Subj : Re: Too many Relocations
To   : Andy Stewart
From : Scott Adams
Date : Sun Jul 22 2001 09:12 am

 -=> Quoting Andy Stewart to Scott Adams <=-

 SA>        Actually I rarely have the cause/effect bugs.

 AS> Seems to be hitting me here lately.

        Heh...I am just now cleaning up something..well
        fixing it so it owrks with the new methods
        some code not a bug just didn't plan it but
        with a project this huge I'll be doing that alot.
 
 SA>        Unlike when I first started so many years ago.
 SA>        When I fix something it rarely causes 10 other
 SA>        things to break very rarely.  No mine are stupid
 SA>        things like a + for a - in a math equation (like

 AS> I tend to do that myself.

        Yeah the old slip of the finger...there are some
        comilers that autodetect that stuff and let you know
        sorta like how the MS apps like Word advise you
        of problems.  
 
 SA>        just added some map controls (directional buttons)
 SA>        to the game and had that kinda thing.  I don't test
 SA>        as much as a user would try to break a program
 SA>        so I tend to find things way down the road like
 SA>        I did with a support program for teh game I did
 SA>        a few years ago though just a minor one line of
 SA>        code missing.

 AS> After coding it, who wants to test it?  That's what beta testers are
 AS> for <g>

        Yeah that's the theory.  Problem is only have
        a couple of testers.  As expected folks don't
        want to help out until they can get teh finished
        product.  But the way I do things you dont' help
        you don't get a free copy its that simple.  LIke
        with our old game Tactical folsk would coem out
        of the woodwork and help when it was done wanting
        free copies...
 
 SA>        Oh well...just not enough time to work on code
 SA>        as there used to be like in HS or college where
 SA>        it could be a all day thing.  Now it seems I'm
 SA>        lucky to get 2 days a week :<. Oh well, just
 SA>        finished adding Asteriod Field code yesterday
 SA>        that was fun but a bear to get the math right.

 AS> I can imagine!

        Oh well I work on alot of things at work :)  Course
        I do work coding at work mostly.  BUt between
        breaks I can tweak code mentally.

        The other day during a break figured out code for
        something I've had trouble with ...orbits for
        objects.  But then it hit me I already have the
        code done in various pieces.

        Probably the toughest code to do will be formations
        getting the AI to form the say ship formations and
        such.  Like a jet fighter squadron doing a wedge
        or a T formation.  Simple mentally but the code
        could be tricky but have soem work arounds I could
        try..just a long way off...oh well..back to work..














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