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From: "John \( QuietBloke \)" <quietbloke@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: New old game
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:45:56 +0100
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LOL

I must be getting old.. Ive managed a measly 20,000, my fingers ache and I
feel frustrated... boy it takes me back !

as for the flickering to save making an ass of yourself you could have lied
through your teeth and said
you did that deliberatly to make it look authentic <grin>

gotta say again.. damm fine game
and the source code looks as good as the game to me ( had a quick read
through it during my lunch break... how sad is that !.. no... dont answer
that one LOL  ) . My C is pretty rusty ( I dont get a chance to use it much
these days )
so its good to see how it should be done.

I presume I read it right with the MakeTrans function where you take the
original TIM and set the STP by grabing each row into main memory and
putting it back. Never occured to me to do that on the fly. Question is
though.. arnt those functions non-blocking ? If thats the case ( I gotta
look back to my manuals here ) dont you have to do a DrawSync after x number
of calls ? or did you just not bother because you knew you wouldnt reach the
maximum ? or ( this is most likely the case ) I am totally wrong here  about
the MakeTrans function itself and the store/load functions.

Gee.. I hope I havent made myself sound real dense here.. ahh.. what the
hell.. it is a freetalk and you gotta learn these things somehow.

Cheers
John ( QuietBloke )

"Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9ifuml$mcd2@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> Thanks for the changes, managed to get it up past 700,000 but i've given
> myself hand ache so i'm taking a rest for tonight. Why does the hiscore
> thing start at 500,000 tho?  And should it get reset after every game?
>
> Matt
>
> Ben James <hungryghost@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:9ifn27$mcd1@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> > Cheers Matt, thanks for the suggestions.
> >
> > The interlace thing has had me swearing at my TV for ages, little did I
> know
> > it was me all along... I'd just assumed that's the way is was. But when
> you
> > assume, you make an ass out of u and me :)
> >
> > I've put in the shoulder button thing too, excellent suggestion.
> Originally
> > left and right on the d-pad controlled the ship but that didn't really
> work.
> > L1/L2 now turn/move the ship left and R1/R2 for right (does anyone ever
go
> > left???). I've managed to score 99950 so far - almost burst something
when
> I
> > realised how close to 100,000!
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > "Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:9id3es$k9v2@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> > > Ben: thank you!
> > >
> > > It's absolutely ace. You had me from the moment the aphex On sample
> kicked
> > > in, i.e. right away. I love it, particularily the solid soundeffects
and
> > the
> > > screenwide explosions and the classic gameplay of course.
> > >
> > > I'll stick it up on yarozescene (thanks for the mention) as soon as I
> stop
> > > playing it.
> > >
> > > Hiscore competition anyone? I'm going to have a few more goes before I
> > post
> > > my best (I've always been lame at defender tho).
> > >
> > > Matt
> > > ---
> > >
> > > I liked it soooo much I delved into the source code. Can I suggest you
> > > replace the command (line 439):
> > >
> > >  "GsInitGraph(320, 240, GsINTER|GsOFSGPU, 0, 0);"
> > >
> > > with:
> > >
> > >  "GsInitGraph(320, 240, GsNONINTER|GsOFSGPU, 0, 0);"
> > >
> > > because your interlacing your screen (makes it flicker slightly) which
> is
> > > not needed cos your screen height is only 240.
> > >
> > >
> > > Another suggestion, could you make R2 the same function as X (thrust
> ship)
> > > cos my thumb keeps slipping off X when I try and press the
> > > fire/hyperspace/smartbomb buttons.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>