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 the SuperMarioWar how-the-game-works file
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								2004 © Florian Hufsky
								http://jnrdev.kbs-design.net
								
								last changes: 08.5.2004

								have a lot of fun :)
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 general notes
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when using someone elses code i'm always confused.
i don't know where to start or where to look for specific things, so it takes
quite a while to get into the whole thing.

only the code for airstrike had a file where the basic game logic etc was
explained. i think this is a great idea, so i'll add such a thing to smw.

i hope this guide helps you when looking through the super mario war code.
if you have any suggestions send me a mail: fhufsky@phorus.at

8.2.2004, Florian Hufsky

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 where to look for specific things
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 player to player collision detection
	player.cpp
		CPlayer::isstomping()
		collisionhandler_p2p()
		collisionhandler_p2p_pushback()
	main.cpp		
		rungame()
		coldec_obj2obj()


 player to map collision detection
	player.cpp
		CPlayer::collision_detection_map()
		CPlayer::move()


 input handling
	player.cpp
		CPlayer::move()


 map loading / drawing / ...
	map.cpp

 
 game loop
	main.cpp

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 how it works
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 game loop:

 while(...){
  for all objects{
   1. update movement (input)
   2. collide against the map
  }

  for all objects{
   check if you collide against another object
  }

  draw everything

  framebreak
 }



 during the game loop first all players are moved;
	CPlayer::move()
		-> the movement vectors are updated by input
		-> player-map collision detectio is performed
		the technique described in jnrdev #1 is used
			-> http://jnrdev.kbs-design.net/jnrdev1
		and i've added some very ugly code to make the player move through
		the side of the screen and appear ont he other side

 now we've got the new position of every object, which is used for
 player-player collision detection.
 in rungame() we test if two players collide (-> coldec_p2p)
 then we call collisionhandler_p2p, which checks what to do with the
 colliding players (pushback or stomp)
 the code of this is in player.cpp

 that's the whole game logic, now the whole thing is drawn.
 the only thing to note here is that CMap::draw() and CPlayer::draw()
 use y_rect.h as y offset for drawing.
 this is used for shaking the screen when a player jumps on another player
 
 when a player stomps another one the function crunch_screen() is called
 which starts shaking the screen.
 it's basically a screen that's jumping, but instead of up it's jumping
 downwards.

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 the eyecandy system
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 i've added a nice eye candy system to smw (eye candy = non collidable
 objects).

 all the eyecandys are stored in eyecandy_container eyecandycont.

 if you want to add a new eyecandy, create a child class of eyecandy,
 code constructor, draw and update functions and add it to the eyecandy list.
 (eyecandycont.add())


 the system is quite cool: all the eyecandy objects have two functions:
 update which updates the eyecandy (movement, ...) and draw which draws the
 thing.
 every child class needs it's own implementation of both functions.

 by calling eyecandy_container::add you cann add a eyecandy to the list.
 and with eyecandy_container::remove you can delete it (this->index contains
 the number remove() needs.

 in every frame all eyecandys are updated and drawn.

 i'm very happy with the code - it's clean and very easy to extend.

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2004 © Florian Hufsky
mailto:fhufsky@phorus.at
http://jnrdev.kbs-design.net/smw
