Is there a way to make a scrolling background without:
a) using slow ass active objects
b) making a game area (much ) larger than the window.
like if i have a background of stars that are supposed to scroll. cant i just somehow make the layer scroll the backdrop without using elaborate (and slow) tricks?
maybe make the backdrop just a tad larger than the window and make it repeat.
i could combine backdrops to give it a more 3d feeling.
like i said speed is an issue so creating 400 vector objects just wont cut it
Doesn't slow down the game. Also, the speed is modifyable.
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Hmm.. it worked great with MMF1.5. Something must've broken when imported into MMF. I'll see if I could fix it.
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Apparently converting it to MMF2 destroyed the stars after they were created, but didn't destroy the stars in the last loop for whatever reason. This example uses 140 objects or so for the stars, but it should be OK if you use less, just a bit uglier. Seems to run perfectly fine when I crank it up to 400 objects too.
Also, remember one thing. If you divide numbers, like (A/5), make it ((A+0.0)/5). Otherwise, MMF2 will handle it like an integer, so if you get 0.3, it'll be 0. That's just how it works. Knowing that will save you a few days of frustration
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Why don't you use a backdrop layer and fiddle with the X/Y-offset thingie. I know it's the simplest task in MMF2 to make that star background without actives, but I don't have a copy so I don't remember how you did it.
I've never thought of doing it that way before. I just write A/5.001 and it usually makes no difference. Thanks, though ^^
Yeah, that works just as well most of the time. But the problem is it usually checks the first number if it's an integer. A/5.0 should be fine, since divisions use both numbers and it's going to convert one to the other. But there's the tiny possibility of a bug, and I don't want to spend 3 hours looking for the bug if that happens
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well... i didnt use ur method but a much simpler one for testing (just 100 random stars and make them moce tot he left then reset the coordinates when they reach the end of the screen) and my frame rate went from 100 to 40
and about using the xy offset: that only seems to work if i have a large background that scrolls with an active object (like the player). thats what i mean.
cant i just have a backdrop that scrolls and wraps? i mean come on how basic is that
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