#1✎ 415MZ952Intermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteReadingI like to read books!HobbiesBecause this thread doesn't seem to exist yet, SB4 is soon to be out (in Japan)! And there's a lot to discuss...
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#2✎ 415MZ952Intermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteReadingI like to read books!HobbiesSB4 supports multitouch?
https://twitter.com/notohoho/status/1129515354181386241?s=09TOUCH [touch ID [, coordinate system conversion flag]] OUT touch time, X, Y [, touch area]
The reference gives this for touch, so I'm confused how multitouch would work. I probably read the tweet wrong...?
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#3✎ 188412Me21Syntax HighlighterReceived for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBSNight PersonI like the quiet night and sleep late.Express YourselfI guess touch ID is which touch point you want to check
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#4✎ 415MZ952Intermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteReadingI like to read books!Hobbies
I guess touch ID is which touch point you want to check
Huh. That opens a new can of questions. If I put one finger down and then another, then I imagine that the first finger registers as TID 0 and the second TID 1. But what if I lift the first finger? Does 1 become 0, or does it remain 1?
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#5✎ 1134snail_Power UserQSP Contest 1 Contest ParticipantI participated in the first SmileBASIC Source QSP Contest!HelperReceived for being very helpful around SmileBASIC SourceAchievementsAmazing ContributorSomeone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community!AchievementsSomething of interest is that the definition of a constant expression has been expanded, but it's a bit unclear.
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It seems like the functions CHR$ DEG RAD RGB are treated as constant expressions as long as their inputs are also constant expressions. So it's likely they are included in constant folding and are extremely efficient to use.
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#6✎ 188412Me21Syntax HighlighterReceived for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBSNight PersonI like the quiet night and sleep late.Express YourselfIt's weird how they only mention that in CONST, (as well as CHR$ in DATA)
Maybe they did some weird hack and constant functions aren't actually optimized...
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It's weird how they only mention that in CONST, (as well as CHR$ in DATA)
Maybe they did some weird hack and constant functions aren't actually optimized...
They mention RGB in ENUM since that's the only constant function that is an int and only ints are allowed in ENUM.
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#8✎ 188412Me21Syntax HighlighterReceived for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBSNight PersonI like the quiet night and sleep late.Express YourselfHSV() is int too. So is INT().
I wonder if they're just listing examples, though
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HSV() is int too. So is INT().
I wonder if they're just listing examples, though
I doubt every function is constant folded so it's probably just the ones included.
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#10✎ 1587randoIntermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteAvatar TabooI didn't change my avatar for 180 daysWebsitewonder if we can have smaller pixels? That would be cool, better graphics.
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#11✎ 256niconiiPower UserVideo GamesI like to play video games!HobbiesExpert ProgrammerProgramming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like!Programming StrengthDrawingI like to draw!HobbiesYep, you can have anywhere from a 128x128 resolution to a 1280x720 resolution. The width and height have to be a multiple of 4 though.
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#12✎ 188412Me21Syntax HighlighterReceived for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBSNight PersonI like the quiet night and sleep late.Express YourselfThere's really no reason why they would precompute some functions but not others
it's not really any harder than precomputing operators, you just need a list of which functions produce a constant output without any side effects.
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#13✎ 377chemicalexDrawingI like to draw!HobbiesIntermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strengthosu! Is Awesome!I love osu!Express YourselfHow does scaling different resolutions work? Does it just scale upwards with hard edges? Can we also expect significant performance variation between different resolutions?
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#14✎ 256niconiiPower UserVideo GamesI like to play video games!HobbiesExpert ProgrammerProgramming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like!Programming StrengthDrawingI like to draw!Hobbies
How does scaling different resolutions work? Does it just scale upwards with hard edges? Can we also expect significant performance variation between different resolutions?
I go into some detail about screen scaling with XSCREEN and other aspects of SmileBASIC 4 in this guide, but basically:
You can choose between bilinear filtering, nearest neighbor, or "smart nearest neighbor" which is apparently somewhere between the two, according to the reference.
Probably the only real difference in performance would be graphics commands, since you'd naturally be drawing over a larger area of the GRP with larger resolutions. As for how big of a difference it actually is, we'll have to wait for the release to find out.
#15✎ 415MZ952Intermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteReadingI like to read books!HobbiesDo we know if SB4 can take in-game screenshots like SB3? I'm curious because Nintendo seems to have low-balled the crap out of the Switch's screenshot game.
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Do we know if SB4 can take in-game screenshots like SB3? I'm curious because Nintendo seems to have low-balled the crap out of the Switch's screenshot game.
The Switch capture button is basically the same thing but substantially better quality.
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#17✎ 256niconiiPower UserVideo GamesI like to play video games!HobbiesExpert ProgrammerProgramming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like!Programming StrengthDrawingI like to draw!HobbiesIt cannot. The reason that was added to SB3 is because Miiverse went down and there was no longer any way to take screenshots. That's not the case on the Switch, which has a dedicated screenshot button.
Either way, the SB3 screenshot function was pretty bad too in terms of JPEG compression, so it's not like we've lost anything.
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#18✎ 415MZ952Intermediate ProgrammerI can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming StrengthThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteReadingI like to read books!HobbiesI don't actually own a Switch yet, so I can't confirm, but I heard and read that the screenshots it produces are low quality and highly compressed. It's hard to capture pixel art type stuff with, well, any compression.
I think it would be a little neat if SB4 had its own in-built function that could maybe snapshot the screen or whole GRPs or something. It would eat memory, which is probably why Nintendo chose to compress their system's screenshots so much, but that can't really be too big a hassle.
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#19✎ 188412Me21Syntax HighlighterReceived for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBSNight PersonI like the quiet night and sleep late.Express YourselfWell, there's always the option of capturing video though the HDMI output
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#20✎ 858IAmRalseiForum LeaderHiddenAchievementsThird YearMy account is over 3 years oldWebsiteExpert ProgrammerProgramming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like!Programming StrengthSmileBOOM just uploaded 4 videos on SB4. Now watch me try to analyze these. I probably missed a lot of stuff.
The first video was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayNsaxF5Kb4 it shows a Pi starter Mk II which seems to run SmileBASIC 4 based on the title of the video.
The second video was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ywNYBBqjN4 It's a simple autorunner but here's the thing, IT DOESN'T USE RETRO GRAPHICS! this means SB4 will have an option to use higher quality graphics!
The third video was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqX0d2TsrM It's a version of solid gunner that plays with the switch turned 90 degrees. It also has 2P co-op and 3D CUBES. The background also seems to use multiple layers.
The fourth and final video was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTwqNyE1c54 It shows a part of the editor. According to the title of the video, it's an encoder.
EDIT:They launched a 5th video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHDIQbS6CRw
It shows the speed test in SB4. Not sure why they released it by itself but okay
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