Sqrxz V1.3 released - Page 2

Neil79 · 03 June 2015, 14:27

and featured

Great game btw, I remember the other releases

phx · 03 June 2015, 15:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by modrobert

What's up with the (Danish?) poem in the boot block?

Celina Ree - Savner Dig Sindsygt.

There was some unused space in the boot block and I like danish music.

modrobert · 06 June 2015, 05:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by phx

Celina Ree - Savner Dig Sindsygt.

There was some unused space in the boot block and I like danish music.

OK, I'll teach VirusZ to accept Danish lyrics.

trydowave · 07 June 2015, 11:21

This is a great great game. Frustrating to the point where you want to pull your hair out but sooo addictive! Love it.

im a bit confused about the different versions. I had part 2. This is V1.3 of the first part. Whats the remake version? Ive seen this longlplay on youtube:
[ Show youtube player ]

It feautres parallax scrolling (trees) my version does not?

phx · 07 June 2015, 11:30

The version from the video with the tree in the background is the previous version V1.2, which doesn't have smooth scrolling.

The tree and the moon in the background are sprites. The reason they are missing in V1.3 is that I needed all the sprites for the Sqrxz logo in the foreground. Otherwise 50 fps scrolling in the intro would have been impossible with a 7 MHz OCS machine.

I could have added a parallax layer out of sprites during the game again, but then I decided to better spend the time on future projects.

TheBilgeRat · 07 June 2015, 17:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by phx

The version from the video with the tree in the background is the previous version V1.2, which doesn't have smooth scrolling.

The tree and the moon in the background are sprites. The reason they are missing in V1.3 is that I needed all the sprites for the Sqrxz logo in the foreground. Otherwise 50 fps scrolling in the intro would have been impossible with a 7 MHz OCS machine.

I could have added a parallax layer out of sprites during the game again, but then I decided to better spend the time on future projects.

That's funny. I had been wondering what happened to the moon, but then I got distracted trying to hop from bat to bat

TheBilgeRat · 09 June 2015, 06:47

Anyone else having problems with the save table not working?

A4000 running off real floppy. Finally beat it today!

phx · 09 June 2015, 15:58

What doesn't work with the highscore table? Is it reset to initial values after restarting the game from disk? This happens when the old highscore table is unreadable or has been manipulated.

The highscores are stored on the disk's second track. They are written by formatting the whole track, so any previous corruptions don't make the table unusable.

Any problems with your drive or disk?

oissery77 · 09 June 2015, 17:04

thanks a lot phx!!

TheBilgeRat · 09 June 2015, 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by phx

What doesn't work with the highscore table? Is it reset to initial values after restarting the game from disk? This happens when the old highscore table is unreadable or has been manipulated.

The highscores are stored on the disk's second track. They are written by formatting the whole track, so any previous corruptions don't make the table unusable.

Any problems with your drive or disk?

I'm at work, but when I get home I can take a picture of what it does. Basically the black background goes to green and black bars and hangs there until I reset the machine. There certainly could be a problem with my drive or floppy, but the game plays great and loads fine otherwise. I had written the adf to a new DSHD disk, then wrote it to an older DSDD disk I had that wasn't garbage. Both disks did the same thing.

TheBilgeRat · 10 June 2015, 03:48

Alright phx - here's the screenshot of what's going down. Tried setting disable cpu caches and OCS, still no dice.

phx · 10 June 2015, 11:12

That's quite fascinating. The game is hanging during "Writing Table", but I know that there is no error handling during the writing procedure. After writing the table it should immediately ask for "Continue?".

Also I have no explanation for the green background color. I remember that I entered a highscore on my Minimig a few days ago and now I tested it with UAE and had no problem either.

Will test it on my A4000 this evening. What are the specs of your 4000? 030, 040, 060? Any special hardware? HD floppy drive?

Would be interesting to hear about the experience with the highscore table from other players...

TheBilgeRat · 10 June 2015, 15:57

Just an A4000 with 3640. I'm wondering if I have a bad circuit or something. Does same with external drive as well

phx · 11 June 2015, 13:39

Couldn't reproduce it with my CSPPC/060 A4000. Never had a problem with writing high scores. Unfortunately I have sold my A3640.

Is your Amiga jumpered to NTSC? The game switches the display to PAL, but I'm currently unsure if the jumper would still have any influence on the CIA timers...

Is the disk write-protected?

TheBilgeRat · 11 June 2015, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by phx

Couldn't reproduce it with my CSPPC/060 A4000. Never had a problem with writing high scores. Unfortunately I have sold my A3640.

Is your Amiga jumpered to NTSC? The game switches the display to PAL, but I'm currently unsure if the jumper would still have any influence on the CIA timers...

Is the disk write-protected?

heh! Its not write protected

I have the machine jumpered to PAL. I have to wonder if its something in my floppy setup or a problem with the motherboard itself, as it does it with an A1010 external as well. Ah well, no biggie! I should just try my hand at making a whdload slave for it

phx · 13 June 2015, 18:39

A green ($0f0) background is shown when the game caused an exception or ran into an unhandled interrupt vector. Although the usual panic-colors should be a pattern from full intensity ($0f0) to black ($000), but perhaps the panic routine also crashed.

If you are still interested in debugging the problem, write me an email (frank at phoenix owl de) and I can send you an image with full debugging enabled (there is also an in-game debugging monitor program).

TheBilgeRat · 13 June 2015, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by phx

A green ($0f0) background is shown when the game caused an exception or ran into an unhandled interrupt vector. Although the usual panic-colors should be a pattern from full intensity ($0f0) to black ($000), but perhaps the panic routine also crashed.

If you are still interested in debugging the problem, write me an email (frank at phoenix owl de) and I can send you an image with full debugging enabled (there is also an in-game debugging monitor program).

Its hard to tell from the picture, but its bars of black and green. I wouldn't mind debugging it. I'll send an email out.

TheBilgeRat · 14 June 2015, 03:20

Alright, so the debug version runs fine - saves the high scores table just fine. I'm at a loss! I think I'll try burning another floppy and see if it does ok.

09 June 2015, 06:47	#27
TheBilgeRat Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wichita KS, USA Posts: 67	Crashes when saving high score table Anyone else having problems with the save table not working? A4000 running off real floppy. Finally beat it today!

10 June 2015, 03:48	#31
TheBilgeRat Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wichita KS, USA Posts: 67	Alright phx - here's the screenshot of what's going down. Tried setting disable cpu caches and OCS, still no dice. Attached Thumbnails

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sqrxz 4 - Retro inspired platformer by Retroguru - Amiga OS 4	Neil79	News	0	02 May 2014 00:50
Sqrxz 2 for AmigaOCS	vitux	Amiga scene	11	25 November 2013 02:21
Sqrxz for Amiga 500	phx	Coders. Releases	134	28 January 2013 19:10
Never released???	tomcat666	project.aGTW	18	18 January 2010 14:44
16.6 Released	alexh	project.WHDLoad	6	09 June 2006 10:02

03 June 2015, 14:27	#21
Neil79 Autistic 'n IRN! Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: - Posts: 2,979	and featured Great game btw, I remember the other releases

07 June 2015, 11:21	#24
trydowave Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 873	This is a great great game. Frustrating to the point where you want to pull your hair out but sooo addictive! Love it. im a bit confused about the different versions. I had part 2. This is V1.3 of the first part. Whats the remake version? Ive seen this longlplay on youtube: [ Show youtube player ] It feautres parallax scrolling (trees) my version does not?

07 June 2015, 11:30	#25
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	The version from the video with the tree in the background is the previous version V1.2, which doesn't have smooth scrolling. The tree and the moon in the background are sprites. The reason they are missing in V1.3 is that I needed all the sprites for the Sqrxz logo in the foreground. Otherwise 50 fps scrolling in the intro would have been impossible with a 7 MHz OCS machine. I could have added a parallax layer out of sprites during the game again, but then I decided to better spend the time on future projects.

09 June 2015, 15:58	#28
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	What doesn't work with the highscore table? Is it reset to initial values after restarting the game from disk? This happens when the old highscore table is unreadable or has been manipulated. The highscores are stored on the disk's second track. They are written by formatting the whole track, so any previous corruptions don't make the table unusable. Any problems with your drive or disk?

09 June 2015, 17:04	#29
oissery77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: france Posts: 124	thanks a lot phx!!

10 June 2015, 11:12	#32
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	That's quite fascinating. The game is hanging during "Writing Table", but I know that there is no error handling during the writing procedure. After writing the table it should immediately ask for "Continue?". Also I have no explanation for the green background color. I remember that I entered a highscore on my Minimig a few days ago and now I tested it with UAE and had no problem either. Will test it on my A4000 this evening. What are the specs of your 4000? 030, 040, 060? Any special hardware? HD floppy drive? Would be interesting to hear about the experience with the highscore table from other players...

10 June 2015, 15:57	#33
TheBilgeRat Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wichita KS, USA Posts: 67	Just an A4000 with 3640. I'm wondering if I have a bad circuit or something. Does same with external drive as well

11 June 2015, 13:39	#34
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	Couldn't reproduce it with my CSPPC/060 A4000. Never had a problem with writing high scores. Unfortunately I have sold my A3640. Is your Amiga jumpered to NTSC? The game switches the display to PAL, but I'm currently unsure if the jumper would still have any influence on the CIA timers... Is the disk write-protected?

13 June 2015, 18:39	#36
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	A green ($0f0) background is shown when the game caused an exception or ran into an unhandled interrupt vector. Although the usual panic-colors should be a pattern from full intensity ($0f0) to black ($000), but perhaps the panic routine also crashed. If you are still interested in debugging the problem, write me an email (frank at phoenix owl de) and I can send you an image with full debugging enabled (there is also an in-game debugging monitor program).

14 June 2015, 03:20	#38
TheBilgeRat Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wichita KS, USA Posts: 67	Alright, so the debug version runs fine - saves the high scores table just fine. I'm at a loss! I think I'll try burning another floppy and see if it does ok.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)