SpiderBasic 2.50 beta 2 is ready !

[Fred]

Hello everyone,

2023-05-23: beta 2 is available with some fixes.

The new 2.50 version of SpiderBasic is ready to test and brings some cool new features:

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- Added: Realtime sprite and screen shaders with AddSpriteShader(), SpriteShaderAttribute(), RemoveSpriteShader()
- Added: AddScreenShader(), ScreenShaderAttribute(), RemoveScreenShader()
- Added: FullScreen() to switch between fullscreen mode and non fullscreen (web app only)
- Added: #PB_Shader_Blur, #PB_Shader_Noise, #PB_Shader_Pixelate, #PB_Shader_Bevel, #PB_Shader_BulgePinch
- Added: #PB_Shader_Reflection, #PB_Shader_Adjustment
- Added: WindowOpacity()
- Added: #PB_Window_NoMove flag for OpenWindow() to disable user window moving (with mouse or touch)
- Added: #PB_Compiler_App to detect the created app type: #PB_App_Android, #PB_App_IOS or #PB_App_Web
- Added: --keepappdir on commandline and to 'Create App' window to keep the cordova app directory

- Updated: Cordova to lastest 10 version
- Updated: Android API to 33 (minimum supported Android version is now 5.1)
- Updated: PixiJS to 5.3.12
- Updated: InnoSetup on Windows to be able to install SpiderBasic without admin rights.

- Fixed: Some compiler and librarie bugs

You can check in the example folder the file 'Shaders.sb' to have a quick look how to use them !

The available shaders:

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#PB_Shader_Blur     = 0
#PB_Shader_Noise    = 1
#PB_Shader_Pixelate = 2
#PB_Shader_Bevel    = 4
#PB_Shader_BulgePinch = 5
#PB_Shader_Reflection = 7
#PB_Shader_Adjustment = 8

And their attributes

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#PB_PixelateShader_SizeX
#PB_PixelateShader_SizeY

#PB_NoiseShader_Seed
#PB_NoiseShader_Intensity

#PB_BlurShader_Intensity
#PB_BlurShader_Quality

#PB_BulgePinchShader_Strength
#PB_BulgePinchShader_CenterX
#PB_BulgePinchShader_CenterY
#PB_BulgePinchShader_Radius

#PB_BevelShader_Thickness
#PB_BevelShader_Rotation
#PB_BevelShader_LightColor
#PB_BevelShader_ShadowColor

#PB_ReflectionShader_AlphaStart
#PB_ReflectionShader_AlphaEnd
#PB_ReflectionShader_Boundary
#PB_ReflectionShader_AmplitudeStart
#PB_ReflectionShader_AmplitudeEnd
#PB_ReflectionShader_WaveLengthStart
#PB_ReflectionShader_WaveLengthEnd
#PB_ReflectionShader_Mirror
#PB_ReflectionShader_Time

#PB_AdjustmentShader_Alpha
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Gamma
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Saturation
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Contrast
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Brightness
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Red
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Green
#PB_AdjustmentShader_Blue

All is done in realtime (WebGL shaders) thanks to PixiJS !

Have fun,

The Fantaisie Software Team

[useful]

Watch out! There is no question in the installer about the path to the installation site. The last installation is overwritten.

[Fred]

It does here, do anyone else experience this ?

[Peter]

It does here

same here.

// Edit: When I start the installation a second time, the path is no longer requested.

[Peter]

You can check in the example folder the file 'Shaders.sb' to have a quick look how to use them

I loaded the Shaders.sb, started it and played a bit with the settings. However, I have to admit that I can't see any changes to the graphics -- no matter what setting I change. Is that because I'm an old fart and my eyes aren't that good anymore?

[Paul]

Watch out! There is no question in the installer about the path to the installation site. The last installation is overwritten.

Thanks for the heads up!
Last installation was overwritten without asking for new path or to confirm.

[Joubarbe]

Wow, sprite and screen shaders! Any plan of having this feature in PB as well?

[Peter]

I loaded the Shaders.sb, started it and played a bit with the settings. However, I have to admit that I can't see any changes to the graphics -- no matter what setting I change. Is that because I'm an old fart and my eyes aren't that good anymore?

I have checked this again.

With Chrome and Firefox I see the changes

With Microsoft Edge Chromium, however, it doesn't seem to work.

So my eyes are OK.

[Fred]

Wait PixiJS doesn't work OK on edge ?

edit: I just tried on Edge on Windows 10 and it does work as expected. Do you have any log or something ?

[Fred]

Watch out! There is no question in the installer about the path to the installation site. The last installation is overwritten.

Thanks for the heads up!
Last installation was overwritten without asking for new path or to confirm.

I will take a closer look to new InnoSetup