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Post by Bobik on Mar 5, 2016 15:27:38 GMT
Good ideas, but difficult to do. I have been trying to change the frog into the shooter, but it doesn't work correctly - there's a black rectangle behind the shooter, which I have no idea how to get rid of. Furthermore, the shooter's shape doesn't fit very well and it doesn't look very good. About the fonts, I will change them for sure, but maybe in version 1.4 perhaps? It's a lot of work to make the fonts look fine and I don't have much time right now. Version 1.3 is almost finished now, I'm just going to make some last improvements and create an installer for it. The new, final date of version 1.3 release is the 7th of May. I think you're going to like the new stuff Wait! I think that you were wrong. Not 7th of May, I think it would be 7th of March. Anyway, it's just a little error. Yes, I meant March ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) So, coming in two days from now!
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 7, 2016 16:43:59 GMT
Version 1.3 of ZumaLuxor has arrived!
Get it here: www.dropbox.com/s/3hlnuiem44zi4b7/ZumaLuxor%201.3%20Installer.exe?dl=0Here are some of the most notable new features: - all-new designs for levels: Invasion of the Hyksos, Mystical Realm, Scarabic Dawn and Cobraic Twilight! That means - all the levels have been now redesigned! - one extra level, unlockable via completing Stage 10 of Adventure Mode. - most other level graphics have been altered - completely redesigned the main menu and the Gauntlet menu - sphere set revamped to look better when 3D acceleration is disabled - user interface and the status line have been improved - new bonus balls - many more improvements to the graphics and soundeffects A new video showing ZumaLuxor 1.3 gameplay is on its way! The mod is now finished but there will still be updates to it. Please write if you have problems running the installer (I have encountered problems with it on Windows 7 so if it doesn't work correctly for you, you ask me and I'll link you the ZIP version).
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Post by xiljam333 on Mar 8, 2016 9:22:54 GMT
Yay! It's finally here Also, how did you make the transition from "claw" to "loopy" a different one where the background fades? What's also the purpose of the pyramids folder? I'm loving the new awesome level redesigns. My favorites are the Luxor 2 bonus stage and that sky stage from L2 too. My question though is, when making the designs of the paths, do you make them from scratch, or do you cut the paths from the original backgrounds and rearrange them?
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 8, 2016 16:14:58 GMT
Yay! It's finally here Also, how did you make the transition from "claw" to "loopy" a different one where the background fades? What's also the purpose of the pyramids folder? I'm loving the new awesome level redesigns. My favorites are the Luxor 2 bonus stage and that sky stage from L2 too. My question though is, when making the designs of the paths, do you make them from scratch, or do you cut the paths from the original backgrounds and rearrange them? About the background fading, I experimented with the "BackgroundAlpha" images. On some levels in the xml file, you can see such extra line(s): which affects the earthquake effect after transitioning to another level. You can make your own images for that purpose. "vx" and "vy" tell which way the broken pieces of the board will go. I used this to create fading while transitioning to other levels. Strangely, I applied this only to "Space" level but it seems to appear randomly on other levels too. Oh well, I dunno why ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) About the "pyramids" folder, if you replace files from the "images" folder with the ones from "pyramids" folder, you'll get fully working pyramids within the game (you can see it best on levels where the pyramid isn't already made the conventional way, so you should see a level like "Path of the Golden Goddess" or "Space" to see how it works). I was planning to replace the existing pyramids in levels with the new ones but it proved to be too much boring job, so I abandoned the idea. However, I gave the option to players to check it out. And about my level designing, I usually copy parts of levels and arrange them to create new levels. There's very few graphics in the mod that I have actually drawn all by myself (I have no talent for that ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) ). For example, when making the new "Scarabic Dawn" design, I basically copied the whole level image from Luxor 2 to Zuma Deluxe, removed the existing path and drew a new path over it with a pencil tool. In levels like "Invasion of the Hyksos" I basically arranged pieces of the level to recreate the path. The third way for me to redesign a level is to work with the original graphic, as you can see in levels like "Cobraic Twilight", "Hathor's Loving Embrace" or "Ankhs for the Memories". And, finally, thanks for the kind words! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Birdman161
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Post by Birdman161 on Mar 10, 2016 3:39:56 GMT
Can you Make Level Paths for me?
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cuteio14
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Post by cuteio14 on Mar 10, 2016 9:40:11 GMT
Can you Make Level Paths for me? Is that possible?
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 12, 2016 10:40:11 GMT
Can you Make Level Paths for me? Do you mean curves or level graphics? If you meant curves, we don't know how to edit them.
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Birdman161
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Post by Birdman161 on Mar 14, 2016 7:51:51 GMT
Can you Make Level Paths for me? Do you mean curves or level graphics? If you meant curves, we don't know how to edit them. What Program Used to Edit?
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Post by xiljam333 on Mar 14, 2016 9:22:50 GMT
Do you mean curves or level graphics? If you meant curves, we don't know how to edit them. What Program Used to Edit? Well one of the members here sent a message to PopCap asking what program but they just snubbed it (or just didn't see it)... Nobody knows except them
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 14, 2016 12:30:25 GMT
What Program Used to Edit? Well one of the members here sent a message to PopCap asking what program but they just snubbed it (or just didn't see it)... Nobody knows except them I had sent a message too, but I haven't got a response (yet).
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 15, 2016 18:13:55 GMT
So I recorded a video of ZumaLuxor longplay. It's over one hour of footage, that's going to take a while to upload to Youtube ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) (I'll link the video here when it's uploaded ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) )
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cuteio14
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Post by cuteio14 on Mar 19, 2016 16:30:47 GMT
So I recorded a video of ZumaLuxor longplay. It's over one hour of footage, that's going to take a while to upload to Youtube (I'll link the video here when it's uploaded ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) ) That's be about 2 days.
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 19, 2016 16:36:22 GMT
So I recorded a video of ZumaLuxor longplay. It's over one hour of footage, that's going to take a while to upload to Youtube (I'll link the video here when it's uploaded ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) ) That's be about 2 days. Yeah, YT told me it's about 500 minutes (which is around eight hours). I guess I'd just leave my computer on when I'm at school ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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cuteio14
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Post by cuteio14 on Mar 19, 2016 16:40:15 GMT
Yeah, YT told me it's about 500 minutes (which is around eight hours). I guess I'd just leave my computer on when I'm at school I don't need to go to school on March 21-25, 2016. I'm having a quick break.
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Bobik
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Post by Bobik on Mar 19, 2016 16:42:23 GMT
Yeah, YT told me it's about 500 minutes (which is around eight hours). I guess I'd just leave my computer on when I'm at school I don't need to go to school on March 21-25, 2016. I'm having a quick break. Yeah, me too
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