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TI 68K / Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing
« on: October 27, 2005, 07:45:00 am »

       
QuoteBegin-Mic+27 October 2005, 11:33
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QUOTE (Mic @ 27 October 2005, 11:33)
Any news about the game ??

Thanks for your interest in the game Mic. :)smile.gif

Not a whole lot of "forward" progress, but I have been working hard on it.

I attempted to move the screen drawing routine to an interrupt handler, but later decided against it (it did not look very good). I have also been reformatting some data files to make make more efficient use of my RAM. The largest file on a 68k calc is approximately 64Kb. Currently, the Ultima V main engine is effectively 35Kb. So, I need to be smart about usage RAM usage. I can always use the DLL option if I need more space for functionality, but only as a last resort. Nothing to worry about.

I have also been thinking about how I want to implement many things... including combat. -+X+-one_samuria.gif

       
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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 26, 2005, 11:57:00 pm »
From Oct 16th to Oct 27th... 10 programs added/updated for the TI89 :(sad.gif While 87 programs were added/updated for the TI83+ <_<dry.gif (to the Ticalc archives)

It's looks like the 68K calcs need to pick up the pace.

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Miscellaneous / General Birthday Thread
« on: October 26, 2005, 04:15:00 pm »
Happy birthday to me :cry:pleure.gif

Dang... I'm gettin old. I think I spent 2 hours looking for this thread. Oh well, the show must go on.

Lately, I have been reformatting some Ultima V data files. This has saved about 1Kb of RAM so far. Hopefully, it will save a total of 2Kb before I am done.

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Site Feedback and Questions / [Rant] The google ads
« on: October 25, 2005, 04:23:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Kevin+25 October 2005, 7:41-->
QUOTE (Kevin @ 25 October 2005, 7:41)
Anybody noticed that the titles in google ads on the websites are now in black text? This really piss me off because this make my website look weird and I know its not me because it does the same thing on the test forums and I didnt changed any code on them
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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 24, 2005, 05:13:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Madskillz+24 October 2005, 22:42-->
QUOTE (Madskillz @ 24 October 2005, 22:42)
I was thinking perhaps a community wide contest, open to coders of all types of calcs and languages.

Nicely put Madskillz. :)smile.gif

Although I could not compete (too busy with Ultima), I would be willing to donate for a prize. Prizes make things so much more fun. :gift:party3.gif Not to mention, they provide an incentive to work hard. :ru13z:king2.gif

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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 24, 2005, 03:25:00 pm »
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QUOTE (alex10819 @ 24 October 2005, 14:26)
...and noobs seem to either fade away or get ignored quickly.

:?confused.gif We don't want them to fade away or be ignored.

We were all noobs once... Take it easy on them and help them out whenever you can. That is how we can get this community growing again.

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QUOTE (alex10819 @ 24 October 2005, 14:26)
...will be labeled as geeks for it... whats wrong with that?


Ain't nothing wrong with that. When you start making the "big bucks" as a software engineer... You can throw it back in their face. ;)wink.gif

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Miscellaneous / Serenity
« on: October 23, 2005, 03:22:00 pm »
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QUOTE (dysfunction @ 23 October 2005, 21:13)
EXCELLENT movie, just saw it tonight. Best movie I've seen this year, and one of the best scifi movies I've ever seen.  

 I told you so!

I need to go see it again %)rolleyes2.gif

Do you think it is worth renting the Firefly series on DVD?

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Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas / rogue like game
« on: October 23, 2005, 02:11:00 pm »
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QUOTE (necro @ 23 October 2005, 19:10)
as soon as I can fix/buy a new silver link to trandfer, I will be willing to put in the graphics...right now, I would have to type sevral hundred lines of code into graphlink...which I don't want to do.
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TI Z80 / Battlemasters (general discussion thread)
« on: October 23, 2005, 09:53:00 am »
QuoteBegin-Spellshaper+22 October 2005, 8:19-->
QUOTE (Spellshaper @ 22 October 2005, 8:19)
//edit: argh, forget it... I
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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 22, 2005, 03:16:00 am »
QuoteBegin-Lionel Debroux+22 October 2005, 9:11-->
QUOTE (Lionel Debroux @ 22 October 2005, 9:11)
To be fair, I have to add that the work you're talking about is work done by others ...

That's cooperation, and things go better this way... I have not always been cooperative with everybody, though.  

 Agreed. You are correct. The thanks go out to many.

So thank you all! Job well done. :ru13z:king2.gif

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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 22, 2005, 02:05:00 am »
QuoteBegin-Lionel Debroux+22 October 2005, 2:2-->
QUOTE (Lionel Debroux @ 22 October 2005, 2:20)
On a side note, see how great the GP2X is for games - and it's an open platform running the Linux kernel, unlike that PSP crap which Sony keeps proprietary, closed - and costly.

I have a GP32 but I really want the new http://www.gp2x.com/product/product.asp. I'll have to convince the boss -- my wife.

Lionel, I want to personally thank you for all of the hard work that you have contributed to the TI community. Your work is definitely the back bone of a good portion of TI68K projects -- including mine.  ;)wink.gif

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TI Z80 / xLIB xLIB Revolution
« on: October 21, 2005, 05:30:00 pm »
Congrats again Kevin...

From Ticalc: "Ranked as 1 on our top downloads list for the past seven days with 2556 downloads."

Wow... 2556 downloads in one week! O_Oshocked2.gif

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News / Status of the TI community
« on: October 21, 2005, 05:16:00 pm »
This post required some deep pondering:


It is a little weird... If you go to the Ticalc stats page you can see the number of downloads increasing all the time (especially for the TI-83/84 platform). But, you are right, fewer and fewer programs are showing up.

Maybe Arti is right, could people be getting lazy? Are people beginning to think, "Why should I program when there are so many great programs out there already? Heh... I'll just download an play it." Maybe.

I have always thought of programming as fun (even in my old age). Especially on calculators. They are such a limited platform, it make you think harder how to pull something off. You have to think about size, speed, limited resolution, limited colors, and the fact that it is embedded.

I program for Windows sometimes... it is just not that fun. I have been in the TI community for 8 years now. I was in the Casio community for the 3 years prior to that. Sure there are cyclicle ups and downs.

In my opinion the Ticalc rating system needs to go away. I believe it has a negative effect on programmers -- unless of course you get rated really high. If someone spends a year on a project, submits it, and it gets rated low... well then he/she may decide to throw in the towel.

The problem with the system is every member is allowed to rate a file completely anonymously. So, if you make someone upset... Look out for potential revenge. People should be held accountable by giving reasons for their ratings -- at least maybe to the author. Also, the original intent of the rating system was to get as many programs rated as possible, so the unrated or low rated programs could be sorted to a seperate domain. This is a good idea especially with the size of the Ticalc archives. But... So far it has not happened.

I was a victim of the lowest possible rating (verified by Ticalc staff). I don't think any of http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/authors/69/6995.html are that bad... I don't think anyone deserves the lowest rating. It was like a slap in the face. :flame:tresfache.gif  I wanted to ask the person why he/she rated it so low... whoops... anonymous... too bad. :angry:mad.gif  Progress on Ultima V almost stopped at that point. Why continue if no one cares? :(sad.gif

Why continue? Because deep down it is fun. :)smile.gif  We need to encourage not discourage programmers. Ratings can be encouraging and/or discouraging. So, be thoughtful when you rate a file. You could determine if someone stays or goes. ;)wink.gif


Thank you Kevin for making us think!

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TI 68K / The Sword of Darkness
« on: October 21, 2005, 04:08:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-arti+21 October 2005, 21:43-->
QUOTE (arti @ 21 October 2005, 21:43)
Where did he decide to make it for PSP? I need linkage since the Search engine does not work.

http://s7.invisionfree.com/Omnimaga/index.php?showtopic=478&st=75

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Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas / TDCoder
« on: October 21, 2005, 03:59:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Ranman+21 October 2005, 9:33-->
QUOTE (Ranman @ 21 October 2005, 9:33)
Which forced me to write them down on paper.

Holy cow :woot:woot.gif

I just found my source code (on paper) for Scorched Earth for the Casio FX-7700 (or for the FX 6300). I wrote this in 1993 while I was underwater for 3 months in a submarine. Yeah, I was in the Navy from 1990 to 1996. :Pblah.gif

I told you I was old. :xscotch.gif

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