+CyranoJ Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 What is it that you're doing. Do you have the source code for these games, or have you simply written a wrapper or something?Is this something I can do myself? I'm patching binaries. I don't have the source code. No, there is no wrapper. It wasn't simple. Probably not 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'm patching binaries. I don't have the source code. No, there is no wrapper. It wasn't simple. Probably not Hah... arrogance is common among developers. I understand that. Let me rephrase, I was asking if it required something proprietary for me to be able to do it... not whether or not I was capable of doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hah... arrogance is common among developers. I understand that. Let me rephrase, I was asking if it required something proprietary for me to be able to do it... not whether or not I was capable of doing it. It's not arrogance, I just woke up. There's no magic toolkit to do these, each one is different. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Hah... arrogance is common among developers. I understand that. Let me rephrase, I was asking if it required something proprietary for me to be able to do it... not whether or not I was capable of doing it. Think I've linked this before, CJ wrote a piece for our site outlining the processes involved. It's an enjoyable read whatever the level of understanding of the reader as it's not so much a technical document per se, more an overview. Basically, CJ can do this stuff because he has a deep understanding and depth of knowledge when it comes to the ST, its games, how they do what they do and how to make them do other things when it suits him (i.e. hacking the tits off them - see D-Bug,etc.). Match that with what he does with the Jaguar, some leet SCPCD screen conversion routines and a desire to give people games to play, and there you have it. Probably very few people cover all those fields and can couple them with a desire to make it happen. He does sometimes come across as arrogant though, you're right, but then... I think you're allowed to when you can back it up with 20 years of release after release ;0) Edited January 18, 2015 by sh3-rg 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) DANGER ZONE!!! AND THAT'S HOW WE GET ANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited January 19, 2015 by CyranoJ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Think I've linked this before, CJ wrote a piece for our site outlining the processes involved. It's an enjoyable read whatever the level of understanding of the reader as it's not so much a technical document per se, more an overview. Basically, CJ can do this stuff because he has a deep understanding and depth of knowledge when it comes to the ST, its games, how they do what they do and how to make them do other things when it suits him (i.e. hacking the tits off them - see D-Bug,etc.). Match that with what he does with the Jaguar, some leet SCPCD screen conversion routines and a desire to give people games to play, and there you have it. Probably very few people cover all those fields and can couple them with a desire to make it happen. He does sometimes come across as arrogant though, you're right, but then... I think you're allowed to when you can back it up with 20 years of release after release ;0) All "good" programmers are arrogant, it comes with the territory. Of course, not all arrogant programmers are good programmers (but to be clear, not suggesting CJ isn't good). Good (and wise) programmers, as with any technical people, generally want to be surrounded by people who are smarter than them (when possible) because they know they will learn. The biggest waste for a good programmer is to be stuck in a situation where he/she is the smartest person in the organization.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The biggest waste for a good programmer is to be stuck in a situation where he/she is the smartest person in the organization.. CJ's in no danger of being in that position in Reboot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 CJ's in no danger of being in that position in Reboot. Hah, so we're clear, I was not suggesting that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 You know what I would find more interesting? Getting Joystick controls for Arkanoid. Any luck with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 You know what I would find more interesting? Getting Joystick controls for Arkanoid. Any luck with that? There's one in this thread somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 That is REALLY interesting, and this is not so much aimed at Austin when I say this but this tangent when I say... you know what I would find more interesting? Getting Joystick controls for Arkanoid. Any luck with that? Posts 6 and 11 have the binaries for pad (a bit difficult, not responsive enough) & rotary control (iffy, can be twitchy). If you meant getting them in a better state somehow, can't help with that, those were the latest binaries posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saboteur Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Dis the speccy one more time - I dares ya Sure it has it's faults, but it was a third of the price of a C64 or other such computers, putting home computing within the budget of most households. Add to that that you could start programming out of the box with it's very good built in basic and the fact that you could gain access to any part of the system through machine code and nothing was hidden from you. For sheer hackability and what developers have, and still are, squeezing out of it, the speccy can't be beaten. One could argue that the speccy and sinclair research are the great grand parents of the Jag as a number of members of sinclair went on to become flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 There's one in this thread somewhere. Posts 6 and 11 have the binaries for pad (a bit difficult, not responsive enough) & rotary control (iffy, can be twitchy). If you meant getting them in a better state somehow, can't help with that, those were the latest binaries posted. Hmmm... I'll admit I missed those in my reading, but I as a Arkanoid fan I cheer on improvements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Here we have some deco for the CD-R and its DVD box: Enjoy folks 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Someone pointed out a pathetic mispelling on the CD-R and DVD box decos As the Queen is reluctant to change the english language for me, please find below new deco with correct text Edited February 1, 2015 by Felyx 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 So, beta testing some code for U235 (thanks, Linko!) Here's some proppa spinner action. I managed to complete the first screen with the spinner, so it must be ok DoH-Rotaries.ABS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 That is very, very close to being right. The long-range twitch acceleration is spot on, it's only the minute movements that should result in single-pixel steps of movement that are a problem - there's little fine movement at all, it seems to jump about 8 pixels when trying to crawl a single one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 OK then.... Medium sensitivity... DoH-Rotaries-medium.ABS Low sensitivity... DoH-Rotaries-low.ABS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 With Chaos Reins, I feel like a leet ninja with the medium one - I can dash and creep, panic and get a last-ditch catch. Low is low - too low, can't spin the spin fast enough to catch the ball. Med is the closest to a real analoge paddle I've experienced, almost rivals playing with mouse on ST. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Medium seems to play the best here too, also on Chaos Reins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 After more play, medium is the best for both my large-knobbed Wii stick spinner and the Chaos Reins, however, it's too eager to dart off sometimes. I'm not sure how to explain this best, but the response seems to me to be on a curve rather than a point from A to C... tiny spin = tiny movement, fast whip - max movement... between those two... argh, I dunno :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) More play on all versions, my last comments for now - low is the only option to allow for real fine control, the others only do this when they feel like it. Problem is, it's too slow at the top end, it needs more of an acceleration curve, more movement over time, remaining minute at tiny turn rates but taking off when you whip. I feel the low one would be the best option if my spinner had a slightly higher resolution, I can't comfortably move from one side of the screen to the other speedily and repeatedly. It's very close though now you just need to slow it down and make it playable Especially at 60Hz, crazy fast. Edited February 3, 2015 by sh3-rg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 So, beta testing some code for U235 (thanks, Linko!) Here's some proppa spinner action. I managed to complete the first screen with the spinner, so it must be ok DoH-Rotaries.ABS Glad I could help Not had chance to play, just about to dash off to bed but had to see what was what 1st I think some kind of acceleration may help? If the delta is greater than say 3 for 2 reads amplify it by 1.5/2 or something and more for larger over longer periods? There is probably some funky formula you could apply.. I have seen your second email but only scanned it, not 100% on it yet, will ponder on it's puzzles and no doubt be woken at some stupid hour with a possibility 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Doh! fiddled with the spinner stuff a bit (thanks Linko!) fixed the frame rate (intro scroll now smooooooth) managed to beat level 1! DoH.ABS 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 It's good, spinner control is sublime, locked to 50/60Hz as the original - excellent... but... can we have spinner fine-tune on the keypad or something? I'm not 100% happy with the speed of the bat movement with the CR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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