Errors in contest entries?

Errors in contest entries?

• Aurélien Couderc

  Oh and it happened again when I tried relaunching, and my opponent said he could only see himself, couldn't see another penguin at all.
  
  

• anandj

  Thanks!
  
  I understand what you mean. The opponent position doesn't update often enough, MSN's limitation of 2 packets per second and my lack of handling that limitation makes the shadow penguin very jerky.
  
  I'm experimenting with a few ideas to minimize the perceived jumpiness of the shadow penguin:

  • Instead of sending just the last position on the halfsecond: buffer up to the last 20 positions in an array, send the array, clear the array, repeat.
  • The amount of data being sent increases dramatically.
  • Write an interpolation routine that smoothes the animation between the last position and the currently updated position.
  • Processing increases.
    

  We'll see how it goes; between homework, work, and family I don't get much time to update the game. :)

  
  
  

• muk2cl

  My application is Sudoku Race!
  http://www.worldsbestapp.com/EntryDetail.aspx Value=%252febnqCmc70AzayCGllTxCcPy%252b0oDbuR6FENadU5%252fyd4%253d
  
  I've had some problems when trying to connect to people. I think it might be because the web server where it's hosted is at my house. I'd like to know if you can connect.
  
  My brother has recently submitted his game. It's 4x4, the board game with pieces big and small, red and blue, ...
  http://www.worldsbestapp.com/EntryDetail.aspx Value=2al37KHGXMypex8A%252bD0nNjsS%252bnixrIt8cKxjjOJXQxk%253d
  
  It seems there are also some problems in it, and he's hosted it in a different web server. He says he managed to load it with some people.
  
  We've tried some other games like pool and it didn't connect.
  
  Any information about our games would be appreciated. Specially if you manage to connect with your contacts or not.
  
  Thanks
  L
  
  

• perryf

  I'd be glad to hear what you guys think of my new pool game: http://worldsbestapp.com/EntryDetail.aspx Value=1hE1VqLOmyXRUXZ7ubCJnAPaDa2WbvOksOak1%252b2tMmg%253d
  Please let me know any suggestions/problems :)
  
  
  

• Shyakuti

  Getting an error in Rockhopper's Race for Fish (bit disappointed, cos the description got me quite excited about playing)! The error is a standard IE script error that popped up as the game was loading. I can see what looks like the platforms, penguins and walls. And I can see the other player moving. Just can't sem to move myself at all.
  
  Also got a popup window at the same time as the error saying "Can we play Rockhopper again " and giving three buttons.
  
  Error:
  

  Internet Explorer Script Error
  Line: 1529
  Char: 4
  Error: Access is denied.
  Code: 0
  URL: (I'm sure you know this, so I won't publicize it to the rest of the group)
  

  
  Not the most informative error I'm afraid but hopefully it'll help you.
  Other info, the pc that had the error is the inviter, its a Windows 2000 Pro box running the latest fully patched version of IE 6 and MSN Messenger 7.0.
  
  

• avarghese

  Thanks! I think I got it. Let me know if it still fails.
  What version of windows and IE are you running
  
  Mine are XP Pro with IE6.
  
  

• KillnComputers

  GAThrawn,
  
  Thank you!
  
  I think I found the fault.
  
  Some configurations of IE may not support the filters I'm using. Added a check to see if the filters array exists and what length.
  
  Give it another shot. If it still errors out, I'll install Win2K in the next few days and will troubleshoot it then.
  
  Nick V.
  
  

• ashutosh.soni03

  Yes, it works now! You did a great job on the game, however, I'm nut sure whether it's suitable for MSN Messenger, sice the connection seems to be quite slow sometimes.
  
  
  

• morsnowski

  Well to start, your game doesn't work for me. As soon as I start it I get an error, somewhere at filters[1] = ...
  I recommend you to download Microsoft Script Debugger.
  
  Tankwars also doesn't work for me, but I already contacted the maker about that.
  
  
  

• adamscabana

  Nick, I've been trying to get in here to let you know, but apparently the forum's are down for maintenance every time I try to get here.
  
  All works great for me now, great game!
  
  

• John Mark

  GAThrawn,
     Apparently I hadn't fixed it. I was able to reproduce the error here at work (WinXP, latest patches), but not at home.
     
     The error was "access denied" while checking if the "filters" property of a DIV element exists. Guess that's not allowed in the latest IE patches.
  
     I've corrected the fault in my code, tested it in my work environment, home environment, and posted the changes.
  
  http://www.worldsbestapp.com/EntryDetail.aspx Value=W%252fLOetkA63HlFKTZpCfDKh2hYH0%252feEEJEEpNv%252b2IbDA%253d

  Again, thank you for your bug report!

  Nick V.

  
  
  

• genio

  Nick, could you please elaborate on the environment in which you got that error

  I also have XP with all latest patches and checking the 'domNode.filters' property works fine for me. Maybe it's some options which were enabled in IE at your work which prevented the 'filters' property from being accessed

  
  
  

• khoshnawf

  I took your suggestion about how slow it can be and added linear interpolation between the position updates of the shadow-penguin (opponent).
  It's not perfect, but it minimizes the perceived jumpiness, keeps the network traffic low, and gave me a good laugh to watch.
  
  Link: Rockhopper's Race for Fish
  
  Still working on more updates. Suggestions are welcome.
  It's late and I have a long drive to work.
  
  Nick V.

  
  
  
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