navajas Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Anyone ever have any troubles with Quests not matching up with their sprites? I'm guessing it's because I was lazy and didn't use slot 1 or 2, but I was just testing my objective sprites and two of the sprites did not match up. I made four, it served me three, two correctly tied to their text / parameters, one mismatched, and one was the original King! :-) Here's some images of what I'm dealing with. It just shows the Quest window filled out along with the missing Quest 5 sprite from the victory screen. Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) First of all, the quests need to be 1~4, always use the quest slots from the top down, never have empty quests slots above others...Images you can use in any order. Second, I don't see image #5 even being used? I see 1,4,3,6? And I'm assuming image #1 is still the King graphic tied to quest #3. Edited April 26, 2018 by Fritz442 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navajas Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Wow, this is what happens when you "code" on no sleep and dealing with Putting your cat put down, etc... Wow. Yeah, just decided on my own apparently that in Navajas World the TI would know that I put those quests in those slots in order to use the like numbered sprites. Image cell shmimage cell. Duh. Thanks for the second pair of eyes, Fritz. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Buck has been working hard on his first ToD game. Every time I fire up this editor I am blown away by the ease of use, simplicity, and elegance. Thanks again, @Fritz442. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Opry99er said: Buck has been working hard on his first ToD game. Every time I fire up this editor I am blown away by the ease of use, simplicity, and elegance. Thanks again, @Fritz442. Excellent!!! Can't wait to play Buck's new game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 There are 56 monster slots, and QUEST uses them all. If a fella wanted to limit the number of monsters in a game, what would he have to do to make that happen? IIRC, on the old Asgard editor, you had to use all available slots... there was no "flag" for "Monster slot on" or "Monster slot off." I think I ended up having to duplicate a bunch of monsters so they would be distributed evenly, and that took days on that old system. Is there a way to do this quickly and/or easily in your editor, Fritz? Is there a value in memory for "how many monsters are being used in this game?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) No, you need to fill all monster slots. If someone plays the third difficulty level(hardest) and plays all 10 floors you will be seeing those upper monster slots, so you have to fill them. No way to duplicate them, it must be done manually. Edited December 16, 2019 by Fritz442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks for the information. One more: Do the monster numbers (ID numbers) correspond in some way to the frequency they are encountered or the level on which they spawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 On 7/30/2015 at 1:27 PM, jedimatt42 said: If anyone is interested, here is my first creation from Fritz's editor... To the annoyance of my wife, I feel I have tuned this sufficiently https://github.com/jedimatt42/ti-99-tod-games/tree/master/Tod-ForestOfRuins . . . There are 8 relics to be found. You have no time limit to find them. It's a good old dungeon forest crawl. -M@ Hey Matt and Fritz... I couldn't figure out how to eliminate the time limit... I have it jacked up to 25, but that's still a limit. Is it a checkable box or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Opry99er said: Hey Matt and Fritz... I couldn't figure out how to eliminate the time limit... I have it jacked up to 25, but that's still a limit. Is it a checkable box or something? No checkbox, just set the time to '0' Owen: "One more: Do the monster numbers (ID numbers) correspond in some way to the frequency they are encountered or the level on which they spawn?" It's more the level they will appear...the higher the # the deeper you'll see them. Edited December 16, 2019 by Fritz442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Excellent information! Thanks so much @Fritz442! loving this software. Buck is too. He created a funny one and now he is working on a serious one. It's every bit as fun making games as it is playing them. A very different experience from the old Asgard one---which I used and loved.... but this one is so much more intuitive and head and shoulders faster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 This appears to be the Forum for new TOD games. Please find one attached. It works on both the TI and Classic99. I am not at all certain about the SUB-12.dsk version, but it was made with TI99dir. Thank you. MikeV. Sub_12 for TOD.zip 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Has anyone worked out a way to include Adventure files or TOD files on the FinalGrom for quick access? It does not appear to have been done, or just as likely, I'm not seeing it. Thanks. MikeV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 57 minutes ago, MikeV said: Has anyone worked out a way to include Adventure files or TOD files on the FinalGrom for quick access? It does not appear to have been done, or just as likely, I'm not seeing it. Thanks. MikeV. no as the finalgrom does not do disk or other devices only cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/16/2019 at 3:35 PM, Fritz442 said: No checkbox, just set the time to '0' Owen: "One more: Do the monster numbers (ID numbers) correspond in some way to the frequency they are encountered or the level on which they spawn?" It's more the level they will appear...the higher the # the deeper you'll see them. As a slight refinement to this thread it could be added that the Quest game takes the first 20 'monsters' (5 groups of 4 based upon experience) and uses them to populate the first floor. From that point on it drops the first group of 4 and adds the next for each additional floor. If you do this 9 times (floors 2-10) you rotate in 36 monsters, + initial 20 = 56 total. By keeping this in mind you can calculate the range of floors a monster can possibly make its appearance. E.g. the first 4 will only appear on Floor #1, etc. Alternately, you can have a monster appear more than once in the list, e.g. Spider's in Quest, thus causing it to possibly be there from beginning to end. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/19/2019 at 11:15 AM, arcadeshopper said: no as the finalgrom does not do disk or other devices only cartridge I was thing that might be the case. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Hi Fritz, really like the Editor. Much, much better than the old Asgard one, and a significant time saver over a sector editor. Spent a good part of yesterday experimenting with it. How are the color codes of items modified with it? Thanks, MikeV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Hey Mike, Glad you like the editor, If your asking about the quest items...I found the unused area in the file and colorized three unused blocks of 64b and that's where I added the other 6 quest item images. Between these and the unused original blocks of color, I created the backgrounds for the images. <---- They are setup just like the original 'Rainbow Orb'(4 diff. colors) in different block areas. Edited December 21, 2019 by Fritz442 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Fritz442 said: Hey Mike, Glad you like the editor, If your asking about the quest items...I found the unused area in the file and colorized three unused blocks of 64b and that's where I added the other 6 quest item images. Between these and the unused original blocks of color, I created the backgrounds for the images. <---- They are setup just like the original 'Rainbow Orb'(4 diff. colors) in different block areas. Yes, it is really a significant improvement. I do not think this could ever have been done on the original TI due to memory limitations. If I understand you correctly there are no options for altering the FG/ BG colors of items in general? Is this due to the complexity of the undertaking? You appear to be working backwards from an items Char Codes to rewrite the same memory locations, hence always the same colors. Very ingenious actually, but this limits a designer's options. If you are looking to add more capability (next update of program) let me know. Thank you. MikeV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 5:26 AM, MikeV said: Yes, it is really a significant improvement. I do not think this could ever have been done on the original TI due to memory limitations. If I understand you correctly there are no options for altering the FG/ BG colors of items in general? Is this due to the complexity of the undertaking? You appear to be working backwards from an items Char Codes to rewrite the same memory locations, hence always the same colors. Very ingenious actually, but this limits a designer's options. If you are looking to add more capability (next update of program) let me know. Thank you. MikeV. No, there is no option to change the background colors as I was trying to make it backward compatible with all known TOD games at the time, and add the ability to have up to 8 colored quest images to use. I will get with you if I attempt a major update. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/23/2019 at 7:46 PM, Fritz442 said: No, there is no option to change the background colors as I was trying to make it backward compatible with all known TOD games at the time, and add the ability to have up to 8 colored quest images to use. I will get with you if I attempt a major update. Thanks. Thanks for note, will send a pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeV Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Hi everyone, Please find monster distribution attached. Elsewhere someone asked about not using all the Monster slots. The easiest way to do this is to limit the number of floors to correspond with the monsters in the chart. Monster entries above the last playable floor are ignored. Thanks. MikeV. TOD Monster Distribution.pdf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbyph Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 4/19/2018 at 1:49 PM, navajas said: Anyone know how Weapon Availability works? In QUEST it lets you use it up to 8 times! I thought it just let you buy the next store's goods at the previous store upon first use. I know this is over a year old, but I don't see an answer here yet. Weapon Availability allows you to use a one time only weapon more than once per fight. Example: if you use Warball and Chain during a fight, the next time that character's turn comes up it'll say "you are using your hands", but if Weapon Availability is cast, the character can you the Warball and chain a second time during the same fight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1500 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Gilbyph said: I know this is over a year old, but I don't see an answer here yet. Weapon Availability allows you to use a one time only weapon more than once per fight. Example: if you use Warball and Chain during a fight, the next time that character's turn comes up it'll say "you are using your hands", but if Weapon Availability is cast, the character can you the Warball and chain a second time during the same fight. So that's what it does. I thought it let classes use weapons normally not available to them, such as a wizard using a sword, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbyph Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, S1500 said: So that's what it does. I thought it let classes use weapons normally not available to them, such as a wizard using a sword, etc. For the longest time I couldn't figure out what it did either. I finally found the answer in this newsletter. Page 6, paragraph 3. RockyMountain8405.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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