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From: "Ben James" <meep42@clara.co.uk>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: game freezes
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:18:35 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Have you got a call to GetPadBuff anywhere?

-Ben

"Omar" <OMetwally7@aol.com> wrote in message
news:aht8an$5o85@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> hello comrades,
>
> for some unknown reason, when i try to put one of the following lines of
> code, my game completely freezes.
>
> this line:    if(padd&PADLdown) printf("hi\n");
> caused siocons to start lising all of the yaroze devices (memory card,
> controllers, etc.) and said that they were not valid devices, or something
> like that.  another time, it simply gave me a black screen.
>
> this line:     if(padd&PADLdown) arrow.x++;
> which is supposed to move a sprite, gave me a black screen and hung the
> game.
>
> now, i tried moving these lines of code in different places during my main
> loop.  the line of code which prints "hi" runs fine, but only at the
> beginning of the program.  however, the line which moves the sprite hangs
> the program no matter where it is in the code.  i haven't a single clue as
> to what's going on.  below is the code for my main( ) function.  you'll
see
> the two problematic lines of code commented out towards the bottom.
>
> --omar metwally
>
>
>
> /**** MAIN FUNCTION ****/
>
> int main( void )
> {
>  int x;
>
>  InitGraphics();
>  InitCoordinates();
>
>  CreateDynamicTMD();
>  CreateTMD( &obj.obj, &obj.coord, tmd_addr );
>  CreateTMD( &car.obj, &car.coord, CAR_DATA );
>  CreateTMD( &point.obj, &point.coord, POINT_DATA );
>  CreateTMD( &test.obj, &test.coord, TEST_DATA );
>  CreateTMD( &car2.obj, &car2.coord, CAR2_DATA );
>
>  InitTex(SANDTEX_DATA);
>
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)MAIN_L_DATA, &main_l, (1<<24), -170, -125, 160,
240,
> 0, 0 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)MAIN_R_DATA, &main_r, (1<<24), -10, -125, 160,
240,
> 0, 0 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)ARROW_DATA, &arrow, (1<<24), -160, -9, 16, 15, 0,
> 0 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)NEXT_DATA, &next_l, (1<<24), -160, 40, 70, 60, 0,
> 60 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)NEXT_DATA, &next_r, (1<<24), 80, 40, 70, 60, 0,
0 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &egypt, (0<<24), -76, -25, 76, 16, 0,
> 7 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &italia, (0<<24), -76, 0, 88, 16, 0,
> 29 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &pause, (0<<24), -76, 0, 88, 16, 0,
51 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &p1_wins, (0<<24), -76, 0, 112, 16, 0,
> 73 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &cpu_wins, (0<<24), -76, 0, 127, 16, 0,
> 96 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &three, (0<<24), -100, 130, 36, 16, 0,
> 121 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &two, (0<<24), -100, 130, 36, 16, 42,
> 121 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &one, (0<<24), -100, 130, 36, 16, 85,
> 121 );
>  InitObject2D( (u_long*)TEXT_DATA, &go, (0<<24), -100, 130, 36, 16, 126,
> 121 );
>
>
>  InitView();
>  InitLights();
>  InitGrid();
>  InitCar( &car_obj[0], 100, 1, 1, 0, (1<<12)/10 );
>  InitCar( &car_obj[1], 100, 1, 1, 0, (1<<12)/10 );
>
>  obj.obj.attribute |= GsDIV4; //4<<9
>
>  // main while loop
>         while((!(padd&PADselect)) || (!(padd&PADstart)) )
>  {
>   padd=(~(*(bb0+3) | *(bb0+2) << 8)); //read pad 1
>   padd2=(~(*(bb1+3) | *(bb1+2) << 8)); //read pad 2
>
>   DebugMenu();
>   PrintText();
>   if(game_mode==0) MenuSystem();
>
>   if(debugmode==0) MovePointer();
>
>   ChooseCar();
>
>   if( (debugmode==2) && (game_mode==6) ) {
>    CarMotion( &car_obj[0], &car.coord, &car.vector );
>    //CarMotion( &car_obj[1], &car2.coord, &car2.vector );
>    TestBoundary( &car.coord );
>    //TestBoundary( &car2.coord );
>    LimitBoundary( 1, &car.coord, &car_obj[0], &status, &reset );
>    //LimitBoundary( 1, &car2.coord, &car_obj[1], &status2, &reset2 );
>   }
>
>   FindCoordinates();
>
>   //draw fog
>   #ifdef FOG
>   GsSetFogParam(&fog);
>   #endif
>
>   //if(padd&PADLdown) printf("hi\n");
>   //if(padd&PADLdown) arrow.x++;
>
>   //rotate matrices using UpdateCoordinates()
>   UpdateCoordinates( &obj.vector, &obj.coord );
>   UpdateCoordinates( &car.vector, &car.coord );
>   UpdateCoordinates( &car2.vector, &car2.coord );
>   UpdateCoordinates( &point.vector, &point.coord );
>   UpdateCoordinates( &test.vector, &test.coord );
>
>   DrawScreen();
>
>  } //end while loop
>
>  DeInit();
>  return(0);
>
> }// end main
>
>