DISCLAIMER: These notes are from the defunct k8 project which precedes SquirrelJME. The notes for SquirrelJME start on 2016/02/26! The k8 project was effectively a Java SE 8 operating system and as such all of the notes are in the context of that scope. That project is no longer my goal as SquirrelJME is the spiritual successor to it.
08:06
I could have micro operations which are part of operations, since the Java byte code is in CISC nature, having a map of instructions where multiple operands share the same address is a bit ugly, therefor they will instead just contain operations on the inside. These micro operations will stay together as a group and may be optimized in and out. Their bounds will be known so that changing the micro operations will affect the outer program still. One example is that many Java byte codes will contain micro operations working with the stack before the primary work is done, so there can be a self contained optimization strategy for this that only thinks about a single group of micro operations.
10:11
I am wondering about type safe registers, that is they are assigned a specific type and are never changed based on the type that they are. This would be more strict but it would permit optimizations and would simplify a few other operations such as type checking random variables between code. However this is how I can do single static assignment. Each register is assigned once in a program and cannot be assigned elsewhere, said registers will also have the type information that they are. Then each register can also have timeline information, so effectively I can have SSA without making it a pain to place. The only thing I have to work around is the Java stack to handle how SSA would work.
14:24
For SQ I will need to create an editor so I can make simple terrain maps as such for testing, along with having it so I can work on path finding and navigation meshes at the same time.
16:06
I bug which exists in SQ made the units go down and to the right, I thought it was due to a certain angle since it always occurred for one, now I find that if I order a unit to move on itself it does that. This means that the unit is attempting to follow itself?
16:30
However, even after clearing orders that are done on itself it still moves in a downright position.
17:21
Do not really know. As per map usage, I should probably split the random generator code out of the Scene stuff and make Scene rather basic so instead it can also load user created maps instead of being purely random. I will need an editor to provide my own maps as the default along with to test isometry and such. Once I get things solved I can then work on the generators to make some more playable maps, then work more on unit based actions such as path finding and such.
18:52
Added in the comments the base units that SQ bases its units off of for that particular unit. Legality wise, it is just a phone book. Another thing I will do is remove all of the non-multiplayer units since they are not really needed at all, along with all of their specific weapons. That will reduce the amount of structure pieces that exist. Special units that if ever in the future are to be added can be made part of the unit rather than creating a special unit for each unit that exists.