Re: [stella] INV21 comments

Subject: Re: [stella] INV21 comments
From: Nick S Bensema <nickb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:36:57 -0700 (MST)
>>I imagined the missile being not quite as tall and sort of staggering around
>>the center of the exploding invader.  But this looks good...
>
>But wouldn't an explosion taller than the missile be more difficult do do?
>The changes I've done for this result have been very easy.

No, the explosion-missile would be _less_ tall than the shooting-missile,
and flicker around the area where the invader once was.

>>one nitpicky thing I'm worried about is that I can't shoot until the
>>explosion is over.  is that accurate to the game?
>
>Probably it's not accurate, but it's the only choice, since we're doing two
>things with the same object..

But since it is flashing, there is the (hardware) possibility of interlacing
it with a new missile.


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