04-24-2007, 08:23 PM
So...it's been attack of the killer finals for the past few days. But, I've now made a little progress, thanks to Vern.
Thanks also to Vern, I now think the most useful unit for working in the editor is tiles per frame (tpf). With tpf, there is no need to convert to seconds/60 because its unit of time, the frame, is equivalent to 1/60th of a second!
Based on my measurements of platform speed, I've inferred that the divisor for platforms is 2. (Is that right, Vern?) That is, take the number you type into the box, divide it by 2, and the platform will then move that number of pixels per frame. Given that there are 16 pixels per tile, divide the speed number by 32 to convert to tpf.
This is much simpler and more accurate than the crazy polynomial expression I'd come up with previously!
House of Coine will have several rooms based on all this madness...
Thanks also to Vern, I now think the most useful unit for working in the editor is tiles per frame (tpf). With tpf, there is no need to convert to seconds/60 because its unit of time, the frame, is equivalent to 1/60th of a second!
Based on my measurements of platform speed, I've inferred that the divisor for platforms is 2. (Is that right, Vern?) That is, take the number you type into the box, divide it by 2, and the platform will then move that number of pixels per frame. Given that there are 16 pixels per tile, divide the speed number by 32 to convert to tpf.
This is much simpler and more accurate than the crazy polynomial expression I'd come up with previously!
House of Coine will have several rooms based on all this madness...