Omnimaga
Calculator Community => TI Calculators => Axe => Topic started by: Munchor on December 18, 2010, 06:44:30 am
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Some of you may have heard of my difficulty with appvars in Axe at Cemetech, I decided to post it here too, because Omnimaga's community is more Axy.
So, if you wanna see the main thread, check it here (http://cemetech.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5492).
What I need to do:
> I have an easy and a hard mode and need a highscore for each one;
> The first time the game is opened the highscore needs to be 0;
> In the title screen, I need to display the highscore for easy/hard (the user chooses which);
> is not working, the highscore displayed is always 110, but it creates an Appvar;
What I have done:
> I created an Appvar.
What I have understood;
> If I use GetCalc(NAME,SIZE) twice, the second time it will delete the previous one;
> How to create an Appvar.
My Code:
GetCalc("appvPONGhs",Y0)
{Y0}->W
GetCalc("appvPONGhs",Y1)
{Y1}->K
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
Text(29,42,"Highscore:",W>Dec
Else
Text(29,42,"Highscore:",K>Dec
End
. OTHER CODE
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
GetCalc("appvPONGhs",16)->C
S->{C}
End
If sub(CS,"<hard>",Str4
GetCalc("appvPONGhs",16)->C
S->{C+1}
End
This code:
> I could use an Else, but I'll optimize in the end;
> sub(CS compares two strings, thanks to player1537 for publishing it :D.
> The first part of the code is the title screen.
Well, I need a way to create an Appvar if it is the first time the game is being opened, but don't know how to do it :S
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Getcalc(NAME)->H
!If H
Getcalc(NAME,SIZE)->H
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H+A}
End
My first post!
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Getcalc(NAME)->H
!If H
Getcalc(NAME,SIZE)->H
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H+A}
End
My first post!
^^ In your first post you give me my precious code?
Getcalc(NAME)->H
!If H
Getcalc(NAME,SIZE)->H
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H+A}
End
Your second post will be to explain the For Loop, I hope. The beginning I understand :)
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I'm french and only 15, so my english won't be perfect :P
For the loop, it fills bytes of the appvar with 0, because if you don't do that, it will return a random number ( for me that's 219 ;D )
and to save your highscores with different difficulties, store easy highscore in {H} , the hard in {H+1}.
If the highscore can be higher than 255, do {H}r and {H+2}r .
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I'm french and only 15, so my english won't be perfect :P
For the loop, it fills bytes of the appvar with 0, because if you don't do that, it will return a random number ( for me that's 219 ;D )
and to save your highscores with different difficulties, store easy highscore in {H} , the hard in {H+1}.
If the highscore can be higher than 255, do {H}r and {H+2}r .
So.... In the beginning of the program:
Getcalc(NAME)->H
!If H
Getcalc(NAME,SIZE)->H
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H}
End
Then when saving highscore:
. Check if game is easy
S->{H}
End
.Check if game is hard
S->{H+1}
End
This, I hope works fine. The highscore can be >255 and would need two bytes to store the value, but nobody will get that many points.
So, right now I understood how to store the highscore.
Now, I need to read it and display it, which I think I can do like this:
{H}->W
Text(0,0,W
{H+1}->C
Text(0,10,C
Is it done like that? Or like this:
GetCalc("appvNAME",Y0)->W
Text(0,0,W
GetCalc("appvNAME",Y1)->C
Text(0,10,C
/me wonders
Thanks!
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Dont forget in the loop
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H+A}
End
Don't forget {H+A}
well, for your highscores you need 2 bytes numbers, so you could do like this (you can use it directly in your program) :
For(A,0,3)
0->{H+A}
End
You can also display the pointers
Text(0,0,{H}rDec
Text(0,10,{H+2}rDec
At the start of the game, for example, if you choosed easy difficulty do 0->D, if that's hard 2->D
And to store it simply do this
If S>{H+D}r
S->{H+D}r
End
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Text(0,0,{H}rDec
Text(0,10,{H+2}rDec
rDec is >Dec, right?
This is what I'm going for, it's very optimized!
Getcalc(NAME)->H
!If H
Getcalc(NAME,SIZE)->H
For(A,0,SIZE)
0->{H+A}
End
And this is the loop at the start of the code. I will try it now :)
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that's r>Dec if you prefer
you've got to add after the pointer "r" (in the angles menu) to get the 2 bytes.
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that's r>Dec if you prefer
you've got to add after the pointer "r" (in the angles menu) to get the 2 bytes.
Done!! Now I'm gonna test the hardware, while you go to the introduce yourself thread, OK? :D
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I'm playing civilization V so it will be later :D
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Instead of a For() loop, you can use the Fill() command to fill a section of memory with a value. That, and a few other optimizations:
!If GetCalc(NAME)→H
Fill(0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H},SIZE-1)
End
It might be a good idea to check whether or not creating the appvar was successful, though. You wouldn't want the game to proceed, thinking that the appvar exists when it really doesn't.
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wow nice :D
I think i'll use it in all my games :)
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I'm playing civilization V so it will be later :D
Hum... OK.
It didn't work, the appvar is created, but the HS is always 0, both for easy and hard.
!If GetCalc(NAME)→H
Fill(0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H},SIZE-1)
End
I gotta try that too :)
Runner always optimizing :D
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can you watch me the part of the program where you use the appvar?
the code of runer do exactly the same thing, but that's more optimized
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can you watch me the part of the program where you use the appvar?
Send me*
Give me*
Lend me*
Let me see*
Instead of "Can you watch me" :D
I can send you the whole program, because they are separated by about 200 lines of code that can ruin the process. (PM/e-mail)
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So "send me" your program ;D
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So "send me" your program ;D
I already did, if you have any doubts, reply to e.mail, not here, because the code will not be public :S
Maybe one day :)
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I'm playing civilization V so it will be later :D
Hum... OK.
It didn't work, the appvar is created, but the HS is always 0, both for easy and hard.
!If GetCalc(NAME)→H
Fill(0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H},SIZE-1)
End
I gotta try that too :)
Runner always optimizing :D
That leaves the pointer in the Fill( statement at zero, so you're basically copying size-1 bytes starting at address $0000, instead of the address of your appvar, which is definitely not what you want.
Try
!If GetCalc(NAME)
0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H}
Fill(H,SIZE-1)
Endinstead.
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!If GetCalc(NAME)
0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H}
Fill(H,SIZE-1)
End
Well, I decided to make the code come public, to make this easier :S
The game is an edit of Quigibo's Axe Example, PONG:
.UPONG
"<easy>"->Str4
"SCORE:"->Str2
[6363636363633F1F]->Pic3
[FCFEC6C6FEFCC0C0C0]->Pic4
[3C7EE7C3C3E77E3C]->Pic5
[00CEDFF3E3C3C3C3]->Pic6
[3F7FC3C37F3F037FFE]->Pic7
[FF00000000000000]->Pic8
DiagnosticOff
Lbl 1
ClrDraw
ClrHome
Fix 5
.Code for image
Pt-On(25,10,Pic3
Pt-On(34,9,Pic4
Pt-On(34,10,Pic4+1
Pt-On(42,10,Pic5
Pt-On(51,10,Pic6
Pt-On(60,9,Pic7
Pt-On(60,10,Pic7+1
Pt-On(0,19,Pic8
Pt-On(8,19,Pic8
Pt-On(16,19,Pic8
Pt-On(24,19,Pic8
Pt-On(32,19,Pic8
Pt-On(40,19,Pic8
Pt-On(48,19,Pic8
Pt-On(56,19,Pic8
Pt-On(64,19,Pic8
Pt-On(72,19,Pic8
Pt-On(80,19,Pic8
Pt-On(88,19,Pic8
Pt-On(96,19,Pic8
Text(32,21,"2nd:play
Text(35,28,Str4
Text(29,35,"clear:quit
Getcalc("appvPongHS")->H
!If H
Getcalc("appvPongHS,8)->H
For(A,0,18)
0->{H+A}
End
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
Text(29,42,"Highscore:",{H}>Dec
Else
Text(29,42,"Highscore:",{H+1}>Dec
End
Fix 3
Text(0,49," made by: David Gomes
Text(0,55," Quigibo
Fix 2
DispGraph
Repeat getKey->theta
End
If getKey(3) or getKey(19)
104->{Str4+1}
114->{Str4+3}
100->{Str4+4}
End
If getKey(2) or getKey(35)
101->{Str4+1}
115->{Str4+3}
121->{Str4+4}
End
If theta=15
Fix 4
ClrHome
ClrDraw
Return
End
.THIS IS THE START OF THE GAME CODE
If theta=54
ClrDraw
0->S-1->D
44->Z*256->X
10->Y
sub(HT)
Repeat getKey(15)
If sub(CS,"<hard>",Str4)
5->M
Else
2->M
End
.MOVE LEFT CODE
If getKey(2) or getKey(35) and (Z!=0
Z-M->Z
End
.MOVE RIGHT CODE
If getKey(3) or getKey(19) and (Z!=88
Z+M->Z
End
.RANDOM POSITION FOR BALL
X+V->X
Y+D->Y
.LOSING CODE
If Y>70
Goto D
End
.RANDOM POSITION FOR BALL WHEN HIT UPPER BARRIER
If Y=0
sub(HT)
End
.HIT IMAGE CODE
If Y=54 and (abs(X/256-Z)<8
sub(HT)
S+1->S
End
If X/256=0 or (X/256=88
~V->V+X->X
End
ClrDraw
[000000000000FFFF]->Pic1
[0000182C3C180000]->Pic2
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
Line(0,0,96,0)
Line(0,0,0,64)
Line(95,0,95,63)
Line(0,63,95,63)
End
Pt-On(Z,54,Pic1
Pt-On(X/256,Y,Pic2
DispGraph
End
.LOSE LABEL
Lbl D
ClrDraw
ClrHome
Fix 5
.Code for image
Pt-On(25,25,Pic3
Pt-On(34,24,Pic4
Pt-On(34,25,Pic4+1
Pt-On(42,25,Pic5
Pt-On(51,25,Pic6
Pt-On(60,24,Pic7
Pt-On(60,25,Pic7+1
Pt-On(0,35,Pic8
Pt-On(8,35,Pic8
Pt-On(16,35,Pic8
Pt-On(24,35,Pic8
Pt-On(32,35,Pic8
Pt-On(40,35,Pic8
Pt-On(48,35,Pic8
Pt-On(56,35,Pic8
Pt-On(64,35,Pic8
Pt-On(72,35,Pic8
Pt-On(80,35,Pic8
Pt-On(88,35,Pic8
Pt-On(96,35,Pic8
If S>9
Text(33,38,Str2,S>Dec
Else
Text(35,38,Str2,S>Dec
End
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
S->{H}
End
If sub(CS,"<easy>",Str4
S->{H+1}
End
DispGraph
Pause 1500
Repeat getKey->U
End
Goto 1
.ROUTINES
Return
Lbl CS
0->r3
Repeat {r2+r3}->r4 != {r1+r3} or ({r1+r3}->r5 = 0) or (r4 = 0)
::r3+1->r3
End
If r4 or r5=0
::1
::Return
End
0
Return
Lbl HT
rand^512-256->V
~D->D
Else
Goto 1
End
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i sent you back the code. How do you use str4? i didn't understand it...
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i sent you back the code. How do you use str4? i didn't understand it...
The code you gave me crashed the calculator and does not work. I can't evem press 2nd or clear, only right and left in the title screen.
Str4 is '<easy>' or '<hard>', and sub(CS,'<easy>',Str4 checks if the the game is easy.
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really? i only changed the code of the picture to make it more optimized, nothing else. Check if you made an error...
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really? i only changed the code of the picture to make it more optimized, nothing else. Check if you made an error...
You did change the loop and made parentheses optimizations, I think :S
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yes because your code created a 8 bytes appvar when you need only 4 bytes. After that i did nothing.
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yes because your code created a 8 bytes appvar when you need only 4 bytes. After that i did nothing.
You also made it 2 bytes for each highscore and I only want 1 :S
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we cannot get a score better than 255? :P
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we cannot get a score better than 255? :P
You can but you need to play for about 4 hours and I don't want to even make it possible
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ah... much people will get same score ;D
so do
0->{H}r
instead of the loop
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ah... much people will get same score ;D
so do
0->{H}r
instead of the loop
They won't. My problem is that it does not correctly read the appvar!! That's my problem :(
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I don't see why, you just have do do {H} and {H+1}
check if that's not an other part of your game who fails.
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I don't see why, you just have do do {H} and {H+1}
check if that's not an other part of your game who fails.
It isn't, actually, I am letting 2 bytes in my code and it works fine, it will not be like that in the final version, though :/
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make some others little programs to test the appvar or other things, because if you run the entire program each times you'll never see where the problem(s) comes from.
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I may also check the code of other Axe games :)
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I'm playing civilization V so it will be later :D
Hum... OK.
It didn't work, the appvar is created, but the HS is always 0, both for easy and hard.
!If GetCalc(NAME)→H
Fill(0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H},SIZE-1)
End
I gotta try that too :)
Runner always optimizing :D
That leaves the pointer in the Fill( statement at zero, so you're basically copying size-1 bytes starting at address $0000, instead of the address of your appvar, which is definitely not what you want.
Try
!If GetCalc(NAME)
0→{GetCalc(NAME,SIZE)→H}
Fill(H,SIZE-1)
Endinstead.
Storing the value to a static pointer would return 0, but storing it to a variable pointer returns the pointer. For example, whereas 0→{Str1} would return 0, 0→{A} would return A.
EDIT: And just a side note, storing a two-byte value to a variable pointer, like 0→{A}r, would return A+1.
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I'm playing civilization V so it will be later :D
Starcraft II!!! :love: J/k
Welcome on the forums. ;D
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Merci, et tu peut me parler français tu sais :P
Scout David, can you "send me" the 8xp? I could work on your program easely because i could test it.
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Je parle français aussi, pas de problème, mais dans ce forum nous devons parler anglais, parce que il ya des forums pour le français dans Omnimaga.
Anyways, I was given this code, looks really code:
here is a good was to deal with highscore appvars:
place this at the beginning of your program:
:"appvNAME"→Str1
:GetCalc(Str1)→θ
:!If θ
:UnarchiveStr1
:GetCalc(Str1)→θEnd
:!If θ
:GetCalc(Str1,[desired size])→θEND
this first checks to see if appvNAME exists in RAM. if not, it attempts to unarchive appvNAME. if it is not found in the archive, the appv is created and made [desired size] bytes long. the pointer to the beginning of appvNAME is stored in theta, so accessing/storing is as easy as {θ+[n]} or S→{θ+[n]}
at the end of your program simply add
:Archive Str1
for safe-keeping
I gotta try that too!! Oh my god, it looks good, thank you!
At cemetech, i'll try it right away!
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yea, that's easy.
You can directly let at the beginning of the program :
Unarchive str1
Getcalc(Str1)->H
Ect...
if the appvar doesn't exist, it will do nothing.
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yea, that's easy.
You can directly let at the beginning of the program :
Unarchive str1
Getcalc(Str1)->H
Ect...
if the appvar doesn't exist, it will do nothing.
Nice optimization!
To display it, how would I do?
{H}->B
Text(0,0,B
or
Text(0,0,{H}
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the second, more optimized. Don't forget the >Dec :)
If you send me the 8xp i could work on it and make many optimizations :D
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Yeah it's best to use English in the english forum, so people who only know english can understand. In the French section it's best to only use french too if possible. We can translate our posts but then it takes a while. X.x
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the second, more optimized. Don't forget the >Dec :)
If you send me the 8xp i could work on it and make many optimizations :D
Don't worry with optimizations, i've got it handled xD
Also, thanks for remembering me to put the >Dec, i always forget that stuff :s
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I don't think you saw all optimizations. I saw many others that i could do but i would have to test it to see if it works.
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I don't think you saw all optimizations. I saw many others that i could do but i would have to test it to see if it works.
Fast Crash, after I finish my program maybe you can, trust me I know a lot of optimizations xD
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lol i hope that :)
It's just that some parts of your program are very hard when it can be simple, just like for the string "easy" and "hard".
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Mind about showing him exactly how to make them simpler? Also, Fast Crash, check your forum inbox.
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Mind about showing him exactly how to make them simpler? Also, Fast Crash, check your forum inbox.
DJ, don't worry.
@Fast Crash: My code is written so that only I can read it, stupid names for variables, very crazy ways of doing things, it may look a 'wrong' and non-functional code, but it's good sometimes. However, when I program in team, which is not the case, I make things simpler and full of comments so that others can get it :D