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  • Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…

    ... 'm just packing now. He even sent me the plane tickets ... get off the 3 digit number posts, because my ranking was ... ?



    [quote=RND;235558]It will be a ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2008 Chit chat
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    [QUOTE=Einar Saukas;252232]Even so, increasing the current maze ... (3e3):
    LET m(INT (RND*4)*2+1306)=1:
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2008 Development
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... to win most speed.
    Even on normal speed you can ... number of columns grows.
    In this way we keep the RND ... :
    LET y=INT (RND*10+1):
    POKE n ... LET i=y*64-INT (RND*s)*2+130:
    POKE ... LET d=CODE "d$dCE"(RND*4+1)-68:
    POKE ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2008 Development
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... everyone can use the multicolour even if you don't
    number or a variable.

    RND*8 ) : REM PLOT Y,X ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2009 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…

    ... the first two values of RND(), then entered an until loop ... /> [CODE]
    10 LET a=RND: LET b=0: LET x ... =RND: LET y=RND
    20 FOR i ... i
    40 LET b=RND
    50 IF a=x ... expected result even if you would just compare one number.
    Same ...
    Mad Fritz Mad Fritz May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Auto generated spritesLooking around for some graphics I came across [url]http://blog.disktree.net/?p=19[/url] , one of several such pages. Need the odd 8x8 UDG or two (…

    ... ]TEST_IT:
    LD B,6 ; Number of UDG's to Generate ... you like to alter the RND seed...

    [QUOTE]Isn ... poor-mans 8-bit random number generator coupled with the culling ... of flattered that anyone should even notice my feeble listing!!!!!! ;)
    kgmcneil kgmcneil December 2011 Development
  • 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…

    ... , something like INT( ( rnd * 256 + rnd ) * n / 65536 ), where rnd is the USR ... generate a correctly distributed random number between 1 and 42. If ... (high/low) are much more even i.e. both are in ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2011 Development
  • type-ins in zmakebas formati were about coding some type-ins from MicroHobby magazine, and found that there are 'semanal' tape series available at http://www.worldofspectrum.or…

    ... it isn't a line number, and it's not ... others < 0x20 (or even forcing
    the .bas ... the "0x".

    // NUMBER FORMATS //

    You can ...
    @Start
    Print ink rnd*7;"hello"
    Go to ... />
    10 PRINT INK RND*7;"hello"
    20 GO ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2012 Support files
  • Basic BASIC help needed RNDHi all, I have recently re-discovered an old program I wrote in the early 90s which would do generate random lottery numbers. I know little now, an…

    ... can store, if RND returns .99999999 then RND*49 gives 49 ... />
    Use "1+INT ((RND+1e-5)*(49-1e-5 ... /> LET b=1+INT ((RND+1e-5)*(49-1e-5 ... . It generates a fairly even spread across all 49 numbers ... It can generate the same number twice in six, of course ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2012 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…

    ... a very much improved random number generator inbuilt, and doesn't ... ^16.][/QUOTE]
    ZX Basic RND period is 2^32 -1 ... and returns RND (floats). It also has a ... .html[/url] (pag. 284, "An Even Quicker Generator"). Unfortunately, 32bit multiplication ...
    boriel boriel May 2012 Development
  • Encode two positive int numbers into one?Hi guys) Recently I've been trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that using limited values, say, 0-99 or 0-999, I remembered ho…

    The timing difference is even more pronounced if ... a=INT (RND*100): LET b=INT (RND*100):
    ... LET c=INT (RND*100): LET d=INT (RND*100)
    ... 20 LET b=INT (RND*10000): PRINT AT a,0 ... second string, with the number string holding pointer/length ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Something that just occured to me (Windows 8 related)Even though personally I probably won't be putting Windows 8 on any of my PCs, as it offers no real advantage for me, I have to keep my hand in with …

    ... Windows) significant, or is there even a speed increase when running ... is the compatibility, both in number of games that will run ... />



    [QUOTE=RND;647194]
    I am using ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2012 Chit chat
  • pathfindingworking on pathfinding in the game. here is Russian description of Lee's algorithm: [url]http://algolist.manual.ru/games/wavealg.php[/url] "if-then"…

    ... on pathfinding anymore :)

    Even so, I made a small ... =1 TO 704: LET z=RND>.3: PRINT PAPER 2 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2013 Development
  • Math problemI'm trying to solve/model a science problem, and I thought a simple BASIC program might help me, but I struggle to write it. Goal: Given a length of…

    ... :

    [CODE]100 REM number of elements
    110 LET ... N: LET A(F)=INT (RND*100): NEXT F
    160 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Math problemI'm trying to solve/model a science problem, and I thought a simple BASIC program might help me, but I struggle to write it. Goal: Given a length of…

    ... numbers with the "1+INT(RND*49)" formula; occasionally it ... precision of Spectrum numbers, if RND returns .99999999 (or thereabouts) ... ((RND+1e-5)*(49-1e-5))" instead would stop the number going ... . The adjustment might not even be necessary with an upper ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Random object placementI'm looking for some advice on placing objects randomly in a game. I have a routine that reads a table and prints the corresponding object: 0 prints…

    [QUOTE=Jerri;817782][QUOTE=Einar Saukas;817774]I just run a simple empirical test (plotting randomly on screen) to compare the random generator algorithms mentioned here:

    [CODE]10 FOR f=0 TO 20000
    20 LET y=USR 32768: IF y
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2015 Development
  • RANDOMIZE USR, PRINT USR etcHello just wondering why is it called RANDOMIZE UsR what does randomising have to do with it ? When calling machine code routine from adress x you ty…

    ... and then print the resultant number.

    RANDOMIZE ... Unless your program uses RND, in which case you ... need to preserve your RND sequence by saving SEED ... 0 afterwards, otherwise the RND sequence is always going ... s going to be even less random than usual. ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • random number generator without using rnd in basicwhat is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement? i also want it to always generate the same…

    ... number, it seeds it with that number, and each subsequent RND ... call will give you the same number. For ... 12345
    PRINT RND
    PRINT RND
    PRINT RND[/code]
    < ... get a slightly different number every time, even if you reset ...
    colonel32 colonel32 June 2019 Development
  • ZX Spectrum Community ContributionThere is a new interface named MB03 under development(IDE,Flashcard reader,2MB RAM,etc).You can see it on Sintech website. The price of this interfa…

    ... only if there will a number of 50 orders. I have ... is of course extremely high. Even I, who I don't ...
    Anestis Anestis July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A lovely shoot 'em up...This one sort of resembled 1942, but it is not, for the plane was a "standard", not double-hulled one. Same concept, though, same sort of WWII flavou…

    ... think). You had a limited number of bombs you could drop ... way, and I don't even know if I have the ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2002 Games
  • ANN: Spectaculator 2.5 available for downloadHi. I've just released a new version of Spectaculator, available from [url="http://www.spectaculator.com/"]http://www.spectaculator.com/[/url]. Hopef…

    ... files directly from zip archives (even zips in zips). Includes a ... border emulation (e.g. the number countdown in Starion, the
    Jon Needle Jon Needle July 2002 Emulators
  • Maybe I'm just weird......but I love looking thru the old adverts for speccy games with their little order coupons for you to fill in, or a phone number to call with your a…

    ... fill in, or a phone number to call with your access ... /barclaycard number to order a game direct ... (almost always the number is invalid now) - I even feel tempted sometimes ... it off to the address, even tho the software house no ...
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2002 Games
  • Just how popular was the Spectrum?I was wondering does anyone have any idea how the Spectrum stands in terms of popularity as a system in General? With clones available as far afield …

    ... the Spectrum beats that with even conservative estimates putting it at ... arcive dvd puts the total number of files in the games ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Decreasing number of gamesWhy is number of games in WoS archive decreasing? I think somebody deleted Rainbow Islands for example. So good game should be mentioned, shouldn't i…

    Why is number of games in WoS archive decreasing? I think somebody deleted Rainbow Islands for example. So good game should be mentioned, shouldn't it?
    Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan November 2002 Games
  • OT, but I thought this was funny...I was clearing my hard disc out a few days ago, and I found the following, that I'd downloaded some time back. Re-reading it, I again thought it was …

    ... and had a large
    number of children. In between he ... .
    27. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He ... long walks in the forest even when everyone was
    calling ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vote Spectrum! (One last time)I've written my last article for the Micro-mart computer world cup competition. This time - as I think you all already know - it's the FINAL against…

    ... have already voted - the highest number of votes for the first ... my jaw just simply dropped. Even by today 's standards, the ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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