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Miscellaneous / The Happy Birthday Thread
« on: December 09, 2007, 11:03:00 am »
Happy birthday Necro! :gift:
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| QUOTE (Liazon @ 9 Dec, 2007, 9:18) |
| how many secret places are there? you mentioned the underworld, and now the antithesis to it. |
I don't have an exact count... I guess it depends on what your definition of a secret place is. There are quite a few towns that are hidden by mountains, trees, water, or just simply off the beaten path.
- There are 2 world maps. Each map is 256x256 tiles.
- There are 32 towns. Each town map is 32x32 tiles and may have up to 5 levels.
- There are 8 dungeons. Each dungeon has 8 levels.
- There are 9 shrines (including the shrine of the Codex).
QuoteBegin-DJ Omnimaga+9 Dec, 2007, 13:22
| QUOTE (DJ Omnimaga @ 9 Dec, 2007, 13:22) |
| Old dudes can be n00bs sometimes too! |
More than you'll ever know.
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TI 68K / Ultima V: General Discussion
« on: December 08, 2007, 09:37:00 pm »THE POST 13557814
The shrine of Spirituality is now working! 
The shrine of Spirituality does not exist in the physical world; but there must be a way to reach it. To uncover the mystery of its location, you must talk with the town folk. Good luck!
On a side note... I spent the whole day trying to figure a bug when talking to merchants. It turned out to be a very simple logic error -- very easily overlooked.
The shrine of Spirituality does not exist in the physical world; but there must be a way to reach it. To uncover the mystery of its location, you must talk with the town folk. Good luck!
On a side note... I spent the whole day trying to figure a bug when talking to merchants. It turned out to be a very simple logic error -- very easily overlooked.
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News / 2007 G.O.A.T.S.E./G.O.T.C.U.E. awards
« on: December 04, 2007, 02:35:00 pm »
When I vote for a single person I get this Invisionfree message:
However... now that I actually tried voting for 2 people... it worked! :thumbup:
| QUOTE |
| Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help files for more information. The error returned was: You did not choose a poll choice to vote against. Please go back and ensure you click on one of the radio buttons next to the choice you wish to vote for |
However... now that I actually tried voting for 2 people... it worked! :thumbup:
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TI 68K / Ultima V: General Discussion
« on: December 04, 2007, 03:47:00 am »THE POST 13551475
QuoteBegin-DJ Omnimaga+29 Nov, 2007, 21:18
-->| QUOTE (DJ Omnimaga @ 29 Nov, 2007, 21:18) |
| nice to hear, surely this game is optimised like mad! |
It sure feels like it.
Quit, save, and resume game are now working!
List of Ultima V Commands
The final cutscene and a bunch of cleanup are all that is remaining. o.o
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News / 2007 G.O.A.T.S.E./G.O.T.C.U.E. awards
« on: December 04, 2007, 03:41:00 am »
I cannot seem to vote -- no matter what I do. 
There are definitely more deserving candidates for the win than me. Good luck to all!
There are definitely more deserving candidates for the win than me. Good luck to all!
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News / Lost Legends and Music updates
« on: December 01, 2007, 06:02:00 am »
It is always nice to see news articles for our progressing calc projects and our talented musicians! It is very impressive when you stop and really think about it.
Keep up the great work guys! You are all amazing! :thumbup:
Keep up the great work guys! You are all amazing! :thumbup:
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 30, 2007, 06:26:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Fryedsoft+30 Nov, 2007, 23:55-->
You are partially correct... The extra archive space is usable, but it is limited to Apps.
| QUOTE (Fryedsoft @ 30 Nov, 2007, 23:55) |
| HW1 will run AMS 2.09. It will also say it can access 700+KB memory. however you'll find that once you hit 384K you cant fill it up anymore. |
You are partially correct... The extra archive space is usable, but it is limited to Apps.
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 30, 2007, 06:23:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-DJ Omnimaga+30 Nov, 2007, 23:27-->
You cannot update the hardware. But, by updating the AMS, you can reap more benefits from your hardware -- such as access to more archive.
HW1 can have any AMS from v1.00 upto v2.09.
AMS v1.xx did not have the assembly program executable size limitation of 8Kb nor 24Kb. You were only limited by the general file size limitation of 64Kb. However, upgrading a HW1 from AMS 1.xx to AMS 2.xx freed up a significant amount of archive space.
HW1 has the best LCD controller. The LCD controller uses main memory for video memory. So, if you draw to the LCD buffer it is displayed immediately. The LCD controller could essentially use any memory as the LCD dispaly buffer (as long as a few rules are followed) -- just simply malloc some memory and change the LCD buffer pointer. This makes grayscale very simple on HW1.
With HW2, HW3, & HW4, the LCD controller has its own video memory. So, the LCD video buffer must be copied from main memory to the LCD controller's video memory. Unfortunately, this is the job of the CPU. So, to achieve grayscale on these hardware versions, you must manually copy each LCD buffer plane to the LCD memory -- there goes the benefit of the extra 2MHz of CPU speed.
| QUOTE (DJ Omnimaga @ 30 Nov, 2007, 23:27) |
| you can update the hardwave itself? Cuz iirc you couldn't install any AMS higher than 1.xx on HW1 and any AMS lower than 1.xx on HW2? o.o |
You cannot update the hardware. But, by updating the AMS, you can reap more benefits from your hardware -- such as access to more archive.
HW1 can have any AMS from v1.00 upto v2.09.
AMS v1.xx did not have the assembly program executable size limitation of 8Kb nor 24Kb. You were only limited by the general file size limitation of 64Kb. However, upgrading a HW1 from AMS 1.xx to AMS 2.xx freed up a significant amount of archive space.
HW1 has the best LCD controller. The LCD controller uses main memory for video memory. So, if you draw to the LCD buffer it is displayed immediately. The LCD controller could essentially use any memory as the LCD dispaly buffer (as long as a few rules are followed) -- just simply malloc some memory and change the LCD buffer pointer. This makes grayscale very simple on HW1.
With HW2, HW3, & HW4, the LCD controller has its own video memory. So, the LCD video buffer must be copied from main memory to the LCD controller's video memory. Unfortunately, this is the job of the CPU. So, to achieve grayscale on these hardware versions, you must manually copy each LCD buffer plane to the LCD memory -- there goes the benefit of the extra 2MHz of CPU speed.
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 30, 2007, 04:41:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-MSR5+30 Nov, 2007, 20:32-->
You mean far bigger! :rofl:
QuoteBegin-Fryedsoft+30 Nov, 2007, 21:52-->
If you update the HW1 to AMS 2.0x, then you get 700Kb of archive.
| QUOTE (MSR5 @ 30 Nov, 2007, 20:32) |
| The TI89 ti is far better then the TI89 |
You mean far bigger! :rofl:
QuoteBegin-Fryedsoft+30 Nov, 2007, 21:52
| QUOTE (Fryedsoft @ 30 Nov, 2007, 21:52) |
| ...maybe a HW1 and it's 384k by now, but I doubt a 700K HW2 |
If you update the HW1 to AMS 2.0x, then you get 700Kb of archive.
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News / Ticalc.org: The end?
« on: November 29, 2007, 10:34:00 am »
I sure hope Ticalc does not fade away.
Maybe we are all in for a big surprise. Site redesign... Staff reorganization... automated file uploads... automated reviews... etc....
But... With such few POTY candidates, it may be better to just wait for next year to hold the POTY competition. It is not as much fun if there is no competition.
Ticalc should not compare program submissions to past year's submissions to determine if they should get a feature or not. That is flat-out unfair. It kind of implies that current projects have to be equal to or better than past POTY candidates to even be considered. That is a sure fire way to discourage up-n-coming programmers.
@ necro's signature:
That is the biggest bunch of crap I ever heard or read. It kind of reminds me of Algore stating that he invented the internet -- remember that?
I can't stop laughing. :bounce:
:bounce::bounce::bounce:
Maybe we are all in for a big surprise.
Site redesign... Staff reorganization... automated file uploads... automated reviews... etc....But... With such few POTY candidates, it may be better to just wait for next year to hold the POTY competition. It is not as much fun if there is no competition.
Ticalc should not compare program submissions to past year's submissions to determine if they should get a feature or not. That is flat-out unfair. It kind of implies that current projects have to be equal to or better than past POTY candidates to even be considered. That is a sure fire way to discourage up-n-coming programmers.
@ necro's signature:
| QUOTE |
| And Al Gore said let there be html, and it was good |
That is the biggest bunch of crap I ever heard or read. It kind of reminds me of Algore stating that he invented the internet -- remember that?
I can't stop laughing. :bounce:
:bounce::bounce::bounce:507
Other Calculators / wabbitDS
« on: November 28, 2007, 06:16:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Liazon+28 Nov, 2007, 16:3-->
This is a good reason to develop for the GP2X -- it is open source, free development environment, and uses standard SD memory cards.
http://www.gp2x.com/
http://www.gp2xstore.com/
| QUOTE (Liazon @ 28 Nov, 2007, 16:30) | ||
QuoteBegin-art_of_camelot+27 Nov, 2007, 22:24-->
ya, these kinds of things tend to be sold at sketchy places. I think electrobee's pretty good since it's run by an actual coder at gbadev.org |
This is a good reason to develop for the GP2X -- it is open source, free development environment, and uses standard SD memory cards.
http://www.gp2x.com/
http://www.gp2xstore.com/
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 27, 2007, 02:13:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-Xphoenix+27 Nov, 2007, 19:09-->
I'm not so sure about that...
Unless you are talking about the Casio fx-9860g Slim. That is one cool calculator -- much cooler than anything that TI has right now!
| QUOTE (Xphoenix @ 27 Nov, 2007, 19:09) |
| My Casio pwns you all. |
I'm not so sure about that...
Unless you are talking about the Casio fx-9860g Slim. That is one cool calculator -- much cooler than anything that TI has right now!
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 27, 2007, 12:12:00 pm »
QuoteBegin-MechaTech84+27 Nov, 2007, 17:43-->
No... Don't do it... Go for the regular 89.
I do not know of any games or applications that are specific to the 89 Titanic.
| QUOTE (MechaTech84 @ 27 Nov, 2007, 17:43) |
| I think I'll go with the Titanium due to the amount of awesome games I have seen so far.... |
No... Don't do it... Go for the regular 89.
I do not know of any games or applications that are specific to the 89 Titanic.
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Other Calculators / TI 89 or 89 Ti???
« on: November 27, 2007, 07:20:00 am »
QuoteBegin-art_of_camelot+27 Nov, 2007, 13:12-->
Hey now... are you making fun of my HW1?
You know... the HW1 has the better LCD controller.
| QUOTE (art_of_camelot @ 27 Nov, 2007, 13:12) |
| ahh ok, but how many people even run HW version 1 anyways? I think I upgrade my old one to HW ver 2. And er um Ti as in Titanium abbreviated... lol |
Hey now... are you making fun of my HW1?
You know... the HW1 has the better LCD controller.