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LeoNicolas

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Posted: 04:17pm 21 Apr 2024

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I released the stage 6 gameplay video.

https://youtu.be/TD_DWqn7wSA

LeoNicolas

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We will have an intro and a menu screen soon!

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Posted: 10:58pm 27 Apr 2024

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Hello everyone

I completed the game intro and main menu implementation. The next steps are to implement stages 07 and 8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB08OaIKxmU

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Posted: 07:49am 28 Apr 2024

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Nice, even without level 7 and 8 it is a complete game now.
Excellent work Leonas.

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LeoNicolas

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Posted: 02:25am 07 May 2024

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Stage 7 is coming

thwill

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Posted: 05:50pm 16 Jul 2024

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@LeoNicolas,

Is the code here https://github.com/leonicolas/knightmare-cmm2 out of date ?

I ask because if I look at init_menu() it makes a series of calls to print_centralized() which will ultimately blit the text glyphs to PAGE 1 ...

... but I can't find any code that then copies PAGE 1 to PAGE 0 so (at least in MMB4L) that text will never be displayed.

Doesn't seem to work as it currently is on either MMB4W or MMB4L ???

Best wishes,

Tom
Edited 2024-07-17 03:57 by thwill

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Posted: 10:28pm 16 Jul 2024

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At the start of "init.inc", Leo uses "mode 3,12". Page 1 sits on top of page 0, no?

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Yes, I use mode 3,12 and both pages (0 and 1) for background and text. It works on MMB4W. I haven't tried on the real CMM2 or the Pico yet.

Yes, the source code is up to date in the repo.

I needed to stop the development for a couple of months. I'm near to complete the level 7 development. I'm planing to come back to the game at the end of August. Unfortunately some life problems are holding me now

Thank you for reviving this thread

thwill

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LeoNicolas said Yes, I use mode 3,12 and both pages (0 and 1) for background and text.

Thank you, I was unaware of this "wrinkle" and had just commented out the ", 12" whilst I was getting other things working.

LeoNicolas said I haven't tried on the real ... Pico yet.

If a version on the PicoMiteVGA is possible (maybe even the Game*Mite) then your display model will require considerable rework as they don't have the same PAGE model as the CMM2/MMB4W being restricted to the display (N) a frame buffer (F) and a layer (L).

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Tom

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Tom

See the chapter on "12-bit mode graphics" in the document "Graphics Programming on the CMM2-v3d.pdf" included in the CMM2 firmware download zip for info on 12-bit mode. The layer buffer on the PicoMiteVGA is an attempt in software to mimic what the CMM2 does using the capabilities of the STM32H7 H/W
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Posted: 12:18pm 17 Jul 2024

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If necessary I can combine both layers in one framebuffer and blit it to the screen
Edited 2024-07-17 22:55 by LeoNicolas

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matherp said See the chapter on "12-bit mode graphics" in the document "Graphics Programming on the CMM2-v3d.pdf" included in the CMM2 firmware download zip for info on 12-bit mode. The layer buffer on the PicoMiteVGA is an attempt in software to mimic what the CMM2 does using the capabilities of the STM32H7 H/W

Thank you Peter, I've managed to implement a semblance of that, though (if I can be bothered - which may depend on whether semi-transparent is a feature actually in use) I may have to mess with the transparency as currently for simplicity I have 256 alpha levels rather than the 16 used by the CMM2 in this mode.

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Tom

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Hi @LeoNicolas,

The file "music.inc" includes a number of calls to PLAY MODFILE with an interrupt set at line 16000 ... except there is no line/label 16000 ?

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It isn't an interrupt, it is the modfile playback sample rate

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matherp said It isn't an interrupt, it is the modfile playback sample rate

... thank you. Thus identifying another missing feature in MMB4L and also explaining a later error about mismatched sample rates that occurred with MMB4W after I commented it out.

D'Oh!

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Tom

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Posted: 11:54am 19 Jul 2024

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thwill said
If a version on the PicoMiteVGA is possible (maybe even the Game*Mite) then your display model will require considerable rework as they don't have the same PAGE model as the CMM2/MMB4W being restricted to the display (N) a frame buffer (F) and a layer (L).

Best wishes,

Tom

You must also bear in mind that the Picomite has less memory than the CMM2, the use of FrameBuffer(F) AND Layer(L) is very memory-intensive.
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Posted: 08:07am 13 Sep 2024

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The game looks pretty cool. Is it completed?

Martin H.

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Posted: 05:41am 25 Oct 2024

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Hi Leo,
Out of curiosity, have you made any further progress in programming?

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LeoNicolas

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Hello everyone

Thank you for asking how the things are going. After I completed the level 7 development I needed to pause the project. I got divorced and I'm putting my life back on track. I have plans to finalize the last level as soon my life is back to the "normal" pace.

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Hi Leo,

Sorry to hear about your travails.

Note that I have some local updates to Knightmare that I made whilst testing it on MMB4L, I'll share them with you when I've got some other things sorted.

Best wishes on returning to normality,

Tom

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