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« on: August 24, 2013, 06:04:01 am »
Yeah, appvars are what you are looking for. Here is the tutorial that taught me everything about them. Besides, it doesn't only teach about appvars. Be sure to give the author a +1. And welcome to Omnimaga, you can introduce yourself here.
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« on: August 23, 2013, 02:56:52 am »
Another thing you can do is change your For loop into a While one and put two conditions for it to end, the first one being about the For-loop-variable and the second one being about your flag.
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« on: August 19, 2013, 07:31:04 am »
5519 : +++++..----.++++++++.
(I'm bad at BF)
You can see here that your code doesn't really do something. But there are BF code generators over the net, to translate sentences into BF code if you want.
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« on: August 19, 2013, 03:38:36 am »
Awesome work !
I seriously can't wait to see this come out, it looks really great and fast !
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« on: August 17, 2013, 11:58:09 am »
Just an idea, but how hard would it be to turn a GBA into a calculator? That way it may be something to try for those who have the means.
ERR: Not enough buttons. That is cool. Now imagine people at school who get shocked at how you have color on a calculator 
Just get your CX (CAS), your CSE and your Prizm (and soon your Prime) out of your pocket. I could do that in fact, I have all three.
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« on: August 17, 2013, 03:56:53 am »
5510: You only leave your computer (you were browsing Omnimaga of course) when a better computer (I mean "a calculator" of course) is delivered to you. 
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« on: August 15, 2013, 08:40:39 am »
Also Hayleia I will be using separate maps for above and underground.
Ah, well then maybe you could use the deeph-chickendude method for RLE compression. Basically, when you have more than one tile, you do that: number_of_tiles,type_of_tile And when you have one tile, you do that: type_of_tile_with_first_bit_set_at_one This way, you don't waste space when you have a single tile and you save space when you have more than one.
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« on: August 15, 2013, 04:26:22 am »
I should suggest RLE encoding for storing maps. It's quite easy, but if your level looks like swiss cheese, you'll risk space loss. You could calculate how much a compressed and a non-compressed map take place, and take the lightest one.
With the method deeph and chickendude taught me, you don't risk any loss. The problem is that it uses one bit per tile, and if aeTIos uses nibbles and has 12 tiles, it can't apply. So aeTIos, what are the tiles you need ? Maybe you could split them in two parts, above_surface/under_ground and so we could still apply that compression (assuming there are less than 7 above_surface tiles and less than 7 under_ground tiles). I don't think size is a big deal honestly.
On a regular 83+ it is. Not only it is hard to fit "big" things in it, but it is also annoying to get "Garbage Collect ?" everytime you quit a single game.
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« on: August 14, 2013, 09:41:06 am »
And yeah I think I might reduce the map size to say 70x140 and let the user choose the depth (in multiples of 140)
Why does it have to be multiples of 140 ?? I could have understood a fixed value for the width, but the depth can be anything, can't it ?
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« on: August 14, 2013, 05:19:18 am »
Maybe you could find some source code or tiles here that you could re-use, but I don't know how you would ask the permission. Anyways, nice project idea. How many tiles are there in the game ? I guess you already use nibbles but if there are less than 4 tiles (which I doubt a bit), you can use two-bits per tile and divide the size of the map by two again. Also, you could do like I do in TinyCraft: let the user choose the size of the map so people with a regular 83+ can choose a small one and people with a 84+SE can choose a large one (so I voted for "other").
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« on: August 12, 2013, 04:04:24 am »
Most of TI Planet news are available in English too (with the flag at the top of the page) so you can change the "French" into "French and English" if you want.
Also, not really on topic, but I noticed that most HP-related post are missing post ratings. That may be due to the recent creation of the HP subforum and the move of a lot of topics.
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« on: August 11, 2013, 01:13:46 pm »
fasten
Fasten = attacher in French. Just sayin'.* Streetwalker hides
The worst is that I knew it ("please fasten your seatbelts" they say). Thanks for reporting, I am editing right now.
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« on: August 11, 2013, 12:52:02 pm »
@AssemblyBandit: would that make the game any faster to scroll several pixels at a time, as the Prime version does ? Because in my opinion, you can't really compare the speed of two games if they don't produce the same output.
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« on: August 10, 2013, 03:58:02 pm »
* They boot up faster than laptops or desktop PC's. People always leave their tablet on standby, so it starts up in an instant.
Not if you use a SSD. Also, nothing prevents you from leaving your netbook on standby, so that argument doesn't only apply to tablets. * To play candy crush
That game could run on half a z80. I don't get it much either, but I think one of the main selling points is the touchscreen. Sure, there are laptops with touchscreens (even ones that have the keyboard come off) but it's kind of awkward switching between keyboard and screen, and what's the point of buying a switcher if you aren't going to use the keyboard half the time? Seems like it's either full laptop or full tablet for most people, unless they go out and buy a Surface or something.
For the record, I've yet to see a Surface IRL, and this area's pretty densely populated
I've seen a Surface IRL. It is more a PC with a detachable keyboard and a touchscreen than a tablet. From what I've seen around my house, tablets are mostly used for their games. Laptops/computers are more of a 'serious business' sort of a thing (except for large, graphics-card-requiring games, but there's not many around this house), where one could do better with a typical, often quicker physical keyboard/mouse combo.
Well, "large, graphics-card-requiring games" usually are the best games. I agree that spending 2000€ just for that can be hard, but in my opinion, spending 300€ to play JetPack JoyRide on a tablet is not a smarter move since it runs on your calc. According to some research I read recently, tablets are almost exclusively used to check mails and post on facebook. And therefore, they are entirely useless in my book, thanks to lack of a proper keyboard. Maybe that will change when tablets with flexible softscreens that can form keys are introduced next year. But until then, they're just overpriced gadgets that people buy because of peer pressure and advertisement hype.
Also, the point about them having more processing power is kinda invalid, thanks to tablet OSes being bloated and inefficient. Heck, when the Ipad came out it couldn't even multitask. How ridiculous.
Well yeah, this is why I was wondering why there were a hit. I was thinking that I might have missed an interesting point about tablets. I guess people get them because they feel smartphones are too weak, hardware-wise, but find laptops too big.
But tablets are not any more powerful than smartphones. I have yet to hear about an octo-core tablet while the S4 exists in an octo-core version. I personally never felt like carrying a computer that can't fit in my pocket everywhere I go, because i like to keep my hands free, so I prefer a smartphone.
Just get a Samsung Galaxy Note or something if you want a powerful phone. They are almost tablets, due to their size.
I completely agree with that, and what you say about the inconvenience of computers applies to tablets too. A samsung galaxy note is a tablet, not a smartphone (or at least, there are tablets that are called samsung galaxy note)
I don't know about Note tablets, but Galaxy Note is also the name of a smartphone. An other argument for tablets is that they have tons of free or cheap games, that are very easy to download and install.
Free and cheap games are usually not the best ones. I don't say "they are all crap" but the best ones usually are paid. Moreover, there could be stores with free and cheap games for PCs too. Finally, an other important factor may be that you can get them for free in a lot of places.
Bring me to one of those places lol. I have never heard of such a thing (I don't say "LIES !", I just say that if that happened in France, there was not much advertising about it). Oh, and by the way, they are useful to have an even surface to move the mouse on when your using your laptop while sitting in the couch (yes, I did that once).
Lol.
So here are the "arguments" in favor of tablets I'll remember so far (I didn't include repetitions). People want to feel fucking sophisticated when they bring over their new iPad to Starbucks.
Also, tablets are lighter than laptops, so that's a point I guess?
Further, there's the battery life. Most laptops have a very crappy battery that only manages to power it for an hour or two, while a tablet can often last a lot longer witouth needing a recharge. This makes it very suitable to use it in a train, bus, boat,...
And for the touch screen, it makes it look and feel more modern, and it makes the device a lot more user-friendly. Even very young children (from 4-5 years) can use a tablet because of it's touch screen.
If you have other arguments coming to your mind, please share !
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« on: August 10, 2013, 04:57:40 am »
Note for the ones who can't make a difference between trolling and a serious discussion: this is a serious discussions, I am waiting for arguments, and for a valid reason, I am not going to say "nuu it is useless !!1!1!" (and I never did something like that). So yeah, tablets are everywhere, yet I don't understand why. I'll explain here why I don't see the point of them, and of course, I hope the discussion won't stop here. I don't say "why" in a rhetorical manner, expecting a "no reason", I'd like reasons. - So when you are at home, you have a computer (we are talking about people who can afford a tablet, I guess they all have a computer at home), so your tablet is useless since when you need to browse the internet, you can use your computer. An argument in favor of tablets would be that you can use it in any room. But that is the same with laptops. And even if you only have a desktop, I think that walking 10 meters is not a big loss when you can get a keyboard instead of a touchscreen.
- When you are outside, you have a smartphone (not everyone has, but again, I am talking about people who can afford a tablet). An argument in favor of tablets could be the size of the screen, which is much more convenient to browse the web. But that is a lot less convenient to carry in a pocket than a smartphone, and if you have enough space to carry a tablet, why not a laptop which has a large screen too, and a keyboard moreover ?
So the question is, is there something I missed about tablets so that "everyone" buys them ?
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