Games: Netrun: v0.0.1b1

Also note that the project really _is_ going into downtime - I know few are listening, but I haven't justified the time on it. It, has, however, being a learning experience. Thanks to SourceForge for the server and everyone else for the time.

Third release. I figured that a) netspace being added, etc, was more worth a .3 than a 0.9, and b) the b1 is because the additions aren't 100% correctly implemented.

Made the save files about 2k smaller (woo!) by using a grid of characters (well, two grids) rather than the verbose and (slightly) more cryptic *NETSPACE entries.

Certain visual adaptions to the server-server netspace. The runner's start space is marked with a caret ('^' - no, it's not a trap :) ), and there are lines running around the netspace that are supposed to be 'data highways'. These serve as landmarks. An even more useful (if just as garish) landmark is that servers you've run against look slightly different - square brackets.

I quickly hacked in the game loading 'bit' so that one actually _has_ the option of starting a new game rather than just going straight to asking for a filename. Finally, a few internal changes. (Woo, calloc. ;P )

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Changelog

Standard documentation updates.
Data highways added - certain squares have lines running across them. The implementation isn't perfect (some extrentaneous dashes), but it works.
The netspace_type enum - terms (or whatever they're called) prefixed with N_ for clarity.
Net start space made to stand out a bit with a '^' for the lower-middle character.
Created the TXT_GRID data type and handlers (new_txt_grid(), free_txt_grid()). This holds an array of strings, forming a two-dimensional grid, as well as two ints holding the size of said grid. Unfortunately, due to the implmentation, it should only be manipulated, other than reading it, by the handler functions.
A few 'missing' break; calls added to various switches in saved.c .
Made netspace array dynamically allocated, if not by the 'standard' mechanisms.
Making the netspace loaded and saved in two quite a bit more compact(-looking) character grids rather than the multi-header *NETSPACE method used before. Please Note That This Is Not Backwards-Compatible! (Not that it should be a problem - this break can only advantage the player...)
Quick hack to make the game ask if you want to start a new game rather than going straight to asking for a filename. The present implementation of that isn't pretty, but it's effective. Perhaps I'll code a menu sometime. (Game file history, anyone? :) )
Visual indication of servers run against. Not pretty, but effective.
Added macro IS_SERVER(netspace_type a), evaluates to TRUE if a is a server type (N_LEVEL_1 -> N_LEVEL_5). Not `a++' -safe.
disp_netspace changed to switch by net_space type rather than one switch per character.

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Download

You can get the tarball here: http://download.sourceforge.net/netrun/netrun-0.0.1b1.tar.gz.

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Screenshots

None, 'till I get Debian 2.2 and a proper X running - if that. gpm doesn't copy the line-drawing characters properly, and trying to 'port' those to HTML would be sheer pain.

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