Attention< new software issue

[soforene]

I am a friend to all men.
And even some laydeez too.

Unless they get on me tits.

The trouble with Tinkerbell was ....... but that's for the political thread so I'll graciously fade into the background and leave this thread to those of a more technical bent.

[keeperx]

the ascii equivalent of the ilda file format has been on the back burner since the inception of laserboy..

Steve and james have been talking about it for a while. The format is quite awesome and simple...

here is an example of a simple circle in this format.

frame 2D rgb short
   32674        0     -1     -1     -1
   32495     3415    255    255    255
   31959     6793    255    255    255
   31077    10097    255    255    255
   29851    13290    255    255    255
   28297    16338    255    255    255
   26435    19205    255    255    255
   24281    21862    255    255    255
   21862    24281    255    255    255
   19205    26435    255    255    255
   16337    28297    255    255    255
   13290    29851    255    255    255
   10097    31077    255    255    255
    6793    31959    255    255    255
    3415    32495    255    255    255
       0    32674    255    255    255
   -3415    32495    255    255    255
   -6793    31959    255    255    255
  -10097    31077    255    255    255
  -13290    29851    255    255    255
  -16338    28297    255    255    255
  -19205    26435    255    255    255
  -21862    24281    255    255    255
  -24281    21862    255    255    255
  -26435    19205    255    255    255
  -28297    16338    255    255    255
  -29851    13290    255    255    255
  -31077    10097    255    255    255
  -31959     6793    255    255    255
  -32495     3415    255    255    255
  -32674        0    255    255    255
  -32495    -3415    255    255    255
  -31959    -6793    255    255    255
  -31077   -10097    255    255    255
  -29851   -13290    255    255    255
  -28297   -16338    255    255    255
  -26435   -19205    255    255    255
  -24281   -21862    255    255    255
  -21862   -24281    255    255    255
  -19205   -26435    255    255    255
  -16337   -28297    255    255    255
  -13290   -29851    255    255    255
  -10097   -31077    255    255    255
   -6793   -31959    255    255    255
   -3415   -32495    255    255    255
       0   -32674    255    255    255
    3415   -32495    255    255    255
    6793   -31959    255    255    255
   10097   -31077    255    255    255
   13290   -29851    255    255    255
   16338   -28297    255    255    255
   19205   -26435    255    255    255
   21862   -24281    255    255    255
   24281   -21862    255    255    255
   26435   -19205    255    255    255
   28297   -16337    255    255    255
   29851   -13290    255    255    255
   31077   -10097    255    255    255
   31959    -6793    255    255    255
   32495    -3415    255    255    255
   32673        0    255    255    255

one of the first things any programmer learns is how to read and write text so any programmer could use this format to output laser art and read it back in. Its so friken simple and intuitive that anyone can use it


here is a link to the thread where it is described in detail
http://akrobiz.com/laserboy/forum/in.../msg,2193.html

[shrad]

I just can't stop thinking of a game like duke nukem 3D or DOOM being outputted via some kind of wrapper and be outputted by a laser projector

once there will be such a software feature, I'll sure get some bucks involved

this features comes a bit closer... it could be possible to do a game video, extract frames, convert them in some kind of ASCII dot table, then batch load them

a game such as metal slug or street fighter, with the kitsch music, could be awesome laser-projected

[keeperx]

now your thinking..
i remember terminal doom that was output with a wrapper to run on a green dumb terminal screen