UtilPack/ UtilComp [hp prime][lib]

Unicorn · July 21, 2015, 11:24:39 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on July 21, 2015, 06:13:04 AM
Now if only this could be used to access Internet from the calc. Of course it would require computer access like gCn for the 84+, but it would still be cool, especially since it would allow online games. Implementing this would be hard, though.

Very cool. But, online games! I had never thought of that being a possibility!

alexgt · July 22, 2015, 02:48:25 PM

that would be awesome to compete against other calc users

Unicorn · July 22, 2015, 02:56:37 PM

Quote from: alexgt on July 22, 2015, 02:48:25 PM
that would be awesome to compete against other calc users

We could have like major contests and prizes and things

alexgt · July 22, 2015, 03:00:45 PM

And complex rendering/ calculations happen on the computer and then sent to the calc

Dream of Omnimaga · July 30, 2015, 01:09:53 AM

Indeed. THe only problem with contests though is that it would be easy to cheat, since anyone could just modify his copy of the game.

That's unless of course it's possible in HP PPL to send actual program code via USB or wireless, as well as reading the code of a program in the same way you can read string content. That would allow the game to scan the remote copy of the game then compare it with everyone else's to ensure that both are identical.

Unicorn · July 30, 2015, 05:27:22 AM

Yeah, I guess that could be a problem. Maybe the score would be encrypted?

Snektron · July 30, 2015, 02:37:55 PM

If you're making online games, just store the score online while you're at it. A locally encrypted stored file can alway be modified (if the key is locally stored too).

Dream of Omnimaga · August 10, 2015, 03:21:29 AM

This was an idea that was suggested once. That said, what could maybe be done is have KnightOS launch games automatically via an embedded emulator and highscores could be sent to the server, kinda like old forum arcades.

Unicorn · August 10, 2015, 04:54:38 AM

That would work. Or, we could just do an honor system thing, like friendly

Dream of Omnimaga · August 11, 2015, 06:32:17 AM

I am unsure what you mean. Do you mean adding highscores that people e-mail to us? That is definitively not the most reliable way I think.

Anyway we should perhaps move this emulator+highscore db discussion into another topic, since it's not guaranteed that alexgt would add such thing to UtilPack

Unicorn · August 11, 2015, 06:40:45 AM

I mean that you could set it all up and things, but trust tha people don't editthe code. We could have them take a video of themselves playing though!

Dream of Omnimaga · August 11, 2015, 07:23:34 AM

Yeah, a video would be ok, but ideally it would be better if it was a video like those on TASVideos, which are just keypress sequences.

alexgt · August 17, 2015, 02:34:37 PM

I think that if it is possible I could make functions that communicate with the computer but my level of knowledge on how to do that is minimal so id won't happen right away

Dream of Omnimaga · August 17, 2015, 02:57:09 PM

No problem. It definitively seems like it could be a challenge. Plus we don't even know if everything can be send to the computer and vice-versa.

alexgt · August 17, 2015, 03:06:45 PM

We will probably need to hack it to do that and that is WAY outta my ally