A lot of improvements for the RPI. Uses images cached on the gpu.

image/Images.java

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package image;
 
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
 import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -78,6 +81,26 @@ public class Images {
 		g2d.dispose();
 
 		// return the new optimized image
+		new_image.setAccelerationPriority(1);
+		new_image.flush();
 		return new_image; 
 	}
+	
+	public static BufferedImage initBufferedImage(int width, int height){
+		GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+		GraphicsDevice device = env.getDefaultScreenDevice();
+		GraphicsConfiguration config = device.getDefaultConfiguration();
+		return config.createCompatibleImage(width, height, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
+	}
+	
+	public static VolatileImage initVolatileImage(int width, int height, int opc){
+		GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
+		GraphicsConfiguration gc = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration();
+		VolatileImage image = null;
+		image = gc.createCompatibleVolatileImage(width, height, opc);
+		int valid = image.validate(gc);
+	    if (valid == VolatileImage.IMAGE_INCOMPATIBLE)
+	    	image = initVolatileImage(width, height, opc);
+		return image;
+	}
 }

model/gameState/MenuState.java

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import java.awt.GradientPaint;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Polygon;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ public class MenuState extends GameState {
 
 	private int animationcounter;
 	private boolean subscreen, startanimation;
-	private BufferedImage mainScreenBackground;
+	private VolatileImage mainScreenBackground;
 	
 	int yPosDiffButton = 900;
 	private int difSelect=0;
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ public class MenuState extends GameState {
 	}
 	
 	public void generateMainScreenBackground(){
-		mainScreenBackground = new BufferedImage(1280, 1024, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+		mainScreenBackground = Images.initVolatileImage(1280, 1024, Transparency.OPAQUE);
 		Graphics2D g2 = mainScreenBackground.createGraphics();
 		RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	    g2.setRenderingHints(rh);
@@ -220,8 +222,8 @@ public class MenuState extends GameState {
 		
 		g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
 		g2.drawString("Main Menu", 30, 60);
+		g2.dispose();
 		mainScreenBackground.createGraphics();
-		mainScreenBackground = Images.toCompatibleImage(mainScreenBackground);
 	}
 	
 	public void buttonInAnimation(int button){

model/gameState/TitleState.java

@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.GradientPaint;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
+import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
+import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
 
 import model.SongHandler;
 import control.GameStateManager;
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ public class TitleState extends GameState {
 
     BufferedImage pressStart = Images.getImage(ImageType.pressstart);
     BufferedImage colorStrike = Images.getImage(ImageType.colorstrike);
-    BufferedImage background;
+    VolatileImage background;
 	Font textFont = new Font("OCR A Extended", Font.BOLD, 15);
 	Font textFont2 = new Font("OCR A Extended", Font.BOLD, 130);
 	GradientPaint gp = new GradientPaint(300, 0, new Color(0,0,1, 0.6f),980,1024 ,new Color(0,0,1, 0.2f));
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ public class TitleState extends GameState {
 	public void draw(Graphics2D g2) {
 		g2.drawImage(background, 0, 0, 1280, 1024, null);
 		int image_x = ((frame / 6) % 6) * 49;
-	    g2.drawImage(pressStart.getSubimage(image_x, 0, 49, 26),  640-122, 512, 245, 130, null);
+		g2.drawImage(pressStart.getSubimage(image_x, 0, 49, 26),  640-122, 512, 245, 130, null);
 	}
 	
 	@Override
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ public class TitleState extends GameState {
 	}
 	
 	public void createBackground(){
-		background = new BufferedImage(1280, 1024, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+		background = Images.initVolatileImage(1280, 1024, Transparency.OPAQUE);
 		Graphics2D g2 = background.createGraphics();
 		RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	    g2.setRenderingHints(rh);
@@ -101,8 +106,8 @@ public class TitleState extends GameState {
 		g2.setFont(textFont2);
 		g2.drawString("Color", 385, 212);
 		g2.drawString("Strike", 390, 342);
+		g2.dispose();
 		background.createGraphics();
-		background = Images.toCompatibleImage(background);
 	}
 
 }

model/objects/InfoPanel.java

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
 
 import model.gameState.PlayState;
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public class InfoPanel {
 	private int lifePercent;
 	private int upgradeScore = 0;
 	private int x, y;
-	private BufferedImage infoPanel;
+	private VolatileImage infoPanel;
 	
 	public InfoPanel(int x, int y){
 		this.x = x;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public class InfoPanel {
 	}
 	
 	private void generateInfoPanel(){
-		infoPanel = new BufferedImage(1280, 1024, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+		infoPanel = Images.initVolatileImage(256, 1024, Transparency.OPAQUE);
 		Graphics2D g2 = infoPanel.createGraphics();
 		RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	    g2.setRenderingHints(rh);	
@@ -57,11 +58,11 @@ public class InfoPanel {
 		
 		g2.setColor(Color.YELLOW);		
 		g2.fillRect(25, 1000 - 7 * upgradeScore, 200, 0 + 7 * upgradeScore);
+		g2.dispose();
 		infoPanel.createGraphics();
-		infoPanel = Images.toCompatibleImage(infoPanel);
 	}
 	
 	public void draw(Graphics2D g2){
-		g2.drawImage(infoPanel, 0, 0, 1280,1024,null);
+		g2.drawImage(infoPanel, 0, 0, 256,1024,null);
 	}
 }

model/objects/MenuButton.java

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 package model.objects;
 
+import image.Images;
+
+import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
 import java.awt.BasicStroke;
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Composite;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.LinearGradientPaint;
 import java.awt.Paint;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
 import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import audio.Song;
 
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ public class MenuButton {
 	private Color buttoncolor;
 	
 	private boolean selected; 
-	private BufferedImage background;
+	private VolatileImage background;
 	
 	private Song song;
 	
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ public class MenuButton {
 		this.rounding = rounding;
 		this.buttoncolor = c0;
 		setSong(song);
-		calculateButton();
 	}
 	
 	public void calculateButton(){
@@ -52,10 +55,13 @@ public class MenuButton {
 													new float[]{0.0f, 1.0f}, 
 													new Color[]{new Color(c1.getRed(), c1.getGreen(), c1.getBlue(), 10), buttoncolor});
 		//Draw the generated button to the buffered image
-		background = new BufferedImage(1280, 1024, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
+		background = Images.initVolatileImage(1280, 500, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
 		Graphics2D g2d = background.createGraphics();
 		RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	    g2d.setRenderingHints(rh);
+	    g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.DstOut);
+	    g2d.fillRect(0, 0, background.getWidth(), background.getHeight());
+	    g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver);
 	    
 		g2d.setColor(c2);
 		g2d.fill(arrayToGeneralpath(new int[][]{{449, 1}, {449, 68},{113, 103}, {106, 35}}));
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ public class MenuButton {
 		g2d.translate((160+358)*scalefactor, (74)*scalefactor);
 		g2d.rotate(-0.1);
 		g2d.drawString(song.getTitle(),  0, 0);
-		
+		g2d.dispose();
 		background.createGraphics();	
 	}
 	
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ public class MenuButton {
 	}
 
 	public void draw(Graphics2D g2d){
-		g2d.drawImage(background, (int)((x-320)*scalefactor), (int) ((y)*scalefactor), 1280, 1024, null);
+		g2d.drawImage(background, (int)((x-320)*scalefactor), (int) ((y)*scalefactor), 1280, 500, null);
 	}
 	
 	public void update(){
@@ -130,5 +136,6 @@ public class MenuButton {
 
 	public void setSong(Song song) {
 		this.song = song;
+		calculateButton();
 	}
 }

model/objects/PlayArea.java

@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Polygon;
 import java.awt.RenderingHints;
+import java.awt.Transparency;
 import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.VolatileImage;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ public class PlayArea {
 	public List<Path> paths;
 	private Polygon octagon,hitArea;	
 	public Rectangle2D[] hitAreas; //de area voor elk path die de enemy moet raken
-	private BufferedImage background;
+	private VolatileImage background;
 	
 	public PlayArea(double xToRight,double heightOfGameScreen,double widthOfGameScreen, int sizeOctagon) {
 		super();
@@ -96,7 +98,9 @@ public class PlayArea {
 		paths.add(new Path(hitArea.xpoints[4] - Enemy.distanceToOctagon,hitArea.ypoints[4]		,hitArea.xpoints[4],hitArea.ypoints[4]));//left
 		paths.add(new Path(hitArea.xpoints[5] - angleX,hitArea.ypoints[5] - angleY				,hitArea.xpoints[5],hitArea.ypoints[5]));//left	 	-top
 		
-		background = new BufferedImage(1280, 1024, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
+		
+		//drawing into buffer
+		background = Images.initVolatileImage(1280,1024, Transparency.BITMASK);
 		Graphics2D g2 = background.createGraphics();
 		RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
 	    g2.setRenderingHints(rh);
@@ -110,8 +114,8 @@ public class PlayArea {
 		}
 		g2.draw(octagon);
 		g2.draw(hitArea);
+		g2.dispose();
 		background.createGraphics();
-		background = Images.toCompatibleImage(background);
 	}	
 	
 	public void draw(Graphics2D g2){