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[happymonster]

Engine stress test

Minimum (scaled x4 here so it's more visible), and Maximum engine scaling:

[eigenbom]

i like the cut of your jib

[peous]

vector drawings, then scaled down to pixels ? looks nice ! usually aliasing makes reducing awful !

[eigenbom]

YES! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

[happymonster]

Moon Magic!!

[peous]

Think I understand smart way !

Instead of doing full vector drawing, that may look like flash, you do pixel art (like the alien is 7x12 pixels).
Then you choose the shape of the pixel when zoomed. So you have a "pixel editor"
That's what gives this unique look to the graphics !



Edit In fact my theory doesn't fits with the weapon in the side view, as there is a small green hand triangle ...
Anyway, the way you respect pixels is nice ! well done !

[happymonster]

No that's correct Peous!  

It means that the graphics can be scaled to different sizes without any aliasing effects or loss of the original sprite's detail.

[Franklins Ghost]

That's really clever and interesting, would never have thought of that

[Udderdude]

Is it similar to the upscaling/HQ4X filters seen in some emulators?

[happymonster]

Not really no.

[Miguelito]

Don't forget that you even seem to have used your heathen wizardry to implement gradients in there. GRADIENTS.

It's a fucking wonderful system, I think we can all agree.

BTW, playable demo/build anytime...? For my birthday perhaps?

[happymonster]

Aww, thanks!

When's your birthday?

[Franklins Ghost]

Mine's 29th May so I vote then 

[happymonster]

Sounds doable!

[happymonster]

Traffic Lights

The new highlighting system for your units destination possibilities works like this:

Green - If here, you have enough action points for 2 Fire actions, or one Fire action and one Opportunity Fire action.

Orange - If here, you have enough action points for 1 Fire action, OR one Opportunity Fire action.

Red - If here, you haven't enough action points for any Fire actions.


There is also a Grey colour for actions that you don't have enough action points for. And if you haven't moved your unit at all this turn the unit logo will be shown as a brighter green than normal. This is so you can see which units you've not moved at all yet.