SRL Archive - Test corner

ok, i ran an engine that i made myself, made a gear in macromedia flash 8, and made the gear move in random places very fast. when i used the DTM, the DTM was spotted all the time (while the gear was moving extremely fast) and never said ' the gear has not been found'. when i used Bitmaps on the edge of a gear, the script did not find the bitmap all the time. the bitmap was only found at 20% of the time. with DTM's 100%.


I conclude from now on (until somebody tells me another test method) that DTMs are best.:)
just for your information ppl

it all depends on the use… i prefer bitmaps tho as they are easier to understand..

the reason it didnt find the bitmap when moving extremely fast is because it takes a couple miliseconds more to find a bitmap than a dtm.. and when using it for RS.. it doesnt really matter.. ;)

ok, i'll run a test so the gear moves much slower, so it moves every 500 seconds

EDIT: and on my first test, i also made the gear spin like a developer gear while its moving

EDIT: i have ran another test this is my progress report with the bitmaps method with the animation moving every 500 miliseconds

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 145 times in this run
**missed the gear 855 times
**gear finding percentage is 6%
*************************************************

the script had to try and find it 1000 times

i could see that the bitmap couldnt be found when the bitmap was twisted around or placed somewhere else

ok, i have ran lots of tests for the DTM's this time, i ran it with some different speeds.

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 1000 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 0 times
**gear finding percentage is 100%
**animation frame rate was run at 12 times
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***************** findings report***************
**found gear 1000 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 0 times
**gear finding percentage is 100%
**animation frame rate was run at 30 times
*************************************************

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 1000 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 0 times
**gear finding percentage is 100%
**animation frame rate was run at 50 times
*************************************************

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 1000 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 0 times
**gear finding percentage is 100%
**animation frame rate was run at 65 times
*************************************************

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 1000 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 0 times
**gear finding percentage is 100%
**animation frame rate was run at 120 times
*************************************************

these are the reports for the DTM when the colors changed each frame

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 118 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 182 times
**animation changed colors every frame
*************************************************

this is the report for the bitmap when the animation was changing colors

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 45 times in this run w/e BITMAP method
**missed the gear 255 times
**animation changed colors every frame
*************************************************

this is the report for the DTM when the gear is not moving at all and it is changing colors slightly

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 55 times in this run w/e DTM method
**missed the gear 245 times
**animation changed colors every frame
*************************************************

this is the report for the BITMAP when the gear is not moving at all and it is slightly changing colors

***************** findings report***************
**found gear 98 times in this run w/e BITMAP method
**missed the gear 202 times
**animation changed colors every frame
*************************************************

Depends what your using it for. Also, the tolerance.

[off topic] lol you almost have 400 posts! congrats!

ok, does anybody like me to compare other things?

I have preferred DTMs over Bitmaps in almost any situation. Basically, only use bitmaps for things that are stationary (unless you know how to use the deformed and tolerance related bitmap functions, but it's still not as good as DTMs). I haven't used bitmaps in a long time just because almost anything can be done with DTMs, and usually with a faster search.

Same here.
DTMs (i think) are easier to make.
And smaller and easier to process in a script

ok, to proove it to you all that DTM's are best, click this link for the camstasia file of the movie.10 minutes long
get the Video Here

to get camstasia and the serial key, go Here

lol sorry for digging up old threads, but i would like to see that video, file hosting is expired

…Just go to the tut island section and look for some dtm tuts…ur bound to find one rather then dig up this.

heh, i know how to make dtms and stuff, i just would have liked to see what he put together proving dtms are better

Oh my god guys please dont bumb old threads
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This is 9 months old -.-