GadgetUK Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 On 6/21/2022 at 4:39 AM, JagChris said: When cycling through the characters if I stop at 1 and then tell them to move to a new room and when it tells me it's moving then I hit left to cycle to another character it stops what it was doing. Which I mean it stops moving the previous character. So if I don't stay on the character and move to another character before move is finished it will not follow through with the initiated move. Thoughts. I don't think in general the motion sensor is very useful overall except when you're near the airlocks so in the future I think I'm going to take any motion sensors I get and just drop them by the airlock control so it's there when I need them. Thanks! I've fixed a tonne of bugs in 1.04, and made a lot of changes too. The cycling thing - that must be either an older version, or what was happening is 3 people were already in the room you were trying to move to. I might put a visual indicator in for that, if I can find enough bytes... I've tweaked, fixed and added quite a lot in the next version. It might go up around weekend. I think 1.04 is much better than any previous version for a number of reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I'm using 1.03. I'm pretty certain crowded room wasn't the problem but to be sure when I go through it again I'll pay attention for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Here's what might be the final version! I might change the text stuff to use my own font and routine - not sure yet. Other than that, just any bug fixes would mean a 1.05. There are a lot of changes here, hit indicator, room power can go out if damage > 40%, at which point you need to use the ducts (via grille) to access or get past a blocked room. Computer is more fleshed out - also a small game within the game there. You can see who the alien is attacking now too, a few new samples too. Sound test screen is there too, as well as a tonne of fixes, tweaks and things. If you've played previous versions its worth going into the "how to" part from main menu, or watch the stream I did covering some of the changes in 1.04. https://www.dropbox.com/s/vpec57qet78qjir/Alien1.04.zip?dl=0 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Aagh damn. I avoid the ducts. I get lost. I guess I can't anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 There will be a 1.05, possibly a 1.06 at this rate lol. Fixed a lot more stuff, including a change to allow right on d-pad to go through ALL of the crew dealing with the Alien. Fixed a few more things today, but more optimisation that's allowed me do do more features. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 3:58 PM, GadgetUK said: Thanks! I've fixed a tonne of bugs in 1.04, and made a lot of changes too. The cycling thing - that must be either an older version, or what was happening is 3 people were already in the room you were trying to move to. I might put a visual indicator in for that, if I can find enough bytes... I've tweaked, fixed and added quite a lot in the next version. It might go up around weekend. I think 1.04 is much better than any previous version for a number of reasons. I tried 1.03 yesterday again. Didn't have the cycling problem this time. Maybe it was a crowded room. Watched the new video. I may have missed it but did you put in the different attributes? i.e. the engineer being faster at fixing rooms etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/2/2022 at 7:40 PM, JagChris said: I tried 1.03 yesterday again. Didn't have the cycling problem this time. Maybe it was a crowded room. Watched the new video. I may have missed it but did you put in the different attributes? i.e. the engineer being faster at fixing rooms etc. Yes! That's 1.05! Also speed improvements, freed up 800+ more bytes and fixed a lot more stuff. Couple of new minor features too. Holding off on 1.05 as I am aiming for that to be the final release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesleyrpgAust Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Hey Gadget, it's one of your long time supporters here! Are you going to allow that final version to be published by someone like Songbird productions who have the tools to publish games for the Atari Lynx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, WesleyrpgAust said: Hey Gadget, it's one of your long time supporters here! Are you going to allow that final version to be published by someone like Songbird productions who have the tools to publish games for the Atari Lynx? How's he going to do that? He'd have to get the rights to one of the biggest IPs around? He's said before he has no intention of doing that. It's a labor of love. Edited July 6, 2022 by JagChris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) Possible bug report. Classic mode medium difficulty. As soon as the game starts up cycling left through the characters the game will freeze the minute it hits a dead character. I'll have to check this see if it happens in the enhanced mode and I'll have to check to see if I got a corrupted download as well. I just tried enhance mode with the same effect. As soon as it hits a dead character the game freezes. Can anyone else verify this is happening on their end in version 1.04? Edited July 6, 2022 by JagChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) Delete Alien 1.04 file on PC and Lynx. PC fresh download sent to SD card check SD card for errors reboot into the Lynx, same problem. Edited July 7, 2022 by JagChris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 Thanks! I fixed that in 1.05 =D See the video in my last update there! I just need to release 1.05! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 9:06 AM, WesleyrpgAust said: Hey Gadget, it's one of your long time supporters here! Are you going to allow that final version to be published by someone like Songbird productions who have the tools to publish games for the Atari Lynx? No, it doesn't need publishing - nearly everyone has an SD cart these days anyway. Licensing would be a problem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 3:58 PM, GadgetUK said: Thanks! I think 1.04 is much better than any previous version for a number of reasons. Yeah except the part where it freezes up completely when you cycle to a dead crew member ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) This "might" be the final version... I lost my cat just before I finished the changes that went into this build. Just after I lost her I did a mod to include my cat in place of Jones (when cheat mode is enabled) - just as a memory of her. But despite squeezing that change in (and it was BODGED in), I dont have the morale to tidy up that code to clean it up etc. But it performs fine and to my knowledge there aren't any bugs - except possibly the end screen scoring. I might re-test that and release a 1.06 when I feel more positive. https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz3p5ij2lpeztrp/Alien 1.06.zip?dl=0 EDIT: OK, PROPER 1.06 there now... Sorry it took like 5 attempts... Edited November 28, 2022 by GadgetUK 2 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Awesome! Great work Gadget!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 15 hours ago, 4ever2600 said: Awesome! Great work Gadget!! Thanks =D I spotted what I hope is one of the final bugs... If you die when using the Harpoon, and the Alien is attacking that character, they die - and then die again when the Alien hits them - LOL I fixed that today and increased ver to 1.07. I will hold off releasing that until I've worked out if there are any other bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Roger that. Maybe the harpoon was double ended? Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Will let you know if I spot anything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Sorry about the Kitty. I will enjoy the tribute when the latest comes out. But do it well for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Tried to play this online at Atari gamer but it doesn't boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, JagChris said: Tried to play this online at Atari gamer but it doesn't boot. There's a problem with the emulator that it sometimes doesn't load, I suggest you use an emulator that's not in the web browser. I'll be removing the online emulator in the future anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Gadget, any word on the final final version you've spoken about in the past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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