{"id":40,"date":"2019-07-16T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T09:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scummvm.org\/nipungarg\/?p=40"},"modified":"2022-05-22T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T09:54:57","slug":"gsoc-update-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scummvm.org\/nipungarg\/2019\/07\/16\/gsoc-update-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"GSOC Update: Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By the end of this week, almost all of the STUBs – save for the ones related to Sound – in my codebase have been resolved.<\/p>\n

The game is getting in pretty good shape now, but it is still far from the point where you could start from the beginning and have a reasonable chance of beating the game. There are three major issues right now.<\/p>\n

Current Problems<\/h3>\n

For starters, HDB is eating up a lot of unnecessary memory, so I\u2019ll be patching up on all the uninitialized reads and memory leaks I have inadvertently caused.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the game is riddled with bugs. Not the game crashing kind, but subtle bugs that ruin the experience. Examples include the enemies being unable to hit the player(though I bet certain players would call this a feature), some paths being blocked for no apparent reason, and most importantly, the first level in uncompletable right now.<\/p>\n

Finally, I haven\u2019t played through most of the stages and I\u2019m willing to bet that there is still a lot of Lua 4.0 code in the Level code that needs to be patched. I don\u2019t have enough Lua experience to tell this just from reading the files, so I\u2019ll have to test out the game to find out wherever the Lua interpreter is crashing.<\/p>\n

Accomplishments<\/h3>\n
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  1. Implemented Menu System<\/li>\n
  2. Implemented the in-game Debug Mode<\/li>\n
  3. Added support for the Quit Key<\/li>\n
  4. Augumented the Command Line Level Select to choose between Action Mode and Puzzle Mode<\/li>\n
  5. Implemented the Fade Functions<\/li>\n
  6. Implemented the Snow Rendering Functions<\/li>\n
  7. Implemented the Progress Bar\/Loading Screen<\/li>\n
  8. Added the Weapons Code so Guy can now attack and stun the enemies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Objectives<\/h3>\n
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    1. Fix Memory Leaks<\/li>\n
    2. Fix gameplay bugs<\/li>\n
    3. Add Lua patches<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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