TarCraft

[Damocles]

TarCraft



http://damocles11.byethost9.com/tarcraft.html

Repell the attackers on the spacestation.
You have to rescue your comrades first.

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Second try, I was reworking this version a bit. There is still some optimization to do of course.

[moogie]

whilst i luv the graphics, they are just a little static for my liking... perhaps you can scavange some bytes from back ground sprites to allow some marine animation?

[Damocles]

Its voxelgraphics actually.
But true, it looks too static.
Maybe I try some animated voxels.
But its kind of hitting the limit (for me) here.

Also the text has to go. Such a spacewaster.

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[pitbuller]

Selection do not work if you go from downt to upwards.

[moogie]

if you like another pair of eyes to run over your code to look for possible optimisations then i am happy to have a look. PM me if you like.

[ReBirth]

Nice remake!

however, I'm worry about the copyright thing. Is it okay to use same sprite as them?

if not, then it'll nice to see zergg as the enemy

[Localhorst]

Hi, i have a question with understanding your sourcecode (http://damocles11.byethost9.com/applet/CraftCraft.java).

Somehow i have no idea how the passage between:
switch (unit [ i ][14])

and

g = imgScreen.getGraphics();

is working. Especially the "while (true)" loops do not seem to make any sense.

Regards

[delt0r]

Locks up my browser every time. FF 4.0 linux 64bit.

[Damocles]

The game runs fine on my Ubuntu.
Do you run an OpenJDK? I installed the original Java back, as I think OpenJDK ist still too flawed, and I dont see any
advantage for the normal consumer in it.

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The code is the RTS-AI logic part.

The game is a bit old though, I will probably not submit it.
Was an early test on 4k.

[delt0r]

latest java 1.7 here. Applets sux plain and simple...

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[Damocles]

You had posted about several problems with several other Javaprojects before.
How about updating your Firefox and reverting to Java1.6?

What else than applets to use for running a Javagame in a Browser then?

[delt0r]

Yep thats  right. It is my fault and i need to spend hours fixing things... don't try that with paying customers.... FF 4.0 is not old. I also tried java 1.6 and openjdk FWIW. Every 4k comp, the "does not work here" are ignored. Its does nothing for the comp.

You know perhaps there really is a problem at the 4k end? After all, other applets work fine for me. Its 4k in particular that doesn't. 

[Localhorst]

Yes i understood that these lines are for moving/attacking units responsible. To be honest i avoid using labels like hell so i have always problems with break and goto labels in general. Anyway especially these lines are confusing because i don't see how this should work:

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31

while (true) <---?  if ((other != i) && (unit[other][2] == 0) && (unit[other][14] != 5) && (Math.abs(unit[i][0] - unit[other][0]) < 2) && (Math.abs(unit[i][1] - unit[other][1]) < 2))               {                 unit[i][14] = 0;               }               else               {                 other++; if (other < unitCount)                 {                   continue;                 }                 break;                 int other = 0;                 while (true)                 { ...  other++; if (other < unitCount)                   {                     continue;                   }                   break label4639; <---?                     unit[i][15] -= 1; ...  unit[i][14] = 0;                       break; <---? ..

How is the code working if there is a break inside?

[ReBirth]

In my approach break and continue are worth use, goto not. Break and continue only affect flow of looping.

@OP: but you should submit this

[sproingie]

Whether goto's worth using or not, I think you'll have a hard time using it in java.   But in general if you're shaving opcodes to fit into 4k, don't expect the most readable source code.

[Damocles]

In this case her the label was the easiest option to leave the whole while-loop.
If it works, why not use it?

[StephR]

In my opinion, your TarCraft is the best looking game down here. These animated voxels are definitely something to deepen, considering your game and Star Vox 16K which uses them too.

[roland]

why cant you select by dragging from the bottom to the top?
Just get the smallest x,y and the biggest x,y in the rectangle and check if a unit is in there

[steveyO]

Screenshot looks good but doesn't work here am afraid. Firefox 3, Java6, Win2000

Start new Level:1
Exception in thread "Thread-9" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
   at java.awt.image.DataBufferInt.<init>(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.image.Raster.createPackedRaster(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.image.DirectColorModel.createCompatibleWritableRaster(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.image.BufferedImage.<init>(Unknown Source)
   at T.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[ra4king]

Win2000?!?!? O________O

[ReBirth]

Firefox 3?!?!?! O_______O oh wait my desktop has that too.

[steveyO]

Yep pretty old config, but every other 4k game have played the past few years has worked on my still reliable Dell laptop!