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[Creator]

Why would you need to change the palette when you've got 256^3 colors.

[SquidDev]

oeed, on 07 October 2015 - 03:16 PM, said:

Here's to hoping that it's not just changing colour value of the 16 colours though (as in making the white more grey, rather than being able to display more than just 16 colours).

Hadn't thought of that. Dan did mention he might so maybe? I can see Dan is reading this so please? Pretty please.

[LeDark Lua]

OMG, what I dont get is it a OperatingSystem, or more like a kernel that we can build a OS on top or more like DOS. Anyways if this project is a program its still great ( I should include: awesome, mind-blowingly AWESOME ).

[oeed]

LeDark Lua, on 07 October 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

OMG, what I dont get is it a OperatingSystem, or more like a kernel that we can build a OS on top or more like DOS. Anyways if this project is a program its still great ( I should include: awesome, mind-blowingly AWESOME ).

Whaa..?

It's not a program for CC, it's kinda like a brand new CC.

[FUNCTION MAN!]

I think he mean an actual OS.

[LeDark Lua]

Yeah I should said: Not Talking About Regular CC. Sorry

Edited by LeDark Lua, 07 October 2015 - 07:33 PM.

[Wojbie]

oeed, on 07 October 2015 - 04:03 PM, said:

It's not a program for CC, it's kinda like a brand new CC.

I just had silly idea. CC framework that people could use to place CC into any mod for any game? CC in Garry'sMod, CC in Fallout 4.
Not very likely but as unlikely as CCv2.

[CraftedCart]

oeed, on 07 October 2015 - 03:16 PM, said:

SquidDev, on 07 October 2015 - 03:08 PM, said:

oeed, on 07 October 2015 - 01:39 AM, said:

What I'm hoping for though is a (at least slightly) large colour palette. If this isn't in Minecraft it doesn't make sense to just use the Minecraft colours. Ben and I are looking and more realistic drop shadows (similar to Google's Material design) and that just ain't happening on a 16 colour system.

Do not fear! RGB here we come!

Oh mm....y g.....g...ggg

ff...f..fff...ffff......

IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!

Anyway, as it seems a little too coincidental for Dan not to be reading this, thanks Dan!

Here's to hoping that it's not just changing colour value of the 16 colours though (as in making the white more grey, rather than being able to display more than just 16 colours).

Nope. We're still restricted to 16 colours


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[Creator]

Hope he is joking.

[FUNCTION MAN!]

But it is enough to anybody, why would you need more than 16 colors?

[CraftedCart]

DemHydraz, on 07 October 2015 - 07:56 PM, said:

But it is enough to anybody, why would you need more than 16 colors?

For gradients and transparency effects

Edited by CraftedCart, 07 October 2015 - 08:02 PM.

[Creator]

CraftedCart, on 07 October 2015 - 07:58 PM, said:

DemHydraz, on 07 October 2015 - 07:56 PM, said:

But it is enough to anybody, why would you need more than 16 colors?

For gradients and transparency effects

Exactly!

[FUNCTION MAN!]

CraftedCart, on 07 October 2015 - 07:58 PM, said:

DemHydraz, on 07 October 2015 - 07:56 PM, said:

But it is enough to anybody, why would you need more than 16 colors?

For gradients and transparency effects

What's a transparency? I use terminals

[dan200]

Uncharacteristically chiming in to say: There's a whole era of computers which did amazing things with 16 colour displays. Look up DOS EGA games some time, or the Spectrum, or the Commodore, or the Apple 2, or the BBC Micro, etc... and they didn't have reprogrammable palettes. CC has always been inspired by this era of retrocomputing.

[FUNCTION MAN!]

Yet, Lua.

[dan200]

Which was chosen primarilly for it's simplicity and ease of use, much like BASIC on most of those systems.

[HPWebcamAble]

wojbie, on 07 October 2015 - 07:47 PM, said:

...Not very likely but as unlikely as CCv2.

Plot twist: The secret project is CC2


Yes, its really unlikely, since those gifs seem to show something too advanced for minecraft, but hey, maybe dan'll surprise us

[oeed]

dan200, on 07 October 2015 - 10:20 PM, said:

Uncharacteristically chiming in to say: There's a whole era of computers which did amazing things with 16 colour displays. Look up DOS EGA games some time, or the Spectrum, or the Commodore, or the Apple 2, or the BBC Micro, etc... and they didn't have reprogrammable palettes. CC has always been inspired by this era of retrocomputing.

Oh yeah, I agree, but now that we're moving forward to smaller pixels, it's kinda like jumping forward a decade to a time with a few more colours

Anyway, I can't say I entirely agree with your choice, but hey, it's your project and it might still be the best choice for simplicity, which is certainly an important aspect.

[dan200]

oeed, on 08 October 2015 - 01:03 AM, said:

dan200, on 07 October 2015 - 10:20 PM, said:

Uncharacteristically chiming in to say: There's a whole era of computers which did amazing things with 16 colour displays. Look up DOS EGA games some time, or the Spectrum, or the Commodore, or the Apple 2, or the BBC Micro, etc... and they didn't have reprogrammable palettes. CC has always been inspired by this era of retrocomputing.

Oh yeah, I agree, but now that we're moving forward to smaller pixels, it's kinda like jumping forward a decade to a time with a few more colours

Anyway, I can't say I entirely agree with your choice, but hey, it's your project and it might still be the best choice for simplicity, which is certainly an important aspect.

The current display specs exactly match a common display standard circa about 1990 (not saying there won't be different tiers of displays eventually though). The era i'm emulating has some truly beautiful pixel art games, and I'd like to encourage people to reproduce some of that before jumping straight to gradients, blending etc. Limitations often breed creativity.

[dan200]

Anyway, back to being mysterious...