e1will Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 You know when, in Adventure, you're eaten by a dragon, then the bat picks up the dragon with you in it, and takes you on a tour of the kingdom? Back in the early '80s, I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. The only problem was, while you could sometimes pick up the bat and move it around, it was difficult to really control where to go, especially at the edge of the screen. I thought the perfect addition to the game would be an object you could pick up that would let you float above the walls and explore the kingdom. So my first try at a hack, back in 2003 or so, was to add a hot-air balloon to the game. If you found the hot-air-balloon and pick it up, you could float above the walls. While I was at it, I tweaked a couple of the room layouts and added a room in the white castle (it always bugged me that there was an "exit" in there that didn't lead anywhere.) Now, this was back before I figured out how to actually assemble, so the changes I made were extremely tedious: instead of just disassembling, adding some code and reassembling it, I was actually using a hex editor to hack in the instructions using machine language (e.g. $4C $7E $F6 to jump to a patched-in subroutine). So even though I came up with some more ideas after that (like having the dragons breathe fire at you; adding a shield the player could use to defend against the fire, adding a torch to see better in the catacombs), the idea of hacking in all those instructions, byte by byte, was so daunting I just shelved the idea. I did submit the hot-air balloon hack here a few years ago, but I made a fairly dumb rookie mistake in making the hot-air balloon so darn hard to find that it wasn't obvious to a casual player that it was even in there. So tonight I'm finally fixing that mistake. Attached is the new-and-improved Adventure hack, with a much easier-to-find hot-air balloon. Enjoy. (On a related note, a few months ago, I figured out how to compile assembly, and wrote a whole new game to make use of the fire-breathing, shield and torch (flashlight now) ideas. Except they're fire-breathing ducks, instead of fire-breathing dragons. If you like this hack, you might like that game too.) --Will Adv28B.bin 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Cool! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to check this out now. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-1915300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Yeah, totally cool! Thanks Will! This sucker is going on my Harmony! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-1915388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) Hot air balloon?? Cool idea!! Edited January 8, 2010 by Shannon Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-1915510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sounds cool. I like Duck attack, but it would still be cool to see the fire, shield, and torch added in Adventure. Think that will ever surface? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-1917744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1will Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sounds cool. I like Duck attack, but it would still be cool to see the fire, shield, and torch added in Adventure. Think that will ever surface? Quite possibly. Maybe I'll call it Dragon Attack! --Will Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-1917890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Old thread, I know...but I've been toying with the CYOA (Create Your Own Adventure) program and wanted to learn some of the assembly language stuff (so I've been toying with that as well) to try to change some of the internals of the game itself. One change I would like to employ is if a dead dragon is picked up by the bat, it becomes resurrected. It should be a relatively simple change to the program, but so far, all my attempts to change the variable have resulted in a non-functional game upon assembly. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Are you trying that with CYOA or something else? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Are you trying that with CYOA or something else? I'm using CYOA to generate the code, then I play with the code in a text editor. Basically (or, BASICally), the logic check should be something like this: BAT pickup code IF "item = dragon" and "state = dead" THEN "state = alive" Edited February 4, 2011 by keithbk Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Try this after MoveBat: MoveBat: LDA BatR+5 CMP #RDragonR BEQ Res1 CMP #YDragonR BEQ Res2 CMP #GDragonR BEQ Res3 JMP MoveOn Res1: LDA #$00 STA RDragonR+4 BEQ MoveOn Res2: LDA #$00 STA YDragonR+4 BEQ MoveOn Res3: LDA #$00 STA GDragonR+4 MoveOn: Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 That doesn't show the margins. Hopefully this will show it better: LiveDragon.doc Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 By the way, if you look at my signature there is a thread for an Adventure hack called "MissAdventure Revised." In the first post is an 8k Adventure Assembly that Nukey Shay made. It is commented and is very nice for hacking. He also has newer versions of Adventure assemblies floating around AA. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2200973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Since the dragons are all the lowest object numbers (of the ones carriable by the bat), the method above can be reduced to 10 bytes... MoveBat: LDX BatR+5 ;use X as a pointer CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon LDA #$00 ;restore normal state... STA $04,X ;to the applicable dragon MoveOn: Edited February 4, 2011 by Nukey Shay Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Since the dragons are all the lowest object numbers (of the ones carriable by the bat), the method above can be reduced to 10 bytes... MoveBat: LDX BatR+5 ;use X as a pointer CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon LDA #$00 ;restore normal state... STA $04,X ;to the applicable dragon MoveOn: Nice! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It's shorter if the check is done in the pickup code. Only 6 bytes because X is already loaded and A is known to be zero. AND #$F8 ;2 Is the Bat within Seven Pixels? BNE MoveBat_4 ;2 If not, No Pickup Possible STX BatR+5 ;3 Store Object as Being Carried ;===========added portion... CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon STA $04,X ;revive applicable dragon MoveOn: ;=========== LDA #$10 ;2 Reset the Bat Fed Up Time STA BatR+6 ;3 MoveBat_4: ;Move Object Being Carried by Bat Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It's shorter if the check is done in the pickup code. Only 6 bytes because X is already loaded and A is known to be zero. AND #$F8 ;2 Is the Bat within Seven Pixels? BNE MoveBat_4 ;2 If not, No Pickup Possible STX BatR+5 ;3 Store Object as Being Carried ;===========added portion... CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon STA $04,X ;revive applicable dragon MoveOn: ;=========== LDA #$10 ;2 Reset the Bat Fed Up Time STA BatR+6 ;3 MoveBat_4: ;Move Object Being Carried by Bat This is great, guys! One of the things about the original Adventure that I always found lacking was that you can only encounter 3 monsters and nothing else. Once the three dragons are dead, there really is no more challenge to the game. By giving the Magic Bat the power of resurrection, the game becomes a bit more challenging and unpredictable...you may not want to so quickly dispose of that sword Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Yet again, every time I do a compile with the changes I make, I get errors and the code will not play. I remove the code I inserted, compile it, and it works again... I've been reading through all the programming 101 stuff and I'm trying to find out what I'm doing wrong...very frustrating. This is the area I have been working with, trying to insert in the following area: ;See if Bat Can pick up Object. LDA VBLANK,X;4 ;Get the Object's X Coordinate. SEC ;2 SBC $CC ;3 ;Find the differenct with the Bat's CLC ;2 ;X coordinate. ADC #$04 ;2 ;Adjust so Bat in middle of object. AND #$F8 ;2 ;Is Bat within Seven Pixels? BNE LF908 ;2 ;If not, no pickup possible. LDA WSYNC,X ;4 ;Get the Object's Y Coordinate. SEC ;2 SBC $CD ;3 ;Find the Difference with the Bat's CLC ;2 ; Y Coordinate. ADC #$04 ;2 ;Adjust. AND #$F8 ;2 ;Is the Bat within Seven Pixels? BNE LF908 ;2 ;If not, No Pickup Possible. ;Get Object STX $D0 ;3 ;Store Object as Being Carried. LDA #$10 ;2 ;Reset the Bat Fed Up Time. STA $D1 ;3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Are you putting these lines of code CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon STA $04,X ;revive applicable dragon MoveOn: right after this line of code? STX BatR+5 ;3 Store Object as Being Carried Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Are you putting these lines of code CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon STA $04,X ;revive applicable dragon MoveOn: right after this line of code? STX BatR+5 ;3 Store Object as Being Carried There is no "BatR+5" in the code, so do I need to define this somewhere? I am trying to edit a txt file, just for clarification. Edited February 4, 2011 by keithbk Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 This one should work. Advent8k.txt 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Yet again, every time I do a compile with the changes I make, I get errors and the code will not play. I remove the code I inserted, compile it, and it works again... None of the user ram is labelled in your example. What disassembly were you using? It should be one of the text files that has all of the user ram defined up top. Otherwise, you'd have to adjust all the ram and rom pointers for any additions you make to the code. I'd recommend looking at one of the previous threads on the subject that has a lot of source code and examples of sprite additions...like this thread: http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/50191-turning-adventure-into-an-8k-game If you want to build a 4k game, there's a couple of files at posts 42 and 43 that has a bunch of romspace free. A newer thread features tricks to "mix and match" display modes and resolutions, so you can create more detailed screens which costs no additional ram (in fact, some more was saved to use wherever you want). http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/134439-adventure-playfield-manipulation-midscreen Any of those disassemblies will execute quicker/more efficient than the original game did...and makes adding new objects or screens very easy. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I am using the CYOA (Create Your Own Adventure), which generates a text file and editing the text file. It's nice because I can quickly change room graphics and I've done a bit of redesign of the sprites and rooms. Unfortunately, the text file that it generates is not the same as the one you were working on, so I'm trying to find the similar strains of code and work by comparing and altering. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 ...which is more difficult than just using one or the other. Trying to find correlations between them is always a nightmare costing you unnecessary time. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 This utility will build sprites and rooms for the text file I posted above. Adventure Builder.zip Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2201579 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) ...which is more difficult than just using one or the other. Trying to find correlations between them is always a nightmare costing you unnecessary time. Okay, I've been tinkering with your adventure_8k.zip file and put the code in the section (example follows): BNE MoveBat_4 ;If not, No Pickup Possible. ;2 ;Get Object STX BatR+5 ;Store Object as Being Carried. ;3 CPX #GDragonR ;compare to whatever the last dragon is BCS MoveOn ;object not a dragon STA $04,X ;revive applicable dragon MoveOn: At this point, I am just trying to get the bat to revive the dragon in the game and have not altered any other code. I have been playing Game 2 and both times, the green dragon is killed, the bat takes the dragon, but the dragon does not revive. Am I doing something wrong? It's definitely not a compile issue, as the game compiles properly and plays, but it does not produce the desired result. Edited February 8, 2011 by keithbk Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/156120-adventure-with-a-hot-air-balloon/#findComment-2204617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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