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Care to PacFudge ?
#146672 - 03/19/08 06:27 PM
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Back in '98/99/00 - Snakeeyes from Serpentine Widgets sent me a copy of his source code for PacFudge - a Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man maze editor for Windows. He also gave me permission to use it in my (then) PacMAME frontend. I was recently going through some old projects and found the source. I've made a few changes, fixed a few bugs/annoyances, etc. The source is in VB6 w/one VBCORE.DLL.
I am currently compiling it in my XP VM - but have compiled it in the past on Vista w/o any problems.
I plan on going over to source one last time - then I'll zip it up and drop a link here.
It works w/all the basic Pac-Man sets and mazes 1, 2 and 4 for Ms. Pac-Man (I think the maze/dots for 3 are split across 5 and 6).
The saving/loading procedure it clunky at best - also, there wasn't a way to save your WIP. I've added a simple load/save WIP option. There wasn't any type of naming convention used, so it's a little time consuming to figure it all out - but basically it works.
Maybe some VB guru's can take a look at it, fix some quirks, add some features, etc. Maybe somehow add support for Sil's, Dave Widel's, etc. multi-maps ? There's probably alot that someone could add...
Enjoy it - I'll add the link in the day or so...
UPDATE
-added keyboard shortcuts for space/wall/dot/filled mode
-added right-click "undo" feature
-added "automode" toggle - much faster to draw dot paths, filled spaces, etc. no clicking required - just trace your mouse over the grid (CTRL to toggle)
-added text editing (ghost names, etc.)
Edited by PoopDonkey (03/21/08 04:51 AM)
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
[Re: PoopDonkey]
#146855 - 03/21/08 05:41 PM
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> Back in '98/99/00 - Snakeeyes from Serpentine Widgets sent me a copy of his source
> code for PacFudge - a Pac-Man/Ms. Pac-Man maze editor for Windows. He also gave me
> permission to use it in my (then) PacMAME frontend. I was recently going through some
> old projects and found the source. I've made a few changes, fixed a few
> bugs/annoyances, etc. The source is in VB6 w/one VBCORE.DLL.
And that's going to be your problem. VB6 was end-of-lifed in 2001 and may not run on Windows past Vista. You'd be better off rewriting it in something modern like C#/WinForms before trying to add any features.
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#146887 - 03/22/08 12:57 AM
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> And that's going to be your problem. VB6 was end-of-lifed in 2001 and may not run on
> Windows past Vista. You'd be better off rewriting it in something modern like
> C#/WinForms before trying to add any features.
I did think about this - at first I didn't want to rewrite it, but now I'm getting more and more into it and remember how much fun it is making mazes, etc. I started by at least converting it using the VS2008 conversion - not as much cleanup as I thought.
If I take a step back, a rewrite would be the way to go - just depends if there is a interest out there for it or not and whether or not I want to spend time on that or something else.
Thanks for your reply/input.
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
[Re: PoopDonkey]
#146890 - 03/22/08 01:11 AM
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> If I take a step back, a rewrite would be the way to go - just depends if there is a
> interest out there for it or not and whether or not I want to spend time on that or
> something else.
Well, if you could manage to integrate it with your MAME derivative such that you could play edited mazes without going to the hassle of outputting changed ROMs and so forth that would be really cool, IMO.
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
[Re: R. Belmont]
#146921 - 03/22/08 07:42 AM
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> Well, if you could manage to integrate it with your MAME derivative such that you
> could play edited mazes without going to the hassle of outputting changed ROMs and so
> forth that would be really cool, IMO.
Having it so you can edit the maze why the game is playing would be really interesting.
I think the name needs changing though, it's pretty disturbing that someone thought it would be cool to name it after a sex act.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pack+fudge
but then it's not the first time
http://www.overclocked.org/OCname.htm
Edited by smf (03/22/08 07:44 AM)
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
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#146933 - 03/22/08 12:19 PM
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> > Well, if you could manage to integrate it with your MAME derivative such that you
> > could play edited mazes without going to the hassle of outputting changed ROMs and
> so
> > forth that would be really cool, IMO.
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> Having it so you can edit the maze why the game is playing would be really
> interesting.
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> I think the name needs changing though, it's pretty disturbing that someone thought
> it would be cool to name it after a sex act.
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> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pack+fudge
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> but then it's not the first time
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> http://www.overclocked.org/OCname.htm
You're talking to a guy who calls himself PoopDonkey. You think he'll care?
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Re: Care to PacFudge ?
[Re: Vas Crabb]
#146942 - 03/22/08 05:13 PM
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> You're talking to a guy who calls himself PoopDonkey. You think he'll care?
Actually I was talking to RB :-) But yeah, quite.
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