MSalters

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May 16	answered	How to prevent the “Too awesome to use” syndrome
Apr 25	comment	*A path finding for road network - data structure to represent directivity** For A* you need the true distances (cost function) per neighbor as well.
Apr 19	comment	How to develop multi-player game without involving server side code? Could you add some examples of those frameworks? We might be able to give a better answer if we understand your problem domain better.
Apr 19	comment	Generate slot combinations Should win exactly $200, or should win an expected $200? The latter is in fact quite legal for real-money games (where the payout ratio must generally be stated)
Apr 19	comment	Are hidden stats a good idea? You can make the feedback even more explicit. E.g. instead of showing a mana bar, show a "casting progress bar". Highly capable wizards would fill their casting bar quicker. For archers, you can do the reverse. Show an aiming circle, which shrinks over time. For better archers, the dispersion shrinks faster. (This is in fact how World of Tanks communicates gun dispersion in-game)
Mar 25	comment	Can “dumbphones” play JavaScript games? Nokia Series 40 would be a typical edge case. It's positioned below Nokia's Windows 8 smartphones, but does have Webkit and thus javascript.
Mar 25	comment	Can “dumbphones” play JavaScript games? C++ interpreters? No, C++ is compiled, certainly in the smartphone world. as far as they have webbrowsers, they're typically limited in functionality and have no JS engine.
Mar 15	comment	Are models on 3D warehouse free of copyright? Note that "free of copyright" works are a subset of "free to use" works. Your title is more specific than the body of your question.
Mar 15	comment	Why should I choose to design a health bar rather than heart containers? Doesn't matter, actually. Numerically going from 300 health to 3000 health is equivalent to a reduction in damage taken by 90%. I.e. you can model the same effect as an "armor rating".
Feb 20	answered	Calculating impulse propagation through a rigid body after a collision
Feb 15	comment	How to do FoV similiar to Nethack? If the outer wall is closed, you can also cast rays to each point on the wall. Depending on layout, this may be more efficient.
Feb 13	answered	How should I manage the AI using lua scripts?
Jan 29	comment	UI of a city-building game ... in 3D. A 2D citybuilding game could reasonably be done in Javascript. Think SimCity original. You could almost do that with a `<table>` !
Jan 21	comment	Modeling speed of light information propagation in space combat sim You say your model is physically accurate. Is that Newtonian or relativistic? That might make a big difference on such scales.
Dec 5	comment	Elegant solution for coloring chess tiles `IsSecondRow` really should have been named `IsEvenRow`. It's a rather convoluted way to get the low bit of row: first shift the bits of row 3 positions to the right, then discard all but the LSB of row, then check if the 4th bit of cellnum is set.
Dec 3	comment	Converting Degrees to X and Y Coordinate change Why do you want a method working on degrees? That's rarely the best representation. Often you're better off by using a `{dx,dy}` pair.
Nov 20	comment	Triangle - Rectangle Intersection in 2D The picture is not complete. Take e.g. the top left green polygon: it has 5 edges and doesn't include the corner of the rectangle. You can also draw a very similar triangle which does contain the corner of the rectangle, in which case the intersection has 4 edges. Similarly, the big triangle crosses opposite sides of the rectangle, but you can also draw a rectangle which crosses adjacent sides of the rectangle.
Oct 15	answered	How do patches in games work?
Sep 25	awarded	Supporter
Sep 21	comment	Circular movement - eliminating speed ups near Y = 0 This is about as efficient as calculating the derivate `position.X -= speed * (Math.Sin(timespeed) radius`