User:Jonathan

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This page layout was first used by me. Just me. On the whole web. I should patent it! This banner is based on wrtlprnft's though.

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.

Things I've coded for Armagetron

Headlights

This is basically how it went:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Forum thread

HUD map

Originally a small experiment, but everyone wanted it, so I posted the source.

Forum thread

Significant wiki contributions

Elaborate color explanation
This article explains exactly what happens to player colors, unlike the common rough estimation.

Layout thieves

  1. wrtlprnft
  2. Your_mom
  3. Lucifer