Re: Program idea?

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <bazyar.726298918@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz) writes:
>
>>Here's an idea I've been mulling over lately and since I'm
>>not an advanced programmer I could not do this myself nor do
>>I even know if it is feasible.
>
>>Here it goes:
>
>[Idea removed]

	There are some launchers out there, like LaunchPad, the new
TransProg III (commercial) which will slow down the TWGS or Zip, and
launch the application.  But that wasn't why I was posting... :)

>  That's a pretty good idea.  More games ought to time actions off
>of the heartbeat; but for those that don't, a system like this would
>come in handy.  There's always the Zip CDA (and the TWGS CDA) where
>you can do this manually; but some automagic method is usually
>preferable.  There are a few interesting design issues, but I'll
>leave those to the reader.

	I disagree.  If a game uses a synchronization routine, it will
run fine under TWGS or Zip'ed machines.  Heartbeat tasks have more
overhead, and you can achieve the same thing by sync'ing from $e1c019
or $e1c02e.  And heartbeat tasks and stack animation is a little
trickier to get right.

	Old games like Rastan and Task Force (I think) didn't sync,
because a certain amount of processor time is wasted while you are
sync'ing, and it was their decision to make it run faster on 2.8 mhz
machines rather than making it speed independent.

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