Ender's Game revived once more

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Wed 15 Jun, 2005 11:02 pm

Thanks man! I can post the physics engine right now- the AI I haven't even started writing, but if you can port it to assembly I will definitely make one. You can ignore the graphical stuff- here's the code:

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ClrDraw
Line(10,20,75,20      //This just draws a progress bar to show the progress
Line(10,22,75,22      //of the calculations, you can ignore this
Pt-On(9,21              //ignore
Pt-On(76,21            //ignore
dim([A])->L1Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 4:22 pm

Hmmm, no reply?

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 5:16 pm

Ill see what i can do

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EDIT - So it is always 10 and the mantissa is restricted to 4 places?

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:00 pm

What's the mantissa? Well, the physics engine only needs to read to four decimal places- the rest are for things like weapons, armor, etc.

EDIT- yeah, you just need to repeat that segment of code for each element of the matrix.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:01 pm

Well yeah the fractional part ... also what part of this do you want ported? Just:

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D-iPart(10fPart(W))+iPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(W))))->F 
C+iPart(10fPart(10fPart(W)))-iPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(W)))))->E

?

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:13 pm

This is what needs to be ported for now:

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For(D,2,dim([A])(1)-1
For(C,2,dim([A])(2)-1
If [A](D,C)!=35          //if the object scanned is not blank (i use tile 35 for
Then                         //emtpy space
[A](D,C)->W 
D-iPart(10fPart(W))+iPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(W))))->F
C+iPart(10fPart(10fPart(W)))-iPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(10fPart(W)))))->E
0->[A](D,C)
W->[A](F,E)
End
End
End

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:17 pm

What about the graphical stuff that is inside the for( loops?

Would it be possible for you to get on IRC so we can discuss this? Im on EfNet in #tcpa.

Just go to: http://chat.efnet.org ... type in your nick and when its connected type in:

/join #tcpa

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DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:21 pm

I dunno if he'll ever go on #tcpa

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 6:39 pm

Well instead of /join #tcpa you could just pm me with: /query tr1p1ea ?

I was just wondering about something if you move an element in the matrice to another position within the loop then it will be calculated again if it moves further down in the matrice than the current loop x,y ... do you get what i mean?

You would have to store the updated element in a temp matrice then copy it over after the loop or something?

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Sat 18 Jun, 2005 2:30 am

Hey you're right, I didn't think about that. Actually, maybe you should wait until I get that fixed. Oh, I know how I can do it- that's right, I could just have a temporary matrix. So when an object is moved, it gets put into the temporary matrix, until all the moving is finished, then the temp matrix overwrites the first matrix. Only problem is, that severely cuts down the amount of free RAM. I'm using a 32x24 matrix right now, and it takes nearly 7k, and I've got less than 5k free. I think a better way to do it would be to copy to three lists- one for element data, the other two for x and y coordinates within the matrix. That should compress it considerably, especially considering that most of a map in this game is going to be empty space. Also, I can make all non speed dependent programs (menus, etc) archived and run with Flash Gordon.

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 12:21 pm

Guess what? New Screenshot! I had to go back a build yesterday and lost two days of work due to corruption, but that's okay- I was motivated by that to work even harder. May, I say, PTI rocks! I used it to take this screenie:

Tr1p1ea, I am almost done with fixing the physics engine. I have made it so it stores to a temp list. The sad part about this is that it puts a limit on the total number of ships per map: but since I think this will be fifty or more, It's not really a problem. I don't know if it would be better for your assembly program to store the temporary data into a TI-OS list or an assembly array?

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 1:08 pm

Wow awesome screenshot dys, I like the new title screen, which really fit in the game story/type. I also still like the old menu back from 2003

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 1:22 pm

Wow! That is sweet dysfunction!

Actually i probably could just store it to a temporary array then update the matrice when done. Ill give it a shot.

merthsoft · Post by **merthsoft** » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 4:42 pm

That looks great, what's PTI? And in the ingame menu (with the Resume, About, and what is probably Andrew's head) it looks like there's and issue with it "A" in GAME...

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 4:59 pm

PTI is PindurTI, CoBB's new emulator. It supports apps for 83+, contrast changing, and built-in animated screenshot taking.