Animated Textures for UFOs [CODING HELP NEEDED !!!]

[MCR]

Additional frames for ufo2_04 animation to make it change the colors smoothly (now 18 frames long):

[MCR]

Repaired ufo1_02 animated texture alignment, although I do not know if this texture is currently even used somewhere:

[MCR]

This should really look nice if played rather fast:

[Mattn]

Additional frames for ufo2_04 animation to make it change the colors smoothly (now 18 frames long):

there is a 16 frames limit please try to stay inside that limit.

[MCR]

Good morning, mattn !
I saw you extending the frame-limit to 16 yesterday, so I thought it would be no problem to extend it to 18 frames, but if it is a problem I have to rework the frames, otherwise it wouldn't look as smooth as planned 
Was my usage of the tracker okay ?
Sourceforge reacts kind of slow on my connection...

[MCR]

Mattn ?

[Mattn]

well, most of the other animations are using way less than 16 frames - so please rework the animation to use 16 - increase the hz to make the animation smoother - you know that you can scroll and scale with the material system, too? if it's only about scrolling, there is no need to add a dozen of new images. head over to the wiki (mapping/material system) to get more info about that (and see the existing material defintiion in base/materials)

[MCR]

no prob, will rework the animations  , although I really think 16 frames are not really enough for complex animations like I have planned for the various screens (normal TV: 1 sec.=24 frames  )...
Maybe you could think about expanding the frame-limit a little bit or is this a real technical problem like 0-F ?
will also try to create my first patch with tortoise svn...
I already read the info about scrolling, but I think it would not be possible to have scrolling & blending & color-changing fx in one texture, but you are right, ufo1_02 could be changed this way...

[Mattn]

if you would like to play longer animations we should think about adding cutscene render support to the material system - should not be a big problem. then you can create ogm or roq videos and play them back in the maps.

[MCR]

That would be awesome !!! 
Especially for all the screens, I am imagining a lot of movement in 2084 
We could make really cool animations & play them, I am having lots of ideas, without having to use any copyrighted material...
But this has no ultra-high-priority, I need some time to create all the animations anyway...

Regarding animations here are some of my ideas:

- We could use some visualization programs & record the outputs.
- We could make morphings with some free photo-to-photo morphing software.
- We could make some cool-looking Mandelbrot animations using some free software.
- We could record some selfmade video files, with content fitting the scenario of UFO:AI.
- We could record all the stuff that already is in the game to make animations, a morphing of all the UFO-models on the screen of a UFO, or the rotating globe of UFO:AI on the screen of a Phalanx-craft for example.

Step by step we will get it done & produce the best game ever made here !!!

BTW, I think you have done a really great job here already, Mattn ! I saw something of a Particle-Editor ?!   

[geever]

That would be awesome !!! 
Especially for all the screens, I am imagining a lot of movement in 2084 

Just don't stuff it with much HD films. We want it to run on slower machines too.

-geever

[MCR]

 
16 frames is very okay for all the buttons & stuff, but any video running with a smooth framerate will get very repetitive with only 16 frames available & I also think that there is some time left until the final version comes out  , so the power-machines of today will be the calculators of tomorrow 
How do you like the new ufo animations so far ?

[H-Hour]

Just don't stuff it with much HD films. We want it to run on slower machines too.

I'm with Geever on this one. You can throw in all the flash you want, or you can use your resources wisely. A well-made smaller texture looks better than a mediocre larger texture, and a well-made 6-frame animation can look better than a poorly-made 25-frame animation.

[MCR]

There won't be ANY HD-Films, I swear 

[MCR]

I see you are already using the animations, Kildor