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Ok so as an example you have a function like this

function fadeObject(colour, time)
{
  this.time = time;
  this.newMask = colour.red;
  this.oldMask = CreateColor(0, 0, 0, 0);
  
  this.flagged = true;
  this.destroy = false;
  this.fadeTime = time;
  this.fadeCount = 1;
  Abort(this.newMask)
  this.fadeColourDifference = {};
  this.fadeColourDifference.red = (this.newMask.red - this.oldMask.red) / this.fadeTime;
  this.fadeColourDifference.blue = (this.newMask.blue - this.oldMask.blue) / this.fadeTime;
  this.fadeColourDifference.green = (this.newMask.green - this.oldMask.green) / this.fadeTime;
  this.fadeColourDifference.alpha = (this.newMask.alpha - this.oldMask.alpha) / this.fadeTime ;
}

The Abort returns "0" just as it should, yet :

this.fadeColourDifference.red = (this.newMask.red - this.oldMask.red) / this.fadeTime;

returns that this.newMask has no properties?

It definatly DOES have properties as if I Abort and check ANY of those properties they are there and the object itself returns as a color object???

Im trying to pass a color between a few functions including as a property in a object created within on of those functions so this is frustrating as I don't wanna use the global scope

(edit - code tags fixed ~neo)

Does the OpenGL plugin for TS fix the off-by-one errors in 2X scaling mode? That's my only issue with it in 1.5, it causes one-pixel gaps to appear between adjacent objects.

I noticed no-one answered this. Im pretty certain Kyuu fixed this at my request. He sent me a new .dll for it. I lost it a while back and someone posted another copy and im pretty certain im using it now on this PC so we can post it up here

It might be this one?

** EDIT ** and why am I a "newbie" lol

** FURTHER ** I was gonna say if you need PCs/Laptops to test on I have a bunch here.

PC on XP - pretty old, still has a parallel port which has been very useful for me
PC on Win 7 - About 4 years old - on AMD graphics
PC on Win 8 - 3 months old on Nvidea
Laptop on XP - Also about 7 years old ATI Radeon I think
Laptop on Win 8 - 2 years old on ATI Radeon

My friend and step dad have various Linux distributions also

I sorta got it now.

For now I am not using drag, my internet search told me that was the best way to decide a max speed but upon further thinking maybe just capping the speed would be easier?

Using my current method I am finding it pretty hard to define how high you can jump, but ill get it soon. Having the a factor for speed that's affected by another factor of gravity means its not a simple as jump(number_pixels)

thought id through in a pic (I have mapped this area but had some layers invisible)

Hey guys,

Firstly, I am so glad we have the forums back (Although unfortunately this site is blocked on my work PC... spheredev.org wasn't ) !

Now I move onto my question.

I decided I wanted to learn how 2d sidescrollers work. Specifically Super Metroid for the SNES.

Now I tried figuring it for myself and movement just seemed odd? So I spent a few hours researching on the net although I found some help it was hard to find anything fit-for-purpose.

Again I got close but odd movement, and it didn't seem adaptable at all.

I really wanna keep the floaty-ness of super Metroid, but also for collision I need a way to be more precise with collision (In Metroid your current sprite frames height is taken into consideration, im guessing at least when you consider the morphball)

Can anyone get me started?