2020-08-12 snapshot

[jlv]

Changes:

• Use double precision for 1st person gimbal to prevent jitter when running for extremely long times.
• Fixed flaggers not working in demos.
• Now sends more ping packets when spectating to work around buggy networks dropping connections.
• Added mx.cache_pose_sequence() and mx.pose_statue_from_sequence() for more efficient posing.

Windows users: https://mxsimulator.com/snapshots/mx-20 ... 2-1530.exe
Linux users: https://mxsimulator.com/snapshots/mxbin-2020-08-12-1530

Replace mx.exe or mxbin with one of the above files. The default location for mx.exe should be "C:\Program Files (x86)\MX Simulator". I'd keep a backup of the originals since these aren't well tested.

[jlv]

There's an example of using mx.cache_pose_sequence() and mx.pose_statue_from_sequence() here.

[BcMxKx37]

thanks jlv

[DJ99X]

Beautiful work! They are much better than the billboard versions!

Just a query - was this bit of code to keep the script functional on older snapshots? If so, I was getting alot of errors when I tried the track before I recalled that I hadn't installed the snapshot

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function cache_pose_sequence(anim) {
	if ("cache_pose_sequence" in mx)
		anim.cached_poses = mx.cache_pose_sequence(anim);
}

Suggestion - reckon you could add a few functions for reading some information from statues/billboard files etc? Seems messy to have to declare initial locations in both those files and the frills script. Would also be nice to register statue/billboard indexes for common statues/billboards on starting as opposed to hard coding statue indexes into the script. Not sure if that would be better off being done by having a new statues/billboards file that has some kind of grouping/type tag.

[DJ99X]

In addition to that, possibly another file for scripted particles that is just a list of additional textures to load. Would be good to be able to create/delete billboards through the script, instead of having to declare hundreds of them in billboards file, and have to hide them under the map/scale to 0 if you don't need them.

[white327]

im gonna miss the moonwalk

[jlv]

Beautiful work! They are much better than the billboard versions!

Just a query - was this bit of code to keep the script functional on older snapshots? If so, I was getting alot of errors when I tried the track before I recalled that I hadn't installed the snapshot

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function cache_pose_sequence(anim) {
	if ("cache_pose_sequence" in mx)
		anim.cached_poses = mx.cache_pose_sequence(anim);
}

Suggestion - reckon you could add a few functions for reading some information from statues/billboard files etc? Seems messy to have to declare initial locations in both those files and the frills script. Would also be nice to register statue/billboard indexes for common statues/billboards on starting as opposed to hard coding statue indexes into the script. Not sure if that would be better off being done by having a new statues/billboards file that has some kind of grouping/type tag.

I did test it on the old version but added the interpolation afterwards and inadvertently broke it. It was the fractional value used as an array index for the old way in pose_animate_frame(). Should have looked like this instead:

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	if ("cached_poses" in anim)
		mx.pose_statue_from_sequence(statue_index, anim.cached_poses, frame);
	else {
		frame = Math.floor(frame);
		mx.pose_statue(statue_index, anim.bone_count, anim.rest_centers, anim.poses[frame].centers, anim.poses[frame].rotations);
	}

Definitely is a mess hand counting statue indices. I was thinking I'd make it have a find statue by model/texture function and maybe one to just add a statue. Not 100% sure it's a good idea to allow adding statues after initialization so I might limit that to only work during initialization.

In addition to that, possibly another file for scripted particles that is just a list of additional textures to load. Would be good to be able to create/delete billboards through the script, instead of having to declare hundreds of them in billboards file, and have to hide them under the map/scale to 0 if you don't need them.

You want to set its alpha to 0 disable it (mx.color_billboard(idx, 0, 0, 0, 0)). That way it's completely skipped over when it Z sorts them. It's better to have them all allocated in advance than to create/destroy them when the game is running.

im gonna miss the moonwalk :(

The new flagger isn't as sexy but he makes up for it by being less 2 dimensional.

[white327]

im gonna miss the moonwalk

The new flagger isn't as sexy but he makes up for it by being less 2 dimensional.[/quote]

It's not going to be the same. But im grateful steps are being taken to help the game. You are a fkin legend JLV!

[Motospun]

What she sees

[aeffertz]

So I've got it figured out and working for the most part but I am confused on how to use more or less flaggers than your example. I believe it might have something to do with this line?

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var g_flaggers = [
	[ 7 ],
	[ 9, 16 ],
	[ 10, 11 ],
	[ 12, 18 ],
	[ 13 ],
];

I'm not entire sure what those numbers are referencing but I think it might be referencing the statues file?

[Rojo]

add rider lean side lean PPPPLLLLZZZZZZ

[jlv]

So I've got it figured out and working for the most part but I am confused on how to use more or less flaggers than your example. I believe it might have something to do with this line?

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var g_flaggers = [
	[ 7 ],
	[ 9, 16 ],
	[ 10, 11 ],
	[ 12, 18 ],
	[ 13 ],
];

I'm not entire sure what those numbers are referencing but I think it might be referencing the statues file?

Those are the gate numbers each flagger is watching. Like DJ said, this part is a mess. If you have 5 yellow flaggers listed, you have to have 5 flaggers and flags in the bolded positions below. If you want 6, you have to insert an extra flagger and flag in the statues and add an entry in g_flaggers for it. Also, the flags should have the exact same coordinates as their corresponding flagger.

[1415.000000 3.900000 1090.000000] -14.137167 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- starter
[1353.000000 3.900000 1286.000000] -14.075887 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- finisher
[1373.000000 3.900000 624.000000] -13.922237 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- yellow flagger 0
[820.000000 3.900000 832.000000] -14.801585 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- yellow flagger 1
[735.000000 3.900000 805.000000] -12.348725 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- yellow flagger 2
[893.000000 3.900000 1162.000000] -13.000000 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- yellow flagger 3
[924.000000 3.900000 1372.000000] -10.730029 @flaggertest/flagger.jm @flaggertest/flagger.png null <- yellow flagger 4
[1415.000000 3.900000 1090.000000] -14.137167 @flaggertest/30sec.jm @flaggertest/30sec.png null <- 30 second card
[1353.000000 3.900000 1286.000000] -14.075887 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flaggreen.png null <- green for finisher
[1353.000000 3.900000 1286.000000] -14.075887 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagwhite.png null <- white for finisher
[1353.000000 3.900000 1286.000000] -14.075887 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagchecker.png null <- checkers for finisher
[1373.000000 3.900000 624.000000] -13.922237 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagyellow.png null <- yellow 0
[820.000000 3.900000 832.000000] -14.801585 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagyellow.png null <- yellow 1
[735.000000 3.900000 805.000000] -12.348725 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagyellow.png null <- yellow 2
[893.000000 3.900000 1162.000000] -13.000000 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagyellow.png null <- yellow 3
[924.000000 3.900000 1372.000000] -10.730029 @flaggertest/flag.jm @flaggertest/flagyellow.png null <- yellow 4

[aeffertz]

Okay, that explains it perfectly and is actually easier than I was expecting. It's really nice to actually be able to place the flaggers in the editor now! Now if only we had the height adjust slider for statues.

I just place all the flaggers in editor first and then copy and paste the statue lines into a new document and do a 'replace all' flagger.jm with flag.jm and same for the png.

[C.K.234]

thanks jlv

[Freddy694]

jre didnt like being a flagger, he is clearly showing it lmao