Flying Technology

fowlplay4 · #1 07-17-2009, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Stefan

The scripters have access to the flying technology now, so there should hopefully come something

Now.. first question is.. Gold servers only?

If true, then why?

Else, how do we use it because all I can see is:

PHP Code:


			
Script help for 'fly':

Clientside:

TServerFlying - object type, parent type is TLevelObject

TServerFlying.dir - integer (read only)

TServerFlying.dx - float

TServerFlying.dy - float

TServerFlying.from - integer (read only)

TServerFlying.type - integer (read only)

Couldn't find anything related to it on the gBible either.

kia345 · #2 07-17-2009, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Unixmad

[flying technology] will be available to all servers but the use of flying objects will be reserved to gold/vip, after some time we will probably open it to everyone but some flying objects will still be reserved to gold and vip.

!!

Ronnie · #3 07-17-2009, 05:54 AM

He actually put it on unholy nation before, I do not recall where it is but i believe it is still on unholy nation somewhere!

fowlplay4 · #4 07-17-2009, 06:19 AM

Holding a feature from us like this seems like a waste, it doesn't even look like it's being used on GK.

cbk1994 · #5 07-17-2009, 06:44 AM

How long do we have to wait for this? I really hope this is opened up for developers by the next release.

oo_jazz_oo · #6 07-17-2009, 08:19 AM

Didnt they reveal this before the release of v5?

Jesus...how long ago was that!? They promised this a very very long time ago.....im amazed they havnt released it yet.

Twinny · #7 07-17-2009, 09:38 AM

Just remake the thing yourself. Just zooming all the different elements on the map..

kia345 · #8 07-17-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by oo_jazz_oo

Didnt they reveal this before the release of v5?

Jesus...how long ago was that!? They promised this a very very long time ago.....im amazed they havnt released it yet.

It was meant to be released for Christmas '06 I believe.

Angel_Light · #9 07-17-2009, 03:14 PM

It was nothing more than smoke and mirrors. All they did was took a picture of level and zoom it to be small to give the effect of going higher.

12171217 · #10 07-17-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Twinny

Just remake the thing yourself. Just zooming all the different elements on the map..

Well you can't zoom the tilelayer I believe, and you also can't see past the adjacent levels on a GMap. You also can't zoom showimgs casted by other NPCs or ganis, really.

Stephen · #11 07-17-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Angel_Light

It was nothing more than smoke and mirrors. All they did was took a picture of level and zoom it to be small to give the effect of going higher.

Not quite; it generated the "picture" on the fly and streamed the content to the client. Ganis, etc were shrunk and orientated on the correct x/y of the generated canvas (picture) to give the appearance of active gameplay.

More of a novelty than anything else, I'm surprised there's still interest in it.

Pelikano · #12 07-17-2009, 03:56 PM

Does this just modify the player.z? I don't get it

Programmer · #13 07-17-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelikano

Does this just modify the player.z? I don't get it

Flying technology, by the looks of it, it simply a graphical effect that shows the GMAP zooming out as the player's Z position changes; instead of focusing on point (x, y, 0) (which is the position of the player's shadow), it will focus on (x, y, z) and show the gmap growing smaller in proportion to the Z coordinate. Id Est, This technology simply zooms out whatever's in the background in proportion to the player's Z coordinate.

James · #14 07-17-2009, 06:21 PM

We need Mode 7. ;P

DustyPorViva · #15 07-17-2009, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Not quite; it generated the "picture" on the fly and streamed the content to the client. Ganis, etc were shrunk and orientated on the correct x/y of the generated canvas (picture) to give the appearance of active gameplay.

More of a novelty than anything else, I'm surprised there's still interest in it.

From what I've heard, it was not an on the fly thing. It worked more like Google maps, where you had pre-rendered images of the levels(which had to be manually taken) of various degrees of zoom, and manually uploaded.

However, for those interested... apparently it wasn't hardcoded, but scripted, so knock yourself out and try to make it yourself, I suppose. There was interest in it because it seemed like it was actual canvas zooming, and if that was so, there would have been tons of capabilities. Oh well.

Stephen · #16 07-17-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

From what I've heard

Well, I used it with Stefan. So neener neener neener.

DustyPorViva · #17 07-17-2009, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Well, I used it with Stefan. So neener neener neener.

Apparently so has the person I talked to about it(whom also scripts), so neener neener neener.

Stephen · #18 07-17-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Apparently so has the person I talked to about it(whom also scripts), so neener neener neener.

Well, I asked Stefan how he made it and he explained it to me as that. So neener neener neener.

Cloven · #19 07-17-2009, 07:08 PM

The content of this thread has become regressive. ABANDON SHIP!

Oh, and... neener neener neener.

Angel_Light · #20 07-17-2009, 07:10 PM

Hairs are tingling on my neck, I feel a meme coming on...

DustyPorViva · #21 07-17-2009, 07:20 PM

Meh, I trust my sources more

Robin · #22 07-17-2009, 07:34 PM

Neener neener neener

Crono · #23 07-17-2009, 07:44 PM

I'm expecting neener to post at any second now, ironically he's a pretty good scripter too.

fowlplay4 · #24 07-17-2009, 07:50 PM

The Graal community will never produce a meme.

Also, would anyone care to post how to use the Flying tech functions?

Inverness · #25 07-17-2009, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen

Well, I asked Stefan how he made it and he explained it to me as that. So neener neener neener.

A flying effect is easily done in real-time by adjusting an orthographic projection and rendering a larger radius of levels.

Stephen · #26 07-17-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Inverness

A flying effect is easily done in real-time by adjusting an orthographic projection and rendering a larger radius of levels.

Yes, although a more simplistic approach is requesting that the player slowly wheel their chair away from the screen.

wild8900 · #27 07-20-2009, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Yes, although a more simplistic approach is requesting that the player slowly wheel their chair away from the screen.

What if our chair doesn't have wheels? :<

napo_p2p · #28 07-20-2009, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by wild8900

What if our chair doesn't have wheels? :<

Slide, my friend. Slide.

Stephen · #29 07-20-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by wild8900

What if our chair doesn't have wheels? :<

Sorry, flying technology is not officially supported on stationary chair models. Graal Online cannot be held responsible for any damages, errors, or injuries which occur as a result of using flying technology on unsupported hardware.

Rapidwolve · #30 07-30-2009, 12:45 AM

Wow! wasn't this supposed to be released literally two years ago?

Demisis_P2P · #31 04-09-2010, 05:25 PM

hi it's been about 4 years, can we have this yet?

kia345 · #32 04-09-2010, 05:44 PM

Lost cause

sssssssssss · #33 05-03-2010, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

Now.. first question is.. Gold servers only?

If true, then why?

Else, how do we use it because all I can see is:

PHP Code:


			
Script help for 'fly':

Clientside:

TServerFlying - object type, parent type is TLevelObject

TServerFlying.dir - integer (read only)

TServerFlying.dx - float

TServerFlying.dy - float

TServerFlying.from - integer (read only)

TServerFlying.type - integer (read only)

Couldn't find anything related to it on the gBible either.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

Also, would anyone care to post how to use the Flying tech functions?

Would anyone care to post how to use the flying tech functions please? Its the reason this thread was started it seems.

Admins · #34 05-03-2010, 01:09 PM

TServerFlying are arrows

May be we could make some documentation about it although some working example would be better first (kingdoms, unholy nation?)

Crono · #35 05-03-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan

TServerFlying are arrows

May be we could make some documentation about it although some working example would be better first (kingdoms, unholy nation?)

Flying mounts on Zodiac? gogo fowlplay

Switch · #36 05-03-2010, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan

TServerFlying are arrows

May be we could make some documentation about it although some working example would be better first (kingdoms, unholy nation?)

Do we get any hints?

sssssssssss · #37 05-28-2010, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stefan

TServerFlying are arrows

May be we could make some documentation about it although some working example would be better first (kingdoms, unholy nation?)

Please?

coreys · #38 05-29-2010, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sssssssssss

Please?

He already forgot, obviously.