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Huge delay in a client/server

I'm working on my java game with Libgdx and i'm having some trouble with the online part. I can create a server, make multiple client connect on it but there is a huge delay between the player input ...
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How do I ensure my skybox is always in the background, with OpenGL?

I created a skybox in OpenGL (through LWJGL), but the only way I found to render it behind all objects was to make it very big. This leads to ugly edges between the 6 skybox planes. Optimally, I ...
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Weird inheritance hierarchy?

In my RPG, all Food objects should be possible weapons. For instance, I want the player to be able to to try kill bunnies with a cherry or a watermelon. The problem is that the easiest way to do this ...
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How to create Whirlpool/Vortex effect?

Im trying to make a Vortex effect on a Circle Body that is a Sensor. I've been looking for this and all examples i look for are in C++ or Objective C and i dont seem to translate them well. when my ...
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How could I host my multiplayer servers?

I have a question. How could I host my multi player game? To be more descriptive, I am developing a 2D online game. I want there to be a server list, where the player can see all of the currently ...
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How to take a screenshot with java from directX

I'm looking for a way to take a screenshot with a Java application of any running directX game. I use the following code Robot robot = new Robot(); GraphicsConfiguration config = ...
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Save a mouse coorinates after a specific number of seconds

I have a specific method that saves my mouse x and y coordinates. I want that mouse coordinates be saved by specific time (for example after 1000ms). How I need to do that in Java? Please add a simple ...
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Large 2D Arrays Causing Garbage Collection

I've been working on a game in Java that, for this post's sake, looks like Terraria and has random world generation. I've been using Vectors to contain my tile/block objects, but recently due to the ...
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How to resize my 2d game to fit the screen?

I am currently making a 2D game using Java (Java 2D). I want to make my game resizable. If you play any game on an emulator (e.g. legend of Zelda in fceux emulator) in full screen mode, you'll see ...
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Predicate methods and not logically related fields

After getting something up and running, I want to do some refactoring (to improve extensibility). From this, two problems about composition and design arose: If Creature have a public getHealth and ...
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Inventory implementation in Java RPG

In my game (simple RPG with Java) there will be an abstract class Creature. Critter, Beast, Vampire... will inherit from Creature. But not ALL classes that inherit from Creature will have an ...
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What's wrong with my step-toward-target implementation?

I want to move a game object from its current position toward the mouse position. I wrote this Vector2D class to help me: public class Vector2D { private double xVect; private ...
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How would I start my multiplayer game? (JAVA) [on hold]

I'm Bryce. I'm trying to create an online game. To give you an idea on what scale I am imagining this game to be at, I'm basically recreating Notch's cancelled game, 0x10c. I'm here to ask: where ...
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Collision detection bug in java applet

In my maze game applet I'm having a little bug. Collision detection works but sometimes my character can go into walls. More precisely it detects collision and moves the character into the wall. It ...
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TextureAtlas issue get texture

I have a texture atlas and I want to get a specific texture in it by name, but I get all textureAtlas with all texture. Why? This is the code: this.textureLeft= ...
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Please recommend any API to write bot on WIndows [closed]

What API exist to write bots for internet games like Diablo III on windows box. Where all data exist on remote server. Ideally if api is written in java. But C# is also OK.
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Edit spawn location according to vector direction

I'm trying to make a turret in Bukkit (Java). This will shoot an arrow to the players that are in the shooting radius. But now I've a little problem, the arrow gets stuck inside the block where its ...
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How to handle network game [on hold]

I'm currently building my own game using LIBGdx in JAVA but i'm facing some trouble. My game is base like this : A player have a position and some other parameters that are float, int types. He also ...
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getting sprite coordinates of mouse position java slick2D tiled map [closed]

How to get sprite coords of mouse position? Game engine Slick2d. Tiled map 16x16. Camera public class Camera { public int x, y; Object object; public Camera(int x, int y) { this.x = x; ...
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Tiledmap rendering [on hold]

I want to hide and make visible the tile map based on a condition, the tiledmap top is visible then I want to hide and then make it visible again I've implemented in the following way: //map object ...
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Is there any way to load pieces of a tile-map as and when needed, and not the entire map at once?

I created a tile-based rpg game in java, but it runs really really slow, the reason is the big tile-map that is stored in the buffer. Is there any way to programmatically load pieces of the map when ...
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libGDX How to make camera follow the player? [closed]

I'm having some trouble getting the camera to even work at times. Thankfully, its some-what working now. I'm trying to get the camera to follow the players movement but nothing happens. (cut out the ...
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LibgGDX drawing two seperate Textures in FrameBuffer

So I am trying to combine multiple TextureRegions in to one by using a FrameBuffer. This works extremely well when the TextureRegions originate from the same Texture object/file but as soon as I try ...
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Redundant shape when drawing [closed]

I have written a piece of code that when the mouse enters the mainArea, the blue "Pause" text with a rectangle appears. However when I run the program and when the mouse enters, an additional black ...
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How/where to generate RPG world?

I'm programming an RPG in java. It's text based, so movement is more or less from "room" to "room." In the case of cities, they will generally be one room, with some sub rooms for important shops and ...
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How can I optimize performance when updating tiles?

So I'm making a side-scrolling adventure type game in Java. The worlds are procedurally generated, so I can't manually place tiles. Therefore, I every 20 ticks (1/3 second) I update every block's tile ...
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Class or Interface expected cocos2d-android [migrated]

I'm trying to use cocos2d-android in Android Studio following this tutorial, the problem is that I'm unable to add at myactivity.java: protected CCGLSurfaceView _glSurfaceView; Because ...
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Collision bug with gravity in slick2D

I have fixed some of the previous problem. The collision when running into a corner(a wall on two sides) however is still not working. When the player runs into a corner he just falls down and out of ...
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Handling in-game events/scripts in LibGDX?

I'm testing some RPG-like features in LibGDX, and having difficulty handling events (such as a sign that opens a text box with specific text). I have a basic prototype method to handle events, ...
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How do I rotate and flip 2D sprites stored in a 1D array of pixels?

I am using a 1D array of pixels for rendering in 2D in java. I am interested in rotation (in radians) and mirroring across the x and y axes. The desired result looks something like this: Public void ...
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Recommended approach for event system in Java

What are the recommended approaches for an event system of a turn-based RPG's battle engine? The system I'm currently working on has a runEvent method that sorts the actions queue based on their ...
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Cant center screen between black bars

As I was trying to adapt my game to different device resolutions I ran into a problem when adjusting the game screen between the "black bars." In my case I am using the FitViewport class from the ...
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Scale around a point

I am trying to create an image editing application for the purpose of generating UV maps in my own format. I am currently working on scaling the image for the purpose of zooming. I can get the image ...
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Mouse coordinate conversion Libgdx

I have a camera: //Map is a my object that wrapper of TiledMap class In the create method: this.renderer=new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(this.map.getMap(); this.camera=new OrthographicCamera(); ...
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Libgdx/Box2D PolygonShape has no position… well, what now?

As my prototype works perfectly fine I want to advance to more fun areas of the project and add a more complex player-character body. So for Box2D I figured I'd need multiple fixtures, like one for ...
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LibGDX ShapeRenderer graphical glitches

So drawing something static on the screen with the ShapeRenderer is fine but whenever I try to move something it starts glitching out. Here's a vine to show what I mean: https://vine.co/v/OBxFi1P2IO9 ...
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How can I create a raster from a custom Pixel array? [closed]

I have a rasterizer that I am building. It will first load a .obj file and create points to draw. Then, an image will be plastered over the wire frame and from there become an image on the next frame. ...
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Using xinput vibration with java

I need to use vibration for my java game, which is only available through xinput since I use xbox controllers. How can I achieve this with jna? I've never worked with dlls before so any help is ...
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Jumping distance due to X velocity

I would just like to know if there is a way to work out the distance of a jump depending on how fast the player is going. For example if the player has a velocity X of 10 and he presses the jump ...
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Java Libgdx - Fire bullets

This is my project structure! I am using Java Libgdx I want to make my Man class shoot the bullets from my bullet class. To make it more clear for example the spaceship game that you shoot ...
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Multi-Textured Blocks

I have some code from watching EsvDefCon's video on how to make blocks MultiTextured, but it failed. Here is my code public class multiTextureBlockTemp extends net.minecraft.block.Block{ // you ...
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Camera rotation issue Libgdx

I have a OrthographicCamera and I want to rotate 90° it, but when I rotate it seems to be shifted more to the right. Before rotation: http://postimg.org/image/tc9jpq9zr/ After ...
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Fade into splash screen on game load

I'm using Slick2D and LWJGL for my StateBasedGame and I was wondering if there was a way to enter into my splashscreen on application load using a transition? I tried using: this.enterState(SPLASH, ...
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AdMob Libgdx Full Screen Ad

favorite How can I make an AdMob ad in libGDX game ? For example I want to put small add at the bottom of some screens. but when the user loses I want to show a full screen add . any suggestions ?
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2D Game with a big block-based Map - Create for each block one block-object? [duplicate]

I'm working on a 2D game in Java which will be similar to Terraria (Mincecraft 2D). I want to generae the world-map random. The world (the ground) consists of 32x32 blocks. How I should handle all ...
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Enemy spawning problem [closed]

I've been trying to get my characters to spawn at random points through out the map. I have a camera which is following my main character (2D RPG Style) around the screen, but I want these "enemies" ...
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Coordinates issue vertical scroll Libgdx

I'm going crazy with this problem. I'll explain: I have a camera that falls down (flowing along the y-axis) which displays a TiledMap and declare the whole in this way: In the create method: ...
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Use LibGDX 2d particle editor with text?

Is there an easy way to use text in the LibGDX 2d particle editor. I want to show a score with an animation. Or must I create for each text an image (and a ParticleEffect instance)?
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Timed player collision

I'm trying to make the player loose one heart then cool down for a second after being hit. For an example if(a.overlaps(b)) { p.health--; } would lower the health while being touched. In my old ...
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LibGDX: Why look BitmapFont pixelated on a scene2d.ui.Dialog?

When I use BitmapFonts directly on the stage table, the fonts looks normal (not pixelated). But when I use the same BitmapFont with the same size on a scene2d.ui.Dialog, the font looks pixelated. ...