Post by: Calc84 on November 19, 2007, 12:51:00 pm
(its in BASIC)
This is it, so try it out, and let me know how it is. Read the readme!
Post by: trevmeister66 on November 19, 2007, 04:13:00 pm
) Some optimizations:
Teacher key: You eliminate the equations, and just display a number. Itll save you a bit of memory.
I suggest using booleans instead of if's
ex:
your code
c1-->
| CODE |
| ec1If G=25 -1->D If G=34 1->D If A=1 1->D If A=60 -1->D If G=26 ->Dc2 |
ec2
can be
c1
-->can be
c1
| CODE |
| ec1-(G=25 or A=60)+(G=34 or A=1)*not(G=26->Dc2 |
ec2
It is smaller and faster, a win-win.
Also Lbl-Goto's can be memory killers, although I think you did a good job of avoiding this. But to make it faster and, I think, easier, make it one big loop where you have
c1
-->It is smaller and faster, a win-win.
Also Lbl-Goto's can be memory killers, although I think you did a good job of avoiding this. But to make it faster and, I think, easier, make it one big loop where you have
c1
| CODE |
| ec1Repeat pxl-Test(A,B ... main game code ... Endc2 |
ec2
I think it would end up being smaller and faster (and it's a good habit to avoid Lbl-Goto's whenever you can, which is almost all of the time)
All in all, a very good program to begin with. Now that you have the basic's down, you should try a pure BASIC fully graphical RPG.. jk. But none the less, great job. :thumbup:
I think it would end up being smaller and faster (and it's a good habit to avoid Lbl-Goto's whenever you can, which is almost all of the time)
All in all, a very good program to begin with. Now that you have the basic's down, you should try a pure BASIC fully graphical RPG.. jk. But none the less, great job. :thumbup:
Post by: JonimusPrime on November 19, 2007, 04:21:00 pm
Post by: simplethinker on November 19, 2007, 04:49:00 pm
(I've never even heard of this game though, so it might be me guessing how this is supposed to be)It's programmed well, and a lot better than most people's first attempts (especially mine).
Like trevmeister66 said, the biggest improvement you can make is utilizing loops rather than Lbl/Gotos, because the calc actually starts searching for them at the very top of the program, so if you have a large program they will slow it down considerably. This page http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/controlflow has a lot of detailed information on looping and program structure, and looking around the rest of the site can be useful for you too :D
One more side note: when you're using disp, you don't have to have each on a separate line, you can separate the strings with commas, like
c1-->
| CODE |
| ec1:Disp "thing1","thing2","thing3"c2 |
ec2
Now for the fun part, optimizing :D
[edit] I just tried putting it in warp mode in PTI (super-fast mode in an emulator), and without pressing any buttons I somehow got to level 8 without dying, it was kind of weird (this has nothing to do with the code but it was kind of funny :lmao:
)
Now for the fun part, optimizing :D
[edit] I just tried putting it in warp mode in PTI (super-fast mode in an emulator), and without pressing any buttons I somehow got to level 8 without dying, it was kind of weird (this has nothing to do with the code but it was kind of funny :lmao:
) Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 19, 2007, 07:03:00 pm
Post by: Halifax on November 20, 2007, 02:07:00 pm
Just to know what it is...,but I guess I will download it and try it out either way, because I too am curious since it seems to have recieved good reviews from others here at Omnimaga.