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Message: 5715
Author: Igor Makovsky
Date: 15/03/2006
Subject: Re: MM-to-JSW2 conversion
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Jeremy Cooper"
Rather good remake in the style of Dr. Andrew Broad "What will be if
I'll use this engine?..." =)
> >* JSWED does not import sprites correctly to a JSW II game. When
to post a
> >importing MM into JSW II, I get only 3 frames of the robot in
> >Central Cavern (#EB81-EBE0) and 5 frames of the penguin from The
> >Cold Room (#EBE1-EC80). Sprites in The Menagerie onwards appear
> >blank in JSWED, and as random pixels when playing.
>
>
> I had a quick crack at this on a couple of emulators and was about
> reply about the random pixels until I got the message. A few other
things I
> noticed however; In the Cold Room, the penguins do a weird dance
thing when
> they move right..
This is because there are only 5 sprites of pinguins exist. As Dr.
Andrew Broad mentioned above. By the way, their "weird dance" looks
pretty good =D
> and entering the Abandoned Uranium Workings has a 50/50
routine.
> chance of instant death, sometimes kicking off the infinite death
It will happen if you will move right when entering this room. You
have to wait a sec to let the leftmost guardian make a few steps to
the right.
> I
I suppose, that dying in "Abandoned Uranium Workings" is a normal
> know this is a beta and such things need to be ironed out.
thing - And there is no bug there.
> Just thought I'd
Yes, I like it too, though JSWII engine isn't as perfect as JSW, MM,
> be the first to offer a playtest report. Looks promising.
JSW128 and JSW64.
IgoR
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