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Have a bowling game made entirely with 3dfa except for the pin graphics which were dome in photoshop. The pin physics are not exact but are pretty close. There are still a few bugs which I hope to work out in time. Keep in mind I am a novice at programing and this is just a hobby of mine.
http://webpages.charter.net/creekmonkey/bowl.html
nice work ;)
Nice use of 3dfa! Keep it up with these great creations.
Very nice!
Very nice clean, crisp version, and some nice pin collisions there ! Much more user friendly than my version ;)
I scored 105. How did everyone else do?
My only comments for improvement would be to have a highscore table, and to speed up the animation for the bar that comes and cleans up the pins.
If you really are a novice to programming, this is a great first attempt.
Congratulations again,
Morgan.
PS - Wish I'd been able to get the graphics as nice as this on my old version: http://www.morgan-multinational.com/...game_(v9).html :)
Thanks for the comments. And yep I am truely a novice although I have been tinkering with 3dfa since the very first version. Am looking at moving the game to a server where php and mysql are available & doing a highscore table. Although I must admit sql is definatly over my head :yikes: so it will take a while! As for who has scored the highest? I have scored a 240+, but then I know where the slider and aiming arrow should be to score a strike.
I might be able to help you with the highscore stuff, since I guess you'll only really be needing pretty much the same mySQL table as I have with my game, although you might want a prettier page to display the table, as mine is functional, not pretty ;)
You could probably just use a PHP script and mySQL table on my server, but I'd have to just think through if that would work across domains. PM me if interested :)
Again - Great work :)
M.
Robbed !
Hiya. When having my second go, I thought I was on for a cracking score (Just below your 240 target) but it seems there's a small bug on the scoring for the 10th frame.
In the 10th frame, I got a strike, then 8 pins, then 2 pins on the third bowl. The 8 pins weren't counted for some reason. You might need to look into this. If it helps, my scores were:
X,9-0,X,7-3,7-3,X,X,X,9-0,X-8-2.
I think my score should have been 202 (Although I'm not 100% as I can't quite remember how the scoring should work in the 10th frame), but it came up as 182.
How's that for testing ;)
Great fun though ! I'm gonna beat that 240 if it kills me !
M.
It's no good. This is just like when I play golf.... The more I play, the worse I get :)
I'm giving up, in the hope that I can find a faster PC tomorrow which might give me a slight edge ;)
M.
The 10th frame can be a total of 30 max. In your 10 frame you listed(x,8-2) which would be a strike and a spare for a total of 20. Your score you showed
( x,9-0,x,7-3,7-3,x,x,x,9-0,x-8-2); which from my calculation should have total of 192, so if your score was 182 then there may be a problem with the score script. Im sure more bugs will show. When time permits ill see what I can find:
Looks and plays really well. Get the bugs worked out and submit it to one of the game sites like newgrounds....
Great little game.
I just scored 300!!
Just playing, actually got 100 exacty =p
Nice job!
One suggestion... the bar starts to clear the pins before the pins stop moving. You might want the bar to delay by 1/2 second or so.
Would you be willing to share your code with the rest of us 'newbies'?
JZ
Hooray. I finally managed it, and here's the proof :)
A clean sweep of 300 :D
Congradulations! I am glad someone has scored a perfect 300!
I made some minor changes to the bowling game, moved it to a new server and added a topten high score list. The game is now located at
http://creekmonkey.com/bowl/
Very Good! One problem though... Make it so when you actually send it to the high score it Removes that button (so you can't keep sending the same thing).
sorry bout that =p
Thanks sadako any tips or bug reports are appreciated. Fixed the submit button so now you should only be able to submit your score once.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadako232
I found some bug in the game...
After throwing 5 strikes, the pins do not appear anymore :(
I can trow as mich as I want, but the pins do not show up anymore and the scoreboard is stuck on 5...
greetings
http://mijnspace.dommel.be/BUG.JPG
[QUOTE=my_6th_sense]I found some bug in the game...
After throwing 5 strikes, the pins do not appear anymore :(
I can trow as mich as I want, but the pins do not show up anymore and the scoreboard is stuck on 5...
greetings
I have seen this happen a couple of times. Not exactly what happens and it isnt limited to any number of strikes thrown. It appears to me that for some reason some of the actions in some scripts just fail to execute a times. I have tried to make this happen to pin down an exact event that might trigger it but I cant. I have however found that if the swf is run directly it hasnt happened, but that's not to say it wont. Any suggestions on what might cause this?
Seems a function im calling to re-set the pins fail to work at times. The function is pretty basic
function pinset(){
pin1.x=100;
pin1.y=100;
pin1.velocity.y=0;
pin1.velocity.x=0
and so on;
}
the function is called after the score is added for that frame as:
if(bc==1 && score<=9){
sc1=score;
element("ballset").pinset();
}
For whatever reason which I havnt figured out yet the script either isnt getting called or is failing to execute. I have been told that with several scripts, functions and if statements in my movie that flash may tend to get lost or fail to execute a function or if statement and that i should increase the number of times a script runs per second. That doesnt work.
Hmmm so it just randomly stops? Well at bowling alleys they have "re-set" buttons for that kind of problem =p.
It sucks :) throwing 8 strikes and then the pins do not show up anymore :(
The reset button is something I should be thinking about. One thing I have discovered the faster you bowl the more it happens. Giving the game a little time between balls seems to help, so maybe that is another possible solution I need to look at.Quote:
Originally Posted by sadako232
I just played the game a total of 20 times in the stand alone flash player with no problems at all. Pins re-set every time. It appears that it only happens when played in a browser. Any of u guru's have any ides why this happens?
Hmm...While it was'nt re-setting was that in IE or Firefox? Or both?
I imagine it's a timing issue. Also would depend on the version of the player...
I have changed a couple parameters which may have solved the problem. Before a bowler could click the ball as soon as the aiming arrow were at a desired location and score stikes consistantly. Now the bowler will have to think a little before rolling the ball which slightly slows the game down. Not in game speed but in player speed which in my test MAY have resolved the problem. The drawback is : its not as easy bowl a 300 game.
Well good luck on finding the problem as for not as easy...That's a good thing whats the point of the high scores if everyone bowls a 300 and you have no chance of getting on it.
-sada-
I agree sadako......since the change no one has complained about the pins not re-setting...so hopefully the problem is fixed
Lets hope so.
Hmm. Can't seem to get 300 any more !
I'll have to relearn the tricks ;)
Still a great game :)
M.
I dont think anyone has scored a 300 since the update. I think I need to clear the highscore list and see who bowl the higest score now.
I dont think anyone has scored a 300 since the update. I think I need to clear the highscore list and see who bowl the highest score now.
Sorry about posting 2 times.
Cleared the highscore list. Now everyone can start fresh!
lol i could get over 300 whats the highest score you can get and ill get it.
maybe not its harder than it looks