Author Topic: Fastest/Most Optimized way to move a character around the homescreen (Read 8792 times)

MGOS · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2013, 08:45:42 am »

But C is evaluated before the getkey.

Repeat Ans=45
Output(B,A," 
max(1,min(16,A-(Ans=24)+(Ans=26→A
max(1,min(8,B-(C=25)+(C=34→B  //C is evaluated here! If C is 25 or 34, the thing will move
Output(B,A,"*
Repeat Ans
getKey→C     //and here C is being reset
End
End

That means the first time it may happen that the thing moves without a key being pressed because C was not cleared before. It's unlikely because quitting the loop sets C to 45, but if there was a different part of the program that uses C, it may happen (or the program was quit with on before).

Sorunome · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2013, 08:46:57 am »

oh, right, i forgot that optimization.....i was still at the one where the inner loop was before evaluating.
Thanks for clarifying MGOS

EDIT: wouldn't it be quicker to do Ans->C then instead of DelVar C?

dinosteven · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2013, 12:57:28 pm »

Oh, so we were talking about completely different codes lol.
I was interested in whether Ans would be faster than DelVar or not.

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For(A,1,500
DelVar CEnd

vs

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For(A,1,500
Ans->C
End

Anyone wanna time this? I would do it, but my calc is bricked...

Soulthym · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2013, 07:43:15 am »

The first code takes about 3,2secs whereas the second takes 5,7 secs on my calc, so it would be a great optimisation to use "Delvar C" I think

Sorunome · « **Reply #19 on:** July 26, 2013, 07:45:15 am »

Coudln't we also optimize it to Delvar A,B,C then?

Soulthym · « **Reply #20 on:** July 26, 2013, 08:16:55 am »

I think so Sorunome

Hayleia · « **Reply #21 on:** July 26, 2013, 08:51:56 am »

Quote from: Sorunome on July 26, 2013, 07:45:15 am

Coudln't we also optimize it to Delvar A,B,C then?

Quote from: Soulthym on July 26, 2013, 08:16:55 am

I think so Sorunome

Nope. ERR:Syntax.

MGOS · « **Reply #22 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:06:34 am »

You could do

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DelVar ADelVar BDelVar CThat's the same size (since you don't need new lines in between), but be aware that the homescreen coordinates start at 1,1 in TI-Basic instead of 0,0.
another

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Delvar AA+1->A would be slower again slower than just

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1->A so it wouldn't be an optimization.

Sorunome · « **Reply #23 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:31:11 am »

Oh, I forgot that part

Hayleia · « **Reply #24 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:35:50 am »

Quote from: MGOS on July 26, 2013, 09:06:34 am

You could do
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DelVar ADelVar BDelVar CThat's the same size (since you don't need new lines in between)

Nope, "DelVar " is a two-byte token and "," is a one-byte token.

Also, I understand that you want to optimize speed-wise what's inside the loop to get the fastest movement, but the initialization (what is before the loop) should be optimized for size, shouldn't it ?

dinosteven · « **Reply #25 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:07:51 am »

Actually, you CAN do the DelVars. The min() and max() reset it, remember? All we need to do is move the erasing Output to the end of the loop, so that it doesn't give an error for out of bounds coordinates.
Like so:

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DelVar ADelVarBDelVarCClrHome //I don't think commas work for DelVars.
Repeat Ans=45
max(1,min(16,A-(Ans=24)+(Ans=26→A
max(1,min(8,B-(C=25)+(C=34→B
Output(B,A,"*
Repeat Ans
getKey→C
End
Output(B,A," 
End

Hayleia · « **Reply #26 on:** July 27, 2013, 02:15:10 am »

Quote from: dinosteven on July 27, 2013, 01:07:51 am

Actually, you CAN do the DelVars.

Yeah, my "Nope" was not a "Nope, it doesn't work", but a "Nope, it doesn't take the same size" since the DelVar always take one more byte than the period.

dinosteven · « **Reply #27 on:** July 27, 2013, 08:50:26 am »

Oh, I was responding to MGOS about the DelVarA vs the 1->A.

dinosteven · « **Reply #28 on:** July 28, 2013, 04:01:16 am »

And further, you can remove the DelVar C because the maximum the numbers can become is 1, and the minimum is -1, but is overwritten in the bound check.

Sorunome · « **Reply #29 on:** July 28, 2013, 07:39:41 am »

What again?
You need the DelVar C otherwise the thing can move right/down when first looping.

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