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--- notes:data:fall2023:projects:mpg0 [2023/09/02 16:33] – [Gamepad input] jwieland
+++ notes:data:fall2023:projects:mpg0 [2023/09/06 19:25] (current) – [Bounds checking] dwhite26
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 ====Game loop====
+The game loop will consist of everything in the main while loop. This will iterate 60 times per second
 ====Sprites====
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   scp sprites.png username@raspberrypi:~/src/fall2023/discrete/mpg0
 </code>
+===Including Sprites In The Game===
+To include a sprite in the game cartridge you have to change the make.sh file to include the png. It should look something like this.
+<code bash>
+  echo
+  echo Convert the PNG textures
+  echo --------------------------
+  png2vircon Texture.png -o obj/Texture.vtex || abort_build
+</code>
+There is no limit to the amount of pngs you can convert, however you also need to include the texture in the pong.xml file to have the texture show up in the cartridge.
+<code xml>
+    <textures>
+        <texture path="obj\Texture1.vtex" />
+        <texture path="obj\Texture2.vtex" />
+    </textures>
+</code>
+after finishing this, you should be good to use the pngs in your code, Rom texture numbers begin with 0, so selecting texture 0 would result in Texture1.vtex
+<code c>
+  select_texture( 0 ); //selects the Texture1 set in the .xml file
+</code>
+<code c>
+  select_region( 0 );  // Sets the selected texture region to the given texture ID
+</code>
+<code c>
+  define_region( int min_x, int min_y, int max_x, int max_y, int hotspot_x, int hotspot_y );
+</code>
+These x and y values correspond to the pixel coordinates in the selected texture.  Once the region is defined it can then be drawn to the screen.
 ====Gamepad input====
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 <code C>
+  #include "input.h"
   int directionX, directionY;
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 ====Bounds checking====
+The bounds of the Vircon32 emulator are 640x360. will 0,0 being at the top left and 640, 360 being at the bottom right. you can use these maximum width and height values to see if something comes in contact with them.
+To do this you will need a max and min X , and a max and min Y. These will tell your object where they can and cannot go.
+<code> int MaxX = 30
+       if (objectX > MaxX)
+         objectX = MaxX;
+</code>
 ====Handling motion====
+Motion from the player will be used from controller input. You have to be able to check if the player is holding/pressing the keys that relate to up and down on the y axis. If the key is pressed, then you will move the sprite up or down on the y axis at a speed you set through a variable that gets added to the sprites location each loop.
+Motion not from the player can be activated on your own set conditions. such as using bool to activate or deactivate the ball and if functions to run through a set of code if the ball is active or not.
 ====Score Display====
+To display a score, you'll need to declare a couple integers first to mathematically keep track of each player's points.<code>#int [name of variable for paddle 1];
+int [name of variable for paddle 2];</code>While here, you're also going to need to declare a couple arrays (we'll need them for later). The arrays don't need to be too long, for our purposes 10 is large enough, just that we'll need 2 arrays (one per paddle). Keep in mind Vircon32 has a different format for arrays compared to other C code: <code>type[array size] name</code>
+Drawing the score on the display is simple, the process used in btt0's "Hello World" project mostly works here. However, you'll first need to convert the integer to a string, as Vircon32's print function can only print strings.
+We'll need to make use of itoa() used from the string.h library. In order to convert the score integer to the score string, do: <code>#include "string.h"
+itoa( [name of integer score], [name of array], [numerical base] ); </code>In order to print out the score for this specific paddle, use the name of the array in the print function. To keep track of score, increment either paddle's score integer in your code that resets the arena upon each score.

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