[Clownacy]

Xeta, on 29 July 2014 - 04:55 PM, said:

In order to fix the song, you could check out the MegaPCM DAC driver... that should allow you to add the missing sample to the game. Of course, if you don't think you're up to it, you could download this version of the song that has the sample changed.

If I can chime in for a second, it should be possible to add DACs to S1's stock DAC driver. You just need to mind your space. The samples have to be small enough to not push the Z80 DAC driver's size past around $1FFC bytes.

[Xeta]

I know you can add the sample, but it would be a real pain... I remember finding out how somewhere, but I hardly understood anything, and MegaPCM is, in my opinion, a better alternative.

[KingofHarts]

I'm really liking what I see so far. Definitely needs more refinement, but definitely not a bad hack.

[DalekSam]

Xeta, on 29 July 2014 - 06:58 PM, said:

I know you can add the sample, but it would be a real pain... I remember finding out how somewhere, but I hardly understood anything, and MegaPCM is, in my opinion, a better alternative.

Personally, if you don't mind me chiming in here, but I'm in the camp that believes that you really should only implement something if you're going to make the most out of it. I think changing the music to reflect Sonic 1's stock DAC samples is the better choice here.

Not discouraging the use of MegaPCM, as I think it's certainly an excellent addition to a hack and extremely useful for musicians like me, but sometimes using what you have already isn't a bad idea either.

I'll definitely give this a run through soon, it's nearly 6am here and I'm exhausted as it is! But from the replies here it certainly seems promising, so keep it up.

I should also note that the other methods for replacing samples in Sonic 1 that aren't as extensive as implementing MegaPCM go back a good few years, but they've worked for most of us! Puto disassembled the Z80 driver from the original game, if that's the way you want to go (though samples need to be compressed), there's also jman2050's driver and MarkeyJester also made an alternative a few years back, which isn't dissimilar to MegaPCM's ease of use.

This post has been edited by DalekSam: 29 July 2014 - 11:39 PM

[Caverns 4]

Xeta, on 29 July 2014 - 01:25 PM, said:

I'd hate for this to be the Into the Void topic all over again.

But the thins is... Into the Void was bad. The level design was sloppy, the palette were bad, bugs, etc.

LONG RANT:

Spoiler

This hack however, is flipping great. Sure, the level layouts could be tweaked in a couple of places, and we got occasional object oversights and stuff, as much as you'd expect from even the most competent beginners, but these flaws are rare, and spread throughout some really invententive, and sometimes straight up genius design choice. I've yet to play all the zones, but that will be on my to-do list.

I did play the first and Second Zones, and let me just say, that Second Zone boss... Was hard as balls, I died on it so many times, but you know what? Not a single death was the fault of the game; It was alwas me, making too many bad judgements. And one bad judgement doesn't kill you instantly eaither, you have several oppurtunities for mistakes, and as ann added bonus, I can't say the falling platforms weren't given proproper warnig: Right before you fight the boss, there are two platforms just like them that fall, but they have a floor under them, so you get to see them fall without dying. That implementation is genius, as the game literally intuitively teaches you, and I love when games do that. The spikes on either side do the trick of adding som challenge, and would be an issues if not for the fact that again the falling floor tiles give you a second to react, giving the player a chance to recover. The bosses pattern is tricky to get the hang of, but once you have it, you've learned it. There's no bullshit, and no glitch-related frustration. I love both of the bosses I've tried so far.

Also in the second zone, the "Slow" signs are neat. There are a few things I'd like to see fixed, such as some poor enemy placement throughout, but really, it's relatively minor issues for an ongoing hack, and I'm sure Pacguy will improve. Nice job!

TL;DR:
It's really good, keep up the nice work!

[pacguy]

I made some graphical updates to Construction Zone, here's a screenshot:



Feel free to tell me what you think :3

[Xeta]

Caverns 4, on 30 July 2014 - 01:39 AM, said:

But the thins is... Into the Void was bad. The level design was sloppy, the palette were bad, bugs, etc.

I understand; I've been starting to help him with the hack, so don't worry, you'll probably see some improvements in the future.

pacguy, on 29 July 2014 - 05:16 PM, said:

Thanks for the Fixed song file! It sounds much better :3 But should I credit you on the fix, or did nineko fix it himself?

I made the fix a while back (February? March?) when I didn't have MegaPCM, so you should probably credit nineko for the actual song and me for the fix.

pacguy, on 30 July 2014 - 02:41 AM, said:

I made some graphical updates to Construction Zone, here's a screenshot:



Feel free to tell me what you think :3

Why does it 404?

[MathUser]

The design for the rope/hook looks pretty good. The rest looks like a building.

[LordOfSquad]

Personally I think it stands out a little too much, it's kind of distracting as a background element. I took a very quick, very rough crack at it myself during my coffee break, feel free to use/alter it if you want.

This post has been edited by LordOfSquad: 30 July 2014 - 10:22 AM

[Tweedle]

As someone who downloads and tries hacks allot, But doesn't take the time to sit down and play through most of them. I'm really enjoying this Hack, However I'm not a professional so I wouldn't know if it's "badly made", From a casual playing of it I'm having fun and really enjoy the music and levels so far.

Keep up the good work, and Improve if you find it necessary.

[pacguy]

I made an update! I removed the broken Robotnik monitors, fixed some things, changed the graphics of the cranes based on lord of squads advice, and made a bunch of layout changes to Construction Zone! Check it out!

Download

This post has been edited by pacguy: 01 August 2014 - 09:58 PM