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| Volhout Guru  Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
I will play with this, what is the size of a flash slot ? I currently use 91kbyte of 100. Volhout Edited 2023-10-05 03:41 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
Demo of the sprites and tiles made by Martin. pet14.zip Health is already coupled to the game database, the weapons and items t.b.d. Search "x" and move "m" are indicated by text. Playing with the MSDOS version of the game, I conclude there are 2 phases in search, and 2 phases in move (target phase, and execute phase) that are both driven from the cursor cluster. This would result in the "WASD" cluster only being used to shoot....  Volhout Edited 2023-10-05 06:48 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4043 |
Nice. I think the best possibility for controlling this with the Game*Mites 8-button controller is for SELECT to cycle through a small number of control modes (indicated by an icon somewhere) with the current mode determining the behaviour of the direction buttons and A + B. e.g. In the default "run & gun" mode the direction buttons move the player unless A is also pressed in which case they fire in the given direction. B would cycle through the player's weapons. YMMV, Tom Edited 2023-10-05 08:07 by thwill Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Amnesie Guru Joined: 30/06/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 396 |
Wow, this looks really impressive! Great work! Greetings Daniel |
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Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
 Great, unfortunately I won't get around to trying it out until this evening or tomorrow.>Demo of the sprites and tiles made by Martin. I've tweaked the look of the sprites and tiles a bit here and there, but the general design is unfortunately not mine. Sprites and Tiles were transferred by me from the PSP/Amiga ones to a PICO VGA-compatible 121 format and converted them to Mite compatible spr Format. By the way...did you notice that there are already search and move sprites?  SP053 24,1,24 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000777770000000000000 000007700077700000000000 000077000000770000000000 000770000070077000000000 000770000070077000000000 000770000000077000000000 000770000000077000000000 000077000000770000000000 000077000000770000000000 000007700077777000000000 000000777770007700000000 000000000000000770000000 000000000000000077000000 000000000000000007700000 000000000000000000770000 000000000000000000077000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 SP054 24,1,24 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000077000000000000 000000077077077000000000 000000077077077000000000 000000077077077077000000 000000077077077077000000 000000077077077077000000 000000077077077077000000 000007077077077077000000 000007077777777077000000 000007077777777777000000 000007077777777777000000 000007777777777770000000 000000777777777770000000 000000777777777770000000 000000777777777700000000 000000777777777700000000 000000077777777000000000 000000007777777000000000 000000007777777000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 SP055 24,1,24 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000077000000000000 000000000700777000000000 000000077700700700000000 000000700700700777000000 000000700700700700700000 000000700700700700700000 000000700700700700700000 000007700700700700700000 000070700700700700700000 000070700000000700700000 000070700000000000700000 000070700000000000700000 000070000000000007000000 000077000000000007000000 000007000000000007000000 000007000000000070000000 000000700000000070000000 000000700000000700000000 000000070000000700000000 000000077777777700000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 Edited 2023-10-05 18:27 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
@Martin Yes, I was aware @Lizby (and other LCD users) I will revoke changes in PET14.BAS. In PET14.bas I extensively use the L layer. And that is not needed with the new tileset from Martin. Newer versions will use the N layer for anything except player(*). This will simplify porting to LCD. Volhout (*)=the L layer was mainly used because of pixel scroll of the world map. The edges of the map on the N layer could hide UNDER the L-layer. Now we do tile scroll we can do everything in the N layer. I have a test version running where only the player is on the L layer. In the future also the robots will live in the L layer. For the LCD version we could use actual sprites of the robots and player. Maybe that is also an option for the VGA version, but I am currently not in the mood to convert everything back, I want to write the game engine first. It would save 38kbyte RAM though, but requires to re-do the library again, and use selected sprites (the pico only handles 31 sprites, and there are currently 83 designed by Martin. So we need som intelligence to use sprites carefully, loading on the fly. Edited 2023-10-05 23:01 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
This is a good point. We've seen that there are ways that the display engine can be optimized. the priority, in my opinion, should be to complete the game engine little by little. Verry good job so far.. @Volhout When you wrote the post, did you expect how far this would develop in less than a month? 'no comment |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
How to Play the SFX in the Game to play the Sounds, the SFX.MOD must be loaded so load the MOD File first .. play modfile "sfx.mod which doesn't play anything because it has no playlist and no patterns, just samples. then use the PLAY MODSAMPLE command. PLAY MODSAMPLE 2, 1 PLAY MODSAMPLE 7, 1 Plays sample 7 (the door Sound) over channel 1 as long as nothing is played the Chanel number is not that important (valid is 1 to 4) but you can play the same sample on all Channels, to make it louder, or play an different sound on the other chanels at the same Time. So we can decide (or let the user choose) whether we want noise or music, both are not possible at the same time (at the moment). However, I still have something to test: As far as I can remember use most of the INGAME MODs just max 10 Samples, because a mod can contain up to 32 samples, there should be space to store the SFX Samples with in the Music Mods, and if we are lucky enough, we can reduce them to 3 Channels to keep one channel free for SFX... But I have to investigate that first to be able to say whether that would be a possibility Cheers Martin Edit: I looked with Protraker this morning, there are just 3 INGAME Mods, The "Get Psyched", lose and Win mod are not used while Playing the game. I have to shorten some of the Samples to stay in the 125k Modbuffer size, but I am optimistic. I Can try it tomorroe evening. Edited 2023-10-07 21:04 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
A bit of gameplay added. - With "z" you can search for hidden items ("z" is defined by PETSCII), these are shown in comment section, not yet added to inventory, no animation of the closed boxes yet. - game loop indicator in top right corner, showing the time needed to do all the game play (in msec.). - the game loop is processed every 150ms (variable: h_beat) to get more consistent reaction time. - some optimization in the algorithms. Enjoy... Volhout pet16.zip P.S. for those who did not play the game on the MSDOS emulator yet: press "z" for search. Then the first arrow key press will determine the search direction (left/right/up/down). A magnifying glass with show where you are searching for items. The lander is a good place to start. There is a technical challenge with the magnifying glass. You have the world map, on top of that the player, and the magnifying glass goes on top of that. Since there are not 3 layers, I alternate player and magnifying glass. This works, but is not very nice. We may need a player sprite with magnifying glass combined in one sprite. Edited 2023-10-08 06:23 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
the magnifying glass should not be in the Players Tile-position,so they dont overlap. But if it has to, for some reason What if you use the magnifying glass and the "move-hand" as a regular Sprite, and use SPRITE SHOW SAFE (Shows a sprite and automatically compensates for any other sprites that overlap it) to show the magnifying glass and SPRITE HIDE SAFE (Removes sprite n from the display and replaces the stored background.) to make it disappear? everything on Layer (L), so it just stores, whats under it, on the Layer Edited 2023-10-08 16:59 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4043 |
I don't understand why we are using more than 1 layer (F) plus the display (N) and why you need any "real" sprites. Blit tile to x,y on F. Blit player to x,y on F with appropriate transparent colour. Blit magnifying glass to x,y on F with appropriate transparent colour. (Blit all the other tiles and sprites) Copy F to N Repeat ad-nauseum Best wishes, Tom Edited 2023-10-08 17:48 by thwill Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
F is just used in the LCD Version, because access is significantly faster than serial communication with the display(n) But lizby or Bleep can explain this better because they deal with the implementation on LCD The VGA Version uses N and L, We agreed to get the game mechanics up and running first(This is mainly in the hands of Volhout), then we can see again, or in the case the memory is running out, whether we can do without the layer. I'm currently working on making it possible to play background music and sound effects at the same time,for which I have to convert most of the MOD files. If that is done, I look at the source code again. Edited 2023-10-08 18:55 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
Latest incarnation. - found items are added to the inventory (press "i", "o" or "p" in this version. - search opens boxes - animation runs until player uses cursor cluster for search direction. Next challenge is "move" mode.... pet17.zip Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
This is how it comes together piece by piece. Thank you. I'll take a look at it later when I get home. 'no comment |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
SUB Render Livemap I've now found the right colors per Tile and optimised the sub from ~2 Seconds to 736 ms (@CPUSPEED (KHz) 252000) to be merged to the Program @Volhout  'test/Demo of the "renderLivemap" SUB 'read color values Dim Col%(15):Restore colors:For f=1 To 15:Read Col%(f):Next f 'read Leveldata Dim LV$(64) Length 128 Open "Data\level-a" For input As #1 'skip first 6 Lines of data For f=0 To 5:LV$(f)=Input$(128,#1):Next For f=0 To 63:LV$(f)=Input$(128,#1):Next Close #1 MODE 2 'Call the Map Function t=Timer renderLiveMap Print Timer -t End ' ----------------------------------- ' Level LiveMap Preview ' ----------------------------------- Sub renderLiveMap Local integer mx,my,mp,yy,CL(256) Local t$ 'Tile colors T$="00077777977770777770000A0000B0006740694B66EB60E777E722B724B66070" T$=T$+"0367000700770007770000700707077880000007776777077707770778888887" T$=T$+"7067700770000007700400000000000000000730073000000000000000000000" T$=T$+"0007700770898EEAAA233867772777677700A00AA0000000000000000000000" For mx=1 To 255:CL(mx)=col%(Val("&H"+Mid$(T$,mx,1))):Next For my = 0 To 64:mp=Peek(varaddr lv$(my)):yy=44+(my<<1) For mx = 1 To 128:Box 4+2*mx,yy,2,2,,CL(Peek(BYTE mp+mx)):Next Next End Sub colors: '--Colorscheme accordung to Spritecolors Data RGB(BLUE),RGB(GREEN),RGB(CYAN),RGB(RED) Data RGB(MAGENTA),RGB(YELLOW),RGB(WHITE),RGB(MYRTLE) Data RGB(COBALT) ,RGB(MIDGREEN),RGB(CERULEAN),RGB(RUST) Data RGB(FUCHSIA),RGB(BROWN),RGB(LILAC) Edit : now 649 ms Cheers Martin Edited 2023-10-09 18:45 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9128 |
When this is all working (VGA version) I'll send a complete PicoMiteVGA to the 8-bit man with the program loaded. I previously sent him the CMM2 which he reviewed so hopefully he will be interested in the Pico particularly if we can show Petscii robots working IN BASIC |
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Plasmamac Guru Joined: 31/01/2019 Location: GermanyPosts: 554 |
Maybe it will become his Dreamcomputer 🥳 Plasma |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
Harm, as I see you have now moved the "Layer.BMP" on the N layer. This gives us the possibility to use black as well, so it looks more similar to the original  .If it stays that way, I'll changed the BMP for the "Layer" frame.  You still have the items and symbols for health with a black background? layerb.zip Fittingly, I was so brave and adjusted your Isting  pet17f.zip Edited 2023-10-09 21:28 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4247 |
Should have those. That is how they are in the original artwork.zip. Looking nice. You also ported the font. Any chance you publish that version including the font. I will be away for few days, work... so go ahead and tune the codeto your liking. I will pick up where you left off. The only changes I have made are in the item handling. In case you want to port sound/music in this code: go ahead. Volhout Edited 2023-10-09 21:20 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Martin H. Guru Joined: 04/06/2022 Location: GermanyPosts: 1114 |
just edited the last comment and uploaded a customized version of your listing The SFX.MOD already includes all the required game sounds. I'm still in the process of adjusting the ingame music so that one channel always remains free for the SFX sounds.It is not always easy to decide what sound could be muted in order to keep the channel clear. At the same time, I have to adjust some of the samples in the music so that they take up less memory to make it possible to put the SFX there. Edited 2023-10-09 22:08 by Martin H. 'no comment |
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