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[BenJeremy]

OK, WIP 1230 has been posted.

The image stuff, hopefully, is all working now. Kludgy as hell, since the Xbox libs create textures differently, apparently, between blanks and loading from a file, though there is no way for the programmer to find out, since those interfaces are not exposed.

I've also incorporated preliminary games db dsupport. Go ahead and update your gamesdb.xml file (via ActionScript, since MXM will save out it's stored gamesdb when launching an app). It also tracks launchcount and launchtime. I will probably add those into the menu system when I get a chance.

In the future, you'll be able to sort on these falues as sortfields (I need to dig into the way I've been handling sortfields to make sure this happens).

[BenJeremy]

Hmmm.... Have to work on the GamesDB a bit. Those damn homebrew games screw things up a bit (most having ID of 0 or the author uses the same ID all the time), which is why I tie in the size, if possible.

I have to fix this small problem, then the homebrew stuff should be in decent shape - but otherwise, it works great.

Also, I may dig into "It's About Choice" and clean it up for the next release IT looks a bit hosed up on this WIP build.

[BenJeremy]

Well, WIP Build 1231 is now up.

Cleaned up some of the GamesDB stuff. Still not perfect yet, but getting there. This stuff should handle all that homebrew stuff using the same XBE IDs. Not much I can do about the Icons, but you should be able to specify "thumbnail" and "media" in your GamesDB entries, so if somebody writes an appropriate script to add these entries after downloading the content, it "should" work.

[geniusalz]

Good stuff. Images work fine now

I could use a little draw command, called "ContinueDraw", or an additional parameter in begindraw, that doesn't clear the image. Don't really need it for tetris, but it will help me put in some cool effects.

*Polishing up tetris into an XSM file

As for the gamesDB, are you planning to update it through xbox-skins.net? Or are you going to include the whole DB with MXM, so it can automatically add info/live support/etc?

And for context scripts, a handle pointing to the appropriate gamesDB XML node would be cool. And a command to update the DB to go with that (or it could just update it whenever the script exits, if there are any changes)

This post has been edited by geniusalz: Jul 24 2004, 10:57 PM

[BenJeremy]

"UseCurrent" after the image handle in BeginDrawTarget doesn't work for that?

I was hoping to provide a decent sized version of the DB, to be updated though a site. As this is a fairly generic thing, UnleashX and others could also make use of it.

As for pointing to the node, it should be a simple enough issue to use predefined ID and size variables in context. I also need to add the ability to fully update the values (i.e. the MD5, which requires scanning the XBE completely).

[geniusalz]

Usecurrent makes a new transparent image.

Without usecurrent, it makes a new black image.

I want another parameter to tell it to not blank the image, so it keeps the previous content.

[BenJeremy]

Hmm... programatically, BeginDraw and BeginDrawTarget put a black box as the first "ActionDraw command" in the list if there is no "usecurrent" option.

Otherwise, if "usecurrent" is there, it leaves the first command alone. I may double check here, to see if there's something clearing the display - but my intention was to allow you to overdraw the screen, originally.

As it stands, I need to fix something in BeginDrawTarget anyway (I forgot to adjust the size of the box to match the size of the target image.)

[geniusalz]

If you do remove the command to clear the image on 'begindrawtarget usecurrent', make sure there's still a way to clear the image (i.e. make it completely transparent)

[a weasel]

Where can you get the latest WIP? I looked on xbins they still have just .9n6?

[BenJeremy]

[flattspott]

Well guys it seems like I am way out of the loop since I last tried a WIP. Lots of new stuff.



Anywho between work and being tired/lazy I havent really been interested in scripting lately.

However I decided I will put some serious effort into perfecting all my scripts and finishing half-assed ones too.

First up is LightsOut. I want to replace the crappy solutions stuff with macros where you'll be able to watch the game solve itself.

Now I have some other ideas for XSM type scripts but I have no idea how I am suppose to call subscripts from the XSM module. As an example the Tetris one. How would I call the menu script ?

[BenJeremy]

[flattspott]

oh yeah

Icon <Handle> <IconNumber>

Is the number part basically for the internal icon set?

And how would I use global variables in expressions between multiple scripts inside of one XSM module?

[flattspott]

Ok cool , so basically any CallScript will look inside the XSM module for the script among other things.

[flattspott]

I think I got it now