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Message: 5691
Author: john_elliott_uk
Date: 08/03/2006
Subject: Re: JSWED 2.3.0: Andrew's comments (Chapters 1 to 5)
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, andrewbroad
> > Under Winsows NT/2000/XP, you need to add an environment variable,
It's a method of last resort. In normal use there shouldn't be any
> > which is done using the System control panel. Set the new
> > variable's name to SDL_VIDEODRIVER and its value to windib.
>
> I've no idea whether this benefits me or not.
need to do it; it's only if you've got problems with the normal
DirectX display driver.
> When loading a JSW128 or JSW64 game where the game-engine is an
That would make my life as JSWED author considerably harder. At the
> earlier hacklevel than the one supported by the current revision of
> JSWED, it should ask the user whether (s)he wants to upgrade the
> game-engine or not (if not, then JSWED should allow the user to
> upgrade it via the Game screen, should (s)he wish to upgrade in the
> future).
moment each version of JSWED only has to support one hacklevel - the
latest - and ensure any game it edits is at that hacklevel. Supporting
multiple hacklevels... ugh.
> The new WYSIWYG display of room-titles is all very nice - but JSW128
Ah.
> room-titles don't display at all!
> Also, the [61-63] room-titles in
JSWED works out whether the game is providing a font for the 0-31
> the original JSW aren't WYSIWYG, i.e. JSWED doesn't faithfully
> render ASCII codes outside the 32-127 range.
range, and uses it if present (for example, JSW:LOTR) but it doesn't
check the 128-255 range; as far as I know, no JSW game uses characters
in this range. 128-255 in a JSW48 game are particularly problematic
because they come from video RAM and differ from room to room.
Since JSWED doesn't have a copy of the Spectrum ROM onboard, it
can't accurately simulate what unpatched JSW48 does with characters 0-31.
> The screenshot-utility (press F8) saves its files in C:\Documents
It saves them in the current directory, I think. It was one of the
> and Settings\Broad\ for some reason.
quickest and nastiest parts of JSWED; I wrote it just to prove a point.
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