Hyper_Eye Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Excellent work Orion! I am very excited. I have only played a little bit of Elansar but I intend to complete it before Philia is released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I'm currently finalising the game, and testing on NTSC configuration. the only problem is: I don't have an NTSC Jaguar nor NTSC TV. So I can only simulate the NTSC behavior by forcing NTSC video values on my Jaguar. The game is playable, except on one screen where an object is at the bottom of the screen, and it can't be seen on my TV in NTSC mode. I just want to know if it's because my TV is PAL and therefor not giving the right behavior of an NTSC display, or if it's the same on a real NTSC Jag/TV. So, whoever live in a country where NTSC TV is the standard, can you please test this little BJL program on your setup and tell me if you can see the "fuschia rod" in the bottom middle of the screen ? http://onorisoft.free.fr/extern/philiatest.bjl Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 What is the height of your picture? If you want to make sure it is 100% visible on all TVs, don't go over 200 lines for NTSC, and 240 lines for PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 I just can't delete 40 lines of each of my picture, the game is made for 320x240 display :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If you had a rom that would work on a skunkboard I could test - I dont have a BJL setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagLynx4Life Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I just converted the BJL file into a jiffi > Burned with DiscJuggler to do this test. Attached is a Screenshot of my results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I just can't delete 40 lines of each of my picture, the game is made for 320x240 display :/You don't have to remove the extra lines, just make sure that there is nothing important for gameplay in them. If there's only one picture where the problem appears, the easiest way is to rerender the scene so that the object is higher on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I just converted the BJL file into a jiffi > Burned with DiscJuggler to do this test. Attached is a Screenshot of my results. Man, I don't see a fuschia rod.... damn, I always wondered why Formula-1 looked so much better on TV when I'd visit my relatives in Holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) ok, so, the good news is, I have the exact same picture framing on my TV when forcing NTSC init, so I know how it will look for US players. the not so good news is, I need to change a lots of little things so it will look good, and playable for US players. (because here, if you can't find this rod, you cannot complete the game) Thank you for the test and photo ! and Thanks SCPCD for telling me to test on NTSC, because I was ready to send the CD production ! DOH! Edited May 14, 2014 by Orion_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper_Eye Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I know that on my TV I can't see item descriptions on the inventory screen in Elansar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Change the display buffer to a scaled image, and on NTSC set it to 80% vertical. Revenge for all the shitty PAL ports with massive borders!!!! mwhahahahahahaha. ok, so, the good news is, I have the exact same picture framing on my TV when forcing NTSC init, so I know how it will look for US players. the not so good news is, I need to change a lots of little things so it will look good, and playable for US players. (because here, if you can't find this rod, you cannot complete the game) Thank you for the test and photo ! and Thanks SCPCD for telling me to test on NTSC, because I was ready to send the CD production ! DOH! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 I had no luck with the scaled sprite functionality (32bytes alignment can fook everything!) but it's not just one framebuffer, I have plenty of sprite there, so doing scaling for all of them, no. I translated some GUI sprites to fit better on the screen, and re-rendered the scene with the rod at the bottom by lowering the camera a bit, it's ok now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I think CJ was joking you know Scaling without antialiasing would make things look terrible. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_ Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 ok, I have ordered 300 pressed CDs, they should be shipped to me during next month, so expect a release soon no preorder, just check this topic or my website's shop by the end of next month 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Great! Put me on the list for one please!!! :P :P :P :P Edited May 23, 2014 by ggn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82-T/A Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 ok, I have ordered 300 pressed CDs, they should be shipped to me during next month, so expect a release soon no preorder, just check this topic or my website's shop by the end of next month Awesome!!!! I guess with 300, there's not going to be a risk of running out any time soon! Woo hoo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulfman Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Ok great!! ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWR Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagLynx4Life Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Yeah!!!!! Nice work Orion! This port/project was complete much faster than I expected cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 ok, I have ordered 300 pressed CDs, they should be shipped to me during next month, so expect a release soon no preorder, just check this topic or my website's shop by the end of next month Good news! Are you producing a case and instructions? Can we have an early look, if so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Hello Orion_ ! ok, I have ordered 300 pressed CDs, they should be shipped to me during next month, so expect a release soon no preorder, just check this topic or my website's shop by the end of next month Just want to congratulate you, it was amazing to see how you mastered all the hurdles of this big project! Like integrating the Cinepak player, this is something that i tried hard, but always had bad luck with (the sound usually got out of sync with the picture). All the best! Matthias 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Much respect Orion. Look forward to the order details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Quite stoked for this one! Please put me on the list!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litoskin Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 ok i want a copy too !!! please keep us up to date about order details... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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