New Calculator DDR!

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

Yeah, uh...X86?

All I know is how to do ASM for my calculator. If you wanna see the differences, browse TICalc for information.

Oh, and I really could make the number buttons usable. However, the directional buttons are linked to each other in a way that is is very easy to read button presses. A more complex code would be needed for the number buttons, and because of my limited experience with interrupts, that could be deadly.

Since this is the very first time I'm releasing it, it won't be as perfect as you guys might hope. Things like mods, edit mode, and maybe even solo will come out in future versions, and since I won't have to make the entire code from scratch like I'm doing now, improvements might not take so long.

veladonna · Basic Member Joined: 31 May 2005 Location: hillside NJ

thats all right take your time

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FFMMCLXIV · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:14 am Post subject:

neomang5 · Basic Member Joined: 17 Jul 2004

Dude, you are my hero!
I had a pissant little ddr game on my 83+ that had no difficulty mods, just speed, and the timing was crap.
I havent seen how yours will be, but from the time and effort going into it i know itll be great!
Also, im so glad youre using actual stepcharts.
Finally, i have something to do in calculus.
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Kongisstan wrote:

aw dame. you made me buy all this material for notthing! du ma! o well. im rich. i could afford ne thing. mayb i shoould js buy the machine. tearz ;(
ne wais it was fun buying. peace outside durty poopz.

!~NORTHNORTH SIDE~!

^DDR Moron

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

I get online and see that I have a new e-mail. I look and it tells me I have a new post on the topic of "New Calculator DDR!". I freak out and think that somebody is complaining that I haven't finished it yet. I'm happy it's a compliment!

When do you guys go back to school? I want to see how much time I have left. Hopefully it is enough for me to get a really fancy high score section working.

And yes, neomang5, this is the best DDR ever, well, until my next version comes out.

Now that I have been reminded of the topic on the forums, I think I might make a little animated gif to show exactly how nice this will look. I don't feel like programming today anyway.

Oh, I forgot to say, I calculated some timing things that I think you may find interesting. I found the size of the perfect window and stuff. However, the perfect window is based on frames, and the frame rate chenges from as high as 64 to as low as 25 per second. On the fastest song, MaxX Unlimited, the window widths are given in seconds away from absolute perfect then in total width of the window:

Perfect: 0.015625, 0.03125
Great: 0.03125, 0.0625
Good: 0.046875, 0.09375
Almost: 0.0625, 0.125
Miss: Greater than 0.0625, â

On the slowest song, Silent Hill:

Perfect: 0.04, 0.08
Great: 0.08, 0.16
Good: 0.12, 0.24
Almost: 0.16, 0.32
Miss: Greater than 0.16, â

I hope somebody can provide the real window sizes so I can compare. If it isn't between these two, then I might have to change them.

DX Manaic · Trick Member Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: Outer Limits

Lookin forward to this...megaman and phoneix got mad boring.

Get it before august 30th and I will be a happy camper.
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mavrik_055 · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject:

i go back Aug 8th...No rush, tho. i can wait a while to fail Calculus...

swbluto · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject:

This may have been covered in the last 5 pages, but I was wondering.. How is the music going to be implemented? Is it going to be through the TI link jack, and then headphones are going to be used, or do we have to provide our own tunes? Just curious..

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

Sorry, but there will not be sound. Actually, there are very many good reasons for it too:

Sound is way to complicated to program for me, specifically music
The music would likely take up the memory on your calculator 10 times over
Finding headphones that fit in the link port is nearly impossible

If you want to provide your own music, that probably won't work either because calculators vary in speed and my programming will not be perfect, but close enough to play and have the song feel at it's normal speed.

gameboyguy13 · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject:

Plus, I don't think TIs can generate music.

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

Actually it can. You know how the Nintendo had like 8 bit sound, well the calculator can only have 2 bit sound.

All I can say is that it would be the lowest quality music ever.

gameboyguy13 · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject:

eaglefan101 · Trick Member Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Location: Somewheres

Just noticed this! Im going to buy an expensive calculator now!

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Ryudori · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Location: New Jersey

Finally, a good reason to buy a graphing calculator...can't wait until this is finished. Great idea!

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neomang5 · Basic Member Joined: 17 Jul 2004

I just thought of something... Where are you going to host it?
Is it going to have a bandwidth limit, or will it just be free-sharing?
Or even stranger, will you direct link with someone who wants it and transfer that way?
because there seems to be a damn big demand for this now!

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Kongisstan wrote:

aw dame. you made me buy all this material for notthing! du ma! o well. im rich. i could afford ne thing. mayb i shoould js buy the machine. tearz ;(
ne wais it was fun buying. peace outside durty poopz.

!~NORTHNORTH SIDE~!

^DDR Moron

Nightime · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Location: anywhere else

[ES] GARYsurvivor · Trick Member Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Location: Lakewood, CO

gameboyguy13 · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:54 am Post subject:

You could try just getting rid of songs with tempo changes, and altering freezes... I don't know, just a suggestion. :)

neomang5 · Basic Member Joined: 17 Jul 2004

Relax!
Anyone who sends hatemail can go piss off, because youre doing your damndest to please us, and they arent doing jack poopy.
Just take your time, and get it to where you think it needs to be.
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Kongisstan wrote:

aw dame. you made me buy all this material for notthing! du ma! o well. im rich. i could afford ne thing. mayb i shoould js buy the machine. tearz ;(
ne wais it was fun buying. peace outside durty poopz.

!~NORTHNORTH SIDE~!

^DDR Moron

mavrik_055 · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Yea, all the people complaining of length of time should just remember that the longer you take, the better the end product will be.