Topic: Tides of Fáden (out of production) (Read 57338 times)

WarHampster · « **Reply #105 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:18:23 PM »

GM has a not equal to operator?

lucky

Silverwind · « **Reply #106 on:** January 04, 2009, 02:37:54 AM »

It's undocumented and can by typed <> or ><. I prefer <>.

Silverwind · « **Reply #107 on:** January 04, 2009, 05:05:54 PM »

Here we are chaps, the true NPC spawn location randomizer:

Locate every non traversable tile on the grid and store their coordinates in an array:

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      tilecheckXY = 0
      freetiles$ = ""
      freetiles = 0
      REPEAT
        tilecheckXY = tilecheckXY + 1
        freetilecheck$ = MID$ gridlayout$ tilecheckXY 1
        IF freetilecheck$ = "0" THEN
          tilecheckXY$ = STR$ tilecheckXY
          freetiles$ = freetiles$ + tilecheckXY$
          freetiles$ = freetiles$ + ""
          freetiles = freetiles + 1
        END IF
        IF tilecheckXY = 49 THEN EXIT REPEAT
      END REPEAT

Pick a random tile to spawn an NPC on: (the "+ 1 line" prevents a glitch involving the WORD$ command when the first word in the string begins with a numeral)

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      NPCspawnlocation = RANDOM freetiles
      NPCspawnlocation = NPCspawnlocation + 1
      NPCspawntile$ = WORD$ freetiles$ NPCspawnlocation
      NPCspawntile = VAL NPCspawntile$

Calculate the NPC's grid coordinates via its spawn location:

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      XYcalculator = 0
      NPCgridX = 0
      NPCgridY = 1
      REPEAT
'     This line is to prevent the "repeat glitch" where the first line in a repeat block isn't executed.
        XYcalculator = XYcalculator + 1
        NPCgridX = NPCgridX + 1
        IF NPCgridX = 8 THEN NPCgridY = NPCgridY + 1
        IF NPCgridX = 8 THEN NPCgridX = 1
        IF XYcalculator = NPCspawntile THEN EXIT REPEAT
      END REPEAT

Calculate the NPC's sprite position via its grid coordinates:

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      NPCspriteY = NPCgridY * 44
      NPCspriteY = NPCspriteY - 39
      NPCspriteX = NPCgridX * 44
      NPCspriteX = NPCspriteX - 39
      NPCmoveY = NPCgridY
      NPCmoveX = NPCgridX
      SHOWBUTTON 3 $enemyname$$ $enemyHP$
      SPRITE 13 NPCspriteX NPCspriteY $NPCsprite$$
      NPCalive = 1

I had to use me ol' noggin quite a bit as the syntax was unexpectedly hard to define. Still though, I'll never make a game without it now as the time it's gonna save is incredible.

Tireas Dragon · « **Reply #108 on:** January 04, 2009, 11:18:37 PM »

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It's undocumented and can by typed <> or ><. I prefer <>.

I have used that on several occasions. There is also: =>,=< or >=,<= that is the equal to or more than and equal to or less than. It is VERY USEFUL with variables

Silverwind · « **Reply #109 on:** January 05, 2009, 02:24:41 AM »

Yeah, I still tend to stick with > and < due to habit, but I used => and =< a few times in QoM I think.

Silverwind · « **Reply #110 on:** January 07, 2009, 11:48:21 AM »

Seeing as how most of my enemy sprites are Goblinoids, I've decided to spend a few days enlarging my Monster sprite library instead of programming. I started on a Medusa yesterday which is almost finished, but I can't decide which build to make final:

Most of the people I've asked prefer the Right image, but personally I think the face of the Right one looks undead-ish. The Left one seems more serpentine to me. What do you guys think?

EqwanoX · « **Reply #111 on:** January 07, 2009, 12:18:21 PM »

Teruri · « **Reply #112 on:** January 07, 2009, 12:48:23 PM »

Yeah, the eyes on the right one are usefull for skeletons, but nor for medusa.

Al Staffieri · « **Reply #113 on:** January 07, 2009, 01:39:35 PM »

I like the left one better.

Silverwind · « **Reply #114 on:** January 07, 2009, 02:15:16 PM »

The Left image it is then. Thanks guys!

Next I'm gonna attempt a Minotaur.

Silverwind · « **Reply #115 on:** January 07, 2009, 05:09:23 PM »

I'm making pretty good progress, here's a few more sprites I did mostly today:

From top-left there's Water Devils, a revamped Drow, (truer to their official appearance) Gremlin, Naga, (possibly Maedar, but they're supposed to be extremely rare so meh, I don't know... perhaps he'll be a boss) Medusa, and last of all Skeletons.

Despite the laughably large heads on the skeletons I'm overjoyed with them, as I've always had trouble drawing skeletons. Now once I get a zombie variation or two I can make an undead dungeon, hurray!

EDIT:

Final edit of the Medusa:

The skin tone is more human.

WarHampster · « **Reply #116 on:** January 07, 2009, 07:08:33 PM »

What do you make your sprites in again?

Silverwind · « **Reply #117 on:** January 08, 2009, 02:29:47 AM »

Any application with a pencil tool and a color palette, but when I'm on my own computer I use Appleworks because the lasso tool ignores white.

Silverwind · « **Reply #118 on:** January 09, 2009, 04:14:56 PM »

I returned to programming today. (couldn't keep away) I'm working on more ways to reference variables in order to make stat rearranging less time consuming, as I've noticed that I have a higher interest in the project when I do stuff like that.

I want to make the enemy tables (and a great deal more) editable from a single card in the same way that keydown and timer code now is. It's hard, but I feel I'll get much more done much more fast if I don't have to keep rewriting stuff whenever I change stat progressions and whatnot.

Tireas Dragon · « **Reply #119 on:** January 10, 2009, 09:45:49 AM »

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Any application with a pencil tool and a color palette, but when I'm on my own computer I use Appleworks because the lasso tool ignores white.

I love appleworks it is so useful. The main reason I like it is because of the lasso ignoring white.
P.S. I like your new sprites.

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