Wrathchild Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Thanks also to @phaeron for a quick fix to Altirra to import zeropage labels from the CC65 debug output. And to @Heaven/TQA and @popmilo for regularly kicking my butt and encouraging me to work on Elite 26 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 hours ago, Wrathchild said: Thanks also to @phaeron for a quick fix to Altirra to import zeropage labels from the CC65 debug output. And to @Heaven/TQA and @popmilo for regularly kicking my butt and encouraging me to work on Elite Ah looks good 👍🏻 Commander. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steril707 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Looks amazing and rather complete (except the galactic map selection?) ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Looks fantastic. Always wanted to play Elite on my A8! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, Steril707 said: except the galactic map selection? The Galactic map is fine, i.e. you can move the crosshair and hit D to select the closest planet. What doesn't work is the 'F'ind function, after selecting this you should be able to type a planet name and if you get a match the cursor will home there. But as soon as you type there's a short delay and "Not found" is shown and so I need to debug and fix that part. Edited February 6 by Wrathchild work in -> work is 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaanesh Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Yea this is looking great thanks so much for the effort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 On 2/6/2023 at 1:58 PM, Wrathchild said: What doesn't work is the 'F'ind function, after selecting this you should be able to type a planet name and if you get a match the cursor will home there. But as soon as you type there's a short delay and "Not found" is shown and so I need to debug and fix that part. Fixed 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steril707 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 (edited) 6 hours ago, Wrathchild said: Fixed Great! Do you have a list of things missing in your port at the moment? Otherwise seems ready for a release, doesn't it? Edited February 9 by Steril707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Wow. A nicely ported & full playable ELITE --- This is a wonderful piece in restoring justice from missing manufacturer/vendor support in the 80s. Take THIS Firebird, Rainbird, Ocean, Microprose and .. !! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 @Wrathchild Great work. Just wondering if the flicker free PAL patch was going to be implemented in the final release as mentioned earlier on in this topic thread? FYI: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/293865-why-no-atari-8-bit-elite-homebrew/?do=findComment&comment=5118268 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, Steril707 said: Do you have a list of things missing in your port at the moment? As still in the development / dev testing phase only in my head. Sound an obvious one currently, ECM/Station Proximity bulbs, need to test the missile systems. Then test other gameplay elements work like equipment enhancements, mission triggering etc. C64 Trumbles is C64 sprite specific and so could be dropped/reworked. Some Atari version specific changes might go in too. 3 hours ago, Steril707 said: Otherwise seems ready for a release, doesn't it? One would think so but as the above shows, not yet. Hopefully this year though if I can maintain the momentum. 54 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: Just wondering if the flicker free PAL patch was going to be implemented in the final release as mentioned earlier on in this topic thread? "Don't Panic" ™️, all in hand (Mark Moxon himself looking at it). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 o7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, Wrathchild said: "Don't Panic" ™️, all in hand (Mark Moxon himself looking at it). cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I have never meaningfully played this on other micros. It comes across as a mix of Mercenary, Energy Czar and Star Raiders. I suppose a lot of the work is in getting it to work in a different, lower resolution with the Atari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 The resolutions used there look same as C64 - multicolour for guage panel and hires mono for the exterior view. Looks to use missiles to do the outer frame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Indeed it is, and yes, missiles for the side bars. Narrow width employed too to assist with calculations as 32 bytes per line rather than 40 helps with it being a power of 2 and also gives 256 pixels wide in high-res. Unlike the BBC and C64 bitmap layout which is char-cell based, i.e. 8 down then move across and back to the top, the A8 is using a linear bitmap. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 More sexy stuff... 21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Fantastic!! Looking good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 You make us proud to own A8 computers, thanks! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wrathchild said: More sexy stuff... Yes it is, and very exciting, for later as an off the wall question, if the flicker still switchable (toggleable) in some way maybe it could it be used as a side effect of damage or being hit, adding intensity to the game. Just more crazy thoughts by Doc Brown ! Edited February 10 by _The Doctor__ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Check this out, very interesting watch: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaanesh Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 I assume having a linear bitmap means a faster drawing algorithm. So combined with the faster MHz CPU should mean a version of Elite that is somewhat faster than the C64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rensoup Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I think at this point we start making demands regarding what title pic should be included... I think this one is a perfect fit : https://www.kindpng.com/imgv/iimJRRx_clipart-rat-group-rat-fuel-rats-elite-dangerous/ but more seriously, this one could look good in hires with PMGs https://www.pngegg.com/en/png-yxyvm A few more here: https://www.pngegg.com/en/search?q=elite+Dangerous+Logo 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 "Let there be sight(s)!" 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 This is looking very optimised. However you may be able to squeeze out a few more clock cycles by asking ChatGPT if it can optimise sections of code. I wonder how many people here use ChatGPT for this? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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