Gun sight image size analysis

[Ardy123]

Ardy it simple, I have been coading for close to 40 years.  The piece of coad you wrote is

1. Not equivalent to mine. Yours test only for power of 2, mine test for specific size, hence any discussion which is better is moot.

Never said one was better than the other nor was I trying to 'one up you'. I was just trying to make is smaller for the sake of doing so.

heres a more compact way... just cuz I'm lame and like stupid programming challenges...

3. There are times for efficient code, But 99% of the time straight forward easy to understand code trumps speed.

Agreed, and I admitted to that too, but I wasn't trying to produce production code, I was trying to see if I could make it smaller, thats all.

it is obfuscated and hard to understand, thus hard to maintain

[Easyscor]

Style, etc., aside, your first line doesn't do what you think. &&.

[bustr]

Seems like something my assembley language teacher used to ding me over.

Ardy,

After HiTech was gracious enough to respond to your excellent followup, is there possibly another approach you could have used to introduce your skillset and enquire to the efficiency of HiTech's coad structure? Other wise, your initial post appeared to be more of a veiled challenge than a dialogue. After working at a company during the late 90's that had an internal COADing group, and having to herd a room full of them through Y2K reverse engineering for a year. COADers are a bit like swordsman. Very talented, creative, resorcefull and territorial. Add to the younger ones "aggresive". Especially in their own territory.

Ardy I'm so old I had to learn Assembly on the 8086 to graduate from tech school. Programers now have to know so much more and be that much more talented to compete. I'm always impressed with what successful working programers have had to go through to be employed today. But, manners are forever...

[BulletVI]

from just reading the last phew post i can now determin that if hitch want's any lengthing COADing done or a better way to do it he shall ask for help within the comunity. altho your post Ardy want meant to offend oranything maybe you could have reworded it a bit better as i believe hitech may have taken some offence in it. Remember Ardy Ace's High II is his Brain Child and like any other Father if he feels his child is threatened or made a fool of he shall always be ready to defend his child.  

[Babalonian]

Coad warz

[bustr]

Skuzzy,

Please for COAD's sake smack me over the head with a Numpte stick.

I swear everywhere I go in the Forum now bullets are following me................

Just one tiny weenie bash on the O'l noggin.......

[BulletVI]

Skuzzy,

Please for COAD's sake smack me over the head with a Numpte stick.

I swear everywhere I go in the Forum now bullets are following me................

Just one tiny weenie bash on the O'l noggin.......

OUTCH THAT WAS SAIR OOOHHH A+E TIME Thats E,R To you Americans  


BYE BYE      

[Babalonian]

I think grandpa needs his meds and a trip to the bahamas.  Ardy... you need a woman.  HiTech... go make babies or something, you work too hard.

[Saxman]

Saxman's Mk.VIII Gunsight Package is tested in game and is now available for download here!

[Ack-Ack]

Noticed an issue with the sights when I was trying out the 256 one you created a couple of days ago.  If you raise the gun sight, the last vertical line will stretch to the bottom of the gun sight.  I'll post a screenshot of it when I got home from work so you can see better what I'm talking about.

Also, just wanted to say thanks again for taking the time to redo the gunsights for the new update.

ack-ack

[Saxman]

I just checked these from my end and wasn't having a problem.

[RTHolmes]

Noticed an issue with the sights when I was trying out the 256 one you created a couple of days ago.  If you raise the gun sight, the last vertical line will stretch to the bottom of the gun sight.  I'll post a screenshot of it when I got home from work so you can see better what I'm talking about.

that sounds a bit like what you see in the video clips Dogg posted (most obvious in the RAF site video):

Most gunsight reticules showed larger the the reflector glass.  Here is what I mean as a example:

Type 98 gunsight:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsVg8F91t8

Mk. VIII gunsight:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KvpWloagE

RAF TypeI Mk,II gunsight:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blem3FlkaMc

[Baumer]

Noticed an issue with the sights when I was trying out the 256 one you created a couple of days ago.  If you raise the gun sight, the last vertical line will stretch to the bottom of the gun sight.  I'll post a screenshot of it when I got home from work so you can see better what I'm talking about.

Also, just wanted to say thanks again for taking the time to redo the gunsights for the new update.

ack-ack

Ack-Ack that is/was an issue before the update (kind of). If you don't want the lines to stretch there needs to be 2 rows/columns of black pixels around the edge of the bitmap.

[Saxman]

Neither the earlier 256 version nor the 512 version of the Mk.VIII in the ZIP file fill the entire BMP, so even if this issue still occurs this sight should be fine.

[AKDogg]

btw saxman, the f4u-1 did not use a mk.VIII sight.  F4u-1 used the N-3B sight.  All the other hogs used the Mk.VIII mod 6-8 sight.