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# flixel
  • w
    could you create a tilemap to render this array of ints, and put them on a camera with a shader?
  • w
    im making a lot of assumptions about your end goal there
  • w
    because you said minimap
  • b
    so I've got this overworld, looks like this. it's just perlin noise generated with 'planetary systems' generated procedurally throughout
  • w
    looks neat
  • b
    I want basically a minimap GUI that renders a highly zoomed-out version of this, with little clickable icons for each system that you've visited (for fast travel, info, etc)
  • b
    I'm curious what you mean about a tilemap with a shader - I suppose I kinda see it? Like, you're suggesting inputting the values to the tilemap, then applying a shader to a camera to perform effects like smoothing/etc
  • w
    yeah basically
  • b
    (and I assume you suggest a seperate flxCamera because applying a shader to a tilemap applies the shader to each individual tile, rather than the tilemap as a whole?)
  • w
    in my older game I used the world map to generate the minimap, which just used much smaller tiles
  • w
    I've never tried that, actually, I don't think tilemaps can have shaders
  • w
    Whether you can use a camera shader on a tilemap obviously depends on the effect you want, but could be doable in circumstances
  • b
    they can, I use a ripple shader for my water tilemaps - but again, it applies it to the base tilesheet sprite, rather than on the entire tilemap object
  • w
    ah
  • b
    yeah, right now I'm more interested in finding something performant/technically feasible than something wildly aesthetically pleasing - it's not a massive part of the gameplay so it can look a little chunky
  • b
    I will definitely play around with that idea though
  • w
    tbh I'm not seeing what the shader is for, except maybe some sonar effect
  • w
    I didn't use a shader in mine, I just had 2 tilemaps, the level recreated, and a fog of war tilemap on top
  • w
    good luck, tho
  • b
    right - my only thought was some sort of shader-based hq2x smoothing
  • l
    been having a bit of trouble implementing 
    FlxRes
    , nothing seems to happen whatsoever i put this code right before the game child is added
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    haxe
if (returnWidth)
  game.width = FlxRes.getOtherDimension(game.height, returnWidth);
else
  game.height = FlxRes.getOtherDimension(game.width);
    the 
    game
    in question
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var game = {
    width: 1280, // Game Width
    height: 720, // Game Height
    initialState: states.menus.TitleState, // The State when the game starts
    framerate: 60, // Default Framerate of the Game
    zoom: -1.0, // Zoom automatically calculates if -1
    skipSplash: true, // Skipping Flixel's Splash Screen
    startFullscreen: false // If the game should start fullscreen
};
  • s
    yo i also did that with my flixel template lmao
  • l
    it's useful
  • l
    don't have to create so many variables
  • s
    lol
  • a
    we don't really support libraries here
  • a
    but i'd recommend you read the readme
  • a
    it is super indepth and likely has instructions for how to use it
  • l
    alr
  • a
    I have used the flxres code in a non flixel project and it worked fine
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