Re: [Enigma-devel] BUG: easy-mode in "A-way"

[Malla]

Hi,

> > > > > Does anybody know how the method should look like for Per.Oxyd?
> > > > > Which Levels do provide an easy mode?
> > > >  There is no simple way to determine this, IIRC.  Easy mode in  
> > > > Per.Oxyd
> > > > is implemented by having a couple of objects that remove items
> > > > and/or stones from the landscape.  I don't think there is a flag in
> > > > the level file that can simply be read out.
> > > >  Using a large table may be the only reasonable solution.
> > >
> > > Fixed with revision 477 - a table is added to "ox_peroxyd.cc".
> > > Currently all per.oxyd levels are set to provide an easy mode. Now we
> > > just need to set up the table correctly.
> >
> > Ok, I made a list of levels which include "st-easymode" (PerOxyd stone
> > 0xb7), it_easykillstone (0x76) or it_easykeepstone (0x77):
> >
> > 3 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 24 26 27 30 31 33 34 37 38 41 42 43 45 47 48 50 51
> > 52 54 55 56 58 60 61 65 67 68 72 73 74 75 76 77 79 80 81 82 83 84 86
> > 88 89 90 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 104 105 108 110 112 114 115 116 121 124
> > 129 133 134 136 138 139 140 143 146 148 149 151 152 153 154 156 157
> > 158 161 163 164 165 166 168 169 170 172 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
> > 182 185 186 188 190 192 195 196 197 198 199 200
> >
> > But there are some more levels which provide an easy mode: 29 (those
> > tops move quite faster in normal mode than in easy mode), 40 (player
> > controls 2 marbels, one rubberband removed),70 (gradient force is much
> > stronger in normal mode),74 (not emulated correctly in enigma, there
> > should be an it-brake in easy mode), 78 (speed of tops), 92 (speed of
> > tops), 103 (there is no rubberband in easy mode. I don't really know
> > how this is accomplished, but in enigma it works correctly), 147
> > (speed of tops), 162 (timer is much slower in easy mode), 173 and 184
> > (speed of tops again).
> >
> > Well, to cut a long story short, this is the table:
> >
> > bool LP_PerOxyd::hasEasymode(size_t index) {
> >     static const bool easymode_map[200] = { // 1-100 single, 101 - 200
> > netplay
> >         false, false, true, false, false, false, false, true, true,
> > true,  //  1 -  10
> >         true, false, false, true, false, false, true, false, false,
> > false,  // 11 -  20
> >         false, false, false, true, false, true, true, false, true,
> > true,  // 21 -  30
> >         true, false, true, true, false, false, true, true, false,
> > true,  // 31 -  40
> >         true, true, true, false, true, false, true, true, false,
> > true,  // 41 -  50
> >         true, true, false, true, true, true, false, true, false,
> > true,  // 51 -  60
> >         true, false, false, false, true, false, true, true, false,
> > true,  // 61 -  70
> >         false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true,
> > // 71 -  80
> >         true, true, true, true, false, true, false, true, true, true,
> > // 81 -  90
> >         false, true, false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true,
> > // 91 - 100
> >         false, false, true, true, true, false, false, true, false,
> > true,  //101 - 110
> >         false, true, false, true, true, true, false, false, false,
> > false,  //111 - 120
> >         true, false, false, true, false, false, false, false, true,
> > false,  //121 - 130
> >         false, false, true, true, false, true, false, true, true,
> > true,  //131 - 140
> >         false, false, true, false, false, true, true, true, true,
> > false,  //141 - 150
> >         true, true, true, true, false, true, true, true, false,
> > false,  //151 - 160
> >         true, true, true, true, true, true, false, true, true, true,
> > //161 - 170
> >         false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true,
> > //171 - 180
> >         false, true, false, true, true, true, false, true, false,
> > true,  //181 - 190
> >         false, true, false, false, true, true, true, true, true,
> > true   //191 - 200
> >     };
> >     return easymode_map[index];
> > }
> >
> > I don't know if this is all correct, maybe there are even more levels
> > with an easy mode...
> Good work!
>
> I asked Daniel, and he said, that we should look out for at least:
> Stones: 0xb7 and 0xb9
> Objects: 0x76 und 0x77
> And a few things deeper in the oxydlib ...

So what does 0xb9 do?

> I see, that you didn't search for 0xb9.
> Here is the result:
> 0xb9: 108 117 150 168 181 193 200
>
> Levels, you don't have:
> 117, 150, 181, 193

I've just played these levels and can't find the difference between normal  
and easy mode. Maybe the length of the rubberband in 181 is different, but  
that's all I could figure out. Do you see any differences there?

> For the first step I would like to take you table based only on these 4
> objects.
> This will probably be before 1.0.
> Then, in a second step, we will look at the exceptions you mentioned.
>
> Any objections?

I included the exceptions in the table, since most of them are emulated  
correctly in enigma, so why shouldn't they be in the table?

best regards
Manuel