Compileable version of Alien Breed 3D II - The Killing Grounds

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by abu_the_monkey

exactly this.

to me its more finishing off things that weren't back in the day, so far

I definitely feel the original was unfinished business. This is probably part of the reason why the code was released in the first place.

[Karlos]

On the other hand, maybe there should be a fork for any radically new stuff, especially anything that breaks compatibility with the original game files.

[abu_the_monkey]

Originally Posted by Karlos

On the other hand, maybe there should be a fork for any radically new stuff, especially anything that breaks compatibility with the original game files.

for sure, if you can no longer run the original game files, it ain't AB3D2-TKG any more.

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by saimon69

At this point given the differences are growing i think is good to give the refactor a new name, like, thinking at Doom, something like Chocolate Breed or similar?

"Re-Breed"

[Karlos]

@pipper

I've raised a teeny PR into your C migration branch. Just the UWORD casts above, really.

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by Dunny

"Re-Breed"

I think amipal had it with AB3DIITKGWIP. It totally rolls off the tongue.

[abu_the_monkey]

Originally Posted by Karlos

I think amipal had it with AB3DIITKGWIP. It totally rolls off the tongue.

+1

[saimon69]

Originally Posted by Karlos

I dunno. That sounds kinda racist...

Tell that to the Chocolate Doom coders, that is where i got it from, there is still the jelly option...
[EDIT] AND that is what happen when english is not the first language, now that i see it -_- please disregard

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by saimon69

Tell that to the Chocolate Doom coders, that is where i got it from, there is still the jelly option...
[EDIT] AND that is what happen when english is not the first language, now that i see it -_- please disregard

I won't lie, it made me laugh, inappropriate as it may be. But don't worry, I was pretty sure you didn't intend it.

[abu_the_monkey]

early 'migrate_to_c' builds (both release and dev).
includes asm builds for comparison.
would be nice to know it is working on real hardware

[Karlos]

I'm not sure the Dev build actually uses the C code at the moment. The dependencies are built but I don't think it's linked. I could be wrong, I've not had a proper dig into it yet.

[pipper]

One remark: The ASM version appears to be bigger, because it contains DEBUG_LINE info. The C version is build with debug symbols enabled, but I think the linker threw away all the assembler generated debug info.
Once stripped, the C version is actually slightly larger - which is to be expected.

[abu_the_monkey]

if the mouse controls make the screen loop round after exceeding max look up/down I guess the c code is in use?

[abu_the_monkey]

I also noticed that in the c build, the credits show up momentarily when you start the game, unlike the asm build which jumps straight into the menu.

[pipper]

Yes. I both cases I don’t know why that happens. Though actually, I never knew why the credits were gone in the ASM version ?

[abu_the_monkey]

Though actually, I never knew why the credits were gone in the ASM version ?

that's assembler for ya

why does it work? idk
why doesn't it work? idk

[Karlos]

Time to add Abu to the credits as Chief Legacy Bug Stomper.

[abu_the_monkey]

you guys would have got there, I just had nothing better to do.

[Karlos]

Originally Posted by abu_the_monkey

you guys would have got there, I just had nothing better to do.

Speaking of, I think there's a similar word size bug for lift walls for the corner lighting. I've noticed that regardless of the brightness settings, doors and lifts often seem to have our of place brightness. I'd not fall out of my chair if it was another move.l that should be a move.w operation.

[abu_the_monkey]

it wouldn't surprise me.

It must have been quite a challenge to develop this kind of stuff in the mid 90's.

Now we are spoiled with all the tools we have and the speed things can be turned around (and its easier when there is no dead line for results)