Yeah but I am more curious about how the fog is stored. Pictures/images might be better, because I'm a visual person. I also wonder how does actual patial fog looks like?

Okay, a mock-up is attached below.  The top image is fog as S.A.D. used to handle it, and the bottom is partial fog:  Notice, for example, how the crystals are only half-covered with fog.

As for fog storing: There's already graphical data for the tiles, so fog is drawn by manipulating bits in the tile data every time a tile is drawn.  So the way to handle the fog for each tile is stored as follows:

2 Bits each tile for the following:  Can you see a tile, is it covered in fog, is it explored, or is it explored with a new building underneath that you can't see?

1 Byte each tile for the length of the fog and the direction it travels.

If that doesn't help, the rest is ASM and really can't be explained directly

Due to engine limitations, the partial fog of war only happens when a ship is being moved.  Buildings do not generate partial fog-of-war.

I wonder if isometric maps would be fast enough. Something like Kirby's Dream Course

They would be fast, but believe me, isometric is tricky when it comes to making a map from tiles.  And, an isometric tileset requires more graphical data.  I'd say an isometric map requires about 50% more tile data than a regular map

Oh nice. I remember a few years ago cereal boxes had games in them. I got Roadcoaster Tycoon 2 and Trivia Pursuit in them. The box costed $4.95, yet Trivia Pursuit is still sold for $30 for the Xbox 360. Go figure >.>

My favorite cereal box game is Chex Quest, which is a DOOM modification.  This game made Chex cereal sales soar

If you want to write a great game, it's always a smart idea to plan ahead.  For games with graphical content and such, a person will most likely take notes, sketch pictures and concept art, and write scratch code in order to gain the most information, knowledge and help needed in making his game.

Are there any development sketches, notes, etc. of a game you're working on that you would like to share?  

Sadly, I've lost most of my sketches and concept art for S.A.D. 1 year old or less, but I did find a book I had made for a canceled version of a computer Seek and Destroy.  Since I used this book to bring S.A.D. full speed ahead on the calculator, I will post stuff from that book on this topic sometime next week.  You'll also find stuff I wanted to add, but had to remove due to Ti-83+ limits, time constraints and balance issues

There should be enough space to host it on Omni server. Just make sure to create a folder in public_html containing all the lessons and preferably link them between each others, so they're easy to browse online. Maybe a sub-domain like asm.omnimaga.org could be created, too.

Okaaaaaaaaaay..........I'm only a jack-of-all-trades, master of none with computers.  I would need help with this.  Especially linking the tutorials between each other.

Quote from: Hot_Dog on November 06, 2010, 03:10:29 am

Yeah, you've got a point.  But I'll wait for about a week so that I can finish with error correction

kk. Just let me know if you wanted it hosted.

 That's a yes!  Just not quite yet

I read through a bit of the first lesson, it looked to be really concise and well written.

The only suggestion I have is to upload an extracted version of the zip somewhere so people can get at it w/o downloading it(It can prolly be hosted on Omnimaga, and if not, I can host it on my server)

Yeah, you've got a point.  But I'll wait for about a week so that I can finish with error correction