Minor Art Update, Reenabling Particles, Glove Fixes | Handmade Hero Episode Guide

0:02Recap and set the stage for the day incorporating Anna's art updates¹

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0:02Recap and set the stage for the day incorporating Anna's art updates¹

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0:02Recap and set the stage for the day incorporating Anna's art updates¹

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3:34Start to merge in Anna's art updates using Meld

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3:34Start to merge in Anna's art updates using Meld

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3:34Start to merge in Anna's art updates using Meld

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4:54Plug Beyond Compare²

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4:54Plug Beyond Compare²

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4:54Plug Beyond Compare²

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5:44Use Meld to merge in Anna's art updates without diffing the .png files

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5:44Use Meld to merge in Anna's art updates without diffing the .png files

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5:44Use Meld to merge in Anna's art updates without diffing the .png files

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7:31A few words on permissive conformance

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7:31A few words on permissive conformance

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7:31A few words on permissive conformance

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9:08Continue to merge in Anna's art updates, using her filenames

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9:08Continue to merge in Anna's art updates, using her filenames

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9:08Continue to merge in Anna's art updates, using her filenames

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10:47Tag our updated art files in base_game.hht

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10:47Tag our updated art files in base_game.hht

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10:47Tag our updated art files in base_game.hht

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20:10Add tags for Stars, Smoke, Cover, Particle and Fire

22:07Tag our updated scenery art in base_game.hht

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22:07Tag our updated scenery art in base_game.hht

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22:07Tag our updated scenery art in base_game.hht

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24:41Add tags for Table, Rug and Sofa, and deprecate Evergreen

26:33Oh hello, Molly!

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26:33Oh hello, Molly!

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26:33Oh hello, Molly!

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30:02Tag our updated tree art in base_game.hht

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30:02Tag our updated tree art in base_game.hht

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30:02Tag our updated tree art in base_game.hht

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32:31Enable GenerateRoom() to plant more tree variants

33:53Import our new art, close the "hero body has left/right directions reversed" issue³ and note that the tree variants are not being picked fairly

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33:53Import our new art, close the "hero body has left/right directions reversed" issue³ and note that the tree variants are not being picked fairly

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33:53Import our new art, close the "hero body has left/right directions reversed" issue³ and note that the tree variants are not being picked fairly

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35:55Close fixed art issues⁴

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35:55Close fixed art issues⁴

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35:55Close fixed art issues⁴

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36:37Fair picking of asset variants

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36:37Fair picking of asset variants

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36:37Fair picking of asset variants

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41:25Close the "Re-enable sound data loading / caching" issue⁵

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41:25Close the "Re-enable sound data loading / caching" issue⁵

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41:25Close the "Re-enable sound data loading / caching" issue⁵

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41:55Auto-spreading of asset variants

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41:55Auto-spreading of asset variants

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41:55Auto-spreading of asset variants

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42:53Open "Need to automatically assign variant values" issue⁶

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42:53Open "Need to automatically assign variant values" issue⁶

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42:53Open "Need to automatically assign variant values" issue⁶

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43:38Set up to re-enable particles

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43:38Set up to re-enable particles

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43:38Set up to re-enable particles

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44:48Get UpdateAndRenderFire() working again⁷

49:25Check out our particles in-game

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49:25Check out our particles in-game

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49:25Check out our particles in-game

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49:36Make InitParticleCache() pick smoke particles

50:33See no smoke particles

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50:33See no smoke particles

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50:33See no smoke particles

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51:02Make InitParticleCache() pick from particle assets

51:12Check out our smoke particles, noting their inconsistent displacement during camera transitions

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51:12Check out our smoke particles, noting their inconsistent displacement during camera transitions

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51:12Check out our smoke particles, noting their inconsistent displacement during camera transitions

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52:27Trim down particle_4x and add a Size for SpawnFire() to set()

55:39Try changing the M() macro to use the _mm_extract_ps() instruction, before reverting it because this instruction must take an immediate

57:57Make SpawnFire() shrink our particles, and again note their inconsistent displacement

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57:57Make SpawnFire() shrink our particles, and again note their inconsistent displacement

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57:57Make SpawnFire() shrink our particles, and again note their inconsistent displacement

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59:02Set up to consistently displace particles as the camera transitions

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59:02Set up to consistently displace particles as the camera transitions

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59:02Set up to consistently displace particles as the camera transitions

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1:01:14Prevent UpdateAndRenderWorld() from lighting the hero

1:01:32Check out our unlit hero

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1:01:32Check out our unlit hero

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1:01:32Check out our unlit hero

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1:01:45Enable UpdateAndRenderWorld() to displace the particles more correctly during camera transition

1:05:33See that the particles are almost correctly displaced, only wrong on the first frame of a camera transition

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1:05:33See that the particles are almost correctly displaced, only wrong on the first frame of a camera transition

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1:05:33See that the particles are almost correctly displaced, only wrong on the first frame of a camera transition

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1:06:05Fix UpdateAndRenderFire() to apply particle displacement after rendering it for this frame

1:07:30See that the particles are stably displaced

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1:07:30See that the particles are stably displaced

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1:07:30See that the particles are stably displaced

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1:07:52Tweak SpawnFire() to fade the particles faster

1:08:10Check out our faster fading particles

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1:08:10Check out our faster fading particles

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1:08:10Check out our faster fading particles

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1:09:29Try making UpdateAndRenderFire() square the alpha to try and make particles fade perceptually linearly

1:10:12Check out the squared alpha fading

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1:10:12Check out the squared alpha fading

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1:10:12Check out the squared alpha fading

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1:10:29Try making UpdateAndRenderFire() square-root the alpha

1:10:44Check out the square-rooted fading

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1:10:44Check out the square-rooted fading

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1:10:44Check out the square-rooted fading

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1:10:55Try making UpdateAndRenderFire() cube the alpha

1:11:04Check out the cubed fading

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1:11:04Check out the cubed fading

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1:11:04Check out the cubed fading

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1:11:11Settle of making UpdateAndRenderFire() square the alpha

1:11:17Admire our squared alpha fade

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1:11:17Admire our squared alpha fade

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1:11:17Admire our squared alpha fade

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1:11:28Make SpawnFire() disperse the smoke a little wider

1:12:02Check out the weakly dispersed smoke

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1:12:02Check out the weakly dispersed smoke

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1:12:02Check out the weakly dispersed smoke

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1:12:14Make SpawnFire() disperse the smoke wider still

1:12:26Check out the more dispersed smoke

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1:12:26Check out the more dispersed smoke

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1:12:26Check out the more dispersed smoke

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1:12:31Change SpawnFire() to use the same XDir and YDir when both positioning and moving the particles

1:13:39Find that we're spawning four identical particles

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1:13:39Find that we're spawning four identical particles

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1:13:39Find that we're spawning four identical particles

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1:13:53Fix SpawnFire() to produce four different particles per instruction

1:15:42Check out our dispersed particles

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1:15:42Check out our dispersed particles

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1:15:42Check out our dispersed particles

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1:16:05Slow down the particles in SpawnFire()

1:16:15Admire our particles and art and consider tackling the variant problem

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1:16:15Admire our particles and art and consider tackling the variant problem

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1:16:15Admire our particles and art and consider tackling the variant problem

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1:17:07Prevent GenerateRoom() from sticking that errant chair in the doorway

1:17:52Successfully traverse the orphanage down to the dungeons

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1:17:52Successfully traverse the orphanage down to the dungeons

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1:17:52Successfully traverse the orphanage down to the dungeons

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1:19:06Consider what small thing we could do next

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1:19:06Consider what small thing we could do next

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1:19:06Consider what small thing we could do next

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1:21:05Slow down the punch speed in UpdateAndRenderEntities()

1:22:29Try punching, and note that the glove drops down to the floor

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1:22:29Try punching, and note that the glove drops down to the floor

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1:22:29Try punching, and note that the glove drops down to the floor

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1:23:12Make ExecuteBrainHero() elevate the glove to its regular Z position while punching

1:24:52Check out the more correct punching height

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1:24:52Check out the more correct punching height

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1:24:52Check out the more correct punching height

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1:25:19Make ExecuteBrainHero() predicate the glove's hover position on the hero's facing direction

1:26:15Find that the glove is directly in front of the hero

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1:26:15Find that the glove is directly in front of the hero

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1:26:15Find that the glove is directly in front of the hero

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1:26:52Make ExecuteBrainHero() position the glove beside the hero's head

1:27:11Check out the glove's sideways position

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1:27:11Check out the glove's sideways position

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1:27:11Check out the glove's sideways position

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1:27:30Make ExecuteBrainHero() lower the glove's hover height

1:28:01Check out the glove's lower position

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1:28:01Check out the glove's lower position

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1:28:01Check out the glove's lower position

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1:28:36Make ExecuteBrainHero() preserve the glove's position at the end of its swing

1:29:30Check out the glove's preserved position

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1:29:30Check out the glove's preserved position

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1:29:30Check out the glove's preserved position

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1:30:28Try slowing down the punch speed in UpdateAndRenderEntities()

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1:30:28Try slowing down the punch speed in UpdateAndRenderEntities()

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1:30:28Try slowing down the punch speed in UpdateAndRenderEntities()

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1:30:56Give the snake some hit points

1:32:31Hunt down the snake to see its three hit points

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1:32:31Hunt down the snake to see its three hit points

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1:32:31Hunt down the snake to see its three hit points

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1:33:17Toggle on the collision volume debug visualisation in UpdateAndRenderEntities()

1:33:42Check out the hero's collision volume

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1:33:42Check out the hero's collision volume

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1:33:42Check out the hero's collision volume

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1:34:28Make AddPlayer() create a collision volume for the glove

1:35:42Check out the glove's collision volume

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1:35:42Check out the glove's collision volume

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1:35:42Check out the glove's collision volume

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1:36:02Make AddSnake() create a collision volume

1:36:51Check out the snake's collision volume, and try to herd him up the stairs

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1:36:51Check out the snake's collision volume, and try to herd him up the stairs

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1:36:51Check out the snake's collision volume, and try to herd him up the stairs

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1:38:31Determine to make our punch damage the snake, preventing UpdateAndRenderEntities() from calling MoveEntity()

1:42:42Find that everything remains fine

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1:42:42Find that everything remains fine

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1:42:42Find that everything remains fine

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1:42:58Set up UpdateAndRenderEntities() to perform overlap testing of entities

1:44:50Q&A

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1:44:50Q&A

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1:44:50Q&A

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1:45:16vtlmks Q: The AmigaOS used vblank interrupt (irq 3) for the scheduler, and the DEFAULT_QUANTUM was 4

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1:45:16vtlmks Q: The AmigaOS used vblank interrupt (irq 3) for the scheduler, and the DEFAULT_QUANTUM was 4

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1:45:16vtlmks Q: The AmigaOS used vblank interrupt (irq 3) for the scheduler, and the DEFAULT_QUANTUM was 4

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1:48:02vtlmks Q: 4 frames then changed to next task using prioritized round-robin

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1:48:02vtlmks Q: 4 frames then changed to next task using prioritized round-robin

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1:48:02vtlmks Q: 4 frames then changed to next task using prioritized round-robin

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1:49:13ormone88 Q: Will collisions be solved in a physically-based way, or in a "hacky" way?

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1:49:13ormone88 Q: Will collisions be solved in a physically-based way, or in a "hacky" way?

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1:49:13ormone88 Q: Will collisions be solved in a physically-based way, or in a "hacky" way?

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1:51:34philpowers NTSC is ~30FPS, not 60, no?⁸

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1:51:34philpowers NTSC is ~30FPS, not 60, no?⁸

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1:51:34philpowers NTSC is ~30FPS, not 60, no?⁸

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1:54:40Close the "Hat 3 (flower) seems to be out-of-order" issue⁹

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1:54:40Close the "Hat 3 (flower) seems to be out-of-order" issue⁹

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1:54:40Close the "Hat 3 (flower) seems to be out-of-order" issue⁹

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1:55:22Wrap it up

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1:55:22Wrap it up

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1:55:22Wrap it up

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