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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2822 |
Release id #197710 : Transwarp v0.64
General Q&A thread, also report problems and error logs here. |
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Zaphod
Registered: Jun 2012
Posts: 63 |
well lemme try to think of example games for that list.
1) rescue on fractalus v2 ntsc. should be a relatively straightforward vorpal to transwarp conversion, and it only uses one directory sector to store high scores (18:2). v1 irq loads instead. actually a major relink of the full remember release of this game would be pretty nice. have it move everything but the main and the trainer screen to the second stage load would work well.
2) staff of karnath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ssSZuNxeXg it would be improved by the blanking the screen for the load. :) It counts because it pauses to show a screen and play music.
3) Scarabaeus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBIzd2UMTgg has an actual intro that play once, then non irq loads the main game. would be a good example.
4) many later activision games would be a good bet for this. they all show the activision animated logo sequence. Master of the Lamps, Web Dimension, etc. all the later single loads do this. but it's kinda cheating, because the intro isn't game specific. so maybe do one to prove it possible?
5) booga-boo. This has a notable intro before loading the main game. the lack of protection on the existing disk release should make this particularly easy. |
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Zaphod
Registered: Jun 2012
Posts: 63 |
sigh, got the encoder, but seems it will not write transwarp files to anything but consecutive empty tracks.
without the ability to write anywhere else, there's not enough space free on the disk to write both files.
I am, i kid you not, ONE lousy block too big after g-packer. |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1370 |
Should have a version of TinyCrunch in a few days that packs just enough to get below 201 blocks, leaving as much data in-place as possible. Already works, just need to do a bit more testing and clean up the code a little. |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2822 |
Quoting ChristopherJamShould have a version of TinyCrunch in a few days that packs just enough to get below 201 blocks, leaving as much data in-place as possible. Already works, just need to do a bit more testing and clean up the code a little. Would be cool to define an arbitrary limit, to get smaller programs to just enough Transwarp tracks. =) |
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Zaphod
Registered: Jun 2012
Posts: 63 |
Quote: Should have a version of TinyCrunch in a few days that packs just enough to get below 201 blocks, leaving as much data in-place as possible. Already works, just need to do a bit more testing and clean up the code a little.
any chance of a version for us poor windows users who don't have python? :) |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1370 |
Zaphod - you could just.. install Python?
There's an installer off the "Downloads" tab at https://www.python.org/ |
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map
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 27 |
Quoting Zaphodany chance of a version for us poor windows users who don't have python? :)
There are tools like PyInstaller to create .exe existing:
https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/05/27/pyinstaller-how-t..
Worked fine for me to create tinycrunch.exe. |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1370 |
Ooh, feel like adding that to the downloads on the csdb entry? My windows-fu is minimal at best. |
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map
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 27 |
Quoting ChristopherJamOoh, feel like adding that to the downloads on the csdb entry? My windows-fu is minimal at best.
done |
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ChristopherJam
Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1370 |
Thank you! |
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