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Quote:did anyone notice that when you get the little helper drone thing it dosnt just go around you in a circle? for a bonus point, what is that shape called and what would a practicle use for it be?
It looks sort of like a flower shape, but I don't know the technical term for it
Or maybe one of those things you can make with the gears that are interconnected and have a pen on one of them...
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If you used polar coordinates, that would prolly be a "Cardoid".
BTW, you used RelAngle? :*)
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strange thing is i did vsync it :???: i get about 72 fps on my p166. normally i only get 69.
Rel: yip, i used RelAngle alot, normally with a random error so it was inaccurate tho.
Wiz: hardcoded attacks, similar to my original Space Viper.
....and it called a 'epitrocoil' (i think thats how you spell it?) and a use would be the rotary (wankel) motor. I got the equations from a maths lecturer. I can make some really cool patterns with them!
That gear thing with the pen can draw them aswell, like DrV said!
Has anyone finished SV2 yet, i want some comments on the second (last :oops: ) boss
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RelAngle inaccurate? Where? Pls tell me before I release the newest Rellib. :*)
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dont panic Rel
I added a error to the calculations to make the game a bit easier, RelAngle was spot on eveytime!
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Good. I was ready to rewrite it. LOL
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Quote:strange thing is i did vsync it :???: i get about 72 fps on my p166. normally i only get 69.
What's your refresh rate? 80 Hz or something? I've got mine at 60 right now and some games that I've written report things like 62 or 63 sometimes, but never very much under 60... :???:
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Quote:citpes Wrote:strange thing is i did vsync it :???: i get about 72 fps on my p166. normally i only get 69.
What's your refresh rate? 80 Hz or something? I've got mine at 60 right now and some games that I've written report things like 62 or 63 sometimes, but never very much under 60... :???:
Sumone may write this in stone somewhere: The monitor refreshing freq doesn't have to do with mode13h VGA VSync frequency.
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oh yeah.... DirectX does bad things to the head