Armadillo Run for Pocket PC(WIP)

[tomo]

no it's not!!!!!!!!!

It seems like this forum is now semi-official as Peter (Stock, not me ) linked it from the official site.

To celebrate, here is an armadillo for each current member (welcome BFC!)
:armadillo::armadillo::armadillo::armadillo::armadillo::armadillo:

[JonathanF]

Oh good to know

[tomo]

yeah...

[NickyNick]

Peter Stock has got the user here. His nick is peterstock
Unfotunately, I don't think he is checking for PMs so frequently

[XTra_KrazzY]

I've sent emails to both his addresses(enquiries@ and webmail@pstock). Let's hope for the best.

Meanwhile, buying Windows Vista didn't help much in the development process(and my wallet), and embedded visual c++ doesn't work anymore. Therefore, the project will(sadly) have to be built based on the .NET Framework(as much as I hate it). Seeing that AR was based on the OpenGL graphics engine, I think that Peter won't like it as much himself.

[JonathanF]

Can't wait for your Infamous AR 4PPC version!

[NickyNick]

.NET Framework RULES
edit: DirectX rules too

[XTra_KrazzY]

.NET Framework RULES
edit: DirectX rules too

Awww man... At least I get support.

DX is still not considered in the D3D area(yet), but DDraw should and will probably be used. We'll see...

[NickyNick]

Hm. As I know, DirectDraw was exluded from DirectX libraries since v.8 or about so (at least, there isn't any DD in DirectX9 that I was working with). After that any 2D scene is rendering with 3D with Z=0; the D3DX Library contains class for working with 2D scenes - it's name is DXSprite. So what are you talking about

[XTra_KrazzY]

AFAIK, the closest thing to DX that PPC users get is the Microsoft GAPI(game api). That's what I used to draw the versions so far, but if C# for Mobile Devices thinks otherwise, I'll have to adapt.

EDIT: Last post clarification: 3D is S-L-O-W on PPCs, imagine 3D with the sophisticated physics engine in AR4PPC.

[NickyNick]

persolnally my opinion: the best stuff for developing games for PPC, mobile phone or such things is Java. There is also OpenGL library for it, so it provides great possibilities for programmer

[NickyNick]

EDIT: Last post clarification: 3D is S-L-O-W on PPCs, imagine 3D with the sophisticated physics engine in AR4PPC.

sorry, but I have to disagree. Even mobile phone can be used for 3D, not talking about PPC. You just need to use optimized models for the game and manage resourses correctly

[XTra_KrazzY]

I have now cleared every development issue and has come to the following understanding: In order to have non-GAPI, managed, cool and fast 3D, the minimum requirement is Windows Mobile 5(like I have, luckily). If it works on Windows Mobile 2003 then everything will be great.

The menus and design issues are now worked out: Tension and timers are available through the right-clicking(long-clicking) of objects in the game, and so is removal(with a context menu). When I'll implement 3D, the menus(level and main) might have semi-transparent backgrounds, as in the original AR.

For now, before I'm going to implement 3D, I'll upload the latest pre-beta stage screenshot of AR4PPC(which is now also full screen)(it still works in Pocket PC 2003 Second Edition)(without a video no one can see its full potential, but I might need beta testers soon (if Peter Stock agrees to acknowledge this as a real project so I won't have copyright issues(and add his physics engine) )(too many parentheses).

[Stigern]

This looks very good!

Your writing in C#? (C sharp)

[tomo]

awesome work!