jwierer

Wow it made it to Germany before Seattle? I am still waiting. -Jeff

I was betting 10 and I tried surrender today. Instead of losing 50% of my bet I lost 60% (6). Typo? -Jeff

No problem. All those years of sitting at a table is finally useful Yes insurance is typically a sucker bet, but if you know the count is deep in favor of the player (rich in 10's) and you have a decent hand like 20 then it can come in handy. If you're going to allow insurance then you also might want to consider even money. If the dealer is showing an Ace and you have a blackjack you an opt for an even payout as an alternative to insurance. player blackjack vs. dealer is a push. Once again if you know the count it could be better to take even money vs. playing the hand, but otherwise play it though as you can't lose and the chance of 1 1/2 payout is good. You could probably just implement this in logic. If player has 21 and takes insurance, end hand and pay standard payout. Speaking of counts, smaller casinos pay 4:1 or 3:1 on a side bet where your first two cards are a 20. If you have a fairly empty table and the count is way in the positive then you can start to beat the side bet. Side bets aren't all the common though I wouldn't implement that. -Jeff

Most tables in Vegas don't allow resplitting aces (BTW a split A+10 is just treated as a normal 21 not a blackjack - haven't come across this yet in your game). Perhaps on the easy setting you would allow resplitting aces. Half the tables won't let you double after splitting (in real life walkaway if that is the case). The toughest tables will only allow doubling when dealt a 9, 10, or 11 (definitely never play those tables in real life). Surrender is not all that common anymore. You'll come across tables labeled liberal that will allow that and a few other crazy things. I noticed that the player is not offered insurance when the dealer has a Ace showing (which is a sucker bet unless you have an accurate count), but that is still one piece missing. I love this though, this is a great addition to the 2600! -Jeff

When using this with any bB project I get these errors and assembly always aborts. unknown mnemoic: 'dcp' unknown mnemoic: 'lax' unknown mnemoic: 'sbx' unknown mnemoic: 'arr' -Jeff

Yeah, I really would have liked to have included splitting. It was my goal to make the blackjack portion as realistic as possible, but I just don't have the screen real estate to pull off splitting. The odds are still with the house either way, but I've adjusted the payouts to make the game winnable. It's a compromise, admittedly, though I think the gameplay is overall superior to Atari's 2600 blackjack, where the dealer wins a push. Definitely better than 2600 BlackJack. What if you only displayed one hand at a time and just displayed a number for the split hands. Only the last hand would be visible. True Vegas blackjack would allow splitting up to four times, except aces, and allow double after splits. Question is, even if you didn't have to display it, do you have enough memory to store it? -Jeff

No possibility to add the ability to split? The odds are really against the player without it. -Jeff

There have been updates and revisions, but unfortunately none official so you need to comb the threads to find the latest. I would try compiling from the command-line first. Usually it's a bB setup problem such as: 1. bB environment variable not set 2. bB Path not set 3. Space in the pathname of folder containing bB 4. Dasm not installed 5. SED.exe not copied over. Most of these are covered in the bB readme. -Jeff

That just a warning that means you are using an older compiler, ignore if you don't need it. Does the path include where bB is installed? If not, that could be your problem. -Jeff

I am doing well thanks. Probably best to post your code and one of the bB/ASM wizards will be able to identify what is wrong. -Jeff

I've never looked at the Sequencer Kit, but perhaps you could just use inline assembly in your project? -Jeff

It had nothing to do with being patient, I realized that I should start programming on something easier, so I thought it would waste people's time to answer a question I was going to ignore. But fair enough, I didn't even think about others. The .Spr and .pla won't open. Instead of the cool looking paint/graph function I thought I would get, it pops up a message saying "It cannot open, would you like to open it in Notepad?" I may have messed up during the install, but I did put the Bb path to the Atari2600.exe file that you're supposed to do, and I checked the 2 boxes below it. That is actually covered in Post #1 "If you're having trouble using the sprite/playfield editor go here for a registry fix." -Jeff

Looks like you have the environment variable set, but is the path also correct? From commandline type path and make sure c:\BB is included. -Jeff

Since you are using a sample, I assume the code is good so I would guess the bB compiler is not installed correctly. Most folks forget to set the path and environment variables causing compilation to fail. If compilation fails, the binary cannot be found. -Jeff

You should be able to buy Windows for less than that.

No, but a Mac runs Windows 7 very well. -Jeff

Don't go back to XP Using Regedit, do you have the following registry key? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VisualbB] If not try creating it manually and running vbB again. -Jeff

You'll have to send me repo steps. I can't get it to do that. -Jeff

It might be a problem if the sprite displaying in NTSC, though your toolbar settings are set to PAL. In older builds I don't think I was syncing it correctly. Which are you using? -Jeff

Really? I'll have to put a space in my path and see if it breaks. I've had problems with the bB compiler having a space in the path. EDIT: I just tested with a space in the path to the visualbb.exe and a space in a project path and no issue. Let me know if you're still having a problem with spaces. -Jeff

Hello there Philsan... I am having the same issue of not being able to save the settings... driving me mad... I am using Build 554, the special BB for Win 7 also - I am on Win 7 64 bits. So... how did you solve that? I am able to compile, it runs perfect... I just does not save the settings. Everytime I open Visual Bb I got "you are running visual Bb for the first time etc..." Thx! That also is my setup and it works. Are you logged in as an administrator? I also work with UAC disabled so that may be blocking you. -Jeff

There is a build that runs on a Mac. -Jeff

I believe I just bought the last one. -Jeff

If you have the latest builds of bB and vbB then yes. It's what I use on all my machines. -Jeff

First of all you need to check the "add bB Environment Variable" and "Add bB Compiler to system Path" settings, close and reopen vbb. With your current settings even a simple "hello world" probably wouldn't compile. 2nd your code for your title screen is basically empty. If you followed the instructions then you didn't get to the part where you actually copy and paste the title screen code into the sample code provided. -Jeff