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Offline Quigibo

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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #345 on: March 31, 2010, 04:40:50 am »
Quote from: Builderboy on March 30, 2010, 08:19:14 pm
Heh, Dj what you just did is RLE :)
Yeah I was about to say that lol.  That's a good idea.  It would be quite easy to add too, but maybe a little advanced for most users and it would absolutely require a helper tool or a sketch on paper.  Its not just sprites you can compress.  Level data, text and even entire programs can potentially be compressed if they're sparse enough.
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #346 on: March 31, 2010, 11:41:31 am »
I'm liking where this is going. :D

So, will Axe have a complied compression mode for data?
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #347 on: March 31, 2010, 11:57:56 am »
there could also be a way to compress it like this...um I can't seem to find the program, but what it did was take each letter and strip it down to 6 bits, then packaged each of those 6 bit letters into a couple of bytes and every 4 letters saved you one byte.
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #348 on: March 31, 2010, 02:47:27 pm »
Quote from: Quigibo on March 31, 2010, 04:40:50 am
Quote from: Builderboy on March 30, 2010, 08:19:14 pm
Heh, Dj what you just did is RLE :)
Yeah I was about to say that lol.  That's a good idea.  It would be quite easy to add too, but maybe a little advanced for most users and it would absolutely require a helper tool or a sketch on paper.  Its not just sprites you can compress.  Level data, text and even entire programs can potentially be compressed if they're sparse enough.
Wouldn't there be a way to make Axe do the compression/decompression for us?

I would like text compression, tho, it would be nice for games with loads of it
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #349 on: March 31, 2010, 04:52:30 pm »
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on March 31, 2010, 02:47:27 pm
Quote from: Quigibo on March 31, 2010, 04:40:50 am
Quote from: Builderboy on March 30, 2010, 08:19:14 pm
Heh, Dj what you just did is RLE :)
Yeah I was about to say that lol.  That's a good idea.  It would be quite easy to add too, but maybe a little advanced for most users and it would absolutely require a helper tool or a sketch on paper.  Its not just sprites you can compress.  Level data, text and even entire programs can potentially be compressed if they're sparse enough.
Wouldn't there be a way to make Axe do the compression/decompression for us?

I would like text compression, tho, it would be nice for games with loads of it
I agree here.  I think a longer compiling time would be better than having to compress things by hand.
Text compression sounds awesome too! ;D
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #350 on: March 31, 2010, 05:16:54 pm »
I agree with said statement.

However, it must be an OPTION.
I would hate to only have 'compressed compiling' available and not 'quick compiling'.
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #351 on: March 31, 2010, 10:54:34 pm »
what Raylin said. If auto compression/decompression was possible, I would still like to be able to use uncompressed sprites for stuff that need speed
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #352 on: April 01, 2010, 01:01:00 am »
Yeah compression would be a great thing to add into axe, but i wonder...  different algorithms work best on different sets of data, i wonder how/if axe would chose different algorithms?  Then again it could always be up to the user to decide on one, or to write there own.  Hmmm its an interesting subject, i will have to think more on it...
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #353 on: April 01, 2010, 01:35:25 am »
you could maybe do one in axe but I want Portal X finished too D:
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #354 on: April 01, 2010, 01:42:25 am »
Oh well i wasn't suggesting that i was going to write one, just that the option is open.
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #355 on: April 01, 2010, 01:44:12 am »
oooh ok lol :P
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #356 on: April 01, 2010, 11:18:59 am »
On that note, Portal X must be finished before Portal 2 comes out.
My soul will be ripped in two otherwise. D:
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #357 on: April 01, 2010, 03:31:00 pm »
Quote from: Raylin on April 01, 2010, 11:18:59 am
On that note, Portal X must be finished before Portal 2 comes out.
My soul will be ripped in two otherwise. D:
On that note, Portal Gold, X, and 2 should all be worked on! ;D

I think using different commands for compressed data (vs uncompressed, normal data) would work. :D
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #358 on: April 05, 2010, 10:48:37 pm »
Find Value

inString(PTR, VALUE) || Searches the application variable the name points to for the designated value. Returns 1 if the value exists; returns 0 if the value doesn't exist.
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Re: Features Wishlist
« Reply #359 on: April 05, 2010, 10:49:49 pm »
Quote from: Raylin on April 05, 2010, 10:48:37 pm
Find Value

inString(PTR, VALUE, MODE) || Searches the application variable the name points to for the designated value. Mode can be changed to decimal (1) or hexadecimal (2). Returns 1 if the value exists; returns 0 if the value doesn't exist.
Why are there different modes?

Edit:
I think maybe a better way to do this would be:
inString(PTR, VALUE, SIZE), which would return a pointer to the first value found, else 0 if not found.
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