Games bc.BuildPatternCache not available anymore

[Gunther]

Hello,

as you may see here in the screenshot the edges are very steppy althrough the original PNG of the green circle has a proper edge.

Any way to smoothen that edges?

The PNG is loaded via Tiled to the body with alias set to 1 degree. The yellow one behind is added by painting a bc and added to the Graphcache. And this is looking fine.

    bc.Initialize(bmp.Width, bmp.Height)
    bc.CopyPixelsFromBitmap(bmp)
    bc.BuildPatternCache(IgnoreSemiTransparent) '  < ---- not available

 

[Erel]

BuildPatternCache was replaced with more powerful features. You don't need it.

Antialias should be checked in Tiled. If it doesn't help then please upload the project.

 

[Gunther]

Hi,

here is the TestProject.

One ball is rotating the other is fixed to compare. AntiAlias is enabled for both.

With "Q" you may change the background color. Try to get a bright one (yellow or so)

 

[Erel]

The image is antialiased. This means that when you rotate it the semitransparent border is rotated as well and the result is not smooth. The semitransparent edge matches a specific layout which is not kept during rotation.

You will get better results with an image without antialiasing and with a lighter border. Though it will not be as sharp as drawing the circle yourself.

 

[Gunther]

Thanks, you mentioned something like this already in the AngryBirds Example concerning the Hook but without the rotation impact.