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Need help with an 8086 Assembly project please!

Help wanted please!

By mentor07825 on April 25, 2009 5:34:52 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

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April 25, 2009 5:37:23 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Sorry for the smiley faces, it seems when I transfered the code over here it decided to take my characters and turn some of them into smileys. So, annoying! Please, if anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it!

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April 25, 2009 6:51:42 PM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

I'm using Tasm and Tlink to compile and create the application. My problem is that when first point click's Y position on the screen is > the second Y position then the line doesn't draw. Also, I can't draw the line all around the screen. If the angle(slope) is greater or less then a certain number then it won't draw or it will be weird (I can't seem to figure it out).

I don't know much about ASM, but I've played around with Bresenham's line algorithm a long time ago.

This is soemthing that pretty much happens when you don't understand the algorithm and don't implement it correctly.

Especially watch out for your signs and register sizes. I don't think ASM is signed? Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

And yes, I think the algorithm only works up to 45 degrees and is sensative to which quadrant it draws to. You'll likely have to swap the X & Y coordinates above 45 degrees.

Is this for a class? It's very unusual for soembody to do this in ASM anymore. A higher level language would work far better.

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April 25, 2009 7:13:08 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Yes, this is for class. We were given a skeleton code but the problem was that the class didn't really teach us Assembly that much, and when they did, not well.

I know how to go around doing it. Like when the first point's Y position is > then the second one then switch the values.

After that to achieve the total round-house line you should implement that the Y is to be drawn first, rather then X.

Thing is I look around the interenet and nothing is very helpful at all. I know extremly little 8086 Assembly code, so I'm in a tight bind.

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April 25, 2009 7:38:35 PM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I know nothig about this but in Google I typed this  8086 Assembly code  There were many interesting sites that came up. One I believe was a forum that was the 6th link down. Maybe you can ask there with people that deal with it or find your answer in any of the links.

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April 25, 2009 7:47:07 PM from GalCiv II Forums GalCiv II Forums

Sorry, can't help much, not an ASM person. Try asking somebody from the same class to look at it.

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April 25, 2009 7:59:18 PM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Thanks guys, tried that though. At least two of us in the 28 people have it done (and the two are really smart). I also went online for tutorials as well and I find them to be a bit horrible as it doesn't explain much of anything, and I get the feeling that it's operations are not spelt properly.

Thanks anyway for all the help you guys! I appreciate it!

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April 27, 2009 12:08:18 AM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

I never thought I'd run across another person taking an assembly class.

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