D2TM - Progress screenshots

Gilneas · December 11, 2005

Can you use the original font too?

This one is hard to read.

stefanhendriks · December 11, 2005

it is the original font afaik? I got a "bene gesserit" font and an "arrakeen" font. I use bene gesserit for this. I will try to make it a bit more clear, perhaps i can do something with coding.

stefanhendriks · December 12, 2005

after the (original!) briefing about the house, you can press YES or NO and end up at the eventual real briefing so the game can begin. Since i don't have original text of those, i have improvised... ;)

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gunner154 · December 19, 2005

"Yehaw, this works. Lets finish of some Atreides shall we?"

LOL ;D

But yeah, somehow I don't like this font too. Can use something simpler? The originals were somehow far easier to read. Perhaps the resolution doesn't do this font good?

stefanhendriks · December 19, 2005

Will look into the font during x-mass. Since i am moving to a home with my gf! :D Yehaw. :)

nemafakei · December 30, 2005

Please note that any sort of 'original' (DII) font will be about half the size of the BG font. Unless you have a huge screen and have selected big text options, the BG font is probably bigger than your windows font size.

stefanhendriks · December 30, 2005

Update:

Since i am able to code a bit again, here ya go with a little update:

- mission briefings are editable.

they are little text files: (see one included)

SCENA1.TXT

SCEN Atreides MISSION

Basicly this means , 22 missions = 22 briefings. (scena001.ini corrosponds with scena1.txt).

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stefanhendriks · January 14, 2006

New demo version will contain massive updates; here are some sneak peeking stuff ;)

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stefanhendriks · January 15, 2006

Okay, since i got it working 'hard coded', i have now added features to make campaigns editable through several ini files. There are some rules though, ie, you must have 3 options for each mission, except for mission 8 (2 options) and mission 9 (1 option).

Except for that, you can create any campaign you like, add text, just like dune 2.

So, since D2TM is a clone, it will contain the original dune 2 campaigns...

The strategy map evolves after each mission, so i took a screenshot of each mission, you don't see the animations in it though.

Some features added are also:

- hold mouse button to speed up the animations (conquered areas)

- F2 = WIN MISSION KEY. Ie, it will destroy the enemy, or give you the needed quota to win the mission ;)

I hope those who wanted to give the mission briefings will deliver something soon, so i can tie things up together. I really appreciate their work for this, as i can't play DUNE 2 and code at the same time. So big thanks there!

In the mean time, i have temp briefings, short but to the point: "GOAL: Destroy enemy" ;)

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stefanhendriks · January 15, 2006

and the other screenies...

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nemafakei · January 17, 2006

UI updates.

I've not done the icons yet - I don't know if you added the text and pictures by hand, but if you managed to get a programme to put them together for you, I've included a base model for icons that you can use, which should work as per MrFlibble's base.

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stefanhendriks · January 17, 2006

the icons are including text. I don't add text in the program. Thanks for the pack! will work on it, after i have some spare time. Got a birthday to celibrate... yeah i am 23 now!

(FYI: 17 january, is my birthday! w00t)...

MrFlibble · January 17, 2006

Happy birthday Stefan! Many happy returns! ;D

Andrew · January 17, 2006

You should visit the birthday thread in the general board :)

nemafakei · January 18, 2006

Small progress counter with 32/33 stages, rotating around the interior part of the icon only.

Incidentally, rather than the messy upgrade button, would it be possible to create extra icons for such as the 4-slab, with the text altered to "Upgrade". The player could then upgrade with that icon, thus making the cost and resulting options more transparent.

e.g. a new WOR would give two icons: A Heavy Trooper with text "Trooper", and a squad of Heavy Troopers with text "Upgrade". Clicking on the latter will invest money in the upgrad, work through the progress clock, then replace the icon with a squad of Heavy Troopers with text "Troopers".

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stefanhendriks · January 18, 2006

instead of replacing trooper with troopers, i'd say add the icon. But apart from that its a nice idea. I'll think about.

D2TM already uses such a progress counter? I think only not 32 frames. Will surely make it more fluid so its only a matter of adding frames...

(double checks...)

yes, the counter i have now in th egame is 16 frames. So your addition will make it 'double fluid' ;)

nemafakei · January 18, 2006

Yes, that's what I'm saying. You'd build it and have two icons in the column, then you'd click the latter (labelled upgrade), and you'd end up with two icons (the former being trooper, which was there all along, the latter being a squad where the ubgrade buttion was).

nemafakei · January 22, 2006

... and the matching icons, including "Upgrade" versions for appropriate products.