Author Topic: Sweet Mary mother of god!!! Pong Clock (Read 27363 times)

screaming · « **Reply #120 on:** March 25, 2006, 11:15:20 am »

I had some spare time yesterday so I gave it a shot.

source

I can change whatever, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see.

:creep: <- bahahahaha

quarterback · « **Reply #121 on:** March 25, 2006, 02:44:25 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 25, 2006, 11:15:20 am

I can change whatever, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see.

How about a way to close the program without having to ctrl-alt-delete

screaming · « **Reply #122 on:** March 25, 2006, 03:28:29 pm »

hit escape?

quarterback · « **Reply #123 on:** March 25, 2006, 04:28:22 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 25, 2006, 03:28:29 pm

hit escape?

Dig it.

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #124 on:** March 26, 2006, 09:05:16 am »

Quote from: screaming on March 25, 2006, 11:15:20 am

I had some spare time yesterday so I gave it a shot.

source

I can change whatever, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see.

:creep: <- bahahahaha

How 'bout a compiled version?

* NinjaEpisode is lazy

screaming · « **Reply #125 on:** March 26, 2006, 11:18:59 am »

Quote from: NinjaEpisode on March 26, 2006, 09:05:16 am

How 'bout a compiled version?

Quote from: screaming on March 25, 2006, 11:15:20 am

I had some spare time yesterday so I GAVE IT A SHOT.

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #126 on:** March 26, 2006, 03:50:16 pm »

Crap, I'm sorry dude....seriously...I do apologize....I didn't even see that link.

Think I can throw this on a Win 98 machine?

sez · « **Reply #127 on:** March 26, 2006, 07:16:51 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 10:56:45 am

I don't often do this, but I bow to the awesomeness.

Now to do the same and make it something like Galaga instead.

Word.

screaming · « **Reply #128 on:** March 27, 2006, 12:47:16 am »

sure man, give it a shot! There's nothing Windows XP-ie about it so I don't see why it shouldn't work. I just uploaded a new version that slows it down a bit so it should be easier on slower CPUs. Also, I played around with the AI a bit to make it look less like a computer. Lastly, I added a couple config params to let you customize things at different resolutions.

I'd like to work on the AI a little more to make it look like it's losing "by accident". Also, I'd like to get it working with DirectX so I can make it window-less and let you use it as a background on your 2000/XP desktop. Hmmm..

It's a good intro to allegro if you're looking to get aquainted.. check it out.. ask questions..

screaming · « **Reply #129 on:** March 27, 2006, 12:56:38 am »

Oh, and I changed it so any key will exit, for quaterback. I'll set it up so it's configurable at some point.

screaming · « **Reply #130 on:** March 27, 2006, 01:03:05 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 10:56:45 am

Now to do the same and make it something like Galaga instead.

Hmm.. How would that work? You'd only be able to kill a bug once a minute and each bug would be only 1 point? Then you still have the numbers in the high score column in the way..

NY_in_TX · « **Reply #131 on:** March 27, 2006, 03:30:26 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 27, 2006, 01:03:05 am

Quote from: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 10:56:45 am
Now to do the same and make it something like Galaga instead.

Hmm.. How would that work? You'd only be able to kill a bug once a minute and each bug would be only 1 point? Then you still have the numbers in the high score column in the way..

make the bugs form the numbers for the time, every minute they fly down and then re-assemble as the new time. there would of course be bugs added/subtracted. would make for a fun clock. the time in galaga bugs just moving back and forth, reassembling every minute as the time.

I have no idea how to do that, but if you can make a pong clock...you could do this!!

ny

gonzobrian · « **Reply #132 on:** March 27, 2006, 08:37:27 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 25, 2006, 11:15:20 am

I had some spare time yesterday so I gave it a shot.

source

I can change whatever, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see.

:creep: <- bahahahaha

Now if you can make it run in dos I can use it on my laptop picture frame.

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #133 on:** March 27, 2006, 09:36:17 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 27, 2006, 01:03:05 am

Quote from: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 10:56:45 am
Now to do the same and make it something like Galaga instead.

Hmm.. How would that work? You'd only be able to kill a bug once a minute and each bug would be only 1 point? Then you still have the numbers in the high score column in the way..

Make the high score to be the date. Todays highscore = 03272006

screaming · « **Reply #134 on:** March 27, 2006, 10:53:40 pm »

Quote from: gonzobrian on March 27, 2006, 08:37:27 pm

Now if you can make it run in dos I can use it on my laptop picture frame.

source should compile in dos.. I don't have the instructions handy, nor have i tested it but I dont see why it shouldnt work with the standard dos mame compile environment. check it out and let me know if it works.

I've compiled it in linux without a problem..

screaming · « **Reply #135 on:** March 27, 2006, 10:59:52 pm »

Quote from: AtomSmasher on March 27, 2006, 09:36:17 pm

Quote from: screaming on March 27, 2006, 01:03:05 am
Quote from: ChadTower on November 28, 2005, 10:56:45 am
Now to do the same and make it something like Galaga instead.

Hmm.. How would that work? You'd only be able to kill a bug once a minute and each bug would be only 1 point? Then you still have the numbers in the high score column in the way..
Make the high score to be the date. Todays highscore = 03272006

Yeah but I'd have to only kill one bug a minute to keep the time. that seems kind of boring

I like NY_in_TX's idea.. It looks like I'm gonna have to clear the dust off my geometry and trig books to make it happen though. yikes!

Making the highscore the date would be doable no matter which way the clock was implemented though...

gonzobrian · « **Reply #136 on:** March 28, 2006, 09:04:06 am »

Quote from: screaming on March 27, 2006, 10:53:40 pm

Quote from: gonzobrian on March 27, 2006, 08:37:27 pm
Now if you can make it run in dos I can use it on my laptop picture frame.

source should compile in dos.. I don't have the instructions handy, nor have i tested it but I dont see why it shouldnt work with the standard dos mame compile environment. check it out and let me know if it works.

I've compiled it in linux without a problem..

Cool I'll give it a go with mingw when I get a chance!

crashwg · « **Reply #137 on:** March 28, 2006, 08:19:29 pm »

Two things...

1. the animation of the "ball" is not so great. it looks as though there's two of 'em

2. the "ball" somehow got stuck behind the right player's paddle and was bouncing between that and the "goal" for like 15 seconds or so

Lookin good though!

JackTucky · « **Reply #138 on:** March 28, 2006, 08:34:44 pm »

That's pretty cool. I agree that the ball looks like two. I LIKE how the paddles don't start moving until the ball is in their court. Makes it look more like there are real people playing.

Jacktucky

screaming · « **Reply #139 on:** March 28, 2006, 09:56:23 pm »

Quote from: crashwg on March 28, 2006, 08:19:29 pm

Two things...

1. the animation of the "ball" is not so great. it looks as though there's two of 'em

2. the "ball" somehow got stuck behind the right player's paddle and was bouncing between that and the "goal" for like 15 seconds or so

Lookin good though!

Okay, I played around with the ghosting ball thing.. check it out and let me know how much it messes up your computer.

I'm not sure how the ball got stuck.. I changed a couple things around that may have fixed it (but I doubt it). I'll see if I cam make it happen.

miles2912 · « **Reply #140 on:** March 28, 2006, 11:21:35 pm »

The ghostng effect is too cool. THe guy on the right is much better than the guy on the left

Don

USSEnterprise · « **Reply #141 on:** March 29, 2006, 04:02:51 am »

What are the video requirements? I get an error because I have my resolution set to 1024 x 768

G@M3FR3@K · « **Reply #142 on:** March 29, 2006, 06:07:51 am »

Quote from: USSEnterprise on March 29, 2006, 04:02:51 am

What are the video requirements? I get an error because I have my resolution set to 1024 x 768

I'm getting the same exact error! I've tried changing the resolution & color depth (32-bit down to 16-bit) to no avail.

gonzobrian · « **Reply #143 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:20:28 am »

I also got an error on first use but changed the res to 800x600 and works well. I also had the ball get stuck a couple of times. Was not able to compile a dos verson last night could not figure it out. Any one kind enough to share a dos compiled version

screaming · « **Reply #144 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:22:53 am »

You're using "screensaver mode", right? I found a bug that occures when screensaver is set to yes (I had height and width reversed when I was getting the current height and width. doh!

I just thought it was me because my laptop uses a non 4:3 resolution).

I just uploaded the fixed version.

screaming · « **Reply #145 on:** March 29, 2006, 09:31:54 am »

gonzo, let me see what I can do about a compiled dos version. I wonder if a freedos environment would work?

JackTucky · « **Reply #146 on:** March 29, 2006, 10:06:00 am »

The ball looks better now on my PC. A little jumpy once and awhile.

Seems like it has a little "trail", like a mouse trail, very faint though.

Jacktucky

gonzobrian · « **Reply #147 on:** March 29, 2006, 10:07:06 am »

Quote from: screaming on March 29, 2006, 09:31:54 am

gonzo, let me see what I can do about a compiled dos version. I wonder if a freedos environment would work?

Not sure about free dos. From past experience with it seems standard to me. Not sure what version of dos I use on the pic frame I built, probably what was left over after deleting win 95. Almost picked up another old lap top off ebay yesterday for $20 just to make another set up just to run this but decided to wait till next month.

Also when the ball got stuck I was not using screen saver mode. If it will work in dos I will edit the bat to launch the exe on startup so I don't have to type the command line each power up. Thanks.

melarky · « **Reply #148 on:** March 29, 2006, 11:26:58 am »

screaming,

What did you code your clock in? Is it something that could be used with that basic stamp chip that was discussed earlier? That would be cool to get that going (seems a waste to get a whole computer just to run a clock, would be nice to figure out how to run it with basic stamp and cheap little lcd).

screaming · « **Reply #149 on:** March 29, 2006, 12:23:02 pm »

it's "mostly" c, but technically c++. Converting it to c should be a no brainer.. are basic stamp chips fast enough?

NinjaEpisode · « **Reply #150 on:** March 29, 2006, 12:41:49 pm »

Quote from: G@M3FR3@K on March 29, 2006, 06:07:51 am

Quote from: USSEnterprise on March 29, 2006, 04:02:51 am
What are the video requirements? I get an error because I have my resolution set to 1024 x 768

I'm getting the same exact error! I've tried changing the resolution & color depth (32-bit down to 16-bit) to no avail.

You both need to go into the config file and change one of two things. Change either the option that says full screen to yes, or change the resolution to a lower setting. while in windowed mode, the window is actually larger than 1024x768 and it doesn't know how to stretch or resize itself.

At least that's what my problem was.

screaming · « **Reply #151 on:** March 29, 2006, 01:17:40 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 29, 2006, 12:23:02 pm

it's "mostly" c, but technically c++. Converting it to c should be a no brainer.. are basic stamp chips fast enough?

Oh, it uses Allegro too, which I highly doubt is THAT portable

I literally built it in a matter of hours so I don't see how it can really be all the difficult. I'm not a PIC programmer though

melarky · « **Reply #152 on:** March 29, 2006, 01:49:00 pm »

I did a quick google search for pic pong games and found the following:

http://dt.prohosting.com/pic/pong.html

http://www.rickard.gunee.com/projects/video/pic/pong.php

The first one looks most promising as it seems to deal with interfacing it to a video source (but maybe the second one deals with that too, I'm not sure). I am not a pic programmer either, but I wonder how hard it would be to modify the code that is available on these sites and then hook it up to a cheap lcd.

koz319 · « **Reply #153 on:** March 30, 2006, 12:10:11 am »

Just out of curiosity, what size display do you guys think this would need to work as a standalone clock? Would 7.5 inch diag be big enough? Too small/big?

Would it matter if it was your standard 'black dots on greenish background' lcd look or would it need to be black and white?

This might be exactly the project I've been looking for to take up more of my time that I dont really have! I can do the code and hardware (most likely on a AVR microcontroller, just cause I have some laying around), the real limiting factor is the cost of a display panel. I found some surplus monochrome 7.5" lcd's for pretty cheap (these are lo res graphic LCD modules. Think black dots.) If this sounds interesting to you guys, I'll go ahead and get some and see what shakes loose. If you think it really needs to be larger, or needs to be black and white for the retro feel, I'll wait until I find a better display panel.

Let me know what you think.

Koz

gonzobrian · « **Reply #154 on:** May 20, 2006, 11:47:08 pm »

Quote from: screaming on March 29, 2006, 09:31:54 am

gonzo, let me see what I can do about a compiled dos version. I wonder if a freedos environment would work?

bump

Hey Screaming any update on a DOS compile?

reptilehead · « **Reply #155 on:** May 21, 2006, 06:21:07 am »

Ok so I MUST be bored or something.... but for all you freaks out there that REALLY want to have a pong clock and are thinking of converting a PC of some weird sort to do it... http://www.screeq.com/view.php?week=11 radioactive friggin green on black! lets talk screen burn (not to mention retnal burn) from hell! It's a screensaver that does random games and tells the current time.

I found this in my odd ramblings around the internet in a fluke of nature.... I have it, its cool, but I don't think im going to be replacing my normal screensaver with it.
Now if I happen to come across a sugar of a deal of a tablet or laptop thats totally useless, I'd think about it.

Chris · « **Reply #156 on:** May 21, 2006, 10:07:06 am »

Gonzo, I compiled it but I don't have my DOS box handy and it doesn't seem to want to run in XP for me. So with the caveat that this is untested, go to http://webpages.charter.net/celamantia/pongclk.zip to check it out.

--Chris

gonzobrian · « **Reply #157 on:** May 21, 2006, 12:06:04 pm »

Quote from: Chris on May 21, 2006, 10:07:06 am

Gonzo, I compiled it but I don't have my DOS box handy and it doesn't seem to want to run in XP for me. So with the caveat that this is untested, go to http://webpages.charter.net/celamantia/pongclk.zip to check it out.

--Chris

Hey Thanks Chris!

Just tried your compile on my laptop pic frame and get error 800x600 not supported. I think I can only suport 640x480. I have no idea how to change the resolution. Not sure if it can be set prior to compile?

Chris · « **Reply #158 on:** May 21, 2006, 12:35:02 pm »

Quote from: gonzobrian on May 21, 2006, 12:06:04 pm

Quote from: Chris on May 21, 2006, 10:07:06 am
Gonzo, I compiled it but I don't have my DOS box handy and it doesn't seem to want to run in XP for me. So with the caveat that this is untested, go to http://webpages.charter.net/celamantia/pongclk.zip to check it out.

--Chris

Hey Thanks Chris!
Just tried your compile on my laptop pic frame and get error 800x600 not supported. I think I can only suport 640x480. I have no idea how to change the resolution. Not sure if it can be set prior to compile?

Glancing through the code it looks like it will run at 640x480 but I need to change it in the code. I'm not at my home PC right now; I'll try it when I get there.

Do you know if you have a color depth restriction?

--Chris

gonzobrian · « **Reply #159 on:** May 21, 2006, 01:02:02 pm »

Thanks, very nice of you. I do not know if I have depth restriction. I use a dos program called lxpic to display my jpegs with no problems, they are all converted to 640x480. The error I got when I tried the first compile was,
height 600
width 800 depth 32
and got errer, resolution not supported.
So my guess is the depth was fine, don't know for sure.
Thanks Again
gonzobrian


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