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    Thread: Mobile development?
Post: RE: Mobile development?

Yes, me too! But unless somebody wants to contribute, it's not a priority right now...
megamarc Support 3 11,455 09-03-2017, 07:11 PM
    Thread: i cant install title engine
Post: RE: i cant install title engine

Well, it depends. Creating a retro game requires an idea, people skilled in game design, programming, graphics and music/sound, usually in a team of at very least 3-4 people (one for each category). D...
megamarc Support 12 37,622 09-04-2017, 01:00 AM
    Thread: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not working?
Post: RE: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not worki...

Ok, let me check it because I use much older versions of VS Studio and there may be some conflict about the project file itself. In fact it is very simple to recreate, just a C# project with all the *...
megamarc Support 8 22,736 09-04-2017, 01:07 AM
    Thread: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'
Post: RE: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'

This one is easy :) The Tilengine.dll and SDL2.dll files must be in the same folder than the main executable, and must match your windows architecture. So: iif you are using Windows 32-bit, copy t...
megamarc Support 7 19,970 09-04-2017, 01:13 AM
    Thread: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'
Post: RE: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'

Oh I see, it's related to the project configuration... I'll have to fix it :( The Tilengine.dll and SDL2.dll files should be inside the "samples\csharp" directory where the "platformer.csproj" pro...
megamarc Support 7 19,970 09-04-2017, 03:37 PM
    Thread: i cant install title engine
Post: RE: i cant install title engine

You are right, proper documentation covering every feature, with little examples, in a well organized format is a must, and it's lacking right now. But I'm actually writing it, starting with the origi...
megamarc Support 12 37,622 09-04-2017, 03:54 PM
    Thread: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'
Post: RE: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'

Congratulations! I'm glad you have it working :-) Yes, I'll rearrange a bit the C# samples setup so it works out of the box just as the C and Python samples already do. In that commit I'll put the ...
megamarc Support 7 19,970 09-04-2017, 06:59 PM
    Thread: Fixed C# sample, added docs
Post: Fixed C# sample, added docs

This is a small release update in GitHub and Windows packages: * Windows install.bat: added copy of required dll files to C# samples folder. Itch.io files updated for download * Fixed C# sample, a...
megamarc News & Announcements 0 4,233 09-05-2017, 03:29 PM
    Thread: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not working?
Post: RE: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not worki...

Hi, Any progress with this? It's the same problem than "platformer.cs" C# example. The suitable version of your Tilengine.dll and SDL2.dll files must be located in the same folder than the executab...
megamarc Support 8 22,736 09-09-2017, 01:13 AM
    Thread: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'
Post: RE: "Unable to load DLL 'Tilengine'

Hi, I updated the C# sample project some days ago, both in GitHub and itch.io downloads, and started publishing documentation. I posted a thread about it. Did you see the changes?
megamarc Support 7 19,970 09-09-2017, 01:16 AM
    Thread: Smile!
Post: RE: Smile!

Now message icons at the top of the edit window show clean .png pictures instead of the older, coarse gifs. I have to do the same with in-message smileys!
megamarc Forum issues 8 26,438 09-10-2017, 05:46 PM
    Thread: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not working?
Post: RE: Stand alone SuperMario clone example not worki...

I've upgraded GitHub project. Now it's based in oloder VS 2005, that can be upgraded to whatever newer version people installs. It doesn't have missing dependencies anymore. After download, just copy ...
megamarc Support 8 22,736 09-10-2017, 05:50 PM
  Sad Thread: Smile!
Post: RE: Smile!

Oh the issues in these forums are going to kill me... :cry: You're right, this happens to me too. There are gazillion options in the administration panel related to MyCode. I'll try to fix it. ...
megamarc Forum issues 8 26,438 09-11-2017, 12:12 AM
    Thread: Smile!
Post: RE: Smile!

This seems to be an open bug in SCEditor, the text editor used inside myBB: https://github.com/mybb/mybb/issues/2045 (https://github.com/mybb/mybb/issues/2045) It just happens inside the WYSIWYG e...
megamarc Forum issues 8 26,438 09-11-2017, 12:53 AM
    Thread: Pixel modifications
Post: RE: Pixel modifications

I don't remember that original lemmings had this kind of environment modification. Worms had it, but it was based on a different kind of engine with full bitmaps, not tile based. You can read a great ...
megamarc Support 18 52,435 09-29-2017, 07:20 AM
    Thread: Sprite sheet design considerations?
Post: RE: Sprite sheet design considerations?

Tilengine is software based, so there aren't penalties about the number of sheets or set dimensions. By the way, the limitation of needing power of two textures was abandoned long time ago. OpenGL 2.0...
megamarc Support 3 11,345 09-29-2017, 07:39 AM
    Thread: Pixel modifications
Post: RE: Pixel modifications

Tilengine allows you to modify tileset pixel data on the fly at runtime (check TLN_SetTilesetPixels() (http://www.tilengine.org/doc/_tilengine_8h.html#af269a7f04ac9d1f1320bbe78ba307843) function). You...
megamarc Support 18 52,435 09-30-2017, 12:01 AM
    Thread: Sprite sheet design considerations?
Post: RE: Sprite sheet design considerations?

AFAIK non power of two textures were introduced to prevent the waste of space and/or image rescaling associated with classic textures. But I'm not a chipset designer so I can't tell you first hand how...
megamarc Support 3 11,345 09-30-2017, 12:10 AM
    Thread: Version 1.16 released
Post: Version 1.16 released

This small update fixes bugs in TLN_GetSpriteInfo(), TLN_LoadTilemap() and adds sprite priority implementation using the FLAG_PRIORITY on sprites
megamarc News & Announcements 0 4,818 10-04-2017, 04:58 AM
    Thread: Python platformer prototype
Post: Python platformer prototype

I've spawned a new GitHub project that will act as a series of work-in-progress, showing how to implement actual game mechanics with tilengine: https://github.com/megamarc/TilenginePythonPlatformer (...
megamarc News & Announcements 1 6,863 11-02-2017, 08:32 PM