Author Topic: Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing (Read 60038 times)

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #300 on:** January 25, 2006, 04:59:00 am »

sound nice I cant wait

kalan_vod O_O

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Ranman · « **Reply #301 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:00:00 am »

Ultima V Update:

I have been working on the 'Use' command lately. There are about 40 items to use in Ultima V. I have implemented 9 out of 40 so far. B)

Also, I have been working on some memory optimizations. I was able to save an additional 3Kb of RAM. B)

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DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #302 on:** January 29, 2006, 12:29:00 pm »

cool, how big is it so far?

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Ranman · « **Reply #303 on:** January 29, 2006, 12:46:00 pm »

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cool, how big is it so far?

Game engine = 51Kb
Game data = 160Kb (compressed)

The game engine is what I need to be careful of, it cannot be greater than 64Kb.

BTW: Using Skull keys works now (10 items out of 40 can be used). Skull keys are used to unlock doors that are magically locked.

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DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #304 on:** January 29, 2006, 12:52:00 pm »

wow I hope you can get it under 64 kb, maybe you can move some data to other programs or files

That's progressing fast considering this game is huge O_O

I saw some small RPGs taking 4 years to be finished on the 83+

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Liazon · « **Reply #305 on:** January 29, 2006, 01:50:00 pm »

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Game data = 160Kb (compressed)

The game engine is what I need to be careful of, it cannot be greater than 64Kb.

How is that done? I mean how do you compress data?

and is it possible to have a separate program for data storage?

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Ranman · « **Reply #306 on:** January 29, 2006, 03:05:00 pm »

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How is that done? I mean how do you compress data?

You can get TIGCC Tools Suite. In it there is a program called TTPack.exe. Use this program to compress your data files. And, in the Extgraph library, there is a function called ttunpack_decompress() that will decompress files at runtime... Cool. B)

edit: Once you compress your data file, you need to convert it to TI file format using TTBin2Oth.exe or it is also called tovar.exe.

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and is it possible to have a separate program for data storage?

Yes. In fact, this is the preferred method for larger games. Ultima V uses external files extensively.

This post has been edited by Ranman on 29 Jan, 2006, 21:10

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dragon__lance · « **Reply #307 on:** January 30, 2006, 02:56:00 pm »

very nice Ranman!!! i was just looking at TIGCC even if i don't have an 89 or an 92, it looks awesome!! having so many functions running at assembly speed!

if only there was a port of it to 83...

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Liazon · « **Reply #308 on:** January 30, 2006, 03:15:00 pm »

That's why we have the small C compiler thread in the ideas forum

lol, it'd be cool, but at the moment, it might just be better to use API. Darn comp won't compile anymore!!!

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tifreak · « **Reply #309 on:** January 30, 2006, 05:06:00 pm »

Wow... This makes me want to get back to work on TI-City... Too many projects...

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spengo · « **Reply #310 on:** January 30, 2006, 07:26:00 pm »

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How is that done? I mean how do you compress data?

You can get TIGCC Tools Suite. In it there is a program called TTPack.exe. Use this program to compress your data files. And, in the Extgraph library, there is a function called ttunpack_decompress() that will decompress files at runtime... Cool. B)

edit: Once you compress your data file, you need to convert it to TI file format using TTBin2Oth.exe or it is also called tovar.exe.

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and is it possible to have a separate program for data storage?

Yes. In fact, this is the preferred method for larger games. Ultima V uses external files extensively.

Okay first, almost all 68k games these days have seperate programs for data. Second- the ttpack thing, is it better than the pre-os packing thing?

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Ranman · « **Reply #311 on:** January 30, 2006, 11:31:00 pm »

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Second- the ttpack thing, is it better than the pre-os packing thing?

I'm not sure... that is a good question to ask... I just don't know the answer (does anyone else know?). :

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TTPack works really well for Ultima. My overworld and underworld maps are both 256x256 tiles maps (64Kb each)... and TTPack compresses them down to 12.5Kb. Nearly a 75% compression ratio... that is pretty darn good! O_O

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DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #312 on:** January 31, 2006, 02:59:00 am »

wow thats pretty small keep it up!

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kalan_vod · « **Reply #313 on:** January 31, 2006, 08:04:00 am »

Nice, I just saw this and I got to say I am impressed!

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Liazon · « **Reply #314 on:** January 31, 2006, 09:28:00 am »

Spengo: it's probably just shell dependent

Can somebody send me the latest versions of ExtGraph 2.00 beta x and the TIGCC tools suite.

ah!! things not going well with projects.

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Author Topic: Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny, Status: Progressing (Read 60038 times)

Liazon

dragon__lance

Liazon

spengo

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