Space prototype thing

[SimonH]

I've uploaded this version with everything enabled except the buffer objects (my chief suspects for the problem).

I suspect your suspicion is correct... works fine. Pleeeeeze make it an applet though, I get so tired of cleaning up after webstart!

[dishmoth]

I suspect your suspicion is correct... works fine.

Excellent!  Give your computer a pat on the back for me.

Pleeeeeze make it an applet though, I get so tired of cleaning up after webstart!

I hear you.  But who knows?  By the time the final version of the game's ready, Sun may have got their act together and made Webstart nice to use!

Cheers,
Simon

[dishmoth]

now I get only a blank screen ... no crash, but nothing else than the blank screen

Just when I thought I'd got it fixed.

Some questions:

• What's the output in the Java Console window?  Does it stop at some point, or happily keep reporting the frames-per-second?
• Are you able to run other JOGL2 applications (such as the Gears demo)?
• What operating system are you using?

Thanks,
Simon

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[SimonH]

Sun may have got their act together and made Webstart nice to use!

Well I suppose that's a - Oooo look at that! A flying pig! You don't see them every day!

[SimonH]

Yep, just give me an evening or two to finish it off.

Bump!

...but why does such a good concept fail so quickly? That's twice now - has it too much potential?

[dishmoth]

...but why does such a good concept fail so quickly? That's twice now - has it too much potential?

Oops, sorry, I wasn't intending the 'evening or two' comment to be taken literally.

The game certainly isn't abandoned, but have a feeling I'll still be working on it a year from now.  And too much OpenGL gives me a headache, so I'll probably switch my attention back-and-forth between this and other projects.  (I woke up this morning with a burning desire to make a quick-and-dirty 2D shooter.  You know how it is.)

I don't know if it's 'too much potential' as such, but it's easy to imagine a Space game drowning under all of the cool features that people imagine it would be simple to add.  Hopefully not the case here...

When I've got a new version to show off, the JGO forums will be the first to know.  (Probably my next milestone will be to tidy-up and post the source code for what I've got so far.  Not that anyone's interested, but it keeps me honest.)

Cheers,
Simon

[Eli Delventhal]

Hey works great for me, and I think it's really cool! The control scheme works great - I've always had trouble with 3D spaceship games (like Elite) because I can't wrap my head around the 3 axis thing so easily, but using the mouse really works very well. And it's very easy to approach and lock onto different planets and things. Great work so far!

[dishmoth]

Here there be source code.