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Message: 4517

Author: john_elliott_uk

Date: 14/10/2004

Subject: Re: John Elliot's Jet Set Willy Editor 2.0.3

 

--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "ryoga_hibiki2004"
wrote:

> Hello. Being a relative newcomer to this group, and indeed writing
> JSW titles in general, I would like to ask somebody's advice.
>
> I have just started writing my own variation on JSW, using John
> Elliots JSW ed v.2.03, with JSW 128k as the base program. The main
> problem I am having is, that when redesigning the rooms, particulary
> with the 'Emergency Generator', the ramp and conveyor graphics
> refuse to display properly. I am using Speculator v4.0.0253 to
> playtest this game. Any feedback or solution would be greatly
> appreciated.

Have you, by any chance, got two types of cell (such as Earth and
Conveyor) sharing the same colour attributes? This can cause weird
effects.
The other alternative is that you've triggered the Block Graphics Bug
<http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/bugs.html#block_graphics_bug>
the only solutions for which are to redesign the cells in that room,
or to start again with JSWED 2.2.0 and use a different game engine
(such as JSW64 or Geoff Mode) in which this bug has been fixed.

It would seem that I either need to incorporate the functionality of
Andrew Broad's BGB_JSW and BGB_MM, or allow them to be called as
plugins from JSWED. Hmmm, embedding a JVM into JSWED...

 

 

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