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SCI Programming => SCI Community How To's & Tutorials => Topic started by: gumby on November 27, 2016, 10:58:59 AM

Title: SCI0 - Graph fill box and Dithering
Post by: gumby on November 27, 2016, 10:58:59 AM

The Graph() kernel method doesn't support using a dithered color.  So to overcome this I wrote this procedure:

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(procedure (GraphDither y1 x1 y2 x2 clColor1 clColor2)
   (var xI, xII, yI, yII, yOdd)
   
          Graph(grFILL_BOX y1 x1 y2 x2 VISUAL clColor1)
     
          = yOdd 0
  (if (<> (% (- y2 y1) 2) 0)
    = yOdd 1
  )
 
  = xI x1
  = yI (- y2 2)
  = xII (- (+ x1 2) 1)
  = yII (- y2 1)
 
          (if (yOdd)
     = yI (- y2 1)
     = xII x1  
  )

  (while (1)
             (if ((>= xII x2))
                = xII (- x2 1)
                = yII (- yII 1)
      )
     
      Graph(grDRAW_LINE yI xI yII xII clColor2)
     
      (if (<= (+ xII 2) x2)
    = xII (+ xII 2)
      )(else
  = yII (- yII 2)
      )
 
      (if (>= (- yI 2) y1)
    = yI (- yI 2)
      )(else
      = xI (+ xI 2)        
      )

      (if (>= xI x2)
   break
      )
  )
)

The procedure starts by drawing a box with the first specified color, then draws parallel lines (slope = 1) which colors every other pixel in the box with the 2nd dither color.

Title: Re: SCI0 - Graph fill box and Dithering
Post by: troflip on November 27, 2016, 11:37:16 AM

Clever  :) .

It's too bad Graph doesn't support dithering natively (your technique won't get undithered in ScummVM, for instance).

Here it is in Sierra syntax, which is what we should be posting snippets in (it's trivial to convert automatically in Companion):

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(procedure (GraphDither y1 x1 y2 x2 clColor1 clColor2 &tmp xI xII yI yII yOdd)
(Graph grFILL_BOX y1 x1 y2 x2 VISUAL clColor1)
(= yOdd 0)
(if (!= (mod (- y2 y1) 2) 0) (= yOdd 1))
(= xI x1)
(= yI (- y2 2))
(= xII (- (+ x1 2) 1))
(= yII (- y2 1))
(if yOdd (= yI (- y2 1)) (= xII x1))
(repeat
(if (>= xII x2) (= xII (- x2 1)) (= yII (- yII 1)))
(Graph grDRAW_LINE yI xI yII xII clColor2)
(if (<= (+ xII 2) x2)
(= xII (+ xII 2))
else
(= yII (- yII 2))
)
(if (>= (- yI 2) y1)
(= yI (- yI 2))
else
(= xI (+ xI 2))
)
(breakif (>= xI x2))
)
)


Title: Re: SCI0 - Graph fill box and Dithering
Post by: gumby on November 27, 2016, 04:01:38 PM

Yeah, you should have seen my first cut at dithering.  Tried to color in every other pixel instead of using lines.  Horrifically slow :P