Fire-WSP schrieb:
Also this UI or Frontend could be done already without the actual VB emulator behind it.
If we include all the box art and infos for the games, people could at least already switch trough the entire VB library and see whats in there.
Hey, that’s a good idea indeed. A VB library browser should be pretty feasible as a first target. And actually that would be a very cool 3DS app already! Certainly a great promo for an emulator!
But I’d suggest to enhance the library with 3D screenshots then (and maybe even 3D videos for some games). This is also doable already and the 3DS users could already see the nice 3D graphics of the VB games!
Here also comes another naming suggestion … 😉
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Hey everyone! It’s my birthday today, so please allow me to post this MK7 reel:
Mii drivin’ Mario Kart (all day)
It features 9 in game screenshots with my mii character. I also made a new custom 3D splash animation for this reel with a nice, smooth frame rate – hope you like it!
Have a nice day!
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HERE YOU GO!
New features in this reel:
• 9 stereo images
• new custom splash animation
• dark “METROID” theme for the main menu*
• fade out between images*
* Many thanks once more to KR155E for these nice new VUE-MASTER features!!
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STEREO BOY schrieb:
Using “Pattern Dithering” instead of Diffusion (GIMP: “Positioned” instead of “Floyd-Steinberg”) will create less tiles, but small patterns tend to be problematic in 3D stereo images, …
Image No. 6 in the MARIO KART 7 Reel No. 2 is a good example of how pattern dithering can rescue your image:
• with Diffusion Dithering GRIT counted 2600 tiles
• with Pattern Dithering GRIT counted only 1983 tiles
The background wasn’t even separated and pre-dithered in this image. I guess, our brains just know that the sky is located very far away, so pattern dithering doesn’t seem to create many 3d problems in this case …
Update / advanced tip:
GRIT always counts 1 tile more than needed
STEREO BOY schrieb:
:vb: Step 4 – Transferring tiles count (for every image)• Open: …\VueMasterImage1\Binary\VueMasterImage1.c (neither “..Left.c” nor “..Right.c”)
◦ If the “tiles” count from the header comment (line 7) is 2033 or less: copy it.
◦ If the tiles count is more than20332034, refer to Part 2 of the Graphics Tutorial.• Open: …\VueMasterImage1\Definition\VueMasterImage1Definition.c
• Paste/replace the tiles count of image 1 under “CharSetROMDef” (line 49).
◦ If the tiles count is exactly 2034, you can type 2033 here.• Now repeat this procedure (Step 4) for every image, that you have replaced before …
Meanwhile KR155E told me, that GRIT always counts 1 tile more than it found in your image. That means, that you can write one tile less into the definition file ( :vb: Step 4). For example, if GRIT counts exactly 2034 tiles in your image, you can still use it by typing 2033 into the definition file!
Image No. 4 in the MARIO KART 7 Reel No. 2 has exactly 2033 tiles (which is the absolute maximum for VUE-MASTER images). GRIT counted 2034 tiles – see source files attached …
STEREO BOY schrieb:
In the next Reel, I want to try some ingame graphics from MK7 …
Here comes the next Reel, featuring in-game graphics this time:
MARIO KART 7 – REEL No. 2: “Toad on the Road”
I’ve also updated the splash animation: it run’s smoother now and is in original resolution / scale.
But I had to crop some images in this reel, to reduce tiles count …
I also share my graphic source files for the Reel – feel free to use them, if you want to pimp up your REELease post, for example …
2D files:
• Alpha
• Texture of the Demo Reel
• PSD composition file with editable text layers (CS6)
3D formats:
• C4D
• FBX
• OBJ
The UV layout of the 3D Reel also matches the 2D files …