It is not recommended that you use DIVE or the HYBRID options for the controls.
SimBlob will look both in the SimBlob directory and the Data/ subdirectory for InitMap.txt. I recommend copying the file from the Data directory into the main SimBlob directory, and editing it there.
:)
Here, blobs should be able to continue functioning even if the main
task scheduler has no orders for them. However, I need to think some
more about how the scheduler should work.
os2.ini
but it is very small (probably under
200 bytes).
simblob.trp
) in the current directory.
SIMBLOB DIVE
.
The new system is structured instead as a set of rectangles
(HRGN
for OS/2 programmers). Also, there are multiple
layers of overlays instead of all the drawing code being in one huge
routine. The map is drawn at the bottom, then water, then bridges,
then blobs, and finally any textual messages.
The advantages over the old system are:
SIMBLOB ALTBITMAP
. It will draw much
slower, but it's better than not drawing at all.
Now I don't have to compute the coordinates of each of the controls, so it's very easy to add new ones.
This is very helpful because various parts of the program only have to know about Subjects -- they don't have to be aware of where the subject data will be displayed (a statusbar), so I can move the display to another control (like a static text control or titlebar) without requiring any changes in all the clients. Also, since StatusBar relies on PM, this will allow me to write modules are not dependent on PM in any way.
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