ExGen - Explosion Generator released
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ExGen is finally completed (for now... new features are planned) You can read about it and download the thing here http://www.binarysun.co.uk/products/exgen.htm The download has two modes. A Demo mode and a Lite mode. The demo mode has all features active except for Exporting of completed animations. The Lite mode is limited in features but lets you export the finished article. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let me know what you think. |
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Thumbs up, and congratulations! I like the dualism of Binary Suns and Binary Moons :) |
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If I like the demo, Im buying! EDIT: In my opinion it lacks the ability to specify a start time lower than 0.. thus making seamless animations with 15 frames where the animation starts and ends on the same frame.. is it even possible? I would use this to make special effects such as waterfalls, will-o-wisps & so on.. |
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Oh, and the price is fine too.. Just had to say it, so I might end up buying it anyways :p |
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The ability to create looping animations is one of the planned updates. I thought I had it working ages ago, but further testing showed it wasn't working at all :( I have it working fine in 2d and can't understand why it didn't survive the transition to 3d. It WILL be added at some stage (hopefully fairly soon) |
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Cool... then I will definately buy it :) |
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I have bought it ^^ |
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Very nice ! A small bug - when you select a particle effect in the listview it always autoselects the first item. |
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A small bug - when you select a particle effect in the listview it always autoselects the first item. I don't get what you mean. You select an item from the listview and it selects a different item? If that's the case then it's very strange since it doesn't happen here. |
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Are there any fullsize screenshots anywhere? You should be able to enlarge them on your site at least. I just tried out the demo. The effects look great and the GUI is very easy to use. Good work :) |
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The website is a work in progress. I will add some larger screenshots tomorrow. |
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Very good stuff!! I have one critic and one question: - I am running on windows 98, and like all this windowed program (Tatoo, Gile[s], yours, ...), the mouse is blinking constantly and that's very hard to see where I am clicking. The solution is quite simple: you just hide the mouse in blitz (HidePointer) and show the one of Xlnt. I can't use properly these kind of tools with this annoying bug... - My (technical) question: I know how to change the icon of the executable file, but I don't know how you were able to change also the icon of the application (window + task bar) ? If you point to some code, it would be nice... Also, I tried to play to Rocket Boards, and it was a lot of fun !! Very good game... Running well on my 433 MHz computer... |
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I am running on windows 98, and like all this windowed program (Tatoo, Gile[s], yours, ...), the mouse is blinking constantly and that's very hard to see where I am clicking. The solution is quite simple: you just hide the mouse in blitz (HidePointer) and show the one of Xlnt. I can't use properly these kind of tools with this annoying bug... I am going tobe changing gui system some time so won't be able to use the xlnt cursor. Also I use other windows cursors (the move one mainly) and so can't really use images. I will think about this one. - My (technical) question: I know how to change the icon of the executable file, but I don't know how you were able to change also the icon of the application (window + task bar) ? If you point to some code, it would be nice... Function AppIcon(icon$) ;------------------------------------------------------------------ ;set the current application icon (the little one in the title bar) ;------------------------------------------------------------------ hWND=User32_GetActiveWindow() icon=LoadIcon(hwnd,icon,0) User32_SetClassLong hwnd,-14,icon End Function Also, I tried to play to Rocket Boards, and it was a lot of fun !! Very good game... Running well on my 433 MHz computer... Cool - good to hear it runs on computers that old... I wanted to get it to run on the largest range of hardware possible. BTW everybody else (JAW mainly) - I have updated the website to show larger screen shots - and added a couple of other little bits and pieces. |
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Hi, very good job... But I've one big problem. If I export an animation as "Separate Images" all images are only black. If I export the animation as "Single Image" then it's ok. Fabulous Mod |
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If I export an animation as "Separate Images" all images are only black. Oops. I changed the viewport code and didn't adjust the single frame copyrect bit. I have noew fixed it. Will be in the next update (adding a couple of other features first) |