N7 version 24.03.05 released

[Marcus]

https://naalaa.com/n7/N7_240305.zip

I haven't experimented with (or even tested, to be honest) the new commands much yet, and the included examples are minimal. But I will provide game examples soon.

Release notes
2024-03-05

• 'this.' can now be written as just '.'
  
• Added the commands 'draw image xform' and 'draw poly image'. You can find two small examples under examples/help: draw_image_xform.n7 and draw_poly_image.n7
  

'draw image xform' is for drawing transformed (scaled and rotated) images. 'draw poly image' is for drawing texture mapped polygons.

[johnno56]

"texture mapped polygons"? Could be useful in say... 3D games as walls etc... nudge, nudge, wink, wink... lol

Thank you for the update.

[Marcus]

"texture mapped polygons"? Could be useful in say... 3D games as walls etc... nudge, nudge, wink, wink...  lol

Thank you for the update.

'draw poly image' doesn't support z coordinates yet, so you can't get perspective correct texture mapping. On the other hand, the first playstation only had affine texture mapping, so ...

I have lots of experiments to do with the new commands, that much I can say. Implementing them is one thing, using them is another.

[johnno56]

Sounds like fun...

[Marcus]

Code:

obj = [
    x: 0, y: 0, dx: 0, dy: 0,
    Update: function()
        ' this.x = this.x + this.dx
        ' this.y = this.y + this.dy
        ' Can now be written as:
        .x = .x + .dx
        .y = .y + .dy
    endfunc,
    GetX: function()
        return .x
    endfuc
]

An example of the first bullet in the release notes. I got sick of writing "this.".

[aliensoldier]

Thanks for the update .
You have not introduced the polyline library

[Marcus]

Thanks for the update .
You have not introduced the polyline library

Nope, I decided to wait with that library until I've fixed the "closed curve" request (it's not difficult, but I'm too busy playing around with other things).

[1micha.elok]

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Release notes
2024-03-05

• 'this.' can now be written as just '.'
  
• Added the commands 'draw image xform' and 'draw poly image'. You can find two small examples under examples/help: draw_image_xform.n7 and draw_poly_image.n7
  

'draw image xform' is for drawing transformed (scaled and rotated) images. 'draw poly image' is for drawing texture mapped polygons.

Thank you for your precious and invaluable updates.
Awesome.