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elantzb

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Joined: 10th May 2008

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Posted: 11th May 2008 03:09

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Hey all,

I'm working on a cool little rpg, for the sake of figuring out how to do it. I need some help with a few bugs though.

dbPasteImage seems to do some weird things when I change the screen size:

No bug:

Bug:

The gray brick tiles are updated with dbSprite(), while the green grass tiles are updated with dbPasteImage().

A larger screen makes it work properly. The smaller screen is still large enough to hold the tiles with a few pixels extra, but it bugs out on the image pasting.

Also, I must be doing something horribly wrong, because the game runs terribly slow when I make the screen larger.

darkrpg.h:

#include "DarkGDK.h"

////////////////////////
// DEFINITIONS /////////
////////////////////////

#define PLAYERSPRITEID 1
#define PLAYERIMAGEID 1
#define PLAYERIMAGEFILE "obj/sprite1.bmp"

#define SCREENHEIGHT 200
#define SCREENWIDTH 200
#define DISPDEPTH 32

#define DEFMAPMIN 100
#define OBMAPMIN 200

#define DEBUG 0

////////////////////////
// INIT ////////////////
////////////////////////

void Init();
void InitLoadObjImages();
void InitLoadMapImages();

////////////////////////
// PLAYER //////////////
////////////////////////

void Player();
void Navigation();

// Helpers //
bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId);
bool CheckUp( void );
bool CheckDown( void );
bool CheckLeft( void );
bool CheckRight( void );

class player
{
public:
	//player* m_cpPlayer;
	int m_iX,m_iY;
	int m_iDir;
	int m_iSpriteID;
	int m_iImageID;
	char* m_szImageFile;

player();

void LoadSprite();
	void Draw();
	void Animate();
	void Movement();

void Up(){m_iY--;}
	void Down(){m_iY++;}
	void Left(){m_iX--;}
	void Right(){m_iX++;}

void SetDir(int iDir){m_iDir=iDir;}

int GetSpriteID(){return m_iSpriteID;}
	//player* GetObj(){return m_cpPlayer;}

bool POC(int iDir);
};

////////////////////////
// GAME ////////////////
////////////////////////

void DarkGDK();

////////////////////////
// MAP /////////////////
////////////////////////

enum ZoneID{FIRSTT,SECONDT};
ZoneID g_iZoneID;

int g_FirstTown[10][10]=
	{{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1}};

int g_SecondTown[10][10]=
	{{2,2,2,2,2,2},
	{2,1,1,1,1,2},
	{2,1,3,3,1,2},
	{2,1,3,3,1,2},
	{2,1,1,3,1,2},
	{2,2,2,3,2,2}};

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY);

////////////////////////
// GLOBALS /////////////
////////////////////////

player DarkPlayer;
int g_iTopX=0,g_iTopY=0;

+ Code Snippet

#include "DarkGDK.h"

////////////////////////
// DEFINITIONS /////////
////////////////////////

#define PLAYERSPRITEID 1
#define PLAYERIMAGEID 1
#define PLAYERIMAGEFILE "obj/sprite1.bmp"

#define SCREENHEIGHT 200
#define SCREENWIDTH 200
#define DISPDEPTH 32

#define DEFMAPMIN 100
#define OBMAPMIN 200

#define DEBUG 0

////////////////////////
// INIT ////////////////
////////////////////////

void Init();
void InitLoadObjImages();
void InitLoadMapImages();

////////////////////////
// PLAYER //////////////
////////////////////////

void Player();
void Navigation();

// Helpers //
bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId);
bool CheckUp( void );
bool CheckDown( void );
bool CheckLeft( void );
bool CheckRight( void );

class player
{
public:
	//player* m_cpPlayer;
	int m_iX,m_iY;
	int m_iDir;
	int m_iSpriteID;
	int m_iImageID;
	char* m_szImageFile;

	player();

	void LoadSprite();
	void Draw();
	void Animate();
	void Movement();

	void Up(){m_iY--;}
	void Down(){m_iY++;}
	void Left(){m_iX--;}
	void Right(){m_iX++;}

	void SetDir(int iDir){m_iDir=iDir;}

	int GetSpriteID(){return m_iSpriteID;}
	//player* GetObj(){return m_cpPlayer;}

	bool POC(int iDir);
};

////////////////////////
// GAME ////////////////
////////////////////////

void DarkGDK();

////////////////////////
// MAP /////////////////
////////////////////////

enum ZoneID{FIRSTT,SECONDT};
ZoneID g_iZoneID;

int g_FirstTown[10][10]=
	{{1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1},
	{1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1}};

int g_SecondTown[10][10]=
	{{2,2,2,2,2,2},
	{2,1,1,1,1,2},
	{2,1,3,3,1,2},
	{2,1,3,3,1,2},
	{2,1,1,3,1,2},
	{2,2,2,3,2,2}};

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY);


////////////////////////
// GLOBALS /////////////
////////////////////////

player DarkPlayer;
int g_iTopX=0,g_iTopY=0;

darkrpg.cpp:

#include "darkrpg.h"

////////////////////////
// INIT ////////////////
////////////////////////

void Init()
{
	dbSyncOn();
	dbSetDisplayMode(SCREENWIDTH,SCREENHEIGHT,DISPDEPTH);

g_iZoneID=FIRSTT;

InitLoadObjImages();
	InitLoadMapImages();
}

void InitLoadObjImages()
{
	DarkPlayer.LoadSprite();
}

void InitLoadMapImages()
{
	dbLoadImage("images/back1.bmp",101);
	dbLoadImage("images/back2.bmp",102);
	dbLoadImage("images/back3.bmp",103);
}

////////////////////////
// PLAYER //////////////
////////////////////////

player::player()
{
	m_iX = 25;
	m_iY = 25;
	m_iDir=2;
	m_iSpriteID = PLAYERSPRITEID;
	m_iImageID = PLAYERIMAGEID;
	m_szImageFile = PLAYERIMAGEFILE;
};

void player::LoadSprite()
{
	dbCreateAnimatedSprite(DarkPlayer.GetSpriteID(), m_szImageFile,4,2,m_iImageID);
};

void player::Draw()
{
	dbSprite(m_iSpriteID,m_iX,m_iY,m_iImageID);
};

void player::Animate()
{
	int iStart,iEnd;
	switch(m_iDir)
	{
	case 0:
		iStart=3;
		iEnd = 4;
		break;
	case 1:
		iStart=5;
		iEnd = 6;
		break;
	case 2:
		iStart=1;
		iEnd = 2;
		break;
	case 3:
		iStart=7;
		iEnd=8;
		break;
	}

static int iTimer = dbTimer();
	if(dbTimer()-iTimer>100)
	{
		if(dbSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID)!=iStart)
		{
			dbSetSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID,iStart);
			iTimer = dbTimer();
		}
		else
		{
			dbSetSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID,iEnd);
			iTimer = dbTimer();
		}
	}
};

void player::Movement()
{
	if(CheckDown()&&!POC(2))
	{
		Down();
		SetDir(2);
	}
	if(CheckUp()&&!SpriteScreenTop(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(0))
	{
		Up();
		SetDir(0);
	}
	if(CheckLeft()&&!SpriteScreenLeft(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(3))
	{
		Left();
		SetDir(3);
	}
	if(CheckRight()&&!SpriteScreenRight(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(1))
	{
		Right();
		SetDir(1);
	}
};
bool player::POC(int iDir)
{
	if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,0)<1)
		return 0;

switch(iDir)
	{
	case 0:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)==dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)>dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)<dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

case 1:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID)==dbSpriteX(i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)<dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)>dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

case 2:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)==dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)>dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)<dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

case 3:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)==dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)<dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)>dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;
	}
	return 0;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////

void Player()
{
	Navigation();
	DarkPlayer.Movement();
	DarkPlayer.Draw();
	DarkPlayer.Animate();
}

void Navigation()
{
	if(SpriteScreenBottom(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID)&&g_iZoneID==FIRSTT)
		g_iZoneID=SECONDT;
}

////////////////////////
// MAP /////////////////
////////////////////////

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY)
{
	dbCLS(RGB(0,50,0));

int i = DEFMAPMIN;
	int o = OBMAPMIN;
	int x = iTopX;
	int y = iTopY;
	int z = 0;
	int ScrnPosX = 0;
	int ScrnPosY = 0;
	int (*MapArray)[10];

for(int d=DEFMAPMIN;d<OBMAPMIN+100;d++)
	{
		dbDeleteSprite(d);
	}

switch(g_iZoneID)
	{
	case FIRSTT:
		MapArray=g_FirstTown;
		break;
	case SECONDT:
		MapArray=g_SecondTown;
		break;
	default:
		return;
	}

while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopX+20&&ScrnPosX<dbScreenWidth()*/)
	{
		while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopY+20&&ScrnPosY<dbScreenHeight()*/)
		{
			if(MapArray[y][x]==1)
			{
				dbSprite(o,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY,MapArray[y][x]+100);
				dbSetCursor(ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				dbPrint((double)o);
				o++;
			}
			else
			{
				if(i>DEFMAPMIN+100||!DEBUG)
					dbPasteImage(MapArray[y][x]+100,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				i++;
			}
			ScrnPosY+=24;
			y++;
			dbSetSpritePriority(i,1);
			dbSetSpritePriority(o,1);
		}
		ScrnPosX+=24;
		ScrnPosY = 0;
		y=iTopY;
		x++;
	}

}

////////////////////////
// GAME ////////////////
////////////////////////

void DarkGDK()
{
	Init();
	while(LoopGDK())
	{
		rpgDrawMap(g_iTopX,g_iTopY);
		Player();
		dbSync();
	}
}

+ Code Snippet

#include "darkrpg.h"

////////////////////////
// INIT ////////////////
////////////////////////

void Init()
{
	dbSyncOn();
	dbSetDisplayMode(SCREENWIDTH,SCREENHEIGHT,DISPDEPTH);

	g_iZoneID=FIRSTT;

	InitLoadObjImages();
	InitLoadMapImages();
}

void InitLoadObjImages()
{
	DarkPlayer.LoadSprite();
}

void InitLoadMapImages()
{
	dbLoadImage("images/back1.bmp",101);
	dbLoadImage("images/back2.bmp",102);
	dbLoadImage("images/back3.bmp",103);
}

////////////////////////
// PLAYER //////////////
////////////////////////

player::player()
{
	m_iX = 25;
	m_iY = 25;
	m_iDir=2;
	m_iSpriteID = PLAYERSPRITEID;
	m_iImageID = PLAYERIMAGEID;
	m_szImageFile = PLAYERIMAGEFILE;
};

void player::LoadSprite()
{
	dbCreateAnimatedSprite(DarkPlayer.GetSpriteID(), m_szImageFile,4,2,m_iImageID);
};

void player::Draw()
{
	dbSprite(m_iSpriteID,m_iX,m_iY,m_iImageID);
};

void player::Animate()
{
	int iStart,iEnd;
	switch(m_iDir)
	{
	case 0:
		iStart=3;
		iEnd = 4;
		break;
	case 1:
		iStart=5;
		iEnd = 6;
		break;
	case 2:
		iStart=1;
		iEnd = 2;
		break;
	case 3:
		iStart=7;
		iEnd=8;
		break;
	}

	static int iTimer = dbTimer();
	if(dbTimer()-iTimer>100)
	{
		if(dbSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID)!=iStart)
		{
			dbSetSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID,iStart);
			iTimer = dbTimer();
		}
		else
		{
			dbSetSpriteFrame(m_iSpriteID,iEnd);
			iTimer = dbTimer();
		}
	}
};

void player::Movement()
{
	if(CheckDown()&&!POC(2))
	{
		Down();
		SetDir(2);
	}
	if(CheckUp()&&!SpriteScreenTop(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(0))
	{
		Up();
		SetDir(0);
	}
	if(CheckLeft()&&!SpriteScreenLeft(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(3))
	{
		Left();
		SetDir(3);
	}
	if(CheckRight()&&!SpriteScreenRight(m_iSpriteID)&&!POC(1))
	{
		Right();
		SetDir(1);
	}
};
bool player::POC(int iDir)
{
	if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,0)<1)
		return 0;

	switch(iDir)
	{
	case 0:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)==dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)>dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)<dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

		case 1:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID)==dbSpriteX(i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)<dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)>dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

		case 2:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)==dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)>dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)<dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteWidth(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;

		case 3:
		for(int i = 200; i < 300; i++)
		{
			if(dbSpriteCollision(m_iSpriteID,i)
				&&dbSpriteX(i)+dbSpriteWidth(i)==dbSpriteX(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)<dbSpriteHeight(m_iSpriteID)+dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID)
				&&dbSpriteY(i)+dbSpriteHeight(i)>dbSpriteY(m_iSpriteID))
					return 1;
		}
		break;
	}
	return 0;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////

void Player()
{
	Navigation();
	DarkPlayer.Movement();
	DarkPlayer.Draw();
	DarkPlayer.Animate();
}

void Navigation()
{
	if(SpriteScreenBottom(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID)&&g_iZoneID==FIRSTT)
		g_iZoneID=SECONDT;
}

////////////////////////
// MAP /////////////////
////////////////////////

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY)
{
	dbCLS(RGB(0,50,0));

	int i = DEFMAPMIN;
	int o = OBMAPMIN;
	int x = iTopX;
	int y = iTopY;
	int z = 0;
	int ScrnPosX = 0;
	int ScrnPosY = 0;
	int (*MapArray)[10];

	for(int d=DEFMAPMIN;d<OBMAPMIN+100;d++)
	{
		dbDeleteSprite(d);
	}

	switch(g_iZoneID)
	{
	case FIRSTT:
		MapArray=g_FirstTown;
		break;
	case SECONDT:
		MapArray=g_SecondTown;
		break;
	default:
		return;
	}

	while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopX+20&&ScrnPosX<dbScreenWidth()*/)
	{
		while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopY+20&&ScrnPosY<dbScreenHeight()*/)
		{
			if(MapArray[y][x]==1)
			{
				dbSprite(o,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY,MapArray[y][x]+100);
				dbSetCursor(ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				dbPrint((double)o);
				o++;
			}
			else
			{
				if(i>DEFMAPMIN+100||!DEBUG)
					dbPasteImage(MapArray[y][x]+100,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				i++;
			}
			ScrnPosY+=24;
			y++;
			dbSetSpritePriority(i,1);
			dbSetSpritePriority(o,1);
		}
		ScrnPosX+=24;
		ScrnPosY = 0;
		y=iTopY;
		x++;
	}

}

////////////////////////
// GAME ////////////////
////////////////////////

void DarkGDK()
{
	Init();
	while(LoopGDK())
	{
		rpgDrawMap(g_iTopX,g_iTopY);
		Player();
		dbSync();
	}
}

playerhelp.cpp:

#include "DarkGDK.h"

bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId);
bool CheckUp( void );
bool CheckDown( void );
bool CheckLeft( void );
bool CheckRight( void );

bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteX(iId)+dbSpriteWidth(iId)>=dbScreenWidth())
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteY(iId)+dbSpriteHeight(iId)>=dbScreenHeight())
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteX(iId)<=0)
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteY(iId)<=0)
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool CheckUp( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 200 ) || dbKeyState ( 17 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckDown( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 208 ) || dbKeyState ( 31 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckLeft ( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 203 ) || dbKeyState ( 30 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckRight ( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 205 ) || dbKeyState ( 32 ) )
return true;
return false;
}

+ Code Snippet

#include "DarkGDK.h"

bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId);
bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId);
bool CheckUp( void );
bool CheckDown( void );
bool CheckLeft( void );
bool CheckRight( void );

bool SpriteScreenRight(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteX(iId)+dbSpriteWidth(iId)>=dbScreenWidth())
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenBottom(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteY(iId)+dbSpriteHeight(iId)>=dbScreenHeight())
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenLeft(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteX(iId)<=0)
		return true;
	return false;
}

bool SpriteScreenTop(int iId)
{
	if(dbSpriteY(iId)<=0)
		return true;
	return false;
}


bool CheckUp( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 200 ) || dbKeyState ( 17 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckDown( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 208 ) || dbKeyState ( 31 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckLeft ( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 203 ) || dbKeyState ( 30 ) )
return true;
return false;
}
bool CheckRight ( void )
{
if ( dbKeyState ( 205 ) || dbKeyState ( 32 ) )
return true;
return false;
}

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Posted: 11th May 2008 08:34

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The game uses a tiling system prevalent in many 2D games, outlined in void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY) .

Grass tiles have an ID of 2 and are pasted as images. Wall tiles have collision, and so are made as sprites. I wrote my own collision function using the too-plain dbSpriteCollision() .

This function is bool player:OC(int iDir) .

The issue ust be in rpgDrawMap() seeing as when stick a return at the beginning of it, the game paints the blue background. With the function untampered, the bottom half of the screen, sans sprites, is black.

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Posted: 11th May 2008 09:18

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For debugging purposes, I modified my drawmap function to print the y-coordinate of each tile, at that exact y-coordinate. The result is illogical. Values in the top-left are my character's x,y-coordinates.

rpgDrawMap():

+ Code Snippet

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY)
{
	dbCLS(RGB(0,50,0));

	int i = DEFMAPMIN;
	int o = OBMAPMIN;
	int x = iTopX;
	int y = iTopY;
	int z = 0;
	int ScrnPosX = 10;
	int ScrnPosY = 10;
	int (*MapArray)[10];

	for(int d=DEFMAPMIN;d<OBMAPMIN+100;d++)
	{
		dbDeleteSprite(d);
	}

	switch(g_iZoneID)
	{
	case FIRSTT:
		MapArray=g_FirstTown;
		break;
	case SECONDT:
		MapArray=g_SecondTown;
		break;
	default:
		return;
	}

	while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopX+20&&ScrnPosX<dbScreenWidth()*/)
	{
		while(MapArray[y][x]/*&&x<iTopY+20&&ScrnPosY<dbScreenHeight()*/)
		{
			if(MapArray[y][x]==1)
			{
				//dbSprite(o,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY,MapArray[y][x]+100);
				o++;
			}
			else
			{
				//if(i>DEFMAPMIN+100||!DEBUG)
					//dbPasteImage(MapArray[y][x]+100,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				dbSetCursor(ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
				dbPrint((double)ScrnPosY);
				i++;
			}
			ScrnPosY+=24;
			y++;
			dbSetSpritePriority(i,1);
			dbSetSpritePriority(o,1);
		}
		ScrnPosX+=24;
		ScrnPosY = 10;
		y=iTopY;
		x++;
	}

}

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When you make a loop with x on the outside, and y on the inside... it works out backwards. This MIGHT be your illogical finding in displaying tile values. Good Debugging technique though. More work just to help debug and visualize what's going on is very helpful.

Quote: "Also, I must be doing something horribly wrong, because the game runs terribly slow when I make the screen larger."

Maybe, Maybe Not. I'd be more concerned with how many sprites I had going at one time. Also, I don't think with Sprites you need to REDRAW the whole map each frame. Because the sprites are more or less "Sticky" you can try to write code that only "works" on things that have changed..as they change during gameplay... and only do the Full "draw" when necessary... like... maybe if scrolling the "whole screen" or something.

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Quote: "When you make a loop with x on the outside, and y on the inside... it works out backwards"

It was originally x and then y, but that meant that my map in the header file had to be on its side, each row of numbers representing a vertical column.

I found my debugging result so 'illogical' because i was telling the game to print the y-coordinate of each tile at that coordinate:

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dbSetCursor(ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY);
dbPrint((double)ScrnPosY);

I found that I could fix the issue by tiling the grass as sprites, and that I could tell the screen to only paint on certain conditions.

From darkrpg.h:

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////////////////////////
// GLOBALS /////////////
////////////////////////

//...//

int g_mapDrawn=0;

From darkrpg.cpp:

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////////////////////////
// MAP /////////////////
////////////////////////

void rpgDrawMap(int iTopX, int iTopY)
{
	if(g_mapDrawn)
		return;
	dbCLS(RGB(0,50,0));

This condition would be the global value g_mapDrawn==0

I won't code the screen to scroll. Instead, I'm doing some Zelda-style area-swapping.

There's probably a better way to paste the grass tiles, I saw someone using dbPasteSprite in a function somewhere on these boards. I might go borrow it.

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Well Zelda Style is cool

Remember.. you can use dbSetSpritePriority to control z orde for sprites (whats on top a what)... and if zelda style.. just redraw map on room entry... and stuff sitting on the ground should be "on top" of the background.

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way ahead of ya, on both of those.

call redraw:

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void Navigation()
{
	if(SpriteScreenBottom(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopY+=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iY=1;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenTop(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopY-=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iY=SCREENHEIGHT-25;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenRight(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopX+=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iX=1;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenLeft(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopX-=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iX=SCREENWIDTH-25;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}

}

sprite priority:

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void player::LoadSprite()
{
	dbCreateAnimatedSprite(DarkPlayer.GetSpriteID(), m_szImageFile,4,2,m_iImageID);
	dbSetSpritePriority(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID,2);
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Quote: "way ahead of ya, on both of those."

LOL... Ok... Keep us Posted!

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I'm working on seperating the map into big chunks. rpgDrawMap() now checks to see which chunk to draw from with a switch statement.

My first chunk is as follows:

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int g_FirstTown[100][100]=
	{{51,51,52,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51},
	{51,5,1,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,51},
	{51,5,1,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,51},
	{51,5,1,8,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,11,2,2,51},
	{51,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,9,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,10,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,1,4,2,2,51},
	{51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,52,51,51,51,51}};

2 is grass, 51 and 52 is wall, the rest are path tiles.

The screen successfully redraws when the character reaches the edge of the screen, by adding or subtracting from the parameters passed to rpgDrawMap() . This is detailed in Navigation() :

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void Navigation()
{
	if(SpriteScreenBottom(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopY+=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iY=1;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenTop(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopY-=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iY=SCREENHEIGHT-25;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenRight(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopX+=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iX=1;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}
	if(SpriteScreenLeft(DarkPlayer.m_iSpriteID))
	{
		g_iTopX-=10;
		DarkPlayer.m_iX=SCREENWIDTH-25;
		g_mapDrawn=0;
	}

}

approaching edge:

tadaaa:

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Well Done.. you try making the screen bigger now? Still way slow or did your optimizing help?

Looks Cool.

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I've bumped the screen size from 240x240 to 320x320 along with the tiles from 24x24 to 32x32, to keep the tiles looking nice and crisp.

I make my own graphics

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And, the optimization bumped the speed back up to what it should be.

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That's what we like to hear! Good Job!

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I've updated the way images are loaded. much more memory-efficient.

And, the cahracter can go indoors now.

Screenshots coming soon.

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I've updated the way images are loaded. much more memory-efficient.

And, the character can go indoors now.

Screenshots coming soon.

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SCREENSHOTS:

Top Left: A building.
Top Right: An Interior.
Bottom Left: A culvert. Usually unwalkable.
Bottom Right: Inside the culvert.

The room behind the culvert:

My tile chunk, as of now:

I've written code to allow for events that affect the layout of the map:

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void MapEdit()
{
	if(g_bFirstCulvertOpen)
		g_FirstTown[0][15]=52.1;
}

Where my default map chunk is:

float g_FirstTown[100][100]=
{
	{51,12,11,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,52,51,51,51,51},
	{51,12,11,55,55,55, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,11,53,53,53, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,11,53, 2,53, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,21,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,24, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,22,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,23,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,53, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,12,11,51,51,51,51}
};

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float g_FirstTown[100][100]=
{
	{51,12,11,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,52,51,51,51,51},
	{51,12,11,55,55,55, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,11,53,53,53, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,11,53, 2,53, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,12,21,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,13,24, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,22,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,14,23,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,53, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,12,11, 3, 3, 3,51},
	{51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,51,12,11,51,51,51,51}
};

by adding a floating offset to the ID of a map tile, I am affecting the ID it's given as a sprite in rpgDrawMap():

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if(MapArray[y][x]==2||
				CheckOffset(MapArray[y][x],0.1))
			{
				dbSprite(t,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY,MAPIMAGEID);
				doUV(t,(int)MapArray[y][x]-1,10);
				dbSizeSprite(t,32,32);
				t++;
			}

Where t is the variable that manages the IDs for tiles that teleport the player between interior and exterior map chunks.

So, the culvert becomes walkable and a door if g_bFirstCulvertOpen is true.

I also added code to my Navigation() function to switch the map chunk to g_FirstDungeon[][] when the player exits the screen above the culvert.

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Its getting there.. keep up the good work.

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check that last post

i hate being a new user.

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I'm currently working on NPCs. Screenshots to come as soon as I have them.

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EDIT: I got it =]

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The NPC system still feels kinda sketchy, but here's a shot for ya:

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You take a gander at my Jegas Game Classes yet? Look in the FoundationClasses, especially at both JFC_AR and JFC_DL.

http://code.google.com/p/darkgdkoop/

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I've taken a look at it, I'm having trouble figuring out what it is...

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Well, one is an array class (JGC_AR - Much Faster especially for iterating through a lot of "items". In fact - this is where its at its prime.) and the other is a Double Linked List (JGC_DL - slower - but more powerful over all )

Also look at href]http://www.cplusplus.com[/href] there is a sweet C++ tutorial there - and it covers concepts like pointers, arrays, etc.

also there are more mainstream solutions like the stand library - aka STDLIB.. seek out the vector class (arrays I think) (not same as DarkGDK vectors or 3dmaths) and the list class (double linked list class)

Good Luck! Don't Give Up!

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I guess I'll have a more in-depth look at it then.

As for cplusplus.com, I've been there. Search function makes it a bit hard to find things, though.

I've got it on my webpage's links page.

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Meh, I took another look at it. I couldn't figure it out.

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hi elantzb,

looks good.

If you are using sprites, I recommend to hide the sprites and to use dbPasteSprite(). That's much much faster!

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if I hide the sprites, won't dbPasteSprite() just paste an invisible sprite, AKA nothing?

or do you mean keep them visible, offscreen?

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My current setup for tiling the screen acts strangely on the other computer I'm working on. It doesn't seem to calculate the texture coordinates correctly.

from rpgDrawMap() :

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dbSprite(o,ScrnPosX,ScrnPosY,MAPIMAGEID);
				doUV(o,(int)MapArray[y][x]-1,10);
				dbSizeSprite(o,32,32);
				o++;

doUV() :

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void doUV(int iImg, int iTile, int iColumnsRows)
{
	float U = 0.0f;
	float V = 0.0f;

	float fOffset = 1.0f/iColumnsRows;

	U = (iTile%iColumnsRows)*((float)1/iColumnsRows);
	V = (iTile/iColumnsRows)*((float)1/iColumnsRows);


	dbSetSpriteTextureCoordinates(iImg,0,U,V);dbSetSpriteTextureCoordinates(iImg,1,U+fOffset,V);
	dbSetSpriteTextureCoordinates(iImg,2,U,V+fOffset);dbSetSpriteTextureCoordinates(iImg,3,U+fOffset,V+fOffset);
	
}

Any ideas?

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This may or maynot apply but I got TOTALLY WHACK Bitmap fonts on NON-NVidea before DavidW told me that my NVidea might be the odd ball out - I need to load images with the "no Mip Map" flag (the unnecessary (but for me necessary) 3rd parameter...

It's allso known as the "Use Image for texturing" flag to some - or at least many will know what I mean.

It throws the image off alot and in a sprite - uit'll look like the image MIGHT seem bigger - like strectched maybe - and its missging stuff... hard to explain kinda.. but.. for sprites I think it: dbLoadImage("file",id,1); Double check help though - its in my JGC lib - I'm barely awake though - to tired to look if you're still hased - and want to know exactly how I did the sprite bitmaps fots... I'll look it up for ya

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Posted: 25th May 2008 06:02

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i noticed that flag yesterday, but i'll be stuck on the computer that works until tuesday.

you get credit for getting to me first, though.

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elantzb

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Posted: 27th May 2008 21:08

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YES! SUCCESS!

I LOVE YOU

not as much as sarah

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jason p sage

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Posted: 27th May 2008 21:46

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LOL... BTW - I wasn't clear on that NVIdea odd ball out - What it was doing was looking correct on NVidea (with mip maps loaded) but other PC's showed the bitmap fonts totally whack.. .first I thought it was the intel card, then intal and old ati, then... David W tried it and said... Um.... "I know your problem man... and the good news? Its an easy FIX!"

LOL... It was too!

Happy you got through that! You have to keep us posted now! It looks neat what you're doing here... I'd like to see it after you've had some time to beat it senseless a bit.

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Posted: 28th May 2008 03:39 Edited at: 28th May 2008 03:41

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well let's see... i've tweaked the tile appearance a bit and i'm adding some more buildings...

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Posted: 29th May 2008 01:03

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nice looking rpg, it's really starting to look something like Fate now.
-adrian

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Posted: 30th May 2008 05:14

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fixed a function that was really bothering me, which checks an ID and it's decimal offset, to see if the offset is what I'm looking for.

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bool CheckOffset(double fID,double fOffset)
{
	if(fID-fOffset==(int)fID)
		return 1;
	return 0;
}

// ... //

if(CheckOffset(54.2,0.2))
cout << "match";

In the above case, the program would output "match".

this would not work with:

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if(CheckOffset(54.2,0.1))
cout << "match";

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jason p sage

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Posted: 30th May 2008 05:23

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When dealing with floats... look for ranges not exact values. Rounding will always fail you.

Pseudo: if offset>0.1 && offset <0.5 then YAY!

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elantzb

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Posted: 30th May 2008 05:31

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in case you missed the gist of my statement, i was calling it a success.

i was mucking around with ranges before and they weren't working out.

i tried a billion different ways of truncating and rounding, rearranging my variables and casts in countless ways. i suddenly thought of another way to do it.

rather than subtract a truncated float from the original to get the float's offset, and then comparing that to the offset i wanted, i subtracted the offset i wanted from my float and compared it to the truncated float.

and for some reason, doing it this way gave me the exact value. so i kept it.

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Posted: 30th May 2008 05:38

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Quote: "in case you missed the gist of my statement"

I Did

Quote: "rather than subtract a truncated float from the original to get the float's offset, and then comparing that to the offset i wanted, i subtracted the offset i wanted from my float and compared it to the truncated float.
"

Neat

Quote: "and for some reason, doing it this way gave me the exact value. so i kept it."

Could be the compiler is converting your float to an int due to that int typecast.

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Posted: 30th May 2008 05:45

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instead of

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fID-fOffset==(int)fID

I was attempting to do

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fID-(int)fID==fOffset

which didn't work.

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Posted: 1st Jun 2008 01:27

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Here we have screenshots of the second building, and it's interior and occupant.

Note slight graphics update.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 21:04

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Today I'll be refining some of my more lengthier functions. rpgDrawMap() has grown to be at least a page long.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 21:06

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That's starting to look really good, let me know when you finish it, I wanna play it.

If you can do any models for FW, reply to the FleetWars thread.

Click here!

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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 21:28

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Good Job elantzb - keep it up!

I want to see YOU see this ONE through!

doesn't have to be a full blown anything - its just looking great - make a full game of it... not HUGE game... just a working game!

(if you want... I am routing for you though... so I hope you DO WANT! so many start them, only a few finish any)

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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 21:30

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Hey, jason...

Can you get Xfire? I'd like to talk to you in real-time, privately.

http://xfire.com/

If you can do any models for FW, reply to the FleetWars thread.

Click here!

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Posted: 4th Jun 2008 21:44

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Yahoo me... I'm not signing on xfire, I'm sorry.

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Posted: 8th Jun 2008 00:02

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I've successfully split up my game into easier-to-read files.

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It's lookin great so far! I want to play it too.

dbPrint ( "Sig" );

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Posted: 10th Jun 2008 02:16

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I'll work on a WIP release for you guys to check out. I'll prolly just throw in some more buildings and NPCs. And modes for a menu/title etc.

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Posted: 16th Jun 2008 10:31

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how do i upload this?

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