I'm sorry I've been a little slow. I've been thinking about overhauling the movement method to a quite different car type. So that if you press left and right you change angles and when you press up you move forward. This allows you to substitute the mouse for aiming and also more freedom. Basically, this is the only way we can have less than 45 degree angle changes with the keyboard.
You can't really turn less than 45 degrees with the cursors as you only have up,up-right,right and no in between. But I don't like it. There's something about the simplicity of the four way movement that I'd prefer to keep. Also, it'd be a bitch to write a new version.
Therefore I've added an extra button (right shift). When held down keeps you at the same position but allows you to turn. This will allow you to take attacks from all sides without having to make cumbersome turns. What do you all think? Give it a try. It's in the new code. You'll need to download the new media as well. There's a music download but you don't have to download that to play the game.
What does everyone think about moving the entire game to BlitzPlus? We can make use of its low minimum requirements as well as extra graphics caps. I can't see any reason why we'd want to utilise any kind of 3D because we want to keep it simple.
Also, is it too late to move the entire editor to blitzplus as well? Does everyone working on the editor have blitzPlus? The standard interface would help a great deal. What do you all think? It might be a bit too far down the road to move it, but it might be for the best.
Chad, thanks for the offer but I'm alright at the moment. As soon as my site bandwidth runs out I'll come running. Thanks ;)
Mark, I like the script idea. Is there anything I can give you a hand with?
You can't really turn less than 45 degrees with the cursors as you only have up,up-right,right and no in between. But I don't like it. There's something about the simplicity of the four way movement that I'd prefer to keep. Also, it'd be a bitch to write a new version.
Therefore I've added an extra button (right shift). When held down keeps you at the same position but allows you to turn. This will allow you to take attacks from all sides without having to make cumbersome turns. What do you all think? Give it a try. It's in the new code. You'll need to download the new media as well. There's a music download but you don't have to download that to play the game.
What does everyone think about moving the entire game to BlitzPlus? We can make use of its low minimum requirements as well as extra graphics caps. I can't see any reason why we'd want to utilise any kind of 3D because we want to keep it simple.
Also, is it too late to move the entire editor to blitzplus as well? Does everyone working on the editor have blitzPlus? The standard interface would help a great deal. What do you all think? It might be a bit too far down the road to move it, but it might be for the best.
Chad, thanks for the offer but I'm alright at the moment. As soon as my site bandwidth runs out I'll come running. Thanks ;)
Mark, I like the script idea. Is there anything I can give you a hand with?