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WebGL X-Wing

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Re: WebGL X-Wing

#11
post #6

Terrible graphics problems on my i945-Board (using Chrome on Win 7/64bit). I can see the fighter, but almost nothing else.

Lots of random blue pixels all over the screen that you can hardly see past?

Re: WebGL X-Wing

#12
post #6

Terrible graphics problems on my i945-Board (using Chrome on Win 7/64bit). I can see the fighter, but almost nothing else.

Works fine (though somewhat slow, maybe 15 fps) on Intel graphics under linux for me. I gotta say I'm getting to like this new era where even GPU drivers work better in linux.

Re: WebGL X-Wing

#16
Really cool!

The display jiggles a little bit. About twice a second the camera shakes a little—I think maybe the roll of the camera changes?

I'd like the option to invert the up / down keyboard buttons—I kept going up when I meant to go down, and vice versa.

Re: WebGL X-Wing

#17
post #7

Relying on absolute cursor position out to the very edges/corners of the window is a bad idea, it's too easy to go outside and lose control while trying to get to the extreme positions necessary.

It works much better in full screen mode (F11 for Firefox), but even then, you can still end up getting confused by mouse events outside the game window. My lower right corner of the screen causes my machine to sleep, and in full screen, if you move the mouse to the very top, the chrome will windowshade down.

Re: WebGL X-Wing

#18
All these webgl demos cause my late 2008 macbook to grind to an absolute halt in a way that no other program seems to manage. You can almost hear the thing whimpering. Even the stuff like the volume control buttons on the keyboard stopped responding, and they normally take priority over everything else (handled by the kernel perhaps?)

Re: WebGL X-Wing

#19
Because this doesn't capture the mouse it's really hard when you have to go to the top of the screen (menu bar) or bottom (taskbar). Without full screen mouse capture. WebGL will be nothing more than a toy when it comes to any kind of serious game.
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