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Dav999-v 3e36bfd56f Simplify time formatting functions
Here's my notes on all the existing functions and what kind of time
formats they output:

- Game::giventimestring(int hrs, int min, int sec)
	H:MM:SS
	MM:SS

- Game::timestring()
// uses game.hours/minutes/seconds
	H:MM:SS
	MM:SS

- Game::partimestring()
// uses game.timetrialpar (seconds)
	MM:SS

- Game::resulttimestring()
// uses game.timetrialresulttime (sec) + timetrialresultframes (1/30s)
	MM:SS.CC

- Game::timetstring(int t)
// t = seconds
	MM:SS

- Game::timestringcenti(char* buffer, const size_t buffer_size)
// uses game.hours/minutes/seconds/frames
	H:MM:SS.CC
	MM:SS.CC

- UtilityClass::timestring(int t)
// t = frames, 30 frames = 1 second
	S:CC
	M:SS:CC

This is kind of a mess, and there's a lot of functions that do the same
thing except using different variables. For localization, I also want
translators to be able to localize all these time formats - many
languages use the decimal comma instead of the decimal point (12:34,56)
maybe some languages really prefer something like 1時02分11秒44瞬...
Which I don't know to be correct, but it's good to be prepared for it
and not restrict translators arbitrarily to only changing ":" and "."
when we can start making the system better in the first place.

I added a new function, UtilityClass::format_time. This is the place
where all time formats come together, given the number of seconds and
optionally frames. I have simplified the above-mentioned functions
somewhat, but I haven't given them a complete refactor or renaming -
I mainly made sure that they all use the same backend so I can make the
formats consistent and properly localizable.

(And before we start shoving more temporary char buffers everywhere
just to get rid of the std::string's, maybe we need to think of a
globally used working buffer of size SCREEN_WIDTH_CHARS+1, as a
register of sorts, for when any line of text needs to be made or
processed, then printed, and then goes unused. Maybe help.textrow,
or something like that.)

As for this commit, the available time formats are now more consistent
and changed a little in some places. Leading zeroes for the first unit
are now no longer included, time trial results and the Super Gravitron
can now display hours when they went to 60 minutes before, and we now
always use .CC instead of :CC. These are the formats:
- H:MM:SS
- H:MM:SS.CC
- M:SS
- M:SS.CC
- S.CC  (only used when always_minutes=false, for the Gravitrons)

Here's what changes to the current functions:
- Game::partimestring() is removed - it was used in two places, and
  could be replaced by game.timetstring(game.timetrialpar)
- Game::giventimestring(h,m,s) and Game::timestring() are now wrappers
  for the other functions
- The four remaining functions (Game::resulttimestring(),
  Game::timetstring(t), Game::timestringcenti(buffer, buffer_size)
  and UtilityClass::timestring(t)) are now wrappers for the "central
  function", UtilityClass::format_time.
- UtilityClass::twodigits(int t) is now unused so it's also removed.
- I also added int UtilityClass::hms_to_seconds(int h, int m, int s)
2021-12-25 11:38:12 -08:00
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src Simplify time formatting functions 2021-12-25 11:38:12 -08:00
.dockerignore Run CI on CentOS 7 (#574) 2021-01-11 00:30:15 -05:00
.gitignore Don't recompile all files when the commit hash is changed 2020-12-25 20:17:01 -05:00
CMakeLists.txt Remove -sFORCE_FILESYSTEM=1 from compile options 2021-09-07 09:43:48 -07:00
CONTRIBUTORS.txt Update comments about contributor ordering 2021-08-24 09:42:23 -07:00
Dockerfile Update Dockerfile to SDL 2.0.16 2021-09-23 12:26:50 -07:00
fixupMac.sh Added my quick script to fixup Mac dylib paths 2021-09-01 12:07:57 -04:00
icon.ico Updated .ico 2021-09-03 15:57:16 -04:00
icon.rc Embedded .ico 2021-08-28 11:21:49 -04:00
README.md README.md: Link to #618 for old Ubuntu versions 2021-11-14 10:11:33 -08:00
version.cmake Untabify every single file 2021-09-06 18:56:39 -07:00

How to Build

VVVVVV's official desktop versions are built with the following environments:

  • Windows: Visual Studio 2010
  • macOS: Xcode CLT, currently targeting 10.9 SDK
  • GNU/Linux: CentOS 7

The engine depends solely on SDL2 2.0.16+ and SDL2_mixer. All other dependencies are statically linked into the engine. The development libraries for Windows can be downloaded from their respective websites, Linux developers can find the dev libraries from their respective repositories, and macOS developers should compile and install from source (including libogg/libvorbis/libvorbisfile). (If you're on Ubuntu and your Ubuntu is too old to have this SDL version, then see here for workarounds.)

Steamworks support is included and the DLL is loaded dynamically, you do not need the SDK headers and there is no special Steam or non-Steam version. The current implementation has been tested with Steamworks SDK v1.46.

To generate the projects on Windows:

# Put your SDL2/SDL2_mixer folders somewhere nice!
mkdir flibitBuild
cd flibitBuild
cmake -A Win32 -G "Visual Studio 10 2010" .. -DSDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS="C:\SDL2-2.0.16\include;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\include" -DSDL2_LIBRARIES="C:\SDL2-2.0.16\lib\x86\SDL2;C:\SDL2-2.0.16\lib\x86\SDL2main;C:\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4\lib\x86\SDL2_mixer"

Note that on some systems, the SDL2_LIBRARIES list on Windows may need SDL2/SDL2main/SDL2_mixer to have .lib at the end of them. The reason for this inconsistency is unknown.

Also note that if you're using a Visual Studio later than 2010, you will need to change the -G string accordingly; otherwise you will get a weird cryptic error. Refer to the list below:

  • VS 2012: "Visual Studio 11 2012"
  • VS 2013: "Visual Studio 12 2013"
  • VS 2015: "Visual Studio 14 2015"
  • VS 2017: "Visual Studio 15 2017"
  • VS 2019: "Visual Studio 16 2019"
  • VS 2022: "Visual Studio 17 2022"

To generate everywhere else:

mkdir flibitBuild
cd flibitBuild
cmake ..

macOS may be fussy about the SDK version. How to fix this is up to the whims of however Apple wants to make CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT annoying to configure and retain each time Xcode updates.

Including data.zip

You'll need the data.zip file from VVVVVV to actually run the game! It's available to download separately for free in the Make and Play edition of the game. Put this file next to your executable and the game should run.

This is intended for personal use only - our license doesn't allow you to actually distribute this data.zip file with your own forks without getting permission from us first. See LICENSE.md for more details. (If you've got a project in mind that requires distributing this file, get in touch!)

A Word About Compiler Quirks

(Note: This section only applies to version 2.2 of the source code, which is the initial commit of this repository. Since then, much hard work has been put in to fix many undefined behaviors. If you're compiling the latest version of the source code, ignore this section.)

This engine is super fussy about optimization levels and runtime checks. In particular, the Windows version absolutely positively must be compiled in Debug mode, with /RTC enabled. If you build in Release mode, or have /RTC disabled, the game behaves dramatically different in ways that were never fully documented (bizarre softlocks, out-of-bounds issues that don't show up in tools like Valgrind, stuff like that). There are lots of things about this old code that could be cleaned up, polished, rewritten, and so on, but this is the one that will probably bite you the hardest when setting up your own build, regardless of platform.

We hope you'll enjoy messing with the source anyway!

Love, flibit