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Subject: Help with My Game
From: [e-mail] (JEFF WEBB)
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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 95 02:32:00 -0600
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About My Game, Chris Hodges said dis:

CH> JW> As far as I know theres nothing like it for the Amiga. It
CH> JW> will be compatable with all systems from the 500 to the 4000
CH> JW> if at all possible. Which means 512K Chip and 512K Fast
CH> JW> maximum for the finished product (Any comments on that?).

CH> The times of 512 KB Chip are over for many years now. 1 MB Chip
CH> memory can always be expected. And because it's a modem game, a
CH> normal user with a modem should have at least 2 MB of memory in
CH> total.

 Belive it or not a friend of mine had only 512 K Chip untill just a
month or so ago. But if 99.9% of the users have 1 MB Chip the other
0.1% will have to upgrade. The extra 512 K Chip will make thing's so
much easier. Come to think of it so will the other 512 K Fast. Thats
the way I'm going to go, 1 Meg Chip, 1 Meg Fast minimum.
Thanks for making up my mind on that.

CH> JW> help or code. Mr. Chris Hodges and Paul Hickman are
CH> JW> already in the List.

CH> How do I deserve this honour? ;-)

 Your example of KeyFile Encoding. Just what I needed to make
ditributing this game easy.

CH> I wanted to write some modem game some time ago but I didn't go
CH> very far :-(

 On the C=64 I could do it. In Amos it looks like it can be done. It
might even take untill the ADT (is thier still an Amos Development
Team?) upgrades Amos before its done. But I'm not giving up!

CH> Use any Protracker version around (preferably 2.3b or 3.15), and
CH> use any of these neat little extensions which can replay
CH> Protracker modules directly. The musician will thank you for
CH> that.

CH> [Commercial on]

CH> The AMCAF extension provides real Protracker support, including
CH> VBL/CIA timing, speed, volume controls, voice-toggeling, vumeters
CH> and amos samples/instruments playing during the music.

CH> [Commercial off]

 Sound's like just the ticket. I'm going to Aminet right now (well
after this post) and get it. If it's all you say it is (which I'm sure
it is) look for my payment soon!

CH> JW> 4. Because of the way Amos handles the Serial input/output
CH> JW> should I forget Proc's and Gosub's and use conditional
CH> JW> variables with only Goto's in the Main Game Loop for
CH> JW> maximum speed?

CH> Goto is obsolete. Gosub might be useful in some occasions (in
CH> fact, I like them more than procedures). The cpu power won't be
CH> drained too much when using gosubs.

 Don't hit me but when I started this program I had just graduated from
Commodore 64 Basic to Amos, and goto was still very much in my blood
back then. Now I look at my code and say 'Why did I do that?'. I had
not looked at my code in some time. But when I saw the Amos section on
Aminet I was inspired again. And this List is a great help.

CH> Vertical Blank waits like Wait Vbl should keep everything in
CH> sync. However, sometimes it's useful to unlink the graphical
CH> movement from the actual calculations. E.g the game runs the same
CH> speed on every computer, only the display gets a little bit
CH> yerkier on slower machines. This is an important aspect with
CH> modem-games.

 Could you give me an example of this please?

CH> JW> 7. How many bobs is it safe to use above the default
CH> JW> settings? Or should I stick to my original plains of just 25
CH> JW> units max per side?

CH> The default value is at about 64 bobs. But 25*2 bobs should
CH> suffice.

 After looking at DuneII again thats what I decided to stay with.

CH> JW> 8. Is it okay to use Zones on a Double Buffered screen or
CH> JW> should I use Mouse corridnates?

CH> You can use zones on Double Buffered displays savely.

 That was a bonehead question on my part. I have done it many times
before myself. Thanks anyway.

CH> JW> 9. Does this sound like a good game? Or will just me and my
CH> JW> local friends be playing it?

CH> Yeah, it sounds very interesting. I had some great hours with
CH> Dune II and the possibility to play some similar game against
CH> some other human makes the game even more valuable ;-)

 Thats my point of view also. Not to mention being able to call them
up and say ' Ha! Wiped you out Sucker!' has an appeal all its own.


    Jeffery J. Webb <[e-mail]>
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