It's here!  You can now download the next build of S.A.D. for testing and experimenting purposes, as well as for enjoyment and taking your mind off of "the game."







This version of S.A.D. allows you to preview the human race.  You can select a ship, construct a building, check the progress of your buildings, and move across the map.

Controls
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2nd -- Displays the "Construct Building" Menu
Alpha -- Displays the "Select Ship" Menu
Mode -- Toggles the cursor on and off
X_T_Theta_N -- Allows you to drive your ship.  You can toggle this mode on and off with the same key.
Enter -- Place a building after you choose where you want it placed
Arrow Keys -- Move
Soft Keys--Adjust the speed at which the map Scrolls
Clear -- Exit a Menu, or exit the game entirely

Hot Keys (For Menus) -- 2nd, Mode, Del, Alpha, X_T_Theta_N, Stat, Math, Apps, Pgrm

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A download link is provided below.  I will have a forum available for bug reports, so please list any bugs there.

Please do not try to place buildings on top of each other, and do not try to completely cover the map with buildings.  Most importantly, I recommend testing this on an emulator.  The game, for right now, requires 21 KB of memory and 4 app pages.  I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for any damage to your calculator.

Enjoy, and please let me know of any issues that exist!

http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3990.0;attach=2683



Things to look forward to in S.A.D. Alpha 3:
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Shadows from Ships
Collision Detection, so that you won't run over buildings or place them on top of each other
Controlling groups of the same unit rather than a single unit
Realistic Building Construction Times

Well done, a pity all the attention is going to OT/Community brew calc.

By that ^ I mean most people were really looking forward to this and I am sure they still are but don't be surprised if you don't get much reactions anywhere soon because everyone is commenting in the OTcalc section. if that wasn't clear then I am sorry but This ^ was what I meant with it!

Nice job!
* ZTrumpet downloads!

Quote from: Hot_Dog on August 06, 2010, 03:38:31 pm

Quote from: matthias1992 on August 06, 2010, 03:37:06 pm

Well done, a pity all the attention is going to OT/Community brew calc

What do you mean?

He means that currently almost all of Omnimaga is busy posting about creating their own custom calc.

Oh, gotcha.  Yes, that sounded like a very interesting project, and I don't blame them.

Awesome! I'M happy to see this come out! I'll be sure to give it a try whenever possible

EDIT: Just tried it and nice job. I like the speed too. Only one thing to report: Are we supposed to be able to move faster when controlling our ship when holding down the softkeys?

Also Matthias1992 I think it is fine, people can discuss what they want about calcs on the forums and they can focus on what they want in the order they want. It's summer, after all, and people try new stuff during summer in the community, from experience. (Remember the key factoring?) People will eventually get to this topic. I don't think it's fair to badmouth people for checking another topic too much.

True it must look better on calc, not to mention easier to play than on computer keyboard.

Btw does this use undocumented assembly instructions?

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on August 07, 2010, 01:52:52 pm

True it must look better on calc, not to mention easier to play than on computer keyboard.

Btw does this use undocumented assembly instructions?

Right now it (unfortunately) does, as they slipped in when Hot Dog wasn't looking.  He's currently trying to take them out, though.

I think we've found most of them, and Buckeye's working on fixing them.  Don't forget that credit goes to Buckeye as well for this amazing release

I just tried this yesterday, great job Hot_Dog. One question, what do you have to do to check the building progress?

Go to cursor mode (press the MODE key), and place your cursor over a wrench (aka building under construction.)  You can also put your cursor over a building like this to see how many HP it has.