Hey McD, How's the MPL coming? Play anymore with the FadeChar?

Any headway with the Games? I'm curious about the DOS games on the pi in particular...


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Hey McD, How's the MPL coming? Play anymore with the FadeChar?

Any headway with the Games? I'm curious about the DOS games on the pi in particular...

Once again, I've kinda been procrastinating. ;)

I've put some work in, with other procs I'll be needing, but haven't made any updates live.

And I haven't even thought about adding any more games. Really, I should work on this first, as it's likely faster to complete...

Sorry, maybe this weekend, I'll have some changes to show off!

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Hey McD, How's the MPL coming? Play anymore with the FadeChar?

Since you put it in my head, I actually uploaded the second procedure to my proof-of-concept demo. I've also started outlining the basis of my eventual game. Soon (tm), I'll upload a demo of how these procedures will actually be used!

The second best part of using MPL to code the game is a complete lack of needing DOS support. The best part is being able to finally put my
(admittedly rusty) skills in Pascal to work! (^_^)

Stay tuned!

McDoob
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On 25 Jan 2022, McDoob said the following...

Since you put it in my head, I actually uploaded the second procedure to my proof-of-concept demo. I've also started outlining the basis of my eventual game. Soon (tm), I'll upload a demo of how these procedures
will actually be used!

Sounds, great... can't wait to see it!


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Sounds, great... can't wait to see it!

Wait no longer! IntroDemo is now live on that super secret (shh) menu! ;)

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Wait no longer! IntroDemo is now live on that super secret (shh) menu! ;)

Dammit man that looks nice, good text, good effect.. Now I want more ^^.

Oh this message is encrypted and only readable by you *sst*

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Wait no longer! IntroDemo is now live on that super secret (shh) menu

Dammit man that looks nice, good text, good effect.. Now I want more ^^.

\(^_^)/ Thanks!

I'll definitely try to knuckle down and put more time into the project. Don't expect anything truly playable for a while, but any time I have any progress, you can expect to find it in that super secret menu. Please don't tell anyone about it, you're not even supposed to know!

Oh this message is encrypted and only readable by you *sst*

Perfect! The first rule of the secret menu is you do not talk about the
secret menu! (o_-)

Cheers!

McDoob
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On 26 Jan 2022, McDoob said the following...

Wait no longer! IntroDemo is now live on that super secret (shh) menu! ;)

Hey McD, Looks way cool! I like the presentation... I think I see what you mean about the flicker... a couple of things you can try... turn off the cursor just while your doing the fade bit or reposition the cursor to a corner of the screen so that it's out of the way during that time... I can send you the code, if you're interested... great job, now I can't wait to see the rest!


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On 26 Jan 2022, McDoob said the following...

Wait no longer! IntroDemo is now live on that super secret (shh) menu! ;)

One other note... don't forget to check for keypress, so you can bail if needed...


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Hey McD, Looks way cool! I like the presentation... I think I see what
you mean about the flicker... a couple of things you can try... turn off the cursor just while your doing the fade bit or reposition the cursor
to a corner of the screen so that it's out of the way during that
time... I can send you the code, if you're interested... great job, now
I can't wait to see the rest!

opicron suggested the same thing about the cursor, but the flickering only happens to two colors. Again, I believe it is caused by dark red and dark
blue being too dark, compared to the light versions...

opicron also provided me with a python function for enabling/disabling the cursor using ANSI codes. But, if you've already got something in Pascal,
could you please upload it to PiBBS (or PiMail it to me), and save me the trouble of doing a translation? :)

As I told him, don't expect a playable release any time soon...

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One other note... don't forget to check for keypress, so you can bail if needed...

No, no. None of that! You sign up for the whole show when you press 2. (o_-)

That's something I'll keep in mind, though, for the future...

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On 26 Jan 2022, McDoob said the following...

opicron also provided me with a python function for enabling/disabling
the cursor using ANSI codes. But, if you've already got something in Pascal, could you please upload it to PiBBS (or PiMail it to me), and
save me the trouble of doing a translation? :)

It would be the same thing either way... it's just an ansi string you write... although, if you need it as a procedure, I can write something in pascal for you... but, I woudn't mind seeing oP's python function as well... ;-P


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It would be the same thing either way... it's just an ansi string you write... although, if you need it as a procedure, I can write something
in pascal for you... but, I woudn't mind seeing oP's python function as well... ;-P

Ultimately, yes. A procedure or function that toggles the cursor would be great. opicron's function, if translated, would do the trick nicely.

I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I shared that with you. If he does mind, he
better speak up! (o_-) I'll send you a copy in PiMail tomorrow. Gotta give him a chance to object.

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Minor update to IntroDemo: quick and dirty cursor removal. Looks a lot better now, thanks for the advice!

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I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I shared that with you. If he does mind, he better speak up! (o_-) I'll send you a copy in PiMail tomorrow. Gotta give a chance to object.

Anything I write/release is MIT open source and should be shared as far as I
am concerned ^^.

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Anything I write/release is MIT open source and should be shared as far
as I am concerned ^^.

As I said, I didn't think you'd mind. But, I had to be sure. I'd be more than
a little upset if I sent you a copy of my work for debugging, and you shared
it with someone else without asking.

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Anything I write/release is MIT open source and should be shared as f as I am concerned ^^.

As I said, I didn't think you'd mind. But, I had to be sure. I'd be more t a little upset if I sent you a copy of my work for debugging, and you shar it with someone else without asking.

Yeah thanks for the consideration ^^

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