tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post1056126538601649607..comments2023-11-11T00:11:28.141-06:00Comments on BattleTech Engineer: March's RamblingsBad Syntaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05952088688624485275noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-41770059456474435212012-03-18T23:57:47.396-05:002012-03-18T23:57:47.396-05:00Cool, at this moment I'm loading up the 3060 m...Cool, at this moment I'm loading up the 3060 mapped systems on the latest cartographer app. 2765 is by far the most dense map we have and I wanna see how it looks with 10LY hexes. This should be great! I'm also hoping the upcoming Star League-themed books bring new maps to the table.Volthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658487806764318244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-64513091416534137812012-03-18T21:46:51.604-05:002012-03-18T21:46:51.604-05:00Thanks for all the input folks.
Volt, you can eas...Thanks for all the input folks.<br /><br />Volt, you can easily use that tool as cartographer, if you don't use the "game related" features. The DX version I sent you was just to see if DX could handle the rendering of so many sprites. While it does do the 3000 planets ok, it doesn't handle the 110,000 uninhabited systems like the current GDI+ version. I also tried WPF (think of it as the aero interface API in windows 7), but it couldn't handle crap. I didn't test the DX version with hexes, but if I use triangles and do it as a big height map (with no height), I'm pretty sure it should be able to handle it quite easily.<br /><br />Once HBHK comes out, and we can finally get a full map of the inner sphere, I'll dive back into making and finishing an interstellar mapping project.Bad Syntaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952088688624485275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-83815659525903046802012-03-18T21:32:10.678-05:002012-03-18T21:32:10.678-05:00Hey Syntax! Will you still be making a stand-alone...Hey Syntax! Will you still be making a stand-alone cartographer app based on the stellar interface (#4) of the game you're making? the DX-based app you sent me was a leap in the right direction, it just needs to display system names and maybe a dynamic background (oh and the bug with displaying the wrong year needs to be looked at, but it already has the important things, it's easy to use and it displays the systems) and of course the option to print the displayed portion to a white background PDF of course :)Volthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658487806764318244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-67083450303065470972012-03-17T10:45:12.791-05:002012-03-17T10:45:12.791-05:00I would pay 10 plus shipping, my sons are getting ...I would pay 10 plus shipping, my sons are getting into this great old game and their pops is pretty happy :). Email me a shawn350@gmail.comShawn350https://www.blogger.com/profile/00649983761190138526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-66132168638780806462012-03-15T16:04:07.673-05:002012-03-15T16:04:07.673-05:00I look forward to your efforts. And if I can help ...I look forward to your efforts. And if I can help let me know. I am a systems analyst with light programming skills so no help there (unless you want PHP) but I can break crap pretty well! So if you need a QA guy or a beta tester, I am your guy!JHaygoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532739927533532447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469427374826339357.post-87270274816553760752012-03-13T23:30:49.579-05:002012-03-13T23:30:49.579-05:00Hi BattleTech Engineer,
Good luck with your proje...Hi BattleTech Engineer,<br /><br />Good luck with your projects! I look forward to seeing your progress. Better not stop working on them as you get deeper into the world of politics. <br /><br />I'm doing a lot of programming at the moment so I know how tough it can be. Would love to hear more about the programming problems you're working through.<br /><br />I'd love to grab all of those books but I'm a on tight budget. I'm currently reading through the Introductory Rules in an older version of the Boxed Set I found online (paper maps and minis for me), and I'm working on drafting my friends in to play.Binh Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392475471994620631noreply@blogger.com