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I'm only subscribed to the mailing digest, not the individual alerts, so I <BR>
have to cut and paste those comments related to the palette discussion I <BR>
introduced last night. Hopefully this doesn't come out all messy.<BR>
<BR>
>Did james modify my palette in that way? I know he changed it slightly before <BR>
>installing as the new default. That's a shame if so; I specifically designed <BR>
>it to not waste a single entry.<BR>
<BR>
The game I'm updating actually started 10 years ago on the old palette, so I <BR>
am using most of the original colors. I just had to move all my yellows to the <BR>
top row to make room for all my "sand" tiles. So that's the specific issue I'm <BR>
facing. At the moment, using my updated palette turns all the UI colors <BR>
yellow.<BR>
<BR>
I'd like to use yours at some point, actually, but the time it would take me <BR>
to convert 160 palettes, 300 backdrops, over 1,000 sprites, and so on to the <BR>
compatable colors would cause me unthinkable pain, and I'm not ready to take <BR>
that plunge yet. An update to how palettes are handled would certainly make <BR>
the effort more desirable.<BR>
<BR>
>Truecolor would actually be much easier to implement, and simpler,than the <BR>
>current system. Though some things would be unavoidably slower.In any case, <BR>
>we would need such code in order to display >256 colors total onscreen.<BR>
<BR>
That's the part that made me question whether this was worth discussing.<BR>
<BR>
>have you seen <BR>
>http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Plan_for_256_color_sprites <BR>
<BR>
I have, actually. But it was my understanding that this was still light years <BR>
away from becoming reality, if it was ever meant to become reality.<BR>
<BR>
>Apparently it is possible to run 256 color sprites, but the code needs to be <BR>
>rewritten from efficiently using video pages (dos days). Instead of attacking <BR>
>it now, I'm waiting until we've worked out an interface for the backends.<BR>
>I personally plan on attacking this after I've finished working out joystick <BR>
>support for the directx backend.<BR>
<BR>
Ah, I see you're attacking that joystick stuff pretty quickly. Hope the <BR>
conversions go well.<BR>
<BR>
Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I look forward to the day when palettes are <BR>
more accessible.<BR><BR> </body>
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