Guest Croccy22 Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 -EDIT- As well as the original alpha blended particle fountain there is also now one that isn't alpha blended, but as a result of this, it displys 300 particles on screen at same time and managing to achieve 65-75 frames per second which i would say is pretty impressive for this phone. Once again it will work as a screensaver with pocket candy if you rename it from exe to scr. but I wouldn't like to say how fast it will drink the battery juice :) This one is ParticleFX2.cab Enjoy. Matt -ORIGINAL MESSAGE- Ok here is just a quick partcle demo for the smartphone, it looks pretty and that is about it. Looks a bit like a fountain fireworky type thingy. Why did I write it. Coz I can!! Once installed, run it from StartMenu under the Games Folder. Enjoy!! Matt Croccy22 http://www.spvsoft.co.ukParticleFX.CABParticleFX2.CAB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Hi Croccy. any screenshots? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cpt_andy Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Very nice! :) Is 29.6fps a reasonable figure to be getting? Cpt. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest motbe Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Very nice....... Runs great on my iPaq (200 MHz model).. About 30 fps avg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoRFLeZ Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Here's a screenshot...particlefx.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axe Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 tested it ... runs nicely on my spv ... about 25 to 30 fps could you make it so we have some options to set ?? number of balls or some different movement patterns .... maybe cycling background colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Croccy22 Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I am hoping to turn it into some sort of nostalgic demo. with music and a scrolly or something. I could also incorportate options such as increase/decrease gravity, increase particles etc, Drops to about 12fps with 100 on screen though :/ i'll see how bored I am over the next few days. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fonefanatik Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 was just messing around with the demo,and decided to stick it in the pocket candy screensaver directory to see if it would work as a screen saver.....and hey presto! it works!! :). U just need to rename the extension to .scr instead of .exe and chuck the DLL in as well.yeh! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DMF Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 The amiga 500 could handle some amazing demo's with just 7mhz - we got 133Mhz here boys - it's not unlikly we can do the same is it ? i mean, ok theres no CIA chips for timing, no coperlist, no fat agnus and no paula but with all the extra power surely we dont need that custom stuff ? Id LOVE to see an amiga style demo running on my SPV. You dont need a coperlist cos the screens so small you could easily get away with a sliding bitmap instead. The maths for the sine-scroll are already out there in source code land (try pouet.net ) and the old fonts n stuff again are just bitmaps which letters are cut out of and dragged across the screen from buffer to buffer - add playing an MP3 which the SPV already does amicably well and demo's suddenly seem quite possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gpcarreon (MVP) Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Change the .exe to .scr and you'll see something like this (faster and without the buttons)... 8) Animated GIF here...particlefx_screensaver.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 The amiga 500 could handle some amazing demo's with just 7mhz - we got 133Mhz here boys - it's not unlikly we can do the same is it ? i mean, ok theres no CIA chips for timing, no coperlist, no fat agnus and no paula but with all the extra power surely we dont need that custom stuff ? Id LOVE to see an amiga style demo running on my SPV. those custom chips were VERY powerful 133Mhz ain't much when it's doing everthing the hard way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gpcarreon (MVP) Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 I think this thread should be renamed 'ParticleFX Demo as Screensaver'. Just a suggestion. :wink: NICE WORK Croccy22 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Croccy22 Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Ok for those of you who liked that then i will port my other version tomorrow once i have added a bit of colour to it. This version just uses 6x6 non alpha blended sprites. But as a result of that, it now handles 300 sprites on screen at same time running at a cushty 70-75 frames per second. Dunno what the frame rate would be like whilst playing a mod file at the same time. might give it a go just to test the performance more than anything. would post a screen shot but as with the first, when it is static it don't really look anything special. Matt Croccy22 http://www.spvsoft.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mavisdavis Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 Now what would look really good is if a few of them would bounce off the bottom and sides of the screen :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cpt_andy Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 Just run demo 2.. very nice again :) Seems to take a few seconds before a constant stream of particles. I get about 76fps Cpt. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 @Croccy you attached two cab files..which one is the latest? thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 the one called 2 maybe? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 arrrgh! sorry didnt see the "2" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest muff Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 okay I like the 2nd colored version but I wish the balls move a bit slower (but faster than the 1st version) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gpcarreon (MVP) Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 Very Fast! Got an FR of 77.5fps :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 6, 2003 Report Share Posted September 6, 2003 With the first version I got about 20 fps...with the 2nd version I got about 49 fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drblow Posted September 7, 2003 Report Share Posted September 7, 2003 I was using version 1 for a screensaver (VERY NICE!!), but it sticks on alot - like, a few times last night I hit a key, & the backlight came on, but the particlefx stayed on with the eggtimer of doom flickering forever. Had to pull battery in the end. Would it be a fixable bug?? Coz it is the best screensaver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dinoalbert Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 now I got a 79 fps (using version 2) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richie M Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 okay I like the 2nd colored version but I wish the balls move a bit slower (but faster than the 1st version) :) Its a tech demo, its meant to be fast :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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