Panoramas

[vqoley]

i know its easy to good people how to make panoramas. i'm newbie, so i don't know how to make panoramas in the eo 3.0\. anyone know it how to make panoramas at eo 3.0?

[abhi2011]

I don't think there are panoramas.

[Synergy]

Are you sure that panorama is the word you're looking for?

[vqoley]

yes. that panorama..

[xx0m3gaxx]

Could you describe what you mean by "panorama" ? or give an example of what somoene elses?

[cheatking]

Parallax scrolling I think he means,

[vqoley]

it's background nature, like this

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[Zeno]

Programming this could give you some troubles, but here's a skeleton guide:

* Add the variable Background As Byte into the MapRec types both server/client-side. This sets our client variable to map.background; the server, map(index).background.
* Edit the map properties editor to include that Map.Rec variable
* Add Map.Background to the buffer in SendMapData and HandleMapData, in both subs on both server and client. The location of the variable in the buffer in handle/send for a set must run parallel, or your reading and writing won't line up. Use WriteByte where WriteLong is being used, and ReadByte where ReadLong is being used.
* Mimic how, for example, CheckTilesets works, to make sub CheckBackgrounds,
* Then add a call for CheckBackgrounds near the call for the other graphics checks.
* Add TEX_BackGrounds() As DX8TextureRec near the texture declarations in order for CheckBackgrounds to work.
* Add DrawBackground() before tiles are rendered
* Add a sub for DrawBackground that uses the Map.Background variable (or a default when map.background = 0). You can make this parallax by using a much wider background and changing the SX of rendertexture's call to Camera.Left. If RenderTexture has an SX + SWidth that goes beyond the right boundary of your image, nothing will render. The same applies for SY + SHeight for the bottom. You could also use Camera.Top to scroll up and down.

To help you get started:

```
Public Sub DrawBackground(ByVal Index As Long)

' If debug mode, handle error then exit out
If Options.Debug = 1 Then On Error GoTo errorhandler

If Map.Background > 0 Then
RenderTexture Tex_Background(Map.Background), 0, 0, 0, 0, ScreenX, ScreenY, ScreenX, ScreenY
Else
'do nothing to include no background

'or, set a default
'RenderTexture Tex_Background(1), 0, 0, 0, 0, ScreenX, ScreenY, ScreenX, ScreenY
End If

'Parallax would instead above use something like:
'RenderTexture Tex_Background(Map.Background), 0, 0, CameraX, 0, ScreenX, ScreenY, ScreenX, ScreenY

' Error handler
Exit Sub
errorhandler:
HandleError "DrawBlood", "modGraphics", Err.Number, Err.Description, Err.Source, Err.HelpContext
Err.Clear
Exit Sub
End Sub

```