Subject: Re: [stella] Poker solitaire source, versions 012 & 014 From: "B. Watson" <urchlay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 03:28:20 -0500 (EST) |
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Jake Patterson wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, B. Watson wrote: > > > > > Also attached is the .bin built from the 014 source, for those > > who just wanna play the game :) > > > > I don't know if it is intentional or not, but it is possible to get a very > weekly shuffled hand at will by hitting reset, then the joystick button > immediately. The first hand I played with that technique I got 105 (it > still is a little shuffled) with two straight flushes and a bunch of other > stuff. Also, when the tens place in the score is zero, it is not > displayed even when it is significant. It does display a zero in the ones > place if thats what you get. Took me four tries to get an actual zero :-) > My best score with a normal shuffle is 91. The shuffling problem isn't exactly intentional, but it's a known problem. The trouble is that I store the cards as a byte each, 0-12 being ace thru king of spades, 13-25 is ace-king of clubs, etc... and I'm initializing the cards in a simple loop that stores 0 to 52 sequentially in the deck locations. So the deck is in order before the shuffle.. Then on each frame of the shuffle, I do this (in pseudocode): for i = 0 to 50 if random_bit() == 1 swap deck[i], deck[i+1] else (don't swap) end if next i ...the net result is that the deck gets decently shuffled after a few seconds of watching it shuffle, but it starts out with each card being pretty close to where it started and slowly they move around. I considered forcing the player to sit through at least 200 frames of shuffle, but (a) that's a fairly long wait, and (b) the random number generator isnt really all that random, and it gets seeded to the same value on every boot. So if you were forced to wait 200 frames, you could just hold down the fire button and wait 200 frames, and you'd get the same hand every time! Possible solutions to this: Use the random garbage that's in the RAM and TIA registers at power-up to generate the initial seed... this won't help on an emulator. Require the player to press and release the button *twice* before starting the first game, then use the time between the two as part of the random number seed... Could add a title screen that appears at bootup, and have the player press the button to get to the shuffling screen (and this would look more professional too?) ...The tens digit not being displayed, is a 100% Genuine Bug. I have yet to score above 100, so I havent seen it yet. I'm attaching the latest .bin to this message. The main difference in gameplay between this build (017) and the last one I posted (014) is that the right difficulty now controls whether or not diagonals will be scored. If they will, an X appears below the 2nd digit of your score. The diff. switches are only checked during the shuffle, so you can't change your mind about this halfway through the game :) So here's what the controls do: Reset - Start a new shuffle (abort current game if playing) Select - Show `crib sheet' of score values Color/BW - What it's supposed to do :) Left Difficulty - B = normal game, A = Handicap game (deals 1st 5 cards to center & corners) Right Difficulty - B = Score diagonals (easy), A = Don't score diagonals (hard) (this is another form of handicap) Fire button - Start game during shuffle, place card during game Directions - The obvious. For a proper `classic' feel, Select should be `select game variation', but I can't think of any more variations besides the 2 difficulty setting I have now... Suggestions? I *still* haven't started on the centered kernel, that's next on the agenda... well, fixing the 10's digit bug is next, but won't take long. Later, B.
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