Arenafoot Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 Now that we got a long awaited update to Dintar's Pac-Man 8k........ could there be an update to Draconian, Darrell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Now that we got a long awaited update to Dintar's Pac-Man 8k........ could there be an update to Draconian, Darrell? Someday, but it's going to be a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Thought this was looking great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Damn, Darrell... That looks and plays BEAUTIFULLY! Wow. -Thom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Thanks! Work started on the BUS driver for Harmony/Melody last weekend. Provided that pans out Draconian will be rebooted to use it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Work started on the BUS driver for Harmony/Melody last weekend. Provided that pans out Draconian will be rebooted to use it. Sadly, it hasn't panned out. While the results are very impressive, BUS doesn't consistently work on some Juniors (or some 7800s). So cd-w and I have created CDF, a new bankswitch scheme that takes ideas from DPC+ and things we learned creating the BUS. CDF doesn't have as many features as DPC+, but is significantly more flexible (rather like the 2600 in that regard!) and better suited to projects that utilize the ARM in the Harmony/Melody. We progressed far enough with it that I've already begun the Draconian reboot as part of testing it. It's non-playable at this time, so builds are only available in my blog. Two additional updates have been posted since the reboot, in those I've rewritten the menu and score routines to use CDF. At this time those builds only work on a Harmony Cart. I'm adding support to Stella, but it's not yet in a publicly available build. However, I foresee it becoming available in one of the 5.0 pre builds in the near future so keep an eye on this topic. On that note, if you haven't already, I highly recommend you download the latest test build of Stella from there so as to provide feedback on the new TIA core - the more eyes looking for bugs the better! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yosikuma Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'd be curious to know the differences between DPC+ and CDF ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 I blogged about CDF in the reboot entry. I tend to keep the more technical aspects of projects in the blog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Stella Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Darrell - you guys are wizards man. For real. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 We updated CDF to add a new FastJump feature and have rebooted the game yet again! As a comparison of the difference it's making, here's how the stations & energy cores appeared in the DPC+ version: In the latest CDF build they now look like this: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Dang. And Mission 3000 had me thinking that a 2600 port of Bosconian was just a pipe dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveD Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Of all the new homebrews in development I think I'm looking forward to this one the most. Progress shots are looking amazing, as usual. This is one of those sleeper arcade hits that you never hear a lot about but is a lot of fun. Good replay value too as you're always working towards a specific goal. Great work guys! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 This particular game is as much about the fun, as it is about pushing the boundaries of VCS kernel development. -Thom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 The station shots look better - in the DPC+ build they were just squares: now they spin like the arcade 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 This has been a long time coming! The CDF build of Draconian now has feature parity with the last DPC+ build. As such, you can now fly around, blow up stations, and be shot at! As a reminder, the difficulty switches control the following: Left: A = display VB and OS time remaining (only meaningful on real hardware), B = display score Right: A = freeze screen (used to review the graphics and animation sequences), B = fly around Also the enemy formation flying around in a test pattern cannot be destroyed, though they will destroy your ship if you run into them. For Harmony or Stella (requires Stella 5.0.0-pre8 or newer) draconian_20170529.bin 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 This has been a long time coming! The CDF build of Draconian now has feature parity with the last DPC+ build. As such, you can now fly around, blow up stations, and be shot at! As a reminder, the difficulty switches control the following: Left: A = display VB and OS time remaining (only meaningful on real hardware), B = display score Right: A = freeze screen (used to review the graphics and animation sequences), B = fly around Also the enemy formation flying around in a test pattern cannot be destroyed, though they will destroy your ship if you run into them. draconian20170529.png For Harmony or Stella (requires Stella 5.0.0-pre8 or newer) draconian20170529.bin it doesn't seem to work on Stella 5.0.0 pre9........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 That's odd, works here. Possibly it's a Windows issue. I've pinged stephena about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That's odd, works here. Possibly it's a Windows issue. I've pinged stephena about it. Screen Shot 2017-05-29 at 8.22.06 PM.png I guess I forgot to state that the rainbow colors appear after I hit the fire button and/or F2 to play the game........... I do get this main screen: (with the "2600 11d329" blinking colors) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Hmm, the 2600 and 11d329 are diagnostic info that shows up instead of START if Left Difficulty = A. The default's supposed to be B when loading a new game. Maybe try changing the difficulty switches and color/black & white setting before trying to start a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just noticed the filename in your screenshot - it ends with 0502, the build from the start of the month which only has the menu with the rainbow screen as a placeholder for the game screen. You need to load 0529. What threw me off is there is a rainbow screen in the current build - it's a splash screen that's only shown for 1 frame, so I initially thought it was getting stuck on the splash screen. By timing 1 frame we can tell if the console you're using is NTSC, PAL or even SECAM. Eventually the splash screen will show up longer and have the AA logo on it instead of the rainbow, just haven't gotten to it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Yeah - my fault! I was running the bin file at the bottom of the list thinking it was the newest one - didn't realize it was the top one!! Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 Aha! Looks like I need to be more consistent with the _ within the filename. I've changed the filename in #140 and will try to remember to use it from now on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Updated explosions coming later today! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tschak909 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Updated explosions coming later today! I love coming attractions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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