Basic Analysis tools?

[Basic Analysis tools?]

I program in TIdBit, but I want something that analyzes the flow of a program, to look for dead ends or unused subroutines, maybe identify where the code is checking something too many times in a loop, etc.

[Basic Analysis tools?]

Other than going through your code by hand to map out paths and loops, does anyone have any tools for analyzing basic code to better visualize it? Perhaps something that takes basic code and generates a flow chart from it?

 

I've looked online and it seems there are tools that do this for C, Python, Java etc, but nothing for good old fashioned Basic code.

 

 

[is there such a thing as an RCA plug switchbox?]

Just be aware that switch boxes can introduce noise into the signal depending on the quality

[Night Stalker - (XB256 compiled) FINAL VERSION]

sharing here the label i done for the cartridge hope you like.

Thanks for this game LASooner !

 

msg-24673-0-12035300-1523746880.jpg

 

version with cut Lines:

 

NightStalker_Label+Lines.png

 

version already cutted:

 

NightStalker_Label.png

 

 

Awesome, Nicely done!

[A Newbies Journey with the TIPI]

The thing to remember about recursive folders is the more you add, the longer your line to load it and save it becomes

[A Newbies Journey with the TIPI]

Got mine up and running this is going to be very valuable for quickly testing on real iron without having to make a cartridge image.

 

 

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

For night stalker, I had the looping heartbeat sound on player 1, and the sound effects on player 2, I set it to play the heart beat when the player spawns, and it just continues through as all sound effects play. Some effects interrupt the heartbeat, but it picks up where it left off when it was interrupted.

 

good stuff.

[Night Stalker - (XB256 compiled) FINAL VERSION]

I'm still planning on putting a DSK version out that includes the splash screen before loading the game, but I'm working 12 hour days and weekends on the next Call of Duty, so I haven't had much time to do anything lately.

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

I notice having converted sid to midi and also in your conversions, many frequency changes are subtle enough they could be combined into a single line

 

For example

 

100 CALL SOUND(16,388,0,185,6)
110 CALL SOUND(16,384,0,185,6)
120 CALL SOUND(33,380,0,185,6)
130 CALL SOUND(16,377,0,185,6)
140 CALL SOUND(16,373,0,185,6)

 

Could be changed to this without much noticeable difference

 

100 CALL SOUND(97,380,0,185,6)

 

It loses some of it's funkyness, but saves memory

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

It's better than what I got out converting a sid to a midi and a midi to soundlist, thanks for this!

[TIPI -- It looks like the future is NOW! (No, I'm NOT kidding)!]

Shipping confirmation arrived in email

 

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

 

 

 

5 ! HYPA-BALL SONG #4
10 CALL SOUND(116,554,4,277,2,220,30,-1,15)
20 CALL SOUND(116,554,4,370,2,276,4)
30 CALL SOUND(116,554,6,277,2,276,6)
40 CALL SOUND(116,495,4,370,2,246,4)
50 CALL SOUND(116,495,6,277,2,246,6)
60 CALL SOUND(116,466,4,370,2,233,4)
70 CALL SOUND(116,466,6,277,2,233,6)
80 CALL SOUND(116,416,4,370,2,207,4)
90 CALL SOUND(116,416,6,277,2,207,6)
100 CALL SOUND(116,466,4,370,2,233,4)
110 CALL SOUND(116,466,6,277,2,233,6)
120 CALL SOUND(116,495,4,370,2,246,4)
130 CALL SOUND(116,495,6,277,2,246,6)
140 CALL SOUND(116,495,4,330,2,246,4)
150 CALL SOUND(116,495,6,247,2,246,6)
160 CALL SOUND(116,440,4,330,2,220,4)
170 CALL SOUND(116,440,6,247,2,220,6)
180 CALL SOUND(116,416,4,330,2,207,4)
190 CALL SOUND(116,416,6,247,2,207,6)
200 CALL SOUND(116,370,4,330,2,185,4)
210 CALL SOUND(116,370,6,247,2,185,6)
220 CALL SOUND(116,416,4,330,2,207,4)
230 CALL SOUND(116,416,6,247,2,207,6)
240 CALL SOUND(116,440,4,330,2,220,4)
250 CALL SOUND(116,440,6,277,2,220,6)
260 CALL SOUND(233,554,4,370,2,185,4)
270 CALL SOUND(233,554,6,370,6,185,6)
280 CALL SOUND(233,554,8,370,8,185,
290 CALL SOUND(233,554,10,370,10,185,10)
300 CALL SOUND(233,554,12,370,12,185,12)
310 CALL SOUND(233,554,14,370,14,185,14)
320 CALL SOUND(233,554,16,370,16,185,16)
330 CALL SOUND(233,554,18,370,18,185,18)
340 CALL SOUND(233,554,20,370,20,185,20)
350 CALL SOUND(233,554,22,370,22,185,22)
360 CALL SOUND(233,554,24,370,24,185,24)
370 CALL SOUND(233,554,26,370,26,185,26)
380 CALL SOUND(233,554,28,370,28,185,28)

 

 

Awesome! Did you do some SID to midi to TI thing?

 

I'd also like to point out, this is a perfect example of why sometimes it's a good idea to let people know what you're working on

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

Quick, get this man a SID blaster card

 

 

Yeah, I don't know how much of the song I'm going to be able to do

 

 

I tell you something, you certainly impress me. This stuff is good. I like it.

 

I've noticed also you don't seem to take on easy tasks. There's a lot of stuff going on , there on the screen. Great job so far. I'll be following this.

 

 

Thanks, I just like seeing if it can be done with the tools Senior Falcon has given us.

 

I hope to take another shot at bomb squad when I feel up to it. But this was one of my favorite games I had on the C-64, and it's different enough from Night Stalker to challenge me in different ways. I'm still not sure if I'll have the match timed or first one to 20 wins. But I do like the idea of trying to make this 2 player or 1 player.

[JetBall (Hypa Ball clone) (In Progress) XB256 Compiled]

Now that I'm wrapping up work on Night Stalker, it's time to start working on Something else to hold my interest. I've decided to try to recreate HypaBall from the Commodore 64. Kind of Pong meets rollerball with jetpacks

 

I've decided I like working my s**t out in public, so instead of sitting on it, I'm going to post as I develop it. Should be fun and infuriating to make.

 

So this is what I've got since Friday of last week.

 

 

 

As you can see I have player 1 movement and sprites defined

ball bounces properly off boundaries and teleports from left to right

Character color shifts to accommodate dark background

 

Immediate tasks:

 

Be able to catch the ball and throw it in any direction.
Pause movement for characters not on the side with the ball

Register goal and who scored it.

Get 2nd player functioning

Allow 2nd player to be CPU controlled

Register Foul for holding the ball too long

Penalty kick

Animate Crowd

Sprite Order rotation based on ball position and character priority

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the original C-64 inspiration

 

 

 

[4K Short'n'Sweet game contest]

you guys amaze me with what you were able to do in 4k. I would be curious to know how all that speech and music was crammed into pong

[My TI has a new neighbor]

I just had a flashback to my elementary school computer class

[Joystick #2 only games ... Why?]

I'm making a game that only works with Joystick 3, it's called "Future Use"

[New Case for Texas Instruments TI 99/4A 32K Sidecar Memory Expansion Card]

I'd like to see a low profile replacement for the speech synthesizer that uses Matt's pin expansion.

[XB Game Developers Package]

Yes. The problem there was that somehow an older version of COMPRESS was distributed. That problem is fixed (and was before if only I had used the right file - doh!)

Also some minor improvements to the interface of COMPRESS so it suggests unique filenames for the various sections of VDP memory. The problem you had with sound lists leaving generators hanging is fixed. The problem Walid found with TI-Rex not moving the sprites is fixed. Autocomplete in XB and XB256 can be turned off with F3 at the first prompt. Sound list part of manual should be easier to understand, although the nature of the beast is still a steep learning curve.

 

 

Good deal. Guess I need to come up with a new game to take advantage of all this. Thanks Harry!

[XB Game Developers Package]

Were you able to fix the issue with COMPRESS where you had to capture the full character set in 2 passes and then remove the DATA line with "" in the first set?

[Night Stalker - (XB256 compiled) FINAL VERSION]

Your bunker appears to be busted

[looking for guidance on choosing a programming language for project.]

If you are using any flavor of Basic or Extended Basic, you'll want to use TIdBit, it allows you to program using labels instead of line numbers

 

http://codehackcreate.com/archives/237

 

It is invaluable to me in iterating quickly and making wholesale changes in code order.

 

I set up batch files that run the interpreter and copy the resulting code to clipboard making it easy to paste it into Classic 99.

[Night Stalker - (XB256 compiled) FINAL VERSION]

Just played it again. Didn't realise there was an attract screen, by the way thanks for the mention on the title sequence, among others. Appreciate that.

 

I appreciate the help I received from you and everyone during the development, it was the least I could do. And Harry is the man, XB256 development package is the only reason I could get this done.

[TIPI -- It looks like the future is NOW! (No, I'm NOT kidding)!]

I've had my PI waiting for this since Christmas, and was one of the few who got to order one from Arcade Shopper. I'll probably order one of the PEB ones when they get released as well. I love supporting the projects created on this forum and doing stuff I could never dream of with my TI's.

[Night Stalker - (XB256 compiled) FINAL VERSION]

I've been making video games for over 20 years and take my fair share of critique shots, but this game was all mine, labor of love and an homage to one I cared about. The last few weeks I was putting in long hours working on it, I just really didn't need that feedback at that point. Speed was/is a bullet point issue I was well aware of. It was compounded with the fact that I'm now working 6 days a week, 12 hours a day on the game that pays my mortgage. Don't mind me, I'm just a moody artist.