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Misa 192b2f2dba Don't re-draw credits scroll background every frame
While I was working on my over-30-FPS patch, I found out that the tower
background in the credits scroll was being completely re-drawn every
single frame, which was a bit wasteful and expensive. It's also harder
to interpolate for my over-30-FPS patch. I'm guessing this constant
re-draw was done because the math to get the surface scroll properly
working is a bit subtle, but I've figured the precise math out!

The first changes of this patch is just removing the unconditional
`map.tdrawback = true;`, and having to set `map.scrolldir` everywhere to
get the credits scrolling in the right direction but make sure the title
screen doesn't start scrolling like a descending tower, too.

After that, the first problem is that it looks like the ACTION press to
speed up the credits scrolling doesn't speed up the background, too. No
problem, just shove a `!game.press_action` check in
`gamecompletelogic()`.

However, this introduces a mini-problem, which is that NOW when you hold
down ACTION, the background appears to be slowly getting out of sync
with the credits text by a one-pixel-per-second difference. This is
actually due to the fact that, as a result of me adding the conditional,
`map.bscroll` is no longer always unconditionally getting set to 1,
while `game.creditposition` IS always unconditionally getting
decremented by 1. And when you hold down ACTION, `game.creditposition`
gets decremented by 6.

Thus, I need to set `map.bscroll` when holding down ACTION to be 7,
which is 6 plus 1.

Then we have another problem, which is that the incoming textures desync
when you press ACTION, and when you release ACTION. They desync by
precisely 6 pixels, which should be a familiar number. I (eventually)
tracked this down to `map.bypos` being updated at the same time
`map.bscroll` is, even though `map.bypos` should be updated a frame
later AFTER updating `map.bscroll`.

So I had to change the `map.bypos` update in `gamecompleteinput()` and
`gamecompletelogic()` to be `map.bypos += map.bscroll;` and then place
it before any `map.bscroll` update, thus ensuring that `map.bscroll`
updates exactly one frame before `map.ypos` does. I had to move the
`map.bypos += map.bscroll;` to be in `gamecompleteinput()`, because
`gamecompleteinput()` comes first before `gamecompletelogic()` in the
`main.cpp` game loop, otherwise the `map.bypos` update won't be delayed
by one frame for when you press ACTION to make it go faster, and thus
cause a desync when you press ACTION.

Oh and then after that, I had to make the descending tower background
draw a THIRD row of incoming tiles, otherwise you could see some black
flickering at the bottom of the screen when you held down ACTION.

All of this took me way too long to figure out, but now the credits
scroll works perfectly while being more optimized.
2020-04-30 05:04:13 -04:00
.github Mention the in-game credits for the Legal Stuff 2020-04-24 12:52:11 -04:00
desktop_version Don't re-draw credits scroll background every frame 2020-04-30 05:04:13 -04:00
mobile_version Fix typo "Your have unlocked" to "You have unlocked" 2020-04-04 00:20:45 -04:00
third_party Update dependencies 2020-03-12 19:31:14 -04:00
tools Adding original mapping tools for the sake of completeness 2020-01-12 19:49:24 +01:00
.gitattributes fix actionscript misclassified as angelscript 2020-01-12 15:18:45 -05:00
License exceptions.md Added Haiku links 2020-02-05 15:59:51 +01:00
LICENSE.md Updated link to Make and Play edition 2020-01-13 19:37:50 +01:00
README.md Update README.md 2020-01-10 17:45:29 +01:00

This is the source code to VVVVVV, version 2.0+. For more context about this release, see the announcement on Terry's blog!

License

VVVVVV's source code is made available under a custom license. See LICENSE.md for more details.

In general, if you're interested in creating something that falls outside the license terms, get in touch with Terry and we'll talk about it!

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There are two versions of the VVVVVV source code available - the desktop version (based on the C++ port, and currently live on Steam), and the mobile version (based on a fork of the original flash source code, and currently live on iOS and Android).