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**youresam** · 03-14-2007, 06:22 PM

This will be the work-in-progress thread for LuaX. For those of you who dont know what LuaX is, it will be the mainframe for LuaOS².

Unlike my other programs, LuaX will be open beta, so you can download builds when they come out. Alpha 002 is ready to be downloaded. Front page bloggers, please note that I dont want any part of this program on the front page until the final release.

You can read more about it and get the future builds here: http://youresam.com/LuaX/
Rough draft documentation is up.

Screenshot of the current progress:

What is expected for the release of LuaOS²:
*Fully featured multitasking lua shell
*Interchangable "Mac dock" and "Windows bar"
*Interchangable alt-tab from the Mac and the "Vista flip3d"
*3D cube to switch enviroments (example)
*Sample apps (for now, planned "paint" and "billion"[aim clone])

So yeah, tell me what you think. My goal is to be better than this.

**Bronx** · 03-14-2007, 06:28 PM

Awesome! It looks like the Mac OS X GUI (the dock, 3D cube). I would love to know how you did the genie effect for the minimizing.

I also like the transparent windows... Drawn with GU using an alpha channel?

**youresam** · 03-14-2007, 06:36 PM

I used the GU while minimizing the windows, which does support alpha. (Its sceGuCopyImage or whatever that doesnt)

**cloudpjff7** · 03-14-2007, 06:36 PM

Very nice work, I hope this looks like a lot of fun. It would also be cool if you could put icons in the dock, that would be cool! Maybe a little settings bar on top...... Anyways very nice. Sorry about my English I'm from America.....

**TacticalPenguin** · 03-14-2007, 06:38 PM

Or created as images with transparency. Anyways, looks good, I'll probably play around with it one day if I get bored.

**youresam** · 03-14-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloudpjff7

Very nice work, I hope this looks like a lot of fun. It would also be cool if you could put icons in the dock, that would be cool! Maybe a little settings bar on top...... Anyways very nice. Sorry about my English I'm from America.....

Yeah, LuaX_statusbar_addObject lets you do that, real simple (Thats what the 3 "hi" icons are)
Or if you mean drag and drop icons from the desktop, I'm thinking of supporting that.

**cloudpjff7** · 03-14-2007, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by youresam

Yeah, LuaX_statusbar_addObject lets you do that, real simple (Thats what the 3 "hi" icons are)
Or if you mean drag and drop icons from the desktop, I'm thinking of supporting that.

Oh I see, good to know, you just made my week(I had my wisdom teeth removed(all four) and it hurt, that is before you said that(ah the stiches!!))

**BlackShark** · 03-14-2007, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TacticalPinguin

Or created as images with transparency.

Quote:

Originally Posted by youresam

Just a screenshot of the current progress: (Its interesting to note that only the BG is loaded as an image)

doesn't look like it,
EDIT: damn it, 3 post at the same time, Bronx beat me

Looks good Youresam, Keep it up.

**hawk2012** · 03-14-2007, 06:46 PM

Awesome. Looks great.

oxyaxe · 03-14-2007, 08:04 PM

good job youresam!

pspfreak9 · 03-14-2007, 08:56 PM

I suggest you use the ttf lib any thing is better than that orignal font you get.

**youresam** · 03-14-2007, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pspfreak9

I suggest you use the ttf lib any thing is better than that orignal font you get.

The TTF lib uses so much CPU its not worth it.

**Joel Van** · 03-14-2007, 11:43 PM

will your multitasking shell feature memory management like Ys - Os shell?

Can't wait for a release!

**MiG** · 03-15-2007, 01:55 AM

implement some sort of XML system for skinning ?

**HaxxBlaster** · 03-15-2007, 03:37 AM

I liked that you did go with transparency in the windows, looks good.

**Glynnder** · 03-15-2007, 03:39 AM

Looks awesome Youresam, hope it all goes well!

By the way, I don't think Ys-OS was ever finished, meaning nothing.

How much RAM does loading a custom font use?

**youresam** · 03-15-2007, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Van

will your multitasking shell feature memory management like Ys - Os shell?

Can't wait for a release!

"Memory Management"?
-= Double Post =-

Quote:

Originally Posted by MiG

implement some sort of XML system for skinning ?

The only image that [should] ever be loaded is the background, so of course you can change that.
-= Double Post =-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glynnder

Looks awesome Youresam, hope it all goes well!

By the way, I don't think Ys-OS was ever finished, meaning nothing.

How much RAM does loading a custom font use?

Not much RAM at all, but (as I said earlier), it takes up too much CPU. Currently LuaX is running at 60FPS, if I was to use TTF, I could be looking at 20-30FPS.

**Glynnder** · 03-15-2007, 10:41 AM

I meant how much cpu.

It causes that much of a slowdown? Wow, that's a lot

**youresam** · 03-15-2007, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glynnder

I meant how much cpu.

It causes that much of a slowdown? Wow, that's a lot

Its an estimate. I remember a while back making a PSP RPG and used TTFs, it was so slow that it froze my computer while USB was plugged in because it couldnt respond fast enough.

**BlackShark** · 03-15-2007, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glynnder

I meant how much cpu.

It causes that much of a slowdown? Wow, that's a lot

it makes every thing just crawl along.

an equivelint to the computer slowing down that much would be to play the Pwad for doom called nuts.wad,

**Glynnder** · 03-15-2007, 11:57 AM

woah, I should remove ttfs from interfaceLua then...
Cheers for that pointer, also, youresam, I put this with all the other lua shells on wikipedia

**youresam** · 03-15-2007, 08:08 PM

Alpha build 001 released.

03-16-2007, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by youresam

Alpha build 001 released.

Very, very nice.

**Anti-QuickJay** · 03-16-2007, 03:50 PM

Sweet!

**Joel Van** · 03-17-2007, 05:46 AM

woah! tried out the alpha!

This is looking great!

reminds me of PLOX, heck if all lua felt and looked this good, there wouldn't be so much LUA VS C++ stuff.

great work!

your gonna hate hearing this, but you should incorperate a flasher :P

**Glynnder** · 03-17-2007, 05:49 AM

Very nice YS!
LuaOS[ss]2[/ss] (i know it's not [ss]but it gives the impression I tried to make it look right!) will be amazing.

**youresam** · 03-17-2007, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Van

reminds me of PLOX, heck if all lua felt and looked this good, there wouldn't be so much LUA VS C++ stuff.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joel Van

your gonna hate hearing this, but you should incorperate a flasher :P

wtf?

**Joel Van** · 03-18-2007, 02:12 AM

haha, i mean it should be one of the apps that can be run by your shell

haha, (its kind've ironic because you absolutely hate LUA flashing,) i just think it'd be convenient.

Don't take it too seriously!

Can't wait for future releases.

**youresam** · 03-27-2007, 05:20 PM

I was working on the mac dock just now, and uploaded another build, if anyone cares. I havent updated the clicking code or finished the dock BG code, but its still functionable

Note that the dock isnt perfect, as in when you move your mouse to an icon, it might be off by a few pixels when it zooms in. But hey, I'm just glad I got it working

**SG57** · 03-27-2007, 05:30 PM

Have a 'My PSP'

Have 4 drives.

ms0:
disc0:
flash0:
flash1:

Have a flag to allow writing to hte flash devices, and to flip this flag on/off, have a control panel type deal allowing you to edit the main functinality of hte shell (kind of like regedit on windows)

03-14-2007, 06:22 PM	#1
youresam total-Z Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 2,803 Trader Feedback: 0	[WIP] LuaX (Alpha released) This will be the work-in-progress thread for LuaX. For those of you who dont know what LuaX is, it will be the mainframe for LuaOS². Unlike my other programs, LuaX will be open beta, so you can download builds when they come out. Alpha 002 is ready to be downloaded. Front page bloggers, please note that I dont want any part of this program on the front page until the final release. You can read more about it and get the future builds here: http://youresam.com/LuaX/ Rough draft documentation is up. Screenshot of the current progress: What is expected for the release of LuaOS²: Fully featured multitasking lua shell Interchangable "Mac dock" and "Windows bar" Interchangable alt-tab from the Mac and the "Vista flip3d" 3D cube to switch enviroments (example) Sample apps (for now, planned "paint" and "billion"[aim clone]) So yeah, tell me what you think. My goal is to be better than this. __________________ 牧来栠摩琠敨映汩獥* PSN: youresam From Earth the Frozen Ipaqs shall rise and be silenced and all will live free. --Mike Hollingsworth Last edited by youresam; 03-27-2007 at 05:23 PM..

03-14-2007, 06:28 PM	#2
Bronx sceKernelExitGame(); Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New York Posts: 3,125 Trader Feedback: 0	Awesome! It looks like the Mac OS X GUI (the dock, 3D cube). I would love to know how you did the genie effect for the minimizing. I also like the transparent windows... Drawn with GU using an alpha channel? __________________ ~Bronx Development~ ~Widget Monkey Games~

03-14-2007, 06:36 PM	#3
youresam total-Z Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 2,803 Trader Feedback: 0	I used the GU while minimizing the windows, which does support alpha. (Its sceGuCopyImage or whatever that doesnt) __________________ 牧来栠摩琠敨映汩獥 PSN: youresam From Earth the Frozen Ipaqs shall rise and be silenced and all will live free. --Mike Hollingsworth

03-14-2007, 06:46 PM	#9
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03-14-2007, 08:56 PM	#11
pspfreak9 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 484 Trader Feedback: 0	I suggest you use the ttf lib any thing is better than that orignal font you get. __________________ Need a GFX Guy for EBOOT ICONS, BACkGROUNDS?? I can help you there. Just see some of my work. PM me for GFX.

03-14-2007, 06:36 PM	#4
cloudpjff7 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Homebrewland, CA Posts: 191 Trader Feedback: 0	Very nice work, I hope this looks like a lot of fun. It would also be cool if you could put icons in the dock, that would be cool! Maybe a little settings bar on top...... Anyways very nice. Sorry about my English I'm from America.....

03-14-2007, 06:38 PM	#5
TacticalPenguin Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,633 Trader Feedback: 0	Or created as images with transparency. Anyways, looks good, I'll probably play around with it one day if I get bored.

03-14-2007, 08:04 PM	#10
oxyaxe Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 46 Trader Feedback: 0	good job youresam!

03-14-2007, 11:43 PM	#13
Joel Van Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 219 Trader Feedback: 0	will your multitasking shell feature memory management like Ys - Os shell? Can't wait for a release!

03-15-2007, 01:55 AM	#14
MiG Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 499 Trader Feedback: 0	implement some sort of XML system for skinning ?

03-15-2007, 03:37 AM	#15
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03-15-2007, 08:08 PM	#22
youresam total-Z Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 2,803 Trader Feedback: 0	Alpha build 001 released. __________________ 牧来栠摩琠敨映汩獥 PSN: youresam From Earth the Frozen Ipaqs shall rise and be silenced and all will live free. --Mike Hollingsworth

03-16-2007, 03:50 PM	#24
Anti-QuickJay lol Join Date: Aug 2006 Real First Name: Robert Location: Whittier, CA Just Played: Madden 10 Posts: 5,791 Trader Feedback: 0	Sweet!

03-17-2007, 05:46 AM	#25
Joel Van Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 219 Trader Feedback: 0	woah! tried out the alpha! This is looking great! reminds me of PLOX, heck if all lua felt and looked this good, there wouldn't be so much LUA VS C++ stuff. great work! your gonna hate hearing this, but you should incorperate a flasher :P

03-18-2007, 02:12 AM	#28
Joel Van Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 219 Trader Feedback: 0	haha, i mean it should be one of the apps that can be run by your shell haha, (its kind've ironic because you absolutely hate LUA flashing,) i just think it'd be convenient. Don't take it too seriously! Can't wait for future releases.

03-27-2007, 05:20 PM	#29
youresam total-Z Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: texas Posts: 2,803 Trader Feedback: 0	I was working on the mac dock just now, and uploaded another build, if anyone cares. I havent updated the clicking code or finished the dock BG code, but its still functionable Note that the dock isnt perfect, as in when you move your mouse to an icon, it might be off by a few pixels when it zooms in. But hey, I'm just glad I got it working __________________ 牧来栠摩琠敨映汩獥 PSN: youresam From Earth the Frozen Ipaqs shall rise and be silenced and all will live free. --Mike Hollingsworth

03-27-2007, 05:30 PM	#30
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