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Mode 7 Ex
News posted 21st May, 2002 by ShadowCaster  
Marcello has just released a new version of his Mode 7 extension: Mode 7 Ex! For those of you who don't know, Mode 7 is an extension for MMF which allows you to import 2D maps into MMF and convert them to 3D environments...

In the simplest form, the term mode 7 refers to a graphics mode on the Super Nintendo (tm) system used to, among other things, create pseudo 3d games. F-Zero or Mario Kart are examples of several commercial Nintendo games that use mode 7. The games turned a flat 2d map into a 3d environment.

The mode 7 ex extension puts this power in your hands, making it extremely easy to create maps and move around them. You can load images into mode 7 ex and take them for a spin in just minutes!

After the initial public beta release of the Mode 7 extension, many suggestions were brought forth, there was a definite need to continue development on the basic Mode 7 concept. Striving to go beyond the basic idea, I decided to integrate some neat concepts into mode 7 ex.

The new version contains some new spiffy features, bug-fixes, and improved stability. Among the changes are:
  • Internal Image Support
  • Auto-redraw support
  • Height map/voxel support
  • Wrapping, Fog, Interpolation and mip-mapping
  • Heaps More!
For more information visit the Mode 7 website

~Mike



Posted by ShadowCaster 21st May, 2002

You can download the extension directly from: http://cellosoft.com/files/objects/m7exv10-all.zip (1.65mb).
 
Posted by Mark 21st May, 2002

Awesome! I can't wait to make a voxel thing.
 
Posted by Isac Sandelin 22nd May, 2002

I guess.. this doesnt work for TGF... right!!!
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 22nd May, 2002

Only MMF as far as I know, Isac :( But you could have your very own FREE copy of MMF very soon... More details to come :)
 
Posted by ZipGames 22nd May, 2002

On TGF you van use my last raycasting 3d engine. It's free, open source and had some good comments and lots of downloads (239). You can find it in the "Files" page. If I was still an amateur SH I should have used to make a game. Try it anyway (it's just one mega).
 
Posted by Plasticow 22nd May, 2002

/me senses Biebersoft lurking around.
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 22nd May, 2002

@_@
 
Posted by Rhys D 22nd May, 2002

i want it badddd
 
Posted by 23rd May, 2002

I have mmf and i have mode 7, but im not gonna use it. Im just gonna keep it so i can laugh at the people with TGF who cant use it
 
Posted by ShadowCaster 23rd May, 2002

LOL
 
Posted by pixelscope 23rd May, 2002

I was a bit dissapointed with the examples. If this is such a powerful tool it surely didn't show off in the examples.
 
Posted by Joshtek 23rd May, 2002

It needs a higher height map, less lag, different blending options and more precise heightmapping support....or something.
 
Posted by Marcello 23rd May, 2002

Erik: All of the examples were made in under a couple hours. Feel free to make your own or expand on the existing ones.
 
Posted by Zircon 23rd May, 2002

I can't open the examples :( Some error which says that it was saved under an older version.. :(
 
Posted by Marcello 23rd May, 2002

If you actually read the documentation you'll see that they require MMF 1.5! So unless someone wants to port them back, you'll have to upgrade...
 
Posted by Robbie Shields 23rd May, 2002

You probably have MMF 1.2 I believe these examples were created with MMF 1.5
 
Posted by Zircon 24th May, 2002

Dangit...
 
Posted by benb7760 - Plasmagem 17th March, 2004

i cnt figure out how to use it
 
Posted by NostalgicAlgorithms 24th May, 2012

Oh wow this is an old post... Anyone have a good Mode 7 example and a working download?
 


 
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