I spent some time working on Mapper, starting on the debugging process. I figured the best way, was to actually use it. I chose to put the map from Eamon’s The Beginners Cave into the Mapper. I started finding problems…
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Dynasty, Hamurabi, Spyglass
One of my PC’s died a couple of weeks ago and a replacement I bought a week ago arrived today. That cut into my free time for the Apple II. I didn’t really have time to work on any of…
Mapper’s Map, Unstumped
Today, on my ride home from work, I was thinking about the different things I had tried with the map subroutine. The one thing that struck me was I was able to position a string of characters, ‘XXXXX X XXXXX’…
Mapper’s Map, Stumped
I worked on Mapper’s map subroutine again today. I spent several hours on it and am beginning to feel kind of stupid. The map file I have been using is just two named rooms with no directions. At this point…
Mapper’s Map
I worked on the map subroutine again today. I spent several hours on it and am stumped. If I can’t find the problem tomorrow, I will post it and see if anyone sees the problem. I print three rooms across…
Mapper’s Map, Continued
The other night I was working on the print map subroutine of Mapper. My printer sits on a TV tray at the end of my desk. The TV tray is sideways and so is the printer with the paper in…
Mapper’s Map, Continued
I spent a bit of time working on the print map routine today. It’s a little slow going with each change requiring a round of compiling and a test print. It is slow going, but it is going, so I’m…
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Mapper’s Map
I had run into a mental block with the map on Mapper, so I put it aside to mull it over. I had the data in the map file and could read and write it without any problems. In order…
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Sometimes when I’m programming I hit a spot where the code is just not looking right and I have to scrap it. I hit such a spot with the Print Map Subroutine. I scrapped the code I had and just…
Mapper Map
The overall structure for the print map routine of Mapper is in place. I cycle through the rooms collecting the information for three rooms at a time. Once I have three rooms worth of data loaded I print the diagrams…
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