The Untitled Tank Game

Cutting to the chase with the archives: Win32 Exe (ZIP,32K) Above w/ DLL (ZIP,272K) If you get nasty messages alleg42.dll, get this one. Source Code (ZIP,24K) You'll need Allegro 4.2.0 libraries for this. And the Recent Changes Overview Gameplay Weapons Data Suggestions Overview Yet another game knocked off the artillery concept, the nifty feature I'm working towards here, is a fully editable weapon set. I'm still working on adding in new features and other nifty things. Allegro 4.2.0 is used for the graphics. Gameplay At the opening screen, each player selects their tank's color and enters a name. Enter commits the settings. Different terrain will be displayed until one is selected. In-game, the commands are: Up Arrow Increase Velocity Down Arrow Decrease Velocity Left Arrow Turn Cannon Counter Clockwise Right Arrow Turn Cannon Clockwise Page Up Increase Velocity Fast Page Down Decrease Velocity Fast Tab Switch Weapon Space Fire Shift+ While Shift is down, changes to angle/velocity is restricted to once per keypress. When a tank reaches 100% damage, the game ends and any key will close the window. Weapons Data The weapons are defined in the weapons.dat file with the following parameters: ID This parameter is ignored and is used so that you can tell what ID# a weapon will get assigned. DET Detonation 0 - Detonates on impact 1 - Detonates at apogee 2 - Detonates immediately 3 - Detonates on 45° below horizontal SUB Submunitions This indicates the # of submunitions launched on detonation. If zero, the weapon will simply explode. APAT Angle Pattern 0 - Fixed spacing around parent's 1 - Random spacing around parent's 2 - Fixed spacing around vertical 3 - Random spacing around vertical ADIST Angle Distribution if APAT is 0 or 2 this equals the degrees between shells. if APAT is 1 or 3, this equals maximum deviation from center. VPAT Velocity Pattern 0 - Multiple of parent's 1 - Decreasing multiple of parent's 2 - Random VDIST Velocity Distribution if VPAT is 0, it is thousandths of the parent velocity. if VPAT is 1, this is the number of thousandths of the parent velocity lost for each successive submunition. if VPAT is 2, this is the maximum velocity imparted SIZ Explosion Size The size of the shell's explosion. COL Color Set The sequence of colors to use in the explosion 0 - Red/Orange/Yellow 1 - Green/Yellow SWEP Submunition Weapon ID DEC Damage Equation Type0 is DMG - (DRATE * DST) 1 is DMG * [1 - (DST/DSIZ) ^ (DRATE/1000)] 2 is DMG * (DRATE/1000)^DST where DST is the distance from the explosion. DMG Maximum Damage DRATE Decrease Rate of Damage DSIZ Damage Radius beyond this distance, damage is always zero. FLAG Flags Or together any of the following: 1 - Weapon cannot be selected by players 2 - Submunitions are still released if the shell does not detonate as in DET 4 - No explosion occurs if detonation as in DET 8 - Explosion does not destroy dirt See the weapons.dat included in the ZIP file for examples. The weapon list is currently limited to 10 entries. Suggestions I want suggestions. I have a small list of ideas to implement, but more are welcome (but you're only allowed to suggest sound effects if you come bearing samples in a format Allegro can work with). jms_blkfox@yahoo.com

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