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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-07-21 02:46:59
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Sorry about that, we mirror our archives on SF.net (among other places) and SF.net apparently changed some policies that were filtering you. I think it's fixed now... if not, e-mail me directly and let me know. begin quote: On 03-07-20, Torsten Giebl wrote: > Hello ! > > In the last days i always get mails like this. > Is there a way to subscribe to Sourceforge Tuxtype-Dev > Mailinglist also ? > > > CU > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <tux...@li...> > To: <wi...@sy...> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:13 PM > Subject: Your message to Tuxtype-dev awaits moderator approval > > > > Your mail to 'Tuxtype-dev' with the subject > > > > Re: [Tuxtype-dev] FPS Definition in laser.c > > > > Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > > > The reason it is being held: > > > > Post by non-member to a members-only list > > > > Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive > > notification of the moderator's decision. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tuxtype-dev mailing list > Tux...@tu... > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-07-20 20:29:57
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Hello ! In the last days i always get mails like this. Is there a way to subscribe to Sourceforge Tuxtype-Dev Mailinglist also ? CU ----- Original Message ----- From: <tux...@li...> To: <wi...@sy...> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Your message to Tuxtype-dev awaits moderator approval > Your mail to 'Tuxtype-dev' with the subject > > Re: [Tuxtype-dev] FPS Definition in laser.c > > Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. > > The reason it is being held: > > Post by non-member to a members-only list > > Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive > notification of the moderator's decision. > _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-07-20 20:12:02
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Hello ! > I am still "on vacation" so I don't have access to a computer with source code, > but the main reason it is there is because that is how Tux of Math Command did it :) #define FPS (1000 / 15) /* 15 fps max */ But 1000 / 15 is 66,... :-) So either the #define or the comment should be changed :-) CU _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-07-20 17:08:59
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I am still "on vacation" so I don't have access to a computer with source c= ode, but the main reason it is there is because that is how Tux of Math C= ommand did it :) We can work on fixing it next week... moving as soon as I get back. Jesse -----Original Message----- From: "Torsten Giebl" <wi...@sy...> To: tux...@tu... Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:44:29 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Tuxtype-dev] FPS Definition in laser.c Hello ! I found the following line in laser.c ( Line 85 ) #define FPS (1000 / 15) /* 15 fps max */ This doesn=C2=B4t make sense, does it ? CU _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-07-19 09:46:00
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Hello ! I found the following line in laser.c ( Line 85 ) #define FPS (1000 / 15) /* 15 fps max */ This doesn´t make sense, does it ? CU _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Calvin A. <ca...@ma...> - 2003-07-02 23:07:59
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Hi Andreas, German translation commited to cvs thanks! You should also submit an AUTHORS file for the deutsch dir. Thanks Again! Cal > Here is the german translation. It's checked with 1.5.1. > > One questions remains though. Is SDL verson 1.2.5 in the dependencies > really necessary? 1.2.4 seems to do fine here. > > Andreas > > Calvin Arndt wrote: > > >Hi Andreas, > > > > There isn't one yet but we'd love to have one! > > > >Cal > > > > > > > >On Sun, 25 May 2003 22:29:50 +0200 (MEST) > >Ac...@gm... wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I just stumbled upon tuxtype and was fascinated with it right from the > >>first start. > >> > >>Is there any german translation for tuxtype yet? I just read a few > >>things in the history of this list saying there is a translation, but > >>I'm not sure seeing as there is none in the 1.5 rpm. > >> > >>If there isn't any I'll happily oblige, I just don't feel like doing > >>double work. > >> > >>Cheers > >>Andreas > >> > >>-- > >>+++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > >>Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Tuxtype-dev mailing list > >>Tux...@tu... > >>http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Tuxtype-dev mailing list > >Tux...@tu... > >http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Andreas R. <ac...@gm...> - 2003-07-02 19:35:02
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Here is the german translation. It's checked with 1.5.1. One questions remains though. Is SDL verson 1.2.5 in the dependencies really necessary? 1.2.4 seems to do fine here. Andreas Calvin Arndt wrote: >Hi Andreas, > > There isn't one yet but we'd love to have one! > >Cal > > > >On Sun, 25 May 2003 22:29:50 +0200 (MEST) >Ac...@gm... wrote: > > > >>Hi, >> >>I just stumbled upon tuxtype and was fascinated with it right from the >>first start. >> >>Is there any german translation for tuxtype yet? I just read a few >>things in the history of this list saying there is a translation, but >>I'm not sure seeing as there is none in the 1.5 rpm. >> >>If there isn't any I'll happily oblige, I just don't feel like doing >>double work. >> >>Cheers >>Andreas >> >>-- >>+++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ >>Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Tuxtype-dev mailing list >>Tux...@tu... >>http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Tuxtype-dev mailing list >Tux...@tu... >http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > > > > |
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-27 15:37:03
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> The issue with the comet zap not caring what order you type in is because it was a quick hack to the add_comet function... basically I add 1 comet per letter in the word, and the rest of the code doesn't know there is a connection between them. This can be solved (in much the same way we solved it in in Casacde), but it hasn't been high on the priority list thus far :) > > It is definitely something to fix before 2.0 I figured as much. No worries. > Also, we readded the -d or --debug mode to the stuff (like you used to do Sam :) ) > > So running in that mode will print MUCH more! I would be very interested in crashes, since I am to a pointer where on PPC Linux, x86 Linux and windows (every once in a while) I don't see any... but that doesn't mean anything :) Yes, as it stands right now, it prints no usefull debugging information under windows (even when run with -d), and it does crash a lot (at least under my XP install at work). The segfault seems to occur all over the place. I've included some of my stderr.txt files with tuxtype -d output to show you where the segfaults are occuring: http://raman.physics.arizona.edu/screens/tuxtype/errs/ As you can see, there doesn't seem to be much of a consistent patern. -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-06-27 13:55:00
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The issue with the comet zap not caring what order you type in is because i=
t was a quick hack to the add_comet function... basically I add 1 comet =
per letter in the word, and the rest of the code doesn't know there is a =
connection between them. This can be solved (in much the same way we sol=
ved it in in Casacde), but it hasn't been high on the priority list thus =
far :) =20
It is definitely something to fix before 2.0
Also, we readded the -d or --debug mode to the stuff (like you used to do S=
am :) )
So running in that mode will print MUCH more! I would be very interested i=
n crashes, since I am to a pointer where on PPC Linux, x86 Linux and wind=
ows (every once in a while) I don't see any... but that doesn't mean any=
thing :)
Jesse
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...>
To: tux...@tu...
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:03:50 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1
Excellent! The speed seems much better than the last time I checked (at=20
least, it does under Windows, I need to check it on my home linux box as=20
well).
The installer is excellent, but what happenned to the icon? :-(
I am getting pretty frequent crashes still under Windows (I did for the=20
last one) in various places (usually about 2 minutes or so after running=20
the application)... with only this in the stderr.txt file:
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
One problem that my wife pointed out to me (but I've been too busy to=20
mention on list) is that, with the comet zap word games, you can very=20
easily screwup your game by mistyping letters that are in other words.
In other words, if you have "TOUGH" and "THING" falling like this:
THING
TOUGH
and you type "T", "H", "O", "G", "N", you wind up getting this confusing:
THI G
U H
on-screen. This makes the game very confusing (I took a screenshot=20
illustrating this you can see here:=20
http://raman.physics.arizona.edu/screens/tuxtype/ )
I'm not sure how to fix this, but it would be a pretty big problem with=20
younger players (it essentially takes the emphasis off of "words" and=20
places it on "letters", which isn't the desired effect for a word game).
Anyway, regardless, I'm really impressed with tt2 so far, and I'm sure=20
these issues will get resolved before 2.0 ;-)
> the 1.5.1 exe isntaller is already up ...
>=20
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tuxtype/Tuxtype2-1.5.1.exe?download
>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...>
> To: tux...@tu...
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:42:13 -0700 (MST)
> Subject: Re: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1
>=20
> > We made a change to the way things fall in cascade... (as well as comet=
zap).
> >=20
> > Since the code is the same whether you choose alphabet or a wordlist, t=
he way that we slow down words is to:
> >=20
> > set maximum_fall_rate =3D 1.0 (or whatever in playgame.h -- diferent f=
or each level)
>=20
> What units is this rate in? Does this mean that instead of working by FPS=
,=20
> tuxtype1.5 now works by duration (which would be very cool)?
>=20
> > That enabled us to set the speeds for easy/medium/hard to be good for j=
ust the alphabet and also to slow down when the words are used! We did a=
some testing and it seemed to be good, but only time will tell ;)
> >=20
> > We'll continue to tweak! I spent too long testing it myself before we =
tested on Kids (and I type too fast ;p )
>=20
> You must be a typing god... Comet Zap was maddenning it was so fast ;-)
>=20
> Speed tweaks will have to be made, as it stands right now, all of the=20
> in-game speeds are too fast (especially for children learning to type).=
=20
> When I get back, and once school starts up around town, I'll get some=20
> settings based upon in-class activities back to you that should fix thing=
s=20
> up.
>=20
> BTW, do you have the tuxtype1.5 exe installer somewhere I could download?=
=20
> I might have time to take a look at it before I leave.
>=20
>=20
--=20
Sam Hart
University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...>
Personal addr. <cri...@ge...>
Alternative <cri...@tu...>
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From: Calvin A. <cal...@tu...> - 2003-06-27 01:08:28
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>9.0/slackware/d/automake-1.7.3-noarch-1.tgz Wow Torsten, I've never even anywhere near that close to getting it to work with automake 1.7.3. I readded acinclude.m4 to cvs which might take care of that issue for you.... (However I don't believe thats the right way to do it) I made a couple of other changes in CVS that my be better for you too... My vote would be to drop SL's AM_PATH_SDL in favor of standard lib checking... Given the timing tho, I don't have the time to work on it right now... Cal... _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-06-26 23:35:00
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Hello ! > Just for curiosity sake, what version of automake/autoconf are you > running... http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/slackware/d/autoconf-2.57-noarch-1.tgz http://www.slackware.at/data/slackware-9.0/slackware/d/automake-1.7.3-noarch-1.tgz CU _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Calvin A. <ca...@ma...> - 2003-06-26 22:57:01
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Hi Torsten Just for curiosity sake, what version of automake/autoconf are you running... Cal... > cd . && /bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run aclocal-1.6 > /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing: line 46: aclocal-1.6: command not found > WARNING: `aclocal-1.6' is missing on your system. You should only need it if > you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'. You might want > to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages. Grab them from > any GNU archive site. > cd . && \ > /bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run automake-1.6 --foreign Makefile > /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing: line 46: automake-1.6: command not found > WARNING: `automake-1.6' is missing on your system. You should only need it if > you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'. > You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages. > Grab them from any GNU archive site. > cd . && /bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run autoconf > configure.in:5: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER > If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow. > See the Autoconf documentation. > configure.in:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE > configure.in:28: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_SDL > make: *** [configure] Error 1 > wizard@turricane:~/tt2/tuxtype2$ > > > CU > > _______________________________________________ > Tuxtype-dev mailing list > Tux...@tu... > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-06-26 20:43:00
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Hello !
checking for g++... g++
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.exe
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for sdl-config... /usr/local/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.5... yes
checking for IMG_Load in -lSDL_image... no
configure: error: SDL_image not found http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image
On CYGWIN it cannot find SDL_image.
CU
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From: Torsten G. <wi...@sy...> - 2003-06-26 20:34:21
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Hello !
Here is the error message i get on my system :
wizard@turricane:~/tt2/tuxtype2$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for sdl-config... /usr/local/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.5... yes
checking for IMG_Load in -lSDL_image... yes
checking for Mix_PlayMusic in -lSDL_mixer... yes
checking for TTF_Init in -lSDL_ttf... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for atexit... yes
checking for memset... yes
checking for strchr... yes
checking for strstr... yes
checking for malloc... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/fonts/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/backgrounds/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/menu/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/cities/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/comets/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/status/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/tux/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/images/hands/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/sounds/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/armenian/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/armenian/fonts/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/armenian/images/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/dansk/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/dansk/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/espanol/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/espanol/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/french/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/french/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/nynorsk/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/nynorsk/images/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/nynorsk/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/spanish/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/themes/spanish/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/data/words/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/docs/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype/docs/en/Makefile
config.status: creating tuxtype.spec
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
wizard@turricane:~/tt2/tuxtype2$ make
cd . && /bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run aclocal-1.6
/home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing: line 46: aclocal-1.6: command not found
WARNING: `aclocal-1.6' is missing on your system. You should only need it if
you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'. You might want
to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages. Grab them from
any GNU archive site.
cd . && \
/bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run automake-1.6 --foreign Makefile
/home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing: line 46: automake-1.6: command not found
WARNING: `automake-1.6' is missing on your system. You should only need it if
you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.
You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && /bin/sh /home/wizard/tt2/tuxtype2/missing --run autoconf
configure.in:5: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.in:28: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_SDL
make: *** [configure] Error 1
wizard@turricane:~/tt2/tuxtype2$
CU
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-06-26 19:36:10
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the 1.5.1 exe isntaller is already up ... http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tuxtype/Tuxtype2-1.5.1.exe?download -----Original Message----- From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> To: tux...@tu... Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:42:13 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1 > We made a change to the way things fall in cascade... (as well as comet z= ap). >=20 > Since the code is the same whether you choose alphabet or a wordlist, the= way that we slow down words is to: >=20 > set maximum_fall_rate =3D 1.0 (or whatever in playgame.h -- diferent for= each level) What units is this rate in? Does this mean that instead of working by FPS,= =20 tuxtype1.5 now works by duration (which would be very cool)? > That enabled us to set the speeds for easy/medium/hard to be good for jus= t the alphabet and also to slow down when the words are used! We did a s= ome testing and it seemed to be good, but only time will tell ;) >=20 > We'll continue to tweak! I spent too long testing it myself before we te= sted on Kids (and I type too fast ;p ) You must be a typing god... Comet Zap was maddenning it was so fast ;-) Speed tweaks will have to be made, as it stands right now, all of the in-game speeds are too fast (especially for children learning to type). When I get back, and once school starts up around town, I'll get some settings based upon in-class activities back to you that should fix things up. BTW, do you have the tuxtype1.5 exe installer somewhere I could download? I might have time to take a look at it before I leave. -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-26 19:04:00
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Excellent! The speed seems much better than the last time I checked (at
least, it does under Windows, I need to check it on my home linux box as
well).
The installer is excellent, but what happenned to the icon? :-(
I am getting pretty frequent crashes still under Windows (I did for the
last one) in various places (usually about 2 minutes or so after running
the application)... with only this in the stderr.txt file:
Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
One problem that my wife pointed out to me (but I've been too busy to
mention on list) is that, with the comet zap word games, you can very
easily screwup your game by mistyping letters that are in other words.
In other words, if you have "TOUGH" and "THING" falling like this:
THING
TOUGH
and you type "T", "H", "O", "G", "N", you wind up getting this confusing:
THI G
U H
on-screen. This makes the game very confusing (I took a screenshot
illustrating this you can see here:
http://raman.physics.arizona.edu/screens/tuxtype/ )
I'm not sure how to fix this, but it would be a pretty big problem with
younger players (it essentially takes the emphasis off of "words" and
places it on "letters", which isn't the desired effect for a word game).
Anyway, regardless, I'm really impressed with tt2 so far, and I'm sure
these issues will get resolved before 2.0 ;-)
> the 1.5.1 exe isntaller is already up ...
>
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tuxtype/Tuxtype2-1.5.1.exe?download
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...>
> To: tux...@tu...
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:42:13 -0700 (MST)
> Subject: Re: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1
>
> > We made a change to the way things fall in cascade... (as well as comet zap).
> >
> > Since the code is the same whether you choose alphabet or a wordlist, the way that we slow down words is to:
> >
> > set maximum_fall_rate = 1.0 (or whatever in playgame.h -- diferent for each level)
>
> What units is this rate in? Does this mean that instead of working by FPS,
> tuxtype1.5 now works by duration (which would be very cool)?
>
> > That enabled us to set the speeds for easy/medium/hard to be good for just the alphabet and also to slow down when the words are used! We did a some testing and it seemed to be good, but only time will tell ;)
> >
> > We'll continue to tweak! I spent too long testing it myself before we tested on Kids (and I type too fast ;p )
>
> You must be a typing god... Comet Zap was maddenning it was so fast ;-)
>
> Speed tweaks will have to be made, as it stands right now, all of the
> in-game speeds are too fast (especially for children learning to type).
> When I get back, and once school starts up around town, I'll get some
> settings based upon in-class activities back to you that should fix things
> up.
>
> BTW, do you have the tuxtype1.5 exe installer somewhere I could download?
> I might have time to take a look at it before I leave.
>
>
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-26 18:43:01
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> We made a change to the way things fall in cascade... (as well as comet zap). > > Since the code is the same whether you choose alphabet or a wordlist, the way that we slow down words is to: > > set maximum_fall_rate = 1.0 (or whatever in playgame.h -- diferent for each level) What units is this rate in? Does this mean that instead of working by FPS, tuxtype1.5 now works by duration (which would be very cool)? > That enabled us to set the speeds for easy/medium/hard to be good for just the alphabet and also to slow down when the words are used! We did a some testing and it seemed to be good, but only time will tell ;) > > We'll continue to tweak! I spent too long testing it myself before we tested on Kids (and I type too fast ;p ) You must be a typing god... Comet Zap was maddenning it was so fast ;-) Speed tweaks will have to be made, as it stands right now, all of the in-game speeds are too fast (especially for children learning to type). When I get back, and once school starts up around town, I'll get some settings based upon in-class activities back to you that should fix things up. BTW, do you have the tuxtype1.5 exe installer somewhere I could download? I might have time to take a look at it before I leave. -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-06-26 18:37:59
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I will put them online later today... I am on campus without _REAL_ net ac= cess ... only a crappy text only display that drops 1/2 the packets so ev= erything but ssh fails! Jesse -----Original Message----- From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> To: tux...@tu... Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:27:01 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1 Well, the actual file releases should still go in sf.net's mirror system.= =20 I'll admit it causes confusion among non-computer persons, but the=20 benefits of having our software mirrored all over the place and using=20 others bandwidth for our downloads far outweigh any cons. >=20 > > there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to = it ... thanks for the reminder :) > >=20 > > We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been a= ble to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has c= ame back up... > >=20 > > Jesse >=20 > Jesse >=20 > Gunner-p did RH9 rpms yesterday and I have them on my server... Not sure= how/where we should post? Any thoughts? > > Busy is the buzz word, beside everything else I am in the middle of movin= g this week also... > > Cal... > _______________________________________________ > Tuxtype-dev mailing list > Tux...@tu... > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-06-26 18:34:00
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We made a change to the way things fall in cascade... (as well as comet zap= ). Since the code is the same whether you choose alphabet or a wordlist, the w= ay that we slow down words is to: set maximum_fall_rate =3D 1.0 (or whatever in playgame.h -- diferent for e= ach level) Then for each word we multiply that speed by 0.9 for each letter that the w= ord is (ok length - 1 really) Then for some varience we multiply that by a random value between 0.5 and 1= .0 So=20 fall_rate =3D max_fall_rate * pow(0.9, strlen(word) - 1) * (random between = 0.5 and 1.0) That enabled us to set the speeds for easy/medium/hard to be good for just = the alphabet and also to slow down when the words are used! We did a som= e testing and it seemed to be good, but only time will tell ;) We'll continue to tweak! I spent too long testing it myself before we test= ed on Kids (and I type too fast ;p ) Jesse -----Original Message----- From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> To: tux...@tu... Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:25:28 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] about 1.5.1 How's the speed in 1.5.1? I haven't had time to check CVS yet (been busy=20 as well, and will be out of town starting this weekend for two weeks ;-)=20 so I don't know myself. The biggest complaint I hear about 1.5.x is that it runs /way/ too fast=20 and is too difficult (and I'll admit that the last time I checked it out,= =20 key cascade was too hard for me on the easiest setting on my desktop ;-) > there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to it= ... thanks for the reminder :) >=20 > We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been abl= e to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has cam= e back up... >=20 > Jesse >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> > To: tux...@tu... > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:29:33 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] Bugs in Autoconf / Automake of Tuxtype2 V1.5.1 >=20 > I have unsubscribed her from the list and directed her to the stable > install of Tux Typing for windows. > > I would have sent her to the 1.5 version, but at present, there is no > simple installer for Windows (and she struck me as someone who would have= > problems with a zip file... might be just me ;-) > > > Please unsubscribe me. I do not understand anything that you are sendi= ng me. > > All I ever wanted was to download the game for my handicapped grandson= . If > > you can send me information on that then okay but other wise take me of= f of > > your mailing list. > > > > Sherry > > > > > > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-26 18:28:01
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Well, the actual file releases should still go in sf.net's mirror system. I'll admit it causes confusion among non-computer persons, but the benefits of having our software mirrored all over the place and using others bandwidth for our downloads far outweigh any cons. > > > there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to it ... thanks for the reminder :) > > > > We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been able to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has came back up... > > > > Jesse > > Jesse > > Gunner-p did RH9 rpms yesterday and I have them on my server... Not sure how/where we should post? Any thoughts? > > Busy is the buzz word, beside everything else I am in the middle of moving this week also... > > Cal... > _______________________________________________ > Tuxtype-dev mailing list > Tux...@tu... > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-26 18:26:02
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How's the speed in 1.5.1? I haven't had time to check CVS yet (been busy as well, and will be out of town starting this weekend for two weeks ;-) so I don't know myself. The biggest complaint I hear about 1.5.x is that it runs /way/ too fast and is too difficult (and I'll admit that the last time I checked it out, key cascade was too hard for me on the easiest setting on my desktop ;-) > there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to it ... thanks for the reminder :) > > We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been able to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has came back up... > > Jesse > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> > To: tux...@tu... > Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:29:33 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] Bugs in Autoconf / Automake of Tuxtype2 V1.5.1 > > I have unsubscribed her from the list and directed her to the stable > install of Tux Typing for windows. > > I would have sent her to the 1.5 version, but at present, there is no > simple installer for Windows (and she struck me as someone who would have > problems with a zip file... might be just me ;-) > > > Please unsubscribe me. I do not understand anything that you are sending me. > > All I ever wanted was to download the game for my handicapped grandson. If > > you can send me information on that then okay but other wise take me off of > > your mailing list. > > > > Sherry > > > > > > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Calvin A. <cal...@tu...> - 2003-06-26 18:23:02
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> there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to it ... thanks for the reminder :) > > We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been able to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has came back up... > > Jesse Jesse Gunner-p did RH9 rpms yesterday and I have them on my server... Not sure how/where we should post? Any thoughts? Busy is the buzz word, beside everything else I am in the middle of moving this week also... Cal... _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Jesse D. A. <jd...@uk...> - 2003-06-26 17:05:01
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there is a exe installer but I haven't updated the webpage to point to it .= .. thanks for the reminder :) We released while the tux4kids.net server was down so we haven't been able = to ask t4krel to package rpms for us... and been busy since it has came = back up... Jesse -----Original Message----- From: Sam Hart <ha...@ph...> To: tux...@tu... Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:29:33 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: [Tuxtype-dev] Bugs in Autoconf / Automake of Tuxtype2 V1.5.1 I have unsubscribed her from the list and directed her to the stable=20 install of Tux Typing for windows. I would have sent her to the 1.5 version, but at present, there is no=20 simple installer for Windows (and she struck me as someone who would have= =20 problems with a zip file... might be just me ;-) > Please unsubscribe me. I do not understand anything that you are sending= me.=20 > All I ever wanted was to download the game for my handicapped grandson. = If=20 > you can send me information on that then okay but other wise take me off = of > your mailing list. > > Sherry > > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: Sam H. <ha...@ph...> - 2003-06-26 15:30:06
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I have unsubscribed her from the list and directed her to the stable install of Tux Typing for windows. I would have sent her to the 1.5 version, but at present, there is no simple installer for Windows (and she struck me as someone who would have problems with a zip file... might be just me ;-) > Please unsubscribe me. I do not understand anything that you are sending me. > All I ever wanted was to download the game for my handicapped grandson. If > you can send me information on that then okay but other wise take me off of > your mailing list. > > Sherry > > -- Sam Hart University/Work addr. <ha...@ph...> Personal addr. <cri...@ge...> Alternative <cri...@tu...> end _______________________________________________ Tuxtype-dev mailing list Tux...@tu... http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxtype-dev |
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From: <SNO...@ao...> - 2003-06-26 01:02:03
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Please unsubscribe me. I do not understand anything that you are sending me. All I ever wanted was to download the game for my handicapped grandson. If you can send me information on that then okay but other wise take me off of your mailing list. Sherry |
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