSUB OnPosition
24.     END IF
25.  
26.     _SETALPHA OFF_Color, _RGB32(0, 0, 0), hide&
27.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), ButtonImage&
28.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), hide&
29.     _LIMIT 30
30.     Quad_Button = 0: EXIT FUNCTION
31.  
32.     OnPosition:
33.     _SETALPHA On_PosColor, _RGB32(0, 0, 0), hide&
34.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), ButtonImage&
35.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), hide&
36.     Quad_Button = 2: EXIT FUNCTION
37.     RETURN
38.  
39.     Button_Active:
40.     _SETALPHA ON_Color, _RGB32(0, 0, 0), hide&
41.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), ButtonImage&
42.     _PUTIMAGE (X, Y), hide&
43.     Quad_Button = 1
44.     EXIT FUNCTION
45. END FUNCTION
46.  

Please use picture RESTART.PNG from https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=249.30 because attachments now works not.

[bplus]

Hi Petr,

Works fine and as expected for me; I had never noticed _SETALPHA before this. A rather complex function that one!

Thanks for your demo.