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This gif will show you how it works.
The slow speed is for demonstration only. It happens much faster in-game.
Notice also that when turning, the two viewport images stretch to give the illusion of the walls changing angle.

My idea of smooth scrolling in this case is to fake it as hard as possible. It can be done with the following tools: Temporary screenshot of an arbitrary portion of the screen (in this case, the viewport) Recalling the temporary screenshot as a bitmap to be drawn Drawing a bitmap at a specified scal...

With the recent engine updates, I'm wondering now if smooth scrolling is possible.

I'm also considering a contest to create a group-authored dungeon on another forum. How would that work?

I'm trying to figure out weapon methods now. For example, I want to create a sword that when used will instantly do a physical attack, without even bothering to display the methods menu. This is as far as I've gotten... obj.greatsword_trouble = { name="GREAT SWORD TROUBLE", type="THIN...

The map works now, and it is quite lovely! There are three more things I want to do with it: Set it up as a permanent GUI button Bind it to the TAB key for quick access Change the centering feature so the full level can be drawn without cutoff (assuming a default level size) or, failing that, just a...

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attempt to call global 'dsb_bitmap_height' (a nil value)

I'm actually getting lost in my own dungeons... The sooner an automap, the better. Why is the old version broken? Also, I'd like to get the standard graphics and use them as templates for new replacements and wallsets. As far as I can tell they're not stored in any directory, so I'm assuming they're...

Hmm, but the engine can't scale or pan the contents of the viewport? If you're telling me I can rewrite h_party_move, then theoretically it would be possible to intercept every keypress, pause the game, quickly scale or pan the contents of the viewport, and resume. That's basically what Lands of Lor...

I'd prefer to use a fixed version that works. How is DSB on GUI adjustment? I'd like to rearrange the location of the viewport and GUI elements to make it a little more like Lands of Lore, but the default script setup isn't so easy to figure out... Even if I can't do that, I'd like to re-skin the in...

I have indeed seen Grimrock, and it's part of what got me here. Anyway, Parallax posted in this topic about the automap last year: Beo and Ian_Scho have it, and anyone else who wants it is welcome to it. Just PM me for the zip file until someone hosts it somewhere (I have no server). Caveat #1: It's...

I've been looking around a bit, and I think DSB is the most flexible engine for building a custom Dungeon Master adventure, isn't it? At least I don't see any way to implement some of these features in RTC... What I want to do is use it to build a game closer to the style of Lands of Lore , which is...