Gibstov Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 New version 0.86 Added awesome Splash Screen that Kaz at atarionline.pl created. Adjusted the music volume, I think it was a little too loud. ----- Find it here ---- advponies.0.86.xex advponies.0.86.atr 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1977 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Brilliant thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I seriously want to throttle you, gibstov. Am trying to get this onto an AtariMax cartridge for my daughter (she has no disk drive on her XEGS) and I can't get this to load correctly on an AtariMax cartridge, either in XEX or ATR form, am guessing you're doing some silly stuff with RAM banking. sigh. @#(%@#%(@# -Thom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 I can't find any way to get up from the lowest part of the first level. I can't jump to a higher ledge, the teleport button has no discernible effect and when moving to the right I either get hurt by the triangle on the far right or fall down the hole. Any hints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 hours ago, tschak909 said: I seriously want to throttle you, gibstov. Am trying to get this onto an AtariMax cartridge for my daughter (she has no disk drive on her XEGS) and I can't get this to load correctly on an AtariMax cartridge, either in XEX or ATR form, am guessing you're doing some silly stuff with RAM banking. sigh. @#(%@#%(@# -Thom Yeah, sorry about that. I have an AtariMax cartridge myself, and can't get it to work either. I think it may be due to turning of the OS, to copy the compressed level data under the OS. So the load sequence: loads the compressed data, turns off the OS, copies the data to high RAM, then turns the OS back on and continues to load the rest of the game. I think may be the issue. I just don't know enough on how to troubleshoot it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, slx said: I can't find any way to get up from the lowest part of the first level. I can't jump to a higher ledge, the teleport button has no discernible effect and when moving to the right I either get hurt by the triangle on the far right or fall down the hole. Any hints? You can only teleport on the teleport pads. You have to jump over the hole, and then stand on the teleport pad and press the fire button. This will teleport you up. (You can watch the video posted in the top post if you get stuck. I play all the way through the game with Twilight) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gibstov said: You can only teleport on the teleport pads. You have to jump over the hole, and then stand on the teleport pad and press the fire button. This will teleport you up. (You can watch the video posted in the top post if you get stuck. I play all the way through the game with Twilight) Thanks, just found the video and learned how to teleport. Now it's my daughter's turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 4, 2019 Author Share Posted October 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, slx said: Thanks, just found the video and learned how to teleport. Now it's my daughter's turn! Awesome. Another hint: Iron Will is invulnerable. You have to wait until he charges, and then he is vulnerable for a few seconds and you can attack him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 yep you kick his butt while he's out of breathe... a tried and true strategy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 It would be nice if you disable Basic to avoid the need to press Option key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Philsan said: It would be nice if you disable Basic to avoid the need to press Option key. OK...I am looking into this and think I finally figured out what the issue is. I am disabling BASIC, but the message comes up anyway about "Not Enough Memory" if you don't hold down the "OPTION" key. This error message is generated by the CC65 "system check" load chunk. I kept the system check, because after the game loads I just use that area for the PMBASE. After reading more about the system check I think I know what the issue is: " This load chunk is always loaded at address $2E00, and checks if the system is suitable for running the program. It also checks if there is enough room between MEMLO and the program start address to move the text mode screen buffer there. If any of the checks return false, the loading of the program is aborted. The contents of this chunk come from the SYSCHKCHNK memory area of the linker config file. " So even though I am disabling basic, the MEMLO has already been set by the OS on bootup. So when the system check runs it doesn't think it has enough memory. So I think the only way to remove this message is to get rid of the system check that CC65 generates. (Or maybe target XL machines, but I think that makes CC65 manage the upper memory which would cause a major rewrite so I am not going down that route). Stealth Edit Or better yet I can just set MEMLO manually myself, before the system check runs Edited October 5, 2019 by Gibstov different solution 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Well, I use that short Basic-off routine by Fandal in front of the program and thanks to it, I do not need to hold down Option on my 800XL with XL-OS Rev. 2 and the message also does not show up ($0400-447: switches off Basic, clears RAM under Basic, clears zero page; $0244-0244: Reset = coldstart, $0400-041E: screen=on, but shows black screen). Attached a packed version of Adv. Ponies with this routine, which seems to work fine or at least shows the same bugs as the unpacked version... CLEARZP.XEX advpon_V086_Basoff.xex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 45 minutes ago, CharlieChaplin said: Well, I use that short Basic-off routine by Fandal in front of the program and thanks to it, I do not need to hold down Option on my 800XL with XL-OS Rev. 2 and the message also does not show up ($0400-447: switches off Basic, clears RAM under Basic, clears zero page; $0244-0244: Reset = coldstart, $0400-041E: screen=on, but shows black screen). Attached a packed version of Adv. Ponies with this routine, which seems to work fine or at least shows the same bugs as the unpacked version... CLEARZP.XEX 130 B · 1 download advpon_V086_Basoff.xex 23.45 kB · 7 downloads Cool...thanks. I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/5/2019 at 4:58 AM, Philsan said: It would be nice if you disable Basic to avoid the need to press Option key. New Version 0.87 Disable BASIC automatically, so the player doesn't have to hold down the [OPTION] key when booting. ----- Find it in here ---- advponies.0.87.xex advponies.0.87.atr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 New version 0.88 Added a new version of Adventure Ponies. I replaced the old music with new music created by the talented @Synthpopalooza. There is another tune, that I couldn't fit but I will try to fit it in another update. Hope you all enjoy the new tunes. ? ----- Find it here ---- advponies.0.88.xex advponies.0.88.atr 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Nice improvements, thanks! When recording a video, I would use emulator normal overscan setting, the overscan area you see on real TV/monitors. Extended overscan Normal overscan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, Philsan said: Nice improvements, thanks! When recording a video, I would use emulator normal overscan setting, the overscan area you see on real TV/monitors. Extended overscan Normal overscan Thanks for the suggestion, I didn't think about the overscan, but did notice that the screen looked larger in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthpopalooza Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 It is really beautiful to see the game with the music present! This is going to be an awesome release. I'll keep working on it ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1977 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thank you so much for the new version, my Daughter will be very happy! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probabilitydragon Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 My kids love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 12/16/2020 at 4:41 PM, adam1977 said: Thank you so much for the new version, my Daughter will be very happy! ? On 12/19/2020 at 4:51 PM, Probabilitydragon said: My kids love it! New version 0.89 - Replaced the old sound fx with new sound fx created by @Synthpopalooza - Added the new tune to the Pony Select screen (Cutie Mark Crusaders Go Crusading). - Other changes to sound code so NTSC/PAL versions play at the same speed. - Changes to scoring. If you can beat the game with a Pony without losing any lives, get a bonus 9000 points for "PERFECT GAME". ----- Find it here ---- advponies.0.89.xex advponies.0.89.atr 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGHMW Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 One of the reasons why I got a XEGS, this game is too powerful for my 5200. Nicely done!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Very nice! One small suggestion - could the volume of the music be turned down a bit? In my opinion it clashes with the sound fx quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibstov Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, BIGHMW said: One of the reasons why I got a XEGS, this game is too powerful for my 5200. Nicely done!!! Awesome. Thanks!! ? I recently picked up an XEGS myself. Adventure Ponies on the XEGS is the perfect fit ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) I second a volume control, it's in the way of sound affects.. You might leave it loud on title and selection screen but in the background during the game would be nice. Edited February 1, 2021 by _The Doctor__ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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