v1.6.3: now galaxies are named

README

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Fuel price is fixed at 0.2 CR/LY, you can hold 7LY of fuel at most.
 
 == Gameplay differences from the original TE 1.5 C version ==
 
-As of the current version, 1.6.2:
+As of the current version, 1.6.3:
 
 * multiple typos corrected in text strings
 * the "cash" and "sneak" commands were removed since v1.6
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ As of the current version, 1.6.2:
 * market and local info tables are better aligned
 * state saving/loading functionality introduced with "save"/"load" commands
 * since v1.6.1, the game gives you a hint if you might have found Raxxla
+* since v1.6.3, galaxy names are also displayed with "local" command
+  (the names were taken from the Archimedes version of Classic Elite)
 
 To be continued. This list is expected to grow in the future.
 

awlite.awk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # awlite: POSIX AWK port of Text Elite
-# Version 1.6.2
+# Version 1.6.3
 # Original high-level algorithms from Text Elite 1.5 by Ian Bell, 1999, 2015
 # Porting, corrections, improvements and optimizations by Luxferre, 2024
 #
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # - market and local info tables are better aligned
 # - the "cash" and "sneak" commands are removed since v1.6 (use saves to cheat)
 # - state saving functionality since v1.6 with "save" and "load" commands
-# - since 1.6.1, the game gives you a hint if you might have found Raxxla
+# - since v1.6.1, the game gives you a hint if you might have found Raxxla
+# - since v1.6.3, galaxy names are actually displayed (taken from ArcElite)
 # ... to be continued ...
 
 # utility functions
@@ -221,13 +222,13 @@ function buildgalaxy(gnum,  seeds, si, i) {
   asplit("23114 584 46931", seeds, " ")
   for(i=1;i<gnum;i++) galswitch(seeds) 
   split("", galaxy) # global galaxy array
-  split("", galnames) # global galaxy names array
+  split("", plannames) # global galaxy planet names array
   split("", economies) # economy mapping
   for(i=0;i<galsize;i++) {
     split("", si) # init a new system info array
     makesystem(seeds, si) # populate it
     galaxy[i] = assocser(si, "|") # serialize into the field
-    galnames[i] = si["name"] # populate the name
+    plannames[i] = si["name"] # populate the name
     galcoords_x[i] = si["x"] # populate x coordinate
     galcoords_y[i] = si["y"] # populate y coordinate
     economies[i] = si["economy"] # populate economy type
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ function matchsys(s,  d, i, p, cd) {
   d = 9999
   s = toupper(s) # system names are stored in uppercase
   for(i=0;i<galsize;i++) {
-    if(index(s, galnames[i]) == 1) { # found i-th system
+    if(index(s, plannames[i]) == 1) { # found i-th system
       cd = distance(galcoords_x[i], galcoords_y[i], galcoords_x[p], galcoords_y[p])
       if(cd < d) {d = cd; p = i}
     }
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ function dotweakrand() { game["use_native_rand"] = 1 - game["use_native_rand"] }
 
 # local command implementation
 function dolocal(d, i, p, si) {
-  printf("Galaxy number %i", player["galaxynum"])
+  printf("\nGalaxy %i - %s\n", player["galaxynum"], galnames[player["galaxynum"]])
   p = int(player["currentplanet"])
   for(i=0;i<galsize;i++) {
     d = distance(galcoords_x[i], galcoords_y[i], galcoords_x[p], galcoords_y[p])
@@ -547,6 +548,9 @@ function gameinit() {
   # unit names
   asplit("t kg g", unitnames, " ")
 
+  # galaxy names (1-indexed)
+  split("Santaari Colesque Lara'tan Angiana Proximus Sol Jaftra Xrata", galnames, " ")  
+
   # government names
   asplit("Anarchy,Feudal,Multi-gov,Dictatorship,Communist,Confederacy,Democracy,Corporate State", govnames, ",")
 
@@ -616,7 +620,7 @@ BEGIN {
   split("", globalseeds) # init galaxy seeds
   buildgalaxy(player["galaxynum"], globalseeds) # build the current galaxy
   genmarket(0, economies[player["currentplanet"]]) # build local market
-  printf("\nWelcome to awlite 1.6.2\n")
+  printf("\nWelcome to awlite 1.6.3\n")
   dohelp()
   # start the REPL
   printf("\n\nCash: %.1f> ", player["cash"]/10)