Sword of Surtr [COMPLETE](formerly Sword of Iffrit)

bogax · March 28, 2018

Here I've done some code with tables

First is 22 of your if statements (put in to a more tabular form)

then the same thing with tables.

Each if statement takes a minimum of 7 cycles so if you fall through

all 22 that by it self takes 154 cycles.

If the if statements represent 1/3 of the possible rooms and the

rooms come up at random (they probably don't) 2/3 of the time you'll

spend 154 cycles just to decide you don't want to do anything.

If you do take the if statement then on average you'll do half of them

or about 77 cycles (again if the rooms are random which they probably aren't)

plus the 50 cycles or so that it takes for the rest it.

In the case of the tables it does a look up to decide if it needs to do

anything, that takes about nine cycles (versus 154).

The rest of the table code takes 180 cycles or so (versus the 77 + 50)

But that's all sort of worst case. It might be faster it might not.

I don't think it would be much worse.

It takes about 1/3 the ROM

Of course, it's not tested but it does compile.



 

   set romsize 32k

   set optimization noinlinedata

 

   dim _Room = r

   dim _Bit5_Frozen = f

 

 bank 2

 

dispatch2

 

 

 

 bank 3

 

dispatch3

DS7

 

mk1

 

   if _Room =  2 && player1x >  72 && player1x <  85 &&                  player1y < 55 then _Room = 46 :                  player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS46 bank5  ; 01  1

   if _Room =  4 && player1x >  66 && player1x <  86 && player1y > 45 && player1y < 55 then _Room = 42 : player1x = 117 : player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS42 bank5  ; 02  0

   if _Room =  5 && player1x > 108 && player1x < 118 &&                  player1y < 65 then _Room = 39 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS39 bank4  ; 03 10

   if _Room =  6 && player1x >  44 && player1x <  56 &&                  player1y < 71 then _Room = 27 : player1x =  78 : player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS27 bank4  ; 04  3

   if _Room =  7 && player1x > 114 && player1x < 134 &&                  player1y < 25 then _Room = 37 :                  player1y = 18 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS37 bank4  ; 05  8

   if _Room =  8 && player1x >  62 && player1x <  77 && player1y > 52 && player1y < 62 then _Room = 40 : player1x =  21 : player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS40 bank4  ; 06 11

   if _Room =  9 && player1x >  49 && player1x <  70 &&                  player1y < 24 then _Room = 66 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS66 bank5  ; 07  7 

   if _Room = 10 && player1x >  80 && player1x <  91 && player1y > 55 && player1y < 63 then _Room = 31 : player1x =  77 : player1y = 77 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS31 bank4  ; 08  4

   if _Room = 13 && player1x >  46 && player1x <  66 && player1y > 40 && player1y < 46 then _Room = 37 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS37 bank4  ; 09  8

   if _Room = 15 && player1x >  87 && player1x <  96 && player1y > 60 && player1y < 77 then _Room = 25 : player1x =  78 :                 _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS25 bank4  ; 10  1

   if _Room = 18 && player1x >  99 && player1x < 113 && player1y > 40 && player1y < 47 then _Room = 38 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS38 bank4  ; 11  9

   if _Room = 19 && player1x >  51 && player1x <  64 &&                  player1y < 63 then _Room = 26 : player1x =  78 : player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS26 bank4  ; 12  2

   if _Room = 24 && player1x >  58 && player1x <  78 &&                  player1y < 62 then _Room = 32 : player1x =  46 : player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS32 bank4  ; 13  5

   if _Room = 32 && player1x >  88 && player1x < 104 &&                  player1y < 31 then _Room = 34 :                  player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS34 bank4  ; 14  6

   if _Room = 35 && player1x >  96 && player1x < 106 &&                  player1y < 62 then _Room = 36 :                  player1y = 85 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS36 bank4  ; 15  7

   if _Room = 37 && player1x > 124 && player1x < 134 && player1y > 28                  then _Room =  7 :                  player1y = 34 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto  DS7 bank3  ; 16

   if _Room = 41 &&                                                      player1y < 55 then _Room = 56 : player1x =  25 : player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS56 bank5  ; 17  5

   if _Room = 47 && player1x >  32 && player1x <  52 &&                  player1y < 47 then _Room = 48 :                  player1y = 75 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS48 bank5  ; 18  2

   if _Room = 51 && player1x > 114 && player1x < 134 &&                  player1y < 47 then _Room = 50 :                  player1y = 75 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS50 bank5  ; 19  3

   if _Room = 52 && player1x >  71 && player1x <  90 &&                  player1y < 47 then _Room = 51 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS51 bank5  ; 20  4

   if _Room = 54 && player1x >  77 && player1x <  90 &&                  player1y < 40 then _Room = 64 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS64 bank5  ; 21  6 

   if _Room = 59 && player1x >  84 && player1x < 101 && player1y > 59 && player1y < 76 then _Room = 23 :                  player1y = 84 : _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 : goto DS23 bank4  ; 22  0

 

 

 

mk2

 

   dim  room_index = temp1

   dim target_bank = temp2

   dim   DS_target = temp3

 

   if !ridat[_Room] then skip

   room_index = ridat[_Room]-1 

 

   if player1x < P1xlo[room_index]  || player1x > P1xhi[room_index] then skip

   if player1y < P1ylo[room_index]  || player1y > P1yhi[room_index] then skip

 

   _Bit5_Frozen{5} = 0 

   if newxdat[room_index] then player1x = newxdat[room_index]

   if newydat[room_index] then player1y = newydat[room_index]

   _Room  = new_room[room_index]

   DS_target = DStdat[room_index]

   target_bank = tbnkdat[room_index]

 

   on target_bank goto bnk3 bnk4 bnk5 bnk6

 

skip

 

 

bnk3 goto dispatch3

bnk4 goto dispatch4 bank4

bnk5 goto dispatch5 bank5

bnk6 goto dispatch6 bank6

 

 

  ; 00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21

 

   data newydat

    85,  85,  84,  85,  18,  85,  84,  77,  84,   0,  84,  85,  85,  85,  85,  34, 84,  75,  75,  84,  84,  84

end

 

   data newxdat

     0, 117,   0,  78,   0,  21,   0,  77,   0,  78,   0,  78,  46,   0,   0,   0,  25,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0

end

 

   data P1xlo

    73,  67, 109,  45, 115,  63,  50,  81,  47,  88, 100,  52,  59,  89,  97, 125,   0,  33, 115,  72,  78,  85

end

 

   data P1xhi

    84,  85, 117,  55, 133,  76,  69,  90,  65,  95, 112,  63,  77, 103, 105, 133, 255, 51, 133,  89,  89, 100

end

 

   data P1ylo

   255,  46, 255, 255, 255,  53, 255,  56,  41,  61,  41, 255, 255, 255, 255,  29, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255,  60

end

 

   data P1yhi

    54,  54,  64,  70,  24,  61,  23,  62,  45,  76,  46,  62,  61,  30,  61,   0,  54,  46,  46,  46,  39,  75

end

 

   data new_room

    46,  42,  39,  27,  37,  40,  66,  31,  37,  25,  38,  26,  32,  34,  36,   7,  56,  48,  50,  51,  64,  23

end

 

   data DStdat

     1,   0,  10,   3,   8,  11,   7,   4,   8,   1,   9,   2,   5,   6,   7,   0,   5,   2,   3,   4,   6,   0

end

 

   data tbnkdat

     3,   3,   2,   2,   2,   2,   3,   2,   2,   2,   2,   2,   2,   2,   2,   1,   3,   3,   3,   3,   3,   2

end

 

   data ridat

     0,   0,   1,   0,   2,   3,   4,   5,   6,   7,   8,   0,   0,   9,   0,  10

     0,   0,  11,  12,   0,   0,   0,   0,  13,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0

    14,   0,   0,  15,   0,  16,   0,   0,   0,  17,   0,   0,   0,   0,   0,  18

     0,   0,   0,  19,  20,   0,  21,   0,   0,   0,   0,  22,   0,   0,   0,   0

end 

 

mk3

 

 

 

 bank 4

 

dispatch4 on DS_target goto DS23 DS25 DS26 DS27 DS31 DS32 DS34 DS36 DS37 DS38 DS39 DS40 DS37

 

DS23

DS25

DS26

DS27

DS31

DS32

DS34

DS36

DS37

DS38

DS39

DS40

 

 

 bank 5

 

dispatch5  on DS_target goto DS42 DS46 DS48 DS50 DS51 DS56 DS64 DS66

 

DS42

DS46

DS48

DS50

DS51

DS56

DS64

DS66

 

 

 

 bank 6

 

dispatch6

 

 

  asm

  echo (.mk2 - .mk1)d

  echo (.mk3 - .mk2)d

end

Lillapojkenpåön · March 28, 2018

ie they produce the same code

Oh, I saw that in the saving cycles thread a long time ago and assumed that was how it worked :dunce:

bogax · March 28, 2018

A couple more things.

First I didn't really mention it 'cause it doesn't really pertain

to tables

If eg you take the room 2 branch and fall through you go on and

spend another 150 cycles or so testing a bunch of rooms you already

know you're not in.

Second the 180 cycles v 77 + 50 is worst case and only if you change rooms

If you ran through that code every frame and changed rooms three times

a second that would still only be 5% of the time

If you fall through after, say, the two x position tests then break even

is at about 5 room tests.

The table code always (potentially) does four tests (not counting the room test)

Only a few of the string of if tests do that many.

ultima · May 12, 2018

I'm wasting my time trying to fix this so I'm just going to kill it here. Maybe I'll start a new project. Maybe I won't.

StanJr · May 13, 2018

:-o :_( :-o :_( :-o :_( :-o :_(

I blame myself. I asked too much. This is very distressing news to hear. Honestly, if you released the last version you uploaded I would buy that on a cart. This is an incredibly well done game.

+Karl G · May 13, 2018

I worry that I may have inadvertently been discouraging as well. Overcycling was a bit noticeable in spots when I tried it on real hardware, but nothing that makes it unplayable. You have created a pretty awesome game. Put me down for a cart, too, if you choose to publish it.

MrBeefy · May 13, 2018

I'm wasting my time trying to fix this so I'm just going to kill it here. Maybe I'll start a new project. Maybe I won't.

Dude this was looking great! Don't kill it! Maybe someone can help you with whatever is causing the problem?

ultima · May 29, 2018

I finished the atari version rewrote and reorganized all the code hope it works on a real system. update is in first post.

-added the gem tracker

-changed a couple playfields

+Karl G · June 3, 2018

It is jitter free on my Atari Jr, and I can't detect any overcycling via Stella (tested in the debugger with breakif {_scan>#262}).

MrBeefy · June 4, 2018

So does that mean that he found a way to fix it?

ultima · June 4, 2018

So does that mean that he found a way to fix it?

Yes I figured out some branch controls to run it without nearly as many cycles. The problem did not really matter on the flashback portable but on real Atari hardware it was making the screen jitter.

ultima · August 4, 2018

Added the Atari Flashback Portable version with Karl G's score fix to the first post. After playing for a few I see the playfield bar on the right hand side of the score no longer bleeds into the right most score digits. Nice Job Karl!

+ZeroPage Homebrew · August 11, 2018

Heya ultima! We played Sword of Surtr live on Twitch on our show ZeroPage Homebrew yesterday! Super fun adventure game and I think we made it about half way through or more collecting all the pieces.

You can check out the YouTube archive of the show here:

ultima · August 16, 2018

Thanks for pointing out the bug in the fire demon cave I'll update it shortly.

TheFallenWarrior · August 16, 2018

Great game. It has a quite enjoyable experience. Have you considered selling it in cartridges?

ultima · August 17, 2018

Great game. It has a quite enjoyable experience. Have you considered selling it in cartridges?

Thanks for playing glad you enjoyed it. I guess I've thought about putting it on a cartridge but I'm not sure it's up to par with the amazing work of the people who program in .asm programming.

ultima · August 17, 2018

Bugfix

- fixed Fire Demon bug where leaving the fight left a fireball (ball pixel) on screen that would kill the player

- adjusted the color of water illumination down a couple notches

- fixed a inventory graphic

- wrote up some general instructions that explain gameplay and a color map of the overworld

new version in first post

SIO2 · August 18, 2018

Thanks for playing glad you enjoyed it. I guess I've thought about putting it on a cartridge but I'm not sure it's up to par with the amazing work of the people who program in .asm programming.

This is an awesome game. Congratulations to you.

Edited August 18, 2018 by SIO2

+Karl G · August 18, 2018

It's about the quality of the game, not just about the tools that are used. It's a great game with a huge world. I'd love to have it on cart.

TheFallenWarrior · August 18, 2018

Thanks for playing glad you enjoyed it. I guess I've thought about putting it on a cartridge but I'm not sure it's up to par with the amazing work of the people who program in .asm programming.

I think this game has a great potential and the tool you use isn't what makes a game good or bad.

WizardBone · August 22, 2018

I'm wasting my time trying to fix this so I'm just going to kill it here. Maybe I'll start a new project. Maybe I won't.

Just downloaded the final update.

This game is beautiful. Not sure what you have left to fix if anything, but at this point you are looking at the exit door of the project. Tidy up any loose ends and put it on a cart!

Good job man. Love the game.

ultima · August 24, 2018

changelog no more updates unless a bug is found

-ice cavern redesign

-enemy ai change

-new shortcut added

-arrows off screen bugfix

-title track music added ending

-added a cheat code

-secret true ending boss battle (survive whole game in 1 life)

Many thanks to those of you who have played this time and time again hope you enjoy this version

Coolcrab · August 24, 2018

This should end up on a cart

NML32 · August 24, 2018

I'm playing Sword of Sutrt [Final beta] on the MiSTer FPGA Atari 2600 core. Everything in the game so far works great except this Red room I'm stuck in.

Can anyone else confirm this as a bug or maybe an incompatibility with the MiSTer FPGA Atari 2600 core?

ROM: 8-23-18

Edited August 24, 2018 by NML32

ultima · August 24, 2018

I'm playing Sword of Sutrt [Final beta] on the MiSTer FPGA Atari 2600 core. Everything in the game so far works great except this Red room I'm stuck in.

Can anyone else confirm this as a bug or maybe an incompatibility with the MiSTer FPGA Atari 2600 core?

ROM: 8-23-18

https://youtu.be/_r14jrWai-4

Yeah I got that today on the portable i'll put that on the fix asap list

There is also a problem using reset once the cheat code is entered

2 so far thanks

Sword of Surtr [COMPLETE](formerly Sword of Iffrit)

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