BALANCE (WIP)

[djes]

Great

[djes]

Here is the infamous dll : http://djes.free.fr/purebasic/dx9dll/D3DX9_38.dll

[IceSoft]

Great

Thanks.
Next version will using sprites instead of Boxes and Triangles and a better Gameplay too:

Gameplay One: Build the highest tower
Gameplay Two: How much blocks can you put on the platform?
GamePlay Tree: ...

[djes]

Do you have tested crayon physics?

[IceSoft]

BALANCE 0.0.2 supports sprites -)

Screenshot und Downloadlink: see first post

[IdeasVacuum]

Crashes on WinXP 32bit

Unhandled win32 exception occurred in BALANCE_0.0.2.exe[2828]

Edit: JIT exception failed with 0x800400b3

AppName: balance_0.0.2.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: balance_0.0.2.exe
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00003e91

[IceSoft]

Crashes on WinXP 32bit

Unhandled win32 exception occurred in BALANCE_0.0.2.exe[2828]

@IdeasVacuum,
Can you send me the whole exception text please?

thanks
Icesoft

[Vera]

Hello IceSoft,

just dropping in as this might implicate some clues:
- BALANCE_0.0.2.exe doesn't crash on my XP 32 (SP 2)
- the outlined preview doesn't show what really will be inserted after submitting
- the boxes don't land on top of the lower boxes but sink about 15px lower
- the pile doesn't scroll only the topline can be moved up and down

besides - I like your examples
(and the tiny glimpse these threads give me about the existance of physic engine)

greetings ~ Vera

[djes]

78

[IceSoft]

Hello IceSoft,

just dropping in as this might implicate some clues:
- BALANCE_0.0.2.exe doesn't crash on my XP 32 (SP 2)
- the outlined preview doesn't show what really will be inserted after submitting
- the boxes don't land on top of the lower boxes but sink about 15px lower
- the pile doesn't scroll only the topline can be moved up and down

besides - I like your examples
(and the tiny glimpse these threads give me about the existance of physic engine)

greetings ~ Vera

@Vera, my sweet kitten.
The problem is your graphic card supports only sprite size of 2^n.
I will add a graphic card check in next version.

[IceSoft]

Update to 0.0.3

[FIX] Scroll was not working with sprites
[FIX] Sprite size is limited on some graphic cards (only 2^n)

Hope it works now for all
Download/Screenshot see first post.

78

@djes,
Please try it with the new one again.

Planned in next version:
The 'player' block can be rotated
You have to wait bevor you can put the next player block on the tower

[infratec]

Hi IceSoft,

with your new version:



This was very easy to reach

No, it's not a fake

How I've done it:

Simply don't move the mouse right or left Use only the wheel
Place all boxes direct on top of each other.
Stay a little bit below the border of the old box when you place the new one. (This should not be possible)
If you see that the tower begins to fall place as much boxes in the 'air' as you can.

Is this a 'legal' trick

Or should you do something to avoid this?

Bernd

[Demivec]

How I've done it:

Simply don't move the mouse right or left Use only the wheel
Place all boxes direct on top of each other.
Stay a little bit below the border of the old box when you place the new one. (This should not be possible)
If you see that the tower begins to fall place as much boxes in the 'air' as you can.

Is this a 'legal' trick

@infratec: Shhh! This is a secret trick. Even so, idle reported the same thing in January 2009 of this same thread. IceSoft apparently hasn't changed the functioning of the code, just made it prettier.

[infratec]

Hi IceSoft,

to avoid my 'trick'
the solution is very simple:

Don't let the boxes appear at the same x coordinate.
Build in a random sweep around the center position.
So the user have to move the box.

Bernd

[endo]

Hi, it crashes on my machine. It starts and seems to work for a few seconds (5-6 seconds) than crashes. I tried several times, same result. Here is the crash report: http://moldibi.com/download/balance_cra ... 111601.log

Windows XP Pro SP3, 32bits, 2 GB ram, onboard intel gfx card.