i'm pretty sure deep drop is intentional, to make up for lack of slides. However, what should be implemented is *restricted* deep drop. THe game shoud calculate if it's possible to get a piece into that spot with slides, and allow the drop in that case. Such a calculation would be failry simple.
Over this Easter, I'll put a lot of effort into learning the finesse of TGM so it comes more naturally to me. I'll also do my best to fill out the wiki articles on finesse, which as far as I know only exist for SRS and not ARS (despite the fact ARS should be easier).
Nope, you can place 1 finger from thr reight hand on each of the 4 keys. but it's still challenging to strike 3 or 4 different ones of them in a row quickly.
meh, it seems easier to use asdfjkl; or i'll leave out a and ; if i only need 6 keys. it's comfortable and it divides the keystrokes between my left and right hands almost evenly.
if typomino had lock on release you could make zangi moves and twists. say you press "D" to place a piece, if you keep it held down then the adjacent keys "S" and "F" become left and right for sliding, and the rotate keys could be used for twists. whenever you release "D" the piece locks. this wouldn't slow you down if you were leaving a piece where you dropped it. if these things were possible there would be no need for deep drop, but even as things are i've played without deep drop without much trouble. you might have to do a little more skimming than normal but it's not that bad.
I think lock on release would make no difference if there was no lock delay or ARE. However, if these delays exist, the time it takes you to release the key will stack on top of them.
typomino doesn't have lock delay because the piece goes instantly to wherever you want it. and i guess you could say the ARE is infinite, and it ends whenever you press a placement key, and you rotate before pressing that key. but i don't really see how you would be slowed down there either with lock on release. even if you have to release a placement key before pressing another (or rotation for the next piece), i think 4 tps (4-8 kps including 4*key release duration) is still well within most people's physical limit.
The delay of lock on release is very subtle but noticeable at times when you're hard dropping really fast. As you approach your speed limit, you begin to notice that your finger cannot release the key fast enough to prevent frame loss. I believe these frames can be really crucial and will help to prevent accidental early rotations or movements. I've tried using lock on release as a replacement for hard drop before but found these problems to be a real bother.
i think it could work if you got into a rhythm, and it's something you could work on while learning the typomino controls i made a frame count for placing 4 pieces in one second just as an example. i don't know exactly how many frames each action would require but it seems reasonable to me (except for the number of keypresses which i think is slightly inflated if you took an average kpt for 100 pieces or more). Code: frame action keypress ------------------------------- 1 rotate * 5 place * 8 begin release 11 end release 16 place * 20 slide * 23 begin release 26 end release 31 place * 34 begin release 37 end release 42 rotate * 46 place * 50 twist * 53 begin release 56 end release
what's wrong with my idea? Make it check if a slide would be possible, and allow the deep drop only if it could have been slid in.
sure that could work. how complicated would it get though? would you allow the L to go in the bottom right corner in this pic, if it could have been slid in from the left wall? i'm not saying abandon your idea if this works or doesn't, i'm just curious. and what if a piece could be twisted using a common twist then slid, but couldn't be directly slid in without the twist?
Yes, i would allow that drop, but i would not allow twists. because you rotate before placement, you must place pieces in such a way that they could be placed without rotation after the piece enters the field. As kicks require rotation after entry, they would also be not allowed.
