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by Tvspelsfreak
Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:28 am
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Dreamcast textures
Replies: 5
Views: 7088

Re: Dreamcast textures

Thanks man! :) Yeah, the preview stuff is something I've always wanted. It's difficult to get a good look at the textures on the actual hardware, especially when you throw mipmaps into the equation. I forgot to mention something about the bumpmap conversion. It expects you to input a normal map , no...
by Tvspelsfreak
Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:20 pm
Forum: Game Development
Topic: Dreamcast textures
Replies: 5
Views: 7088

Dreamcast textures

I have done a lot of research on the topic of Dreamcast textures lately, and I've made some major discoveries in the process. The top one being that any format can be compressed, including normal maps and paletted textures . I've created a tool that can convert images to any format supported by the ...
by Tvspelsfreak
Mon May 27, 2013 2:12 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases
Replies: 74
Views: 62686

Re: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases

Awesome game!
by Tvspelsfreak
Sun May 26, 2013 11:44 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Question about KOS PVR sprites on Dreamcast
Replies: 4
Views: 2784

Re: Question about KOS PVR sprites on Dreamcast

You may have to set the color after pvr_sprite_compile. I'm not sure if it overwrites the argb/oargb fields. Also, since sprites are essentially quads, you'll have to set the coordinates in clockwise (or counter-clockwise if you've changed the cull setting) order, not in a 'Z' order like it's done w...
by Tvspelsfreak
Thu May 02, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: The Secret that is OpenGL - Getting Started/Resources
Replies: 22
Views: 11244

Re: The Secret that is OpenGL

I'd recommend checking out the Nehe tutorials. They're great for learning the basics.
by Tvspelsfreak
Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:16 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases
Replies: 74
Views: 62686

Re: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases

Great game! I had no idea it had gotten rare though. I got mine back when it was released on the PS1, and it was sold as a budget title from day one over here.
by Tvspelsfreak
Wed Jan 16, 2013 1:23 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Dreamcast - Kos Makefiles
Replies: 9
Views: 4173

Re: Dreamcast - Kos Makefiles

I'm not sure if you can still buy a coder's cable anywhere, but those are ok for small stuff. I heard the SD card reader is pretty good as well.

Nothing even comes close to using a BBA though. I highly recommend investing in one if you're planning on doing some serious DC devving.
by Tvspelsfreak
Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Dreamcast DDEr4 png example undefined references
Replies: 9
Views: 4218

Re: Dreamcast DDEr4 png example undefined references

Did you copy the makefile as well? It seems like you're not linking against zlib (-lz) and libpng (-lpng).
by Tvspelsfreak
Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:06 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Render a sprite in pvr for Dreamcast
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

Re: Render a sprite in pvr for Dreamcast

If you've got KOS set up you can check the examples folder. The png example does what you're looking for.
by Tvspelsfreak
Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:29 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases
Replies: 74
Views: 62686

Re: Falco's Biweekly Game Purchases

Nice one!

That's my favorite GB game and the biggest source of inspiration to the game I'm working on. And it's the first game of the mana series, Secret of Mana is Seiken Densetsu 2.
by Tvspelsfreak
Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:41 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: NES Adventure/RPG game recommendations
Replies: 8
Views: 2729

Re: NES Adventure/RPG game recommendations

NES: Blaster Master Yeah, it's more on the action side of things with a bit of adventure. But it's great and the soundtrack is awesome (as with all Sunsoft games). Hebereke (a.k.a. Ufouria) Open world platform adventure. Reminds me of metroid. Also made by Sunsoft, so the soundtrack thing applies to...
by Tvspelsfreak
Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:41 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: I AM NOW GETTING A 3DS!
Replies: 25
Views: 5664

Re: I AM NOW GETTING A 3DS!

by Tvspelsfreak
Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:21 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: SONIC GENERATIONS DEMO
Replies: 9
Views: 3072

Re: SONIC GENERATIONS DEMO

I agree. It made me feel like I was playing an old-school sonic game again. Moreso than Sonic 4 ever did.

Let's hope they don't screw it up for the final release.
by Tvspelsfreak
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:09 am
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Binding a rotated box.
Replies: 12
Views: 2057

I did some research on collisions for 2D polygonal terrain. Basically swept circles (and points) vs line segments.