Jutt wrote:
Have you considered simply cloning AE entirely?
After all AE was designed for a 640x480 window as well, so its interface would fit perfectly.
In addition, the original KDD hold and numerous other existing holds could be used instantly.

halyavin wrote:
38x32 rooms too large - with smaller rooms we can create better looking hud.

Fafnir wrote:
I'm still very much finding my way round Flex and Subversion right now, but in the process I found a bug in the Help screen. The event listener that lets people return to the main menu after pressing ESC is attached to the text field, which doesn't take up the whole window.

Am I missing something basic, or should "if (currentFrame == totalFrames)" in the updateProgress function of Preloader.as be "if (load == all)"? I don't see currentFrame or totalFrames being initialised anywhere, and the code looks like it should be executed when the game has been fully loaded...

halyavin wrote:

Fafnir wrote:

Am I missing something basic, or should "if (currentFrame == totalFrames)" in the updateProgress function of Preloader.as be "if (load == all)"? I don't see currentFrame or totalFrames being initialised anywhere, and the code looks like it should be executed when the game has been fully loaded...

These conditions are probably equivalent. The project has "-frame main org.drod.Start" additional compiler option. So it has 2 frames - Preloader.as(+Background.as) and the rest of the code.
But if we move update loader code to separate function, current condition would be shorter than "root.loaderInfo.bytesLoader == root.loaderInfo.bytesTotal".

Ah, that makes sense now. Of course, since you've already set load to root.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded and all to root.loaderInfo.bytesTotal, load == all is the shortest of all! By the way, could you PM me (and the others if you haven't already) the password to the repository? Thanks.

Snacko wrote:
I think that covers Chaco's hold, but it is a bit limited, what are the chances of introducing some of the more common elements you didn't list like roach queens?

Basically, if we design things so that every monster object can access the following information we should be able to implement movement for most non-brained monsters without a problem by copying the DROD source code:

- The monster's position on the grid.
- Beethro's position on the grid.
- The contents of the grid (for things like goblin movement, multiple wraithwings and evil eye alignment).
- The current position of the spawn counter.
- (We also need to provide for different monsters being able to cross different terrain types, for things like seep and walls or wraithwings and pits.)

If we just give every monster object access to that lot, we get roaches, wraithwings, evil eyes, goblins, seep and wubbas right off the bat (and I can give pseudocode if required - see here and/or the DROD source). Spiders and rock golems only require minor and hopefully trivial enhancements (the ability to change appearance and the ability to count as dead while remaining on the grid, respectively).

After that we have the spawning monsters (roach queens and water skippers), the sworded monsters (guards, stalwarts), the long monsters (serpents, rattlesnakes and adders), tar/mud/gel and the appropriate babies and mothers. These are sort of grouped together in that if you've already implemented (e.g.) roach queens, then implementing water skippers should be relatively easy. Then you have things like Halph, aumtliches, fegundos, briars, rock giants and so on which are really special cases all of their own. Then you have brains, which without spending some quality time with the DROD source I can only assume would cause extreme pain.

If I had to guess, I'd say the spawning monsters, the long monsters and the tarstuff should all be doable. The only things that jump out as difficult are Halph, NPCs and the Slayer, and the only thing that jumps out as maybe not feasible is the brain. Of course, this is all very much subject to change depending on how the engine ends up working - please don't take this as gospel!

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