Kupu's thread

[kupu]

Hello!

Whats this chump doing with his own texture thread? shouldn't he be busy colouring in or something?

Yea, probably...

 

[Cybertooth]

Great work, the textures still look pretty nice

I know you said keep it on topic, but you mentioned performance... Its not really your area i guess, but do you think it might be worth having a setting to turn off animated blocks? So it just changes to a static image (one of the frames, or an altered version, i dont know). I wonder how that would affect performance.

 

[ltmauve]

Well, you can open up the block config and search-and-replace <animated>true<\animated> with <animated>false<\animated>

 

[kupu]

I know you said keep it on topic, but you mentioned performance... Its not really your area i guess, but do you think it might be worth having a setting to turn off animated blocks? So it just changes to a static image (one of the frames, or an altered version, i dont know). I wonder how that would affect performance.

Don't worry, thats on topic I was just safe guarding against "plz make me new block / texture" requests.

As @Itmauve said, that's handled in the block config or alternatively in the block editor by remapping the texture and settings.

 

[Moraligus]

kupu i have been using your custom HUD (you know the one with the circles and the more elegant design) and i love it! you might want to post it right here on the new forum so that people can use it!

[a note: if you do post your (amazing) HUD i recommend changing the build icons to the updated textures for ease and convenience)

 

[Moraligus]

Also kupu what is the ram usage on the pixel pack may i ask?

 

[kupu]

Moraligus I'm glad you like it, but it's really old and outdated. Not enough time to revisit it / fix it i'm afraid, so i won't be posting it here. (it's still on available to download on various sites / blogs though)

The pixel pack is really very small. I have no idea how RAM much it takes specifically. I suppose we could try find the difference in the free memory displayed in the "tech_info" HUD options. But i have no idea how accurate that would be...

If you're after pure performance always go with the pixel pack.

 

[der_scheme]

I am curious on how this works. I'm guessing the compression is an OpenGL feature that has similarities with how PNG handles compression? In that case the key would be clustering, am I right?

 

[kupu]

No, this is achieved outside of the games compression options. Sorry, I should of made my OP more clear.

This is all achieved in PNG compression techniques whilst making the texture sheets. Saving on disk space, not occupied VRAM.

 

[testkil]

hay kupu i don't understand what does this thing means is it a thing for slow pc's or is this for make the game more hd ? should i download it i don't have any lag on the game in ultra

 

[kupu]

hay kupu i don't understand what does this thing means is it a thing for slow pc's or is this for make the game more hd ? should i download it i don't have any lag on the game in ultra

It's something for slower computers. If you can run the game in ultra you don't want this pack.
This is just a compressed version i made as a test.

 

[Azurite]

This is cool! Tempted to do this with my own. I wonder if the performance gain on a 64x64 resolution pack would be negligible or not. Or if the loss of fidelity would be more apparent due to there being less pixels.

 

[kupu]

It would be negligible i think. A 64px pack probably won't go any higher than 400kbs in size, you won't get much more compression out of it without some sizeable loss in fidelity.

 

[Omni]

Yo. 'Sup.

Actually relevant comment: it's amazing how much file size increases with texture size. It makes perfect sense, but is still interesting.

 

[mrsinister]

great stuff as usual Kupu

 

[Azurite]

No more goodies to share, Kupu?

Loves me some goodies...

 

[kupu]

No more goodies to share, Kupu?

Loves me some goodies...

Not yet, sorry!

I'm currently drawing things up though. Hopefully i'll have something to show in the near future.

 

[mrsinister]

well, we are all aware of your busy schedule lol ,keep up the great work! and display what you want when you can.

 

[kupu]

New's post up with recent announcements! http://star-made.org/news

Some more in-depth samples as promised;

 

[Cybertooth]

These new textures are just beautiful!