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Displaying fully sized "bigatoms" in grids

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:22:06 +0000

So I am stumped right now.

This is a screenshot of a project I am currently working on. It's pretty clear in the screenshot that in the weapon grids (the ones labelled weapon 1, weapon 2, and weapon 3), the atoms were intended to show up big enough to fill up the whole grid.

In my case, world.icon_size = 48x24, and the icons for these atoms I would like to send to the grid are 160x64. The grids themselves are slightly larger than 160x64.

I know how to use CSS to get an icon sent to a grid to display at full size, but how do I go about getting an atom to display at full size?

Sending an icon to the grid is an alternative I would like to avoid because I need the mouse interactions (clicking and dragging) with the atom that is displayed in the grid. I know I can still do it with just sending an icon by overriding MouseDrag() and parsing the src_control and over_control, but given the wide variety of objects that will be manipulated in this manner, the icon & parsing approach will likely become very messy and poor alternative to sending the atoms to the grid.

Last Blag Post

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:20:51 +0000

I think it's a shame that we will be losing our blogs.

While the site is down, I will be hosting my current project: Faction Wars 2!

You can access the game here: byond://71.202.28.100:1337

Enjoy :)

Releasing my GIAD2011 Source Code

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:43:12 +0000

Since my GIAD2011 didn't really generate the following I was hoping it would, I've decided to release the source code. Not much use in keeping it to myself.

There's some pretty useful stuff in there that can be applied to other projects, I suppose. I will be including the game's resources as well.

The code isn't really documented but is mostly legible.

NOTE: This isn't the version of the source code that I submitted at the GIAD 2011 deadline. Since the GIAD2011 deadline, I have added new content, rebalanced much of the gameplay, and rolled out numerous bug fixes.

2011-10/D4RK354B3R-0001/GIAD 2011.rar
Knock yourselves out.

dat score reset

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:48:49 +0000

WHY DID IT GET RESET AGAIN?? >:(

PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WITH A 200 CONSESCUTIVE WAVE SCORE ISN'T ON THE SCOREBOARD ANYMORE.

RIGHT NOW, I HAVE ONLY 5 CONSECUTIVE WAVES ON THE SCOREBOARD, WITH MY 200 RUN OFF THE CHARTS.

I thought that shit was supposed to be fixed :(

Updates to my GIAD2011!

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:08:28 +0000

Hey guys, I've updated my GIAD 2011 game with a lot of bug fixes, added items, and improved balance.

Come check it out if you haven't already!

I'm currently hosting it at: byond://71.202.28.100:4000

The game is multiplayer only, so bring a friend if you can

GIAD submitted!

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:08:30 +0000

Whew. This year's contest was pretty challenging.

Thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.

In case you're interested, here are the executables to my GIAD 2011 entry: http://files.byondhome.com/D4RK354B3R/GIAD%202011.zip

It's a multiplayer game, so feel free to host and play with your buddies! Unfortunately, this also means that there is no real singleplayer gameplay.

Streaming GIAD!

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:34:21 +0000

Hey guys, I will be streaming the GIAD!

Feel free to watch at

http://www.livestream.com/d4rk354b3r?t=838159

Sprite animation wip

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:42:53 +0000

It's been a while since I've posted something here.

This is a sprite I've been working on.

Critiques welcome.

I'll post updates to this thread as they come.

My GSD

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:40:28 +0000

Like I had predicted, the game isn't quite ready enough for regular hosting/release, so I suppose my entry doesn't qualify for the GSD.

But regardless, here's a little something.

Oh Hiddeknight...

Sun, 29 May 2011 12:34:07 +0000

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