FoFiX v3.1xx development thread

[slantyr]

Is anyone else having trouble with score uploading?

When I play a song, I'll get a message saying "Scores uploaded, but no new highscore!" but the songs don't show up in the recently played list or on my player profile over at the charts....

It's not just you. It happens to me and a few others have complained about it before. Are you running on Python 2.6?

This was happening to me on python 2.5 too. I fixed it by using the urllib.py that came with python 2.4. Just stick it in your FoFiX source directory and it should work. In case you need the python 2.4 urllib.py, I uploaded it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?yfotjnnmzk5

worked like a charm, thanks

[fenolftalein]

Added shader support in rev1250.
"Video" -> "Advanced Video Settings" -> Use Shaders"

Small documentation:
Language: GLSL
In-Game variables: F1-F5 (last hit time), time (pos/1000), mult, fade, offset, stretch, Noise (texture).

If you're good in GLSL, you can make your own shader program and put it to Data\Shaders\
Fragment shader name: neck.ps
Vertex shader name: neck.vs

Multitexturing: available
Module gets all shader uniform variables automatically.
How to enable shader: Shader.list.enable("shadername")
How to disable all shaders: Shader.list.disable()


Coming soon:
Comments in Shader module;
Shaders for CD list;
Shaders for stages.

[evilbobthebob]

The shader works very very well, I didn't have a performance hit using it at all (NVidia card, laptop, 4GB RAM, 2GHz Dual core, Vista). There were one or two glitches though. Firstly, the overdrive neck was squashed a great deal (probably to half its intended size) Secondly, the solo overlay went much too bright.

Other than that and the epilepsy inducing colour changes in a fast song...the shader is a success.

[fenolftalein]

Thanks =) I forgot to disable shader for overdrive and solo necks.
If colors are too bright for you, you can change vertex shader code. Anyway, I'll fix it today.

[evilbobthebob]

It's not that the colours are too bright; it's just that in a song where there are a lot of fast notes, the colour flashes too fast. I'm not much of a coder but I'll have a look at the shader code.

[fenolftalein]

Solo and overdrive necks fixed. Shader looks better now.

[evilbobthebob]

Definitely an improvement. The overdrive neck still seems stretched/squashed though. I'd say it's a successful test though

[SmashD]

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 38, in ?
    from GameEngine import GameEngine
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\GameEngine.py", line 37, in ?
    from Video import Video
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\Video.py", line 26, in ?
    import Shader
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\Shader.py", line 12, in ?
    multiTex = (GL_TEXTURE0_ARB,GL_TEXTURE1_ARB,GL_TEXTURE2_ARB,GL_TEXTURE3_ARB)

NameError: name 'GL_TEXTURE0_ARB' is not defined

Shader breaking the game!?

[kristijan_mkd]

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 38, in ?
    from GameEngine import GameEngine
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\GameEngine.py", line 37, in ?
    from Video import Video
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\Video.py", line 26, in ?
    import Shader
  File "G:\FretsOnFire\_SVN SOURCE_\src\Shader.py", line 12, in ?
    multiTex = (GL_TEXTURE0_ARB,GL_TEXTURE1_ARB,GL_TEXTURE2_ARB,GL_TEXTURE3_ARB)

NameError: name 'GL_TEXTURE0_ARB' is not defined

Shader breaking the game!?

Me too.

[evilbobthebob]

Looks like you need a different version of the python OpenGL libraries. But I'm not an expert, so I couldn't say for sure.

[kristijan_mkd]

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C:\FofixFromSource\src>python FretsOnFire.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 38, in ?
    from GameEngine import GameEngine
  File "C:\FofixFromSource\src\GameEngine.py", line 31, in ?
    from OpenGL.GL import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\GL\__init__.py", line 2, in ?
    from OpenGL.raw.GL import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\raw\GL\__init__.py", line 6, in ?
    from OpenGL.raw.GL.constants import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\raw\GL\constants.py", line 6, in ?
    from ctypes import *
ImportError: No module named ctypes
.

Now i get this with PyopenGl 3.0

[jstump91]

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C:\FofixFromSource\src>python FretsOnFire.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 38, in ?
    from GameEngine import GameEngine
  File "C:\FofixFromSource\src\GameEngine.py", line 31, in ?
    from OpenGL.GL import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\GL\__init__.py", line 2, in ?
    from OpenGL.raw.GL import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\raw\GL\__init__.py", line 6, in ?
    from OpenGL.raw.GL.constants import *
  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\OpenGL\raw\GL\constants.py", line 6, in ?
    from ctypes import *
ImportError: No module named ctypes
.

Now i get this with PyopenGl 3.0

Python 2.4 needs ctypes to use pyOpenGL 3. 2.5 and 2.6 include it as part of the standard library. It's probably easy to find.

[MasterPhW]

I wanted to try some own shaders and got this:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 247, in <module>
    main()
  File "FretsOnFire.py", line 112, in main
    engine = GameEngine(config)
  File "L:\GuitarHeroClones\FoFiX\src\GameEngine.py", line 481, in __init__
    self.video.setShaders(os.path.join(Version.dataPath(), "Shaders"))
  File "L:\GuitarHeroClones\FoFiX\src\Video.py", line 123, in setShaders
    Shader.list.setVar("mult",0.1,False,"neck")
  File "L:\GuitarHeroClones\FoFiX\src\Shader.py", line 93, in setVar
    pos = program[var]
KeyError: 'mult'

Any idea?

[fenolftalein]

kristijan_mkd, PyOpenGL 3.00 solves this problem )
UPD: Fixed! Anyway, install PyOpenGL 3.0 to use shaders.

[SmashD]

Thanks for the help. I like the effects! Very nice!

Besides PyOpenGL-3.0.0.win32.exe i also had to install ctypes-1.0.2.win32-py2.4.exe, for the ones that still get an error message