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-rw-r--r--README.txt11
-rw-r--r--taipan.c14
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 86f0b5b..ad6736d 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -114,10 +114,7 @@ slower, and the prompt timeouts will be 20% longer (1 sec => 1.2 sec). I
don't think this is a real issue (it's not like Taipan is a fast-paced
arcade game).
-Bugs! At least these:
-
-- Exiting the game (Play again? N) needs to at minimum restore the
- original text/background colors.
+BUGS! At least these:
- The BSS can overlap the start of the title screen (it's very close
anyway). Consequences: There is a momentary graphics glitch when the
@@ -160,7 +157,9 @@ Bugs! At least these:
- One of my playtesters reported that, when running away from combat, it
said 4 billion ships were attacking (number of ships must have gone
- negative). I was never able to reproduce this.
+ negative). I was never able to reproduce this.... but another playtester
+ reported that (in a later version), the number of enemy ships suddenly
+ jumped to 6000+ during a fight, so there's something hinky there.
- After a fight, "Arriving at Manila" or such will sometimes appear on the
fight screen without clearing it first (ships still visible).
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ Other things that need doing to the code:
4 digits there, 9999trillion would be the max. Or, abbreviate "billion"
as "bil", allowing 4 more digits. "99999999 bil" would be 99 quadrillion.
-- Size optimization. Right now, the executable is almost 28K of code. I'd
+- Size optimization. Right now, the executable is almost 30K of code. I'd
like it to at least fit on a 16K cartridge. A lot of the C code is
redundant, and some things can be rewritten in asm if need be. I've
already eliminated all uses of printf() and its ilk, which removed 2K
diff --git a/taipan.c b/taipan.c
index fc3bb7b..ebd023e 100644
--- a/taipan.c
+++ b/taipan.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ int sea_battle(int id, int num_ships) {
i,
input,
status;
- char choice;
+ char choice, flashctr;
long amount, total;
port_stat_dirty = 1;
@@ -933,13 +933,24 @@ int sea_battle(int id, int num_ships) {
gotoxy(0, 16);
cputs("\r\n");
+ do {
+ targeted = randi()%10;
+ } while(ships_on_screen[targeted] == 0);
+
+ /*
targeted = randi()%10;
while(ships_on_screen[targeted] == 0) {
targeted = randi()%10;
}
+ */
/* flash_lorcha must be called an even number of times
to leave the lorcha in an unflashed state after. */
+ for(flashctr = 0; flashctr < 6; flashctr++) {
+ flash_lorcha(targeted);
+ jsleep(2);
+ }
+ /*
flash_lorcha(targeted);
jsleep(2);
flash_lorcha(targeted);
@@ -952,6 +963,7 @@ int sea_battle(int id, int num_ships) {
jsleep(2);
flash_lorcha(targeted);
jsleep(2);
+ */
damage_lorcha(targeted);
ships_on_screen[targeted] -= randi()%30 + 10;