Re: Determining Distance between 2 points

From: wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net (William Tanksley)

Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0000

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 04:06:33 GMT, Graeme Dice wrote:
>Raymond Lee wrote:

>> If all you have are eight directions of movement, then hex is one of the
>> best ways to go.

>The problem is you need graphics to make it work, and I have no time to
>be bothered with graphics.

You don't need graphics -- hex looks VERY good in ASCII, and allows some
effects which are very ugly in squaregrid.

Here's a sketch of a hexgrid room:

# # # # . # #
 # # # . # #
# # . . . # #
 # . . . . #
# # . . . # #
 # # # . # #
# # # # # # #

As you can see, every floorspace has a blank cell next to it, which can be
used to display stack of items, traps, or terrain features.  Here's
another sketch of the same room:

########. ###
#######. ####
####. . . ###
###. .^.*. ##
####. . . ###
#######.$####
#############

There used to be a nice little proof-of-concept implementation containing
one item and one monster, but I can't find it anywhere.

See <URL: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html#Hex > for
algorithms.

>Graeme Dice

--
-William "Billy" Tanksley

References

Determining Distance between 2 points
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:22:52 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net (William Tanksley)
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:16:44 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Brian Robinson <brobinso@figment.ist.ucf.edu>
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:38:05 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Raymond Lee <raymond.lee@home.com>
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:48:25 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Graeme Dice <grdice@home.com>
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 04:06:33 +0000

Referenced By

Determining Distance between 2 points
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:22:52 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net (William Tanksley)
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 21:16:44 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Brian Robinson <brobinso@figment.ist.ucf.edu>
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:38:05 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Raymond Lee <raymond.lee@home.com>
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 02:48:25 +0000
Re: Determining Distance between 2 points
Graeme Dice <grdice@home.com>
Wed, 13 Sep 2000 04:06:33 +0000