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Re: Multiple mineral packets from 1 world in 1 year

Sat, 19 June 2004 02:05

Ptolemy

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There are numerous numerical limits in the game that can be overloaded. Stars! was created effectively in 16 bits using nothing more than long integers - hence the 32k limits. Many areas use only one byte variables and, arrays aren't unlimited. Most of this was done for 2 reasons; 1). Stars! was created way back in Windows 3.1 days - code execution speed was very important. 2). Back in Windows 3.1 days, people actually cared about the size of their code. The original Stars! releases were released on one diskette and that included all documentation.

If we think back to Windows 3.1, processor speeds were generally around 30 - 50 MHz. Machines ran 386 processors and, Stars! still ran fine. IMO, it is an excellent piece of programming for that era considering how much was created to fit into a very small package Razz

Ptolemy

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		Known Bugs (JRC3) By: gible on Fri, 21 February 2003 19:27
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Robert on Sun, 23 February 2003 07:27
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Robert on Sun, 23 February 2003 07:29
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kaz0o on Mon, 14 April 2003 21:56
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Ron on Mon, 14 April 2003 22:27
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kaz0o on Tue, 15 April 2003 00:33
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Robert on Tue, 15 April 2003 02:46
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Micha on Tue, 15 April 2003 17:00
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: regiss on Wed, 16 April 2003 11:17
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Robert on Tue, 15 April 2003 04:09
		Renaming Races By: BlueTurbit on Wed, 16 April 2003 13:24
		Re: Renaming Races By: BlueTurbit on Wed, 16 April 2003 21:59
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) ADDITION By: Micha on Mon, 21 April 2003 17:10
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) ADDITION By: Micha on Mon, 21 April 2003 18:46
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Hatterson on Fri, 30 May 2003 08:40
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Paladin on Fri, 30 May 2003 11:04
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: djhakase on Fri, 30 May 2003 20:51
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Hatterson on Sat, 31 May 2003 15:18
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: jchoyt on Mon, 02 June 2003 10:38
		2 new Bugs to discuss By: Robert on Sat, 25 October 2003 08:02
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: EDog on Sat, 25 October 2003 20:06
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Dogthinkers on Sun, 26 October 2003 04:08
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Robert on Sun, 26 October 2003 08:29
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Robert on Sun, 26 October 2003 08:40
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Kotk on Tue, 28 October 2003 17:22
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Robert on Wed, 29 October 2003 02:45
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: gible on Wed, 29 October 2003 02:58
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: Kotk on Wed, 29 October 2003 20:13
		Re: 2 new Bugs to discuss By: vonKreedon on Tue, 02 December 2003 17:25
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Ptolemy on Mon, 23 February 2004 18:55
		Re: Fuel Bug By: Ptolemy on Mon, 23 February 2004 20:33
		Re: Fuel Bug By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 30 March 2004 18:50
		Re: Fuel Bug By: Dogthinkers on Tue, 30 March 2004 18:56
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Steve on Thu, 18 March 2004 15:46
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) Robber Baron pop-drop bug By: Ptolemy on Thu, 18 March 2004 22:00
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) - Robber Baron pop-drop bug By: Ptolemy on Fri, 19 March 2004 06:50
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) - Robber Baron pop-drop bug By: Ron on Fri, 19 March 2004 12:13
		Multiple mineral packets from 1 world in 1 year By: Orca on Wed, 16 June 2004 23:01
		Re: Multiple mineral packets from 1 world in 1 year By: vonKreedon on Wed, 16 June 2004 23:38
		Re: Multiple mineral packets from 1 world in 1 year By: Ptolemy on Sat, 19 June 2004 02:05
		Other tricks... By: multilis on Thu, 01 July 2004 13:23
		Re: Other tricks... By: Kotk on Fri, 02 July 2004 13:00
		Re: Other tricks... By: multilis on Fri, 02 July 2004 20:40
		Minefield bug By: mitchell on Tue, 20 July 2004 09:58
		Re: Minefield bug By: donjon on Tue, 20 July 2004 11:27
		Re: Minefield bug By: Micha on Mon, 26 July 2004 16:58
		Re: Minefield bug By: mlaub on Mon, 26 July 2004 21:22
		Re: Minefield bug By: LEit on Tue, 27 July 2004 08:40
		Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Micha on Thu, 05 August 2004 18:22
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Kotk on Sat, 07 August 2004 10:22
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Sinla on Mon, 09 August 2004 15:28
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Kotk on Mon, 09 August 2004 16:29
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Micha on Mon, 09 August 2004 17:41
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Sinla on Mon, 09 August 2004 18:48
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Sinla on Mon, 09 August 2004 19:16
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: LEit on Mon, 09 August 2004 21:00
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Sinla on Tue, 10 August 2004 01:59
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: multilis on Mon, 04 October 2004 20:54
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: gible on Tue, 05 October 2004 05:16
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Kotk on Tue, 05 October 2004 07:07
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: gible on Tue, 05 October 2004 07:22
		Re: Mineral upload / download (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Micha on Thu, 07 October 2004 10:30
		ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: LEit on Wed, 08 December 2004 23:27
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: vonKreedon on Thu, 09 December 2004 15:48
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: LEit on Thu, 09 December 2004 16:15
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: LEit on Thu, 23 December 2004 11:06
		"New" Bug (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: mlaub on Thu, 03 February 2005 23:34
		Re: "New" Bug (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: iztok on Fri, 04 February 2005 01:37
		Re: "New" Bug (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Downsider on Fri, 04 February 2005 09:58
		Re: "New" Bug - Space Dock Armor slot Buffer Overflow By: Micha on Mon, 07 February 2005 06:41
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Micha on Sat, 26 February 2005 17:11
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: vonKreedon on Mon, 28 February 2005 11:12
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: Micha on Mon, 28 February 2005 18:16
		Re: ISB trumps IT gate scanning (Re: Known Bugs (JRC3)) By: StarsBob on Fri, 10 June 2005 12:06
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Tue, 29 March 2005 05:08
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kotk on Tue, 29 March 2005 05:48
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Tue, 29 March 2005 06:36
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Carn on Tue, 29 March 2005 07:03
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kotk on Tue, 29 March 2005 07:52
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Tue, 29 March 2005 08:28
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Carn on Tue, 29 March 2005 09:33
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Tue, 29 March 2005 12:58
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kotk on Tue, 29 March 2005 09:08
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Wed, 06 April 2005 02:07
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 05 May 2005 06:44
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kotk on Thu, 05 May 2005 08:10
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 05 May 2005 10:06
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Zap Brannigan on Sat, 07 May 2005 12:42
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Sat, 07 May 2005 13:06
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Micha on Mon, 09 May 2005 03:29
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Kotk on Wed, 25 May 2005 18:35
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 26 May 2005 02:16
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Braindead on Thu, 26 May 2005 02:38
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Micha on Thu, 26 May 2005 03:01
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 26 May 2005 03:24
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 26 May 2005 03:47
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: Storm on Thu, 26 May 2005 03:58
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: multilis on Thu, 26 May 2005 08:15
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Thu, 26 May 2005 08:43
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: iztok on Thu, 26 May 2005 08:51
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) By: mazda on Thu, 26 May 2005 11:19
		Re: Known Bugs ... Over 512 salvages crashes it By: Kotk on Mon, 13 June 2005 09:25
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) - 0.2% min damage By: mazda on Thu, 16 June 2005 08:42
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) - 0.2% min damage By: PricklyPea on Thu, 16 June 2005 09:04
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) - 0.2% min damage By: Kotk on Thu, 16 June 2005 11:46
		Re: Known Bugs (JRC3) ... yet another cosmetic By: Kotk on Thu, 14 December 2006 15:25

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