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| − | Jonathan is the name my parents gave me. My last name is a bit of a mystery for most of you, which is good for my security. | + | Jonathan is the name my parents gave me. I live in the Netherlands. |
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| − | [http://forums.armagetronad.net/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=368 Profile] on the forum. | + | [http://forums.armagetronad.net/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=368 Forum profile] |
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| | == Things I've coded for Armagetron == | | == Things I've coded for Armagetron == |
| − | | + | * [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=1684 Headlights] |
| − | === Headlights ===
| + | * [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=2249 HUD map] ([http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=29634#29634 first appearance]) |
| − | This is basically how it went:
| + | * Misc. including fixes and minor changes. |
| − | # While playing with chatbot code I found that sensors screwed up at borders. I visualized it with basic colored OpenGL lines, and it looked sort of like lighting. It was very slow due to the large number of sensors.
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| − | # [[User:Z-Man|z-man]] made headlights based on it. It performed much better because it had less sensors in a smaller area, but still wasn't exactly fast. The lighting was also still as unrealistic.
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| − | # I wrote a little fragment program for more realistic lighting, used a triangle fan instead of lines, and reduced the number of sensors further. Performance is now often acceptable, and it looks much better.
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| − | ==== Forum links ====
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| − | *[http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=1684 Main thread] with screenshots: | |
| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1072 bound.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=22751#22751 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:The sensor problem. | |
| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1077 headlight1.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1076 headlight2.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1075 headlight3.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=22778#22778 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>] by [[User:Z-Man|z-man]]:Headlights are born.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1081 screenshot_8.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=22793#22793 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>] by k:Rotating search lights which didn't make it.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1273 16bots_16fps.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=26160#26160 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:Self-explanatory.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1274 improved_lights.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=26205#26205 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:First screenshot of lights of the current generation.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1275 17lights.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=26207#26207 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:A lot shinier than 16bots_16fps.png, and faster too. Later in the round the framerate difference only grows.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1277 floornormal.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=26240#26240 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:Not a true normal.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1281 screenshot_1.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1280 screenshot_2.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1279 screenshot_3.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=26363#26363 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>] by [[User:Nemostultae|nemostultae]]:Without fragment program support, but with existent functions, the lights are drawn as a solid color.
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| − | === HUD map ===
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| − | Originally a small experiment, but everyone wanted it, so I posted the source.
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| − | ==== Forum links ====
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| − | *[http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=29634#29634 First appearance] with later in the thread a [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1444 screenshot] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=29639#29639 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>].
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| − | *[http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?t=2249 Main thread] with screenshots:
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1473 twomaps.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=30410#30410 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:Both a large map in the center of the screen and the usual small map in the corner. | |
| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=1479 600maps.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=30432#30432 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>]:30 by 20 tiny maps. Framerates were good enough to play, yet playing was tricky.
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| − | *;[http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=2135 screenshot_32.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/download.php?id=2134 screenshot_33.png] [http://forums.armagetronad.net/viewtopic.php?p=39949#39949 <nowiki>[post]</nowiki>] by [[User:Lucifer|Lucifer]]:Black map, but not in menu. I assumed lighting and texturing to be off, but apparently sometimes something leaves them on.
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| | == Significant wiki contributions == | | == Significant wiki contributions == |
| − | ; [[Elaborate color explanation]] : This article explains exactly what happens to player colors, unlike the common rough estimation.
| + | * [[Elaborate color explanation]] |
| − | | + | * Fighting an endless stream of spammers. Like some video games where an endless stream of enemies is generated, until you hit some magic switch that makes absolutely no sense, except there is no switch. |
| − | == Forum links 2 == | + | ** In the past 24 hours (before 2007-06-22T22:22Z[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601]) I reverted two spam edits within a minute. No, I don't check the wiki insanely regularly; just had some luck in how times coincided. |
| − | MediaWiki wasn't prepared for this. Two elements have the name "Forum_links_2" now.
| + | *** Make that three! A spammer spammed it ''one second'' after a revert, and 27 seconds afterwards it was back to normal again. |
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