Prefetching Cutscene Layers — Handmade Hero — Episode Guide

1:24Recap, run the game and point out an objectionable artifact

3:14Debugger: Step into RenderCutScene and note the unset State of the Asset

6:12handmade.cpp: Play the cutscene back at an artificially fast rate

6:49handmade_cutscene.cpp: Introduce RenderCutsceneAtTime

9:25handmade_cutscene.cpp: Do an additional RenderCutsceneAtTime in RenderCutscene, passing 0 as the RenderGroup in order to do a PrefetchBitmap

11:49Run the cutscene and see how it works

12:24cmuratori Do you guys know why there's [a glitch] on the beginning one?

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12:24cmuratori Do you guys know why there's [a glitch] on the beginning one?

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12:24cmuratori Do you guys know why there's [a glitch] on the beginning one?

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13:23handmade_cutscene.cpp: Create an initial black Shot lasting 20 (artificially accelerated) seconds

14:20"n{un,one}?"^α

15:28Run the cutscene and see the delay

16:17handmade.cpp: Play the cutscene back at the natural rate

17:20win32_handmade.cpp: ToggleFullscreen on and watch the result

18:24handmade_cutscene.cpp: #define CUTSCENE_WARMUP_SECONDS

18:55win32_handmade.cpp: Issue a Clear if the LayerCount == 0

20:11win32_handmade.cpp: Figure out why the flicker is happening

21:25Internet: VirtualAlloc¹

23:12Debugger: Step into Win32ResizeDIBSection and inspect Buffer->Memory

23:50Internet: GetStockObject function²

25:57win32_handmade.cpp: Draw the window background with GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH)

26:12Run the cut scene and see that the startup experience is pretty nice

26:43win32_handmade.cpp: Create the window without it being visible

27:39Consider possible directions

30:08handmade.cpp: Toggle back to the game and illustrate the concept of the game getting started

32:21handmade.h: Provide the ability to switch between the cutscene and the game

33:29Run the game, join it and note the need to prefetch the game assets

34:34handmade.cpp: Introduce DeleteLowEntity to be called upon pressing Esc

38:08Run the game and try killing the hero

38:46handmade.cpp and handmade_platform.h: Provide the ability to exit the game

42:18Run the game and try exiting it

42:35handmade.cpp: Check to see if the Esc key WasPressed

43:44Run the game and test the exiting

43:59handmade_cutscene.h: Introduce struct playing_cutscene to formalise what the cutscene is doing

45:42handmade_cutscene.cpp: Introduce MakeIntroCutscene

47:17handmade_cutscene.cpp: Pass in the CutScene to RenderCutscene

49:21handmade.h: Initialise CurrentCutscene

50:56handmade_cutscene.cpp: Note that the cutscene will no longer be hot reloadable

51:59handmade_cutscene.cpp: AdvanceCutscene to allow multiple cutscenes

52:29Run the game, test our new functionality and consider making the cutscenes reset

54:40Q&A

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54:40Q&A

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54:40Q&A

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55:17insofaras Would adding a BlockUntilLoaded style function be a good idea to make sure even slower computers have all layers loaded before the scene starts?

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55:17insofaras Would adding a BlockUntilLoaded style function be a good idea to make sure even slower computers have all layers loaded before the scene starts?

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55:17insofaras Would adding a BlockUntilLoaded style function be a good idea to make sure even slower computers have all layers loaded before the scene starts?

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55:54handmade_cutscene.cpp: Turn off the prefetches

57:07handmade.cpp: Check for AllResourcesPresent before doing TiledRenderGroupToOutput

58:48cubercaleb Isn't there a way to clear the back buffer using SIMD?

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58:48cubercaleb Isn't there a way to clear the back buffer using SIMD?

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58:48cubercaleb Isn't there a way to clear the back buffer using SIMD?

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59:21ijustwantfood Will there be any animated cutscenes or just zooming shots?

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59:21ijustwantfood Will there be any animated cutscenes or just zooming shots?

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59:21ijustwantfood Will there be any animated cutscenes or just zooming shots?

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59:39Fyoucon Can you do a cloc?

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59:39Fyoucon Can you do a cloc?

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59:39Fyoucon Can you do a cloc?

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1:00:05Miblo Would it be possible to fade from the desktop to the game's initial black screen? Failing that, I think it'd be cool if we fade into the cut scene from the black, and then back to black when we quit the game

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1:00:05Miblo Would it be possible to fade from the desktop to the game's initial black screen? Failing that, I think it'd be cool if we fade into the cut scene from the black, and then back to black when we quit the game

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1:00:05Miblo Would it be possible to fade from the desktop to the game's initial black screen? Failing that, I think it'd be cool if we fade into the cut scene from the black, and then back to black when we quit the game

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1:01:42win32_handmade.cpp: Introduce FadeOut

1:04:30Internet: UpdateLayeredWindow³

1:16:55Shut it down

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1:16:55Shut it down

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1:16:55Shut it down

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