On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 erik@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Look at this (practically impossible to get) hand:
> >
> >10h Jh Qh Kh Ah
> >10c Jc Qc Kc Ac
> >10s Js Qs Ks As
> >10d Jd Qd Kd Ad
> >2h 3h 4h 5h 6h
> >
> >If a royal flush and a straight flush are both 30 points, and 4 of a kind
> >is 16... that's (5*30)+(5*16) = 230 points. If a royal flush is 36 points, it's
> >254 points, which still fits in one byte...
> >
> >Can you think of a higher-scoring hand?
>
> Yes. If the last row is instead 5-6-7-8-9 of hearts, you get a straight on
> the upper-left to lower-right diagonal.
>
Hm, I hadn't been scoring diagonals. It would be trivial to do, though.
> >Do you think the royal flush should be worth more than a regular straight
> >flush? The standard scoring system counts them the same (30)..
>
> Nah. It's a matter of luck, and it doesn't make any difference in real
> poker either, other than just being an ace-high royal flush. On the other
> hand, it does add more strategic depth to the game.
>
> Why not use a difficulty switch to toggle?
Left difficulty for `royal flush scores 36/30' and right for `Score/don't score
diagonals'...
Probably I should only read the diff. switches at the start of the game.
...and I had in mind adding a second kernel that runs when the user holds
down Select, which displays the scoring rules with PF text (4 bit wide
characters, 10 of them per row).
B.
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