MapleStory

ProphetsDementia · Post by **ProphetsDementia** » Sat 06 Jan, 2007 8:56 pm

Unforunately, TowelMan flopped. However, in my random blundering about, I CORRECTLY calculated 23 of the many formulas for my favorite RPG, MapleStory!

So, I'm thinking, "If I did all this, what can stop me from making a 1P - 2P MapleStory Client?" Then, reality set in.

HOW THE HELL IS A TI-BASIC PROGRAMMER WHO DOESN'T KNOW A THING ABOUT xLIB GOING TO MAKE A HUGE CLIENT WITH ALL THE MAPS FOR HENESYS, KERNING CITY, HIDDEN STREET, PERION, ELLINIA, AND ALL THE OTHER MAPS? NOT TO MENTION ALL THE SERVERS AND SUB-SERVERS THAT COME WITH THAT?

*sigh* I tried doing in in BASIC and I got carpal tunnel.
Meh. I NEED TO LEARN FRIGGIN' xLIB!

If you can pick up where I left off (which is nowhere) or have comments/suggestions, post them here (in this thread).

King Harold · Post by **King Harold** » Sat 06 Jan, 2007 9:06 pm

suggestion: write a mapeditor first
very easy..
you can forget about 2-player in BASIC, getCalc( doesnt work when the other calc isnt idle, so never. Atleast not in a game.

If you can make a mapeditor you can make a game, its a little more complex but atleast you know when to draw (before the wait-for-keypress-and-update-your-timecounter-for-animation loop) and how to get the terrain behind the rest (just draw it first) and how to react to keypresses
try
Repeat K=105:Disp X:Repeat Ans:getKey:End:Ans->K:X+(K=26)(X<16)-(K=24)(X>0)->X:End

Floodkiller · Post by **Floodkiller** » Mon 08 Jan, 2007 3:26 pm

King Harold wrote:suggestion: write a mapeditor first
very easy..
you can forget about 2-player in BASIC, getCalc( doesnt work when the other calc isnt idle, so never. Atleast not in a game.

If you can make a mapeditor you can make a game, its a little more complex but atleast you know when to draw (before the wait-for-keypress-and-update-your-timecounter-for-animation loop) and how to get the terrain behind the rest (just draw it first) and how to react to keypresses
try
Repeat K=105:Disp X:Repeat Ans:getKey:End:Ans->K:X+(K=26)(X<16)-(K=24)(X>0)->X:End

Well, you could do the getCalc(, but it would require a completly menu based graphics screen, an indication of who goes first and second, and lots of formulas. In other words, don't even attempt it.

Halifax · Post by **Halifax** » Mon 08 Jan, 2007 10:40 pm

hmm I forget but if I remember correctly when i tried making a two player game in basic I ran a getcalc(L1 while the other calc was running the game and it got the list?? I don't know that was like 2 years ago though :/

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Tue 09 Jan, 2007 12:10 am

I made a real-time multiplayer game in TI-basic two or three years ago. It was just a really crappy racing game though.

chickendude · Post by **chickendude** » Wed 10 Jan, 2007 7:59 pm

There are ASM link routines for BASIC programmers that you can use easily enough. I think Timendus has written one that works well.