Comments on: Poll: what do you miss in FFilmation ?

By: kris

kris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:36:43 +0000

i’ll take a guess and say you’re handling quite a bunch of arrays? wouldnt typed vectors great then!
also the drawtriangle method combined with the already implemented caching could maybe provide another 15% performance increase (according to your ‘lost’ post.

so maybe really give f10 a try

poncho on!

By: david

david — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:20:17 +0000

zoom in and zoom out. is ease to implement and helpfull.

Un motor impresionante!! muchas gracias por compartirlo con la comunidad

By: ojuzu

ojuzu — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:47:38 +0000

@admin
Awesome, thanks for the quick response! I just emailed you the XML for my scene.

As for the lighting, that’s actually what I’m doing. I guess I wasn’t sure if that actually disabled the lighting or not so that’s good to know.

Thanks!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:58:19 +0000

@ojuzu

I’ll try to fix this stuck-inside-boxes bug. Is it possible that you send me your scene XML (no media or swf needed) ? This way I can work with you structures and grid size an so.

As for disabling the lighing: simply setup your scene with a white environemnt light of intensity = 100.

By: ojuzu

ojuzu — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:37:11 +0000

I’m currently using this engine for a game we’re developing for a client and while things are going pretty well, there are some pretty big bugs that I haven’t been able to fix. One thing that I’d love to see a fix for is the tendency to get stuck inside of boxes I’ve created with fWall objects. This is a HUGE problem and happens very frequently.

Otherwise, just better documentation and more flexible and dynamic object creation would help a lot. Also, an ability to disable all lighting would be great since it’s not needed for some projects. (Maybe this one already exists but I haven’t been able to find it.)

Thanks for for this great engine!

By: e

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:04:07 +0000

1. I’d really like to see one of the physics engines built into the game.

2. an ability to zoom in and zoom out with the scroll wheel.

By: spdavid

spdavid — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:04:03 +0000

Thanks for opening this engine for devloping or learning, I’ve used this engine for developing some APRG game for few weeks , I think that there is some issue could be optimized.

1.Better performance, Since our destiny was developed for Rich Web Game, I think that was different between PC game and web game, for web game application, I think our engine was easy to use and designed for compatible with most PC, few CPU sensitivity

2.More option for adjust render speed and frequency, I suggest that if we reduce our render frequency for compatible with low CPU computer.

BTW.my show case, diablo like game prototype: http://211.100.18.93:8099/demo/FFTestProject.html

any comment plz send email to me
spdavid@gmail.com

By: TaruTaru

TaruTaru — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:15:15 +0000

I’m working in a demo using the FFilmation, I hope that this demo become a big project. I’m using the engine in a way a little different and achieve a result quite interesting. I hope that in a few days I can show the demo.

My big problem was with complex objects. When I needed to be realistic split into more than one object. Can you say a very clear explanation of how the engine understands the point of reference objects?

Certainly when the editor is ready will be a big help!

By: jonas

jonas — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:20:16 +0000

Definitely performance! 1.3.1 was a huge jump in performance, congratulations on that. would be nice to see further optimizations if possible

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:40:50 +0000

I’m using the engine for a small project creating a prototype world. It’s a great engine, but there are still a couple of things that would be good to add.

- More tutorials and examples. It is too difficult to understand how the engine works and in projects with a deadline you can’t afford the learning period.
It would be great to have a tutorial on connecting the scenes to the flash doc, and how some of the special effects like hovering over an object to get a message are done.

- More development tools. It is still way too slow and painful to build the assets for the scenes
Main thing would be to have a way of linking the materials and objects in the editor without hand-coding, and a refresh button for them in the scenes.

- More elements such as dynamic boxes and moveable planes.
I could find some good uses in being able to push a box, or go up a ramp.

Great editor already, just adding to the wish list!