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  • problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…

    ... also look at an LFSR (linear feedback shift register), especially if ... z80 than the ones above (linear-congruential method).

    You don ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2008 Development
  • A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…

    ... ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_congruential_generator"]Linear congruential generator[/URL][/QUOTE]

    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak December 2008 Development
  • A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…

    ... />
    Patrik[/QUOTE]

    linear congruential generators are just basic. simple ...
    Fikee Fikee December 2008 Development
  • A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…

    [QUOTE=Fikee;320255]linear congruential generators are just basic. simple ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak December 2008 Development
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... era computers were of the linear congruential type :- they all computed the ... is another one of these linear congruential types but maybe with a ... the tell-tale pattern that linear cong generators create.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…

    ... . For comparison, the 16 bit linear congruential generator from the z80bits page ... with diehard - but even 32bit linear congruential generators fail about twice as ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak July 2012 Development
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    Patrik's XOR generator is a good one but it only generates 8-bit numbers (again a plus if that's all you want!). If you want random numbers larger than 8-bit you have to call the function several times and piece together the results, which degrades the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2014 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    It's pleasantly surprising to see how fast and short these quality prngs are.  There are so many bad ones out there and less good ones that are so much slower (the linear congruential ones with 32-bit multiplies in particular).
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2015 Development
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... reasonably implemented on the z80 (linear congruential -- too expensive as it involves ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2016 Assembler
  • Non-repetitive RNDHi guys) Perhaps, some of you already encountered a situation, when one needed a set of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to 25…

    A linear congruential pseudo-random number generator will ...
    matalog matalog December 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…

    ... message stream is three separate linear streams (one for each channel ... instrument where if it were linear the data would be constant ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was this game????????!!!!!Dear fellow speccy nerds, I am trying to remember the name of a game where you were in control of a little hovering robot in…

    ... hovering robot in a 3D linear world. You worked along a ...
    paranoid71 paranoid71 June 2003 Games
  • PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER - and about bloody time tooPlease feel free to raid Roger's Profanisaurus for rude names to call me for taking so long to get this sorted... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER is now ava…

    ... three programs:
    1. PGD LINEAR (for stage based, Manic Miner ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2005 Games
  • CSSCGC: Flight of the Condor Simulator - Chris ThomsonFlight of the Condor Simulator - Chris Thomson This unofficial tie in to the BBC's hit series of the same name (recently screened in 1982), puts you…

    ... condor.

    * Innovative non-linear scoring system, play against your ...
    smogit smogit May 2005 Development
  • Patch for Platform Game DesignerTwo minor bugs in the block designer have recently come to light in the Linear Game Designer, version 1.2. It appears that blocks 0 - 127 appear cor…

    ... come to light in the Linear Game Designer, version 1.2 ...
    jonathan jonathan December 2006 Development
  • Why has no one remade 3D Deathchase?Why is 3D Deathchase, which is about 8k of code running on a 16K Spectrum, still unmatched (as far as I know) for a game of it's type? Since 3DD I'…

    ... it, it was (far) too linear, un-immersive, and then you ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2007 Games
  • Platform Game Designer 2?I've started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon a number of handy little features that it would be nice to have. For the li…

    ... have.

    For the linear game designer (think Manic Miner ...
    jonathan jonathan July 2007 Development
  • Hunting for a Speccy 48k game.I remember back in the day, playing my 128k, a game that struck me for the simplicity, yet the involvement, the challenge, yet the linear infinite lo…

    ... involvement, the challenge, yet the linear infinite loop.
    The plot ...
    Trooper Trooper March 2008 Games
  • Is our existence based in a solid environment?I'm having a bit of a Deep-Thought/Milesy-Moment ... That is ... from the point of view of the photon, everything else must be slower, right? So m…

    ... along a near-imperceptibly non-linear path. It has to snake ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman August 2008 Chit chat
  • [NO NAME PROJECT] contributionhi to all. im writting new-super-mega game. it will be finished this century. :) so what is going on ? in the game (an arcade adventure) player can …

    ...
    47104 12*8 chars linear buffer (768 bytes)
    47872 ...
    Fikee Fikee December 2008 Development
  • Your favourite Half-Life game?Right, I've posted a few polls up today, and I've had so many pm's (nearly one, so far) from people saying how much they liked them, and asking for m…

    ... , Half-Life is a very linear game (as are most first ... circles, but the trouble with linear games is that you often ... perfect, as the game feels linear, most of the weapons are ...
    ewgf ewgf December 2008 Chit chat
  • QL 25th Anniversary TODAYJust saw this on CSS: Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:36:53 +0100 From: Urs Koenig Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair Subject: SINCLAIR QL's 25th birthday On…

    ... preemptive multitasking operating system with linear
    addressing, Windows and Mac ...
    NickH NickH January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Potentially Missing Titles?Just been looking through my Dad's collection of old Spectrum tapes, and there are a few I'm not sure about, and some that look like they might be mi…

    ... /> "Venn Diagrams"
    "Linear Equations 1"
    "Linear Equations 2"
    "Simultaneous ...
    trellis trellis May 2009 MIA/STP/SDP
  • UWOL, quest for money - The MojonTwins (ZX SPECTRUM 128k)Uwol didn?t have enough after earning about the 90% of all the income which resulted of selling retrovideogames in Spain and getting himself rich. No…

    ... three enemies which follow pretty linear paths, but once the time ...
    jf_jara jf_jara December 2009 Games
  • IDE emulation and delaysA few months ago I was told that IDE emulation, while perfectly usable, isn't accurate enough to compare it to IDE access on real hardware. On some e…

    ... memory (which employs an internal linear sector addressing). You may even ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Emulators
  • Grand Theft Auto 3Following a discussion today about GTA style games, and which one is the best, I thought I'd post here and see what everyone prefers. There are *lot…

    ... location, the game is totally linear, with no side missions or ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2010 Chit chat
  • Is FF XIII better than Dragon Age: Origins?I finished Dragon Age: Origins a few weeks ago and thought it was a simply fantastic game. I was thinking of getting FF XIII, but wondered if anybody…

    ... that FF XIII is quite linear, but, the presentation and story ...
    stupidget stupidget March 2010 Chit chat
  • Two-resistor fix for +3 sound distortionOver at Zonadepruebas, mcleod_ideafix has done a circuit analysis of our favorite distorted sound output: the issue 1 +3 AY chip sound output, and fr…

    ... remain within the transistor's linear region (in the faulty +3 ...
    Winston Winston December 2010 Hardware
  • Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …

    ... , where it's just boring, linear-feeling from A to B ... . For one, it's too linear, although it's much less ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
  • Things we all hate.Right, we couldn't agree on a video game, a TV program, or even a food we all liked. So to have one last stab at agreement, here's a thread to find o…

    ... carrying limits, recharging health/shield, linear levels, infinite respawning enemies, and ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2011 Chit chat
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