Re: A83: Stranded save games

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Re: A83: Stranded save games


I have an idea.  Why don't you add a turn-calc-off feture, so you don't have 
to exit the program in order to turn the calc off.  Then, if you don't need 
to use it in the near future, you can just turn it on and pick up where you 
left off.

-Rangsk
P.S.  I finally beat the game... were you planning on using more of the items 
in the shop?

In a message dated 10/8/99 12:43:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jimbob_v@hotmail.com writes:

> On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 20:24:12 +0200, Linus Akesson wrote:
>  
>  >In accordance with the prophecy, James Vernon uttered:
>  >
>  >
>  > > Hey Linus, I finished Stranded yesterday and it was great!! The only 
>  >problem
>  > > is the lack of save game feature mentioned earlier - couldn't this be 
>  >fixed
>  > > by making the game SOS or Ion compatible?
>  >
>  > > James Vernon
>  > > jimbob_v@hotmail.com
>  >
>  >As I don't really like the way SOS handles certain things (don't know 
about
>  >Ion), I won't code for it. I'm sure you refer to the fact that SOS uses
>  >program writeback, but when it comes to stranded it isn't that simple. You
>  >see, the data in zstrandz is packed, and not all of it is loaded at once.
>  >Game data is constantly being swapped in and out of local unpacking 
buffers
>  >etc., in other words, Stranded has its own memory management routines. And
>  >zstrandy, zstrandz and stranded can obviously be transfered to the calc in
>  >any order.
>  >
>  >Now, when it comes to saving games, I did have that in mind. However, 
>  >memory
>  >restrictions were rather pressing, and I really wanted to leave some free
>  >memory (for e.g. lists and graph equations). I figured that a few more
>  >puzzles was a more important thing to include than a save function. It 
>  >wasn't
>  >an easy decision to make.
>  >
>  >Linus
>  >
>  >    - Linus Akesson ------------------------- http://linusworld.cjb.net -
>  >    ::: :::. :.:: :. ::.. : :... ::.: ::. :::: :.:. :: :..: :.. :.: :....
>  >
>  >      If your feet smell and your nose runs - you're built upside down.
>  
>    Fair enough - anyways, if you have to restart, it doesn't take too long 
to 
> 
>  get back to where you were.
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