Sonic The Hedgehog: DX

stormislandgal · Jul 8, 2006

Oh shit, it's as simple as replacing the .w with .l? I didn't even think that the .w meant anything. Well, It'll work now. Thanks again.

stormislandgal · Jul 12, 2006

I've been hard at work on this hack over the past few days, and completed the layout of all three acts of Spring Yard... Well, my partner in crime, "JennaTheFox", is touching up my act 2 a little bit, so it's not done all the way. For the record, I'm doing a majority of the work on this project, folks, so don't worry. =P Now, on to the screens.

New monitor art. Thanks to Jenna for telling me to use the Chaotix monitors.

Rolling is the only way to get through here, as with a few other places.

Timing is key to jumping this death trap.

A row of bumpers awaits you afterwards. Who know's what's on the other side? You'll have to bounce your way across.

Moving on to Act 2, Sonic wonders what is on the other side of this. It's possible to jump through, but there's an even easier way of going through.

K, I only had 1 screen for act 2. =P On to act 3. Sonic says: How do I get down there?

Another row of bumpers awaits later on. Whatever is on the other side is far more worth it than the previous one.

Ease up on the controls, you'll bounce your way to collecting most(*gasp not all?*) of the rings.

OSHIT heads up.

egg prison. yay.

props to Jenna for the palette. As well as telling me to go for goldish looking rings. Yellow doesn't cut it anymore. =P And props to her as well for slapping the art for the diagonal spring as well, with reduced vram space. =P

WiteoutKing · Jul 12, 2006

That one with the Ring path reminds me of Donkey Kong Country games, where the "good" or "secret" path was usually alluded to by bananas in some way. Looks awesome!

Tweaker · Jul 12, 2006

Glad to hear Jenna still hangs around... You've got some great ideas here! I'm looking forward to the eventual outcome of all your hard (or is it? =P) work.

I really need to start porting objects over. Maybe you can help me for a change.

stormislandgal · Jul 12, 2006

Heh, yeah, she's still around, but she isn't participating in the scene too much. And, porting objects? I'm not so much of a porter myself, but I could give it a shot. =P

Don't worry, the outcome should be real soon providing I keep working at my furious pace.

EDIT: I am a jerk, I completely forgot Wite. =P I'll just say I am aiming for a few DKCesque concepts, such as the blackout effects from Donkey Kong Country's Blackout Basement. If only I could get the damn object to work. =P

Shadow Fire · Jul 12, 2006

ThunderSpeed for Techie!

Do it or I start hacksawing at peoples' nuts.

PC2 · Jul 12, 2006

Level Design = The Shizz. Very, very creative ideas there. And (while a bit late for me to be saying this) I love the title cards. Sexy pallettes, and a nice change as far as the Chaotix monitors go. The object programming and reprogramming looks very promising, but can you make the emerald a tiny bit bigger (perhaps the same way the look in the Special Stages)? It seems sorta microscopic. Other than that, keep up the good work, I can't wait for a release.

Timecrash · Jul 12, 2006

Well, someone's back.

Great job on the hack, ThunderSpeed. You've got some great programming and level design there. Keep it up!

stormislandgal · Jul 12, 2006

I do plan to size up the emeralds, but I like the side view of 'em much better. I'll give resizing it a shot first. The only reason I didn't resize it in the first place was cause it fits right in Sonic's hand... The emeralds you collected in SA didn't though...

And thanks on the compliments. You'll wann stay tuned as to what "Carnie Casino" is. However, at the moment, it's just "Carnie". =P

LocalH · Jul 12, 2006

jman2050 said:

($00200002).l is what you're looking for. (xxx).w should ONLY be used for addresses $FFFF8000-$FFFFFFFF and addresses $0-$7FFF. Why do you think these games use the upper half of memory instead of the lower half like you would think? So they can use word addressing rather than long addressing :P
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For anyone unsure of exactly why this is, it's because of sign extension. What that means is, when using word addressing, the processor takes the sign bit (which, in a word, is bit 15) and extends it through the entire upper word. Since Genesis RAM addresses are generally referenced as $FFFFxxxx, only the range from $8000 to $FFFF can be utilized in this manner, and thus they turn into $FFFF8000-$FFFFFFFF. Sign-extending $0000-$7FFF results in $00000000-$00007FFF. To access the first half of RAM you have to use long addressing. And, of course, the Genesis generally ignores the top byte (since the 68K has a 24-bit address bus), so it all reduces to $FF8000-$FFFFFF for ROM-optimized RAM usage.

Shade · Jul 12, 2006

This is looking like some very nice stuff indeed. I eagerly await a release.

Also, that Spring Yard pallete is quite nice.

Verse · Jul 13, 2006

ThunderSpeed said:

And thanks on the compliments. You'll wann stay tuned as to what "Carnie Casino" is. However, at the moment, it's just "Carnie". =P
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A carnival night style level that will actually look like a carnival? With rides an' stuff? or are you not goin' for the art?

stormislandgal · Jul 13, 2006

The original idea, stemming off my fan game, was "The Carnival Casino, which was basicly a mix between Carnival Night and Casino Night. At the moment, it's a Carnival Night port. =P

EDIT: my odd choice of badniks.

I do have a problem with splats, as he flashes during his animation. Screwing with the animation scripts didn't work, so I'll have to figure this out another way. What I'm planning for the orbinaut is a carnie look, that's why he's got the slown nose. I'll figure out the rest on him for later. Then, the walking bomb... I'll try an turn him into a firecracker. =P The bat? No plans.

Verse · Jul 14, 2006

ThunderSpeed said:

The original idea, stemming off my fan game, was "The Carnival Casino, which was basicly a mix between Carnival Night and Casino Night. At the moment, it's a Carnival Night port. =P

EDIT: my odd choice of badniks.

I do have a problem with splats, as he flashes during his animation. Screwing with the animation scripts didn't work, so I'll have to figure this out another way.
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It looks pretty darn good, I guess I've just always had beef with carnival night for not having a roller coaster or ferriswheel in the backround. Balloon park for the win as far as I'm concerned.

ICEknight · Jul 14, 2006

ThunderSpeed said:

EDIT: my odd choice of badniks.

I do have a problem with splats, as he flashes during his animation. Screwing with the animation scripts didn't work, so I'll have to figure this out another way.
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How is he going to move? Are you just using a modified motobug?

Perhaps you could try something new, like modifying a rabbit object so Splats would jump like them.

Sparks · Jul 14, 2006

ICEknight said:

ThunderSpeed said:

EDIT: my odd choice of badniks.

I do have a problem with splats, as he flashes during his animation. Screwing with the animation scripts didn't work, so I'll have to figure this out another way.
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How is he going to move? Are you just using a modified motobug?

Perhaps you could try something new, like modifying a rabbit object so Splats would jump like them.
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Perhaps make it only jump when Sonic jumps like the Chargin Chucks from Super Mario World?

ICEknight · Jul 14, 2006

By the way, I've noticed some lack of detail in the orbiclown's (or whatever you're gonna call it) bumpers. Here's some new graphics for them, in case you're interested.

JcFerggy · Jul 14, 2006

I think the bumpers are too close to him, maybe move them away from him a little?

ICEknight · Jul 14, 2006

Here's some more makeup, in case it was needed. =P

stormislandgal · Jul 14, 2006

Oh god, I love you man. I was trying to get a clown face going on there, but I couldn't get it to look right. Thanks man. Also, the bumpers were only place holders, but those look dandy. =P

And yes, splats is a modified motobug. I could easily make him bounce though.

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