uzziah0

I copied this to my X5 ppc2002 and it would not run. It does nothing.

del4

Originally Posted by JonMisurda

As for the timer, yeah I know it doesn't do anything. I haven't decided what exactly to do there, and I'm not sure of what I would do. Any suggestions?

I was just thinking about a menu option to either play a timed game, with a selectable time period, say 60 or 120 seconds, or an untimed game. 'Course, then you'd probably want separate high scores for each one...

JonMisurda

Originally Posted by del4

Jon, whenever I get the Game Over! dialog, the displayed Next Card is the last one played, not the next one coming up. If I drag the Game Over! dialog box over the displayed Next Card, or switch to another app then come back to the game, it updates the display to show the next card just fine.

Ah, I can throw an UpdateDisplay() in there to repaint the card to fix that.

Originally Posted by del4

I was just thinking about a menu option to either play a timed game, with a selectable time period, say 60 or 120 seconds, or an untimed game. 'Course, then you'd probably want separate high scores for each one...

Hmm I could do that. If I get some time I'll give that a try.

Jon

JonMisurda

Originally Posted by uzziah0

I copied this to my X5 ppc2002 and it would not run. It does nothing.

Really? Thats odd. Maybe its got something to do with how I'm building it since it runs fine on the emulator.

I'll investigate.

Jon

del4

Just a thought, but shouldn't a 'natural' blackjack count more than a regular 21? You know, how you get paid back 1.5 times your bet at a real blackjack table?

DanmanX

Good stuff from what I read. Can't wait to play it!

Thanks, JonMisurda!

del4

Originally Posted by del4

Just a thought, but shouldn't a 'natural' blackjack count more than a regular 21? You know, how you get paid back 1.5 times your bet at a real blackjack table?

Oh, and how about an Undo feature for when you realize you just made a poor move?

(BTW, as someone else pointed out, this game gets addictive pretty fast! High score thus far: 396)

JonMisurda

Yeah I intend to add extra points for a 2 card blackjack.

I'm not sure about the undo feature. As much as the player in me wants it, I think part of the challenge is fixing your mistakes. The game I've based this on doesn't allow undo either.

As for not running on PPC2002 I realized that I'm building the program for WM2003 only, so once I install the PPC2002 SDK, I'll release a new build that should work.

Jon

uzziah0

Originally Posted by JonMisurda

Yeah I intend to add extra points for a 2 card blackjack. I'm not sure about the undo feature. As much as the player in me wants it, I think part of the challenge is fixing your mistakes. The game I've based this on doesn't allow undo either. As for not running on PPC2002 I realized that I'm building the program for WM2003 only, so once I install the PPC2002 SDK, I'll release a new build that should work. Jon

Thanks.
I'm looking forwarw to trying it.

JonMisurda

Whirlwind 21 is now updated to version 1.3!

Get it from:

http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/whirlwind.htm

Changes in this release:

• Added PocketPC 2002 build, let me know if this works as I don't have a device to test it on.
• Made a 2 card blackjack worth 35 points
• Fixed the bug where the losing card was not displayed

Still no installer, just download and unzip.

Let me know how it works for you.

Jon

uzziah0

Got the new version for my X5 with ppc2002 and it works great.
thanks.

RD X5 man

Whirlwind21 is a great addictive game. How do i tell what version i have? high score 605!

del4

Jon, I'm not familiar with the online version, but have you considered having the 'bonus card' (the bomb) just clear the pile without awarding any points?

Maybe you could include a brief overview/help menu item to explain scoring, what a five card charlie is, etc?

Also, when the game starts, the new button (the card) on the menubar is tiny, but once you've started a game, it's much larger/normal size. Not sure if this was intentional or not...

Did I mention I like this game?
high score: 956

JonMisurda

Originally Posted by uzziah0

Got the new version for my X5 with ppc2002 and it works great. thanks.

Great, glad it works.

Originally Posted by RD X5 man

Whirlwind21 is a great addictive game. How do i tell what version i have? high score 605!

Hmm, guess I haven't made that an easy thing to find. Sadly, the easiest way would be to copy the program from your axim to your PC and right click on it, go to properties and click the version tab.

The other way to figure it out is to go to the page and figure out which features your version has. I doubt you have version 1.0, since the scoring mechanism was so low then.

You could just download the newest version, the worst that could happen is you lose your high score if you originally had version 1.1.

In the next version I'll make sure the about box says the version number.

Jon

JonMisurda

Originally Posted by del4

Jon, I'm not familiar with the online version, but have you considered having the 'bonus card' (the bomb) just clear the pile without awarding any points?

This was my original debate when I added that card. The online version doesn't have the bomb card, it has a Joker that is wild and makes the pile 21. I'm trying to make my version a bit different. I went with adding the points because everyone likes having a higher score ;)

Originally Posted by del4

Maybe you could include a brief overview/help menu item to explain scoring, what a five card charlie is, etc?

That's a good idea, I'll do that in the next version.

Originally Posted by del4

Also, when the game starts, the new button (the card) on the menubar is tiny, but once you've started a game, it's much larger/normal size. Not sure if this was intentional or not...

That's odd, I hadn't noticed that on my axim or the emulator. I know why it would do that, but I thought I had fixed everything that would cause that problem. I'll investigate. (Hmm, I keep having to say that don't I. )

Originally Posted by del4

Did I mention I like this game? high score: 956

Cool. You're more than half way to my high. I see your strategy, make me add features and fix bugs while you overtake my score! :hide:

Jon