Matt Progress Report: 5/28/01

Goals for the past week

Implement explosions and projectile textures

Accomplishments for the past week

Did both, plus worked on getting the game to run fullscreen

List of schedule-altering events

Fullscreen has proved more difficult than I thought. We basically have to initialize the graphics once when the game first starts up. Then, when we want to run fullscreen, we have to release all of the data relating to graphics. This includes textures, vertex, buffers, devices, etc. This is a huge pain in the neck. Once everything is released, we then essentially initialize the graphics again, with the graphics device getting the fullscreen settings. I am working on this now.

Plans for the coming week

Getting fullscreen to work is my highest priority. After that, I', going to work on billboarding the explosion and projectile textures. Also, we need to work on the onscreen arrow that will point the player in the direction of the flag.

Morale Rating

I am feeling pretty good right now.