Lady Bug

[fizgog]

Congrats

Probably worth waiting a few hours first

[marcusjambler]

Congrats

Probably worth waiting a few hours first

HaHa... You could be right... Playing beautifully on Master running OS3.5

[lovebug]

heh yeah I know I keep saying final builds but I think this time it really might be !

ok time to work on my nova game

[lovebug]

Playing beautifully on Master running OS3.5

thanks matey, I tried my best to make it compatible with all versions of machines and os/mos

[lovebug]

I long long time ago I recieved an email from someone about possibly producing physical copies of ladybug but somehow the email got deleted and then I forgot about it

If youre still interested then please let me know

and im very very sorry that I lost your email

[lovebug]

Congrats

Probably worth waiting a few hours first

well it took longer than a few hours but I did indeed find another fault

with the recent change in the code to fix the sprite flicker when moving from the lower to the upper screen half I had introduced a few timing changes I had to fix

now ive just found another, from levels 5 to 99 when the enemy timer is running at max speed I found that the delayed enemy release could fail and the timer would do another complete revolution before releasing the enemy

each enemy release is delayed by a different number of vsync frames so that when driving around the maze they dont ride on each others backs (thanks to @Tricky for that suggestion) and also helps to spread out the junction path tests so they dont all happen on the same frame

originally I had allowed a release window of 5 timer blocks from top center but now that the timing has changed it is possible to miss sometimes
ive increased the window size to 10 timer blocks which is more than enough to fix the issue

to be honest im not sure why I wrote this release window in the first place ?, its probably something from a really early build before I had the enemy release flag ? and could possibly be removed completely
 
Build 003357
 

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[lovebug]

thinking about it ... I should have really used a flag that gets set when the timer hits zero and then cleared once the delayed enemy has been released instead of that release window

[marcusjambler]

I'm sensing another update

[lovebug]

I'm sensing another update

[lovebug]

I'm sensing another update

Build 003360

removed that messy timer window code and added new flag enemyTimerZero which is set when the timer does a full revolution and hits zero (top center)

this is tested by .enemyRelease and once the frame delayed enemy is released the new flag is cleared

seems to be working fine, source code at https://github.com/LoveBug2084/LadyBug

thanks again to the guys at https://bbcmicro.co.uk/ for updating to my latest build

Final Build ? it should be now
 

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[marcusjambler]

Build 003360

I'm sure those two Zeros at the front will be ample...

[lovebug]

Build 003360

I'm sure those two Zeros at the front will be ample...

i hope so , actually this should be it as I cant think of anything else that needs fixing

[marcusjambler]

Time to publish perhaps

[daveejhitchins]

Build 003360

I'm sure those two Zeros at the front will be ample...

i hope so , actually this should be it as I cant think of anything else that needs fixing

You're just not trying hard enough . . . Sorry

Dave H.

[lovebug]

I'm sure those two Zeros at the front will be ample...

i hope so , actually this should be it as I cant think of anything else that needs fixing

You're just not trying hard enough . . . Sorry
Dave H.

Time to publish perhaps

where should I publish it ? thanks

[marcusjambler]

i hope so , actually this should be it as I cant think of anything else that needs fixing

You're just not trying hard enough . . . Sorry
Dave H.

Time to publish perhaps

where should I publish it ? thanks

I guess you cant since its a port we wont be getting a physical release on 5 1/4 disk and artwork etc

Anyway... Its an amazing, very playable and colourful piece of work in its own right IMHO

[lovebug]

somebody from this forum did contact me by email about producing physical copies about 2 years ago but the email accidentally got deleted when I was 1/2 asleep and deleting a bulk load of emails in my inbox, I wish I could remember who it was

[marcusjambler]

Arcadian maybe

[lovebug]

Arcadian maybe

thanks , I just sent a pm @Arcadian but it seems to be stuck in the outbox

[tricky]

I think that just means that he hasn't read it yet.

[lovebug]

oh thanks tricky, i thought it meant it was blocked

[tricky]

Are you thinking of raising the code for another game?

[Tetlee]

somebody from this forum did contact me by email about producing physical copies about 2 years ago but the email accidentally got deleted when I was 1/2 asleep and deleting a bulk load of emails in my inbox, I wish I could remember who it was

Good luck Lovebug, I for one would love to get hold of a physical release for this one, great game.

I missed out on the homebrew physical releases for the BBC and nobody seems to be doing them any more sadly.

[lovebug]

OOF!

I found a mistake in the latest build, I thought I had seen it happen once before posting the build but I was really tired at the time
I kept playing but couldn't reproduce it so put it down to being too tired and posted the build

But there is a mistake for sure as I've just seen it again

This seems to trigger the problem

All 4 enemies are roaming around
Lady Bug collects the bonus vegetable item
After the vegetable music the enemies are roaming again
An enemy gets killed on a skull
When the timer hits top left and the enemy release warning is sounded a new enemy is instantly released instead of waiting for the timer to hit top center

I'll fix it, sorry guys and gals

[lovebug]

Build 003365

fixed the enemy release bug that crept into the code after the new release flags were implemented

the fix was to clear the timer top center flag when the timer hits top left
 

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[bob147]

Best post release support ever! Well done @lovebug, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I absolutely love how this version is bursting with colour, I actually prefer it to the original arcade release's somewhat more muted tones.

[lovebug]

Best post release support ever! Well done @lovebug, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I absolutely love how this version is bursting with colour, I actually prefer it to the original arcade release's somewhat more muted tones.

thanks bob147

the original designer(s) did an amazing job creating and programming Lady Bug and it was fun recreating it for the beeb, my graphic skills were not so great and the resolution limitations of the beeb made it harder but such is life

i'll be porting this to the 8 bit NES when im feeling up to it, it should be fairly quick as the program is already written and will just need mods to use the hardware sprites, tile based background graphics and sound

the NES port will use the original arcade enemy sprites

[fwibbler]

Would it be easy to port to the C64 or is it too different for that?

[lovebug]

Would it be easy to port to the C64 or is it too different for that?

porting to the C64 would be possible too and would require similar mods as the nintendo

damn it, that's another system i need to learn now

[fwibbler]

Nah, I was just curious. The C64 has too much software anyway
We need more stuff ported back to the Beeb