[DigitalDuck]

I would've gotten under 5 minutes if it wasn't for that pesky Angel Island Zone!

Also, have a bug:

[MathUser]

Just saw the showcase video. This hack looks awesome. Great work on the hack!

Edit: Is someone gonna add this to the wiki? Pretty sure it qualifies as noteworthy.

This post has been edited by MathUser: 21 February 2015 - 11:33 PM

[flamewing]

MathUser, on 21 February 2015 - 11:31 PM, said:

Edit: Is someone gonna add this to the wiki? Pretty sure it qualifies as noteworthy.

If someone does, I can edit it later with lots of information. But I have to ask — is it safe to add new pages to the wiki in its current state?

[Shalpp]

flamewing, on 18 February 2015 - 05:50 PM, said:

Shalpp, on 17 February 2015 - 03:36 PM, said:

Great hack, only thing I have to say about it is the frequency of the noise channel is lower than it should sound in all of the tracks.

Can you tell me if this build fixes this? You can force a track to be played by holding A or B when changing to a different level. I think I know what caused what you described, but as far as listening goes, I have no idea what I am looking for to see if it was fixed or not. This should also fix some issues with S1 and S2 songs which happened because I grabbed the SCH versions instead of the raw SMPS2ASM versions.

It did indeed fix it. What you listen for is the hi hats that play out of the noise channel. In the previous build in some tracks they sounded less like hats and just more like noise..clicks (no idea what the terminology for that is) There are a few hacks with what I'm guessing is a different sound engine that causes the same thing, but it's also heard in sound effects (monitor breaking, spindash release, etc)

I have an ear for small things like this that I wish I didn't have

[flamewing]

Shalpp, on 22 February 2015 - 08:01 PM, said:

It did indeed fix it. What you listen for is the hi hats that play out of the noise channel. In the previous build in some tracks they sounded less like hats and just more like noise..clicks (no idea what the terminology for that is) There are a few hacks with what I'm guessing is a different sound engine that causes the same thing, but it's also heard in sound effects (monitor breaking, spindash release, etc)

Thanks for the confirmation.

What happened is this: the noise channel usually (almost always) uses a maximum frequency PSG note. In S1/S2 drivers, it is note $C6, while in S3/S&K/S3D drivers (and mine, since it is based off the S&K driver), there are two such notes, $D3 and $D4 (both of which are used). The difference is due to 13 PSG notes that the S3+ drivers have (12 at the start, one at the end). Songs converted between these drivers need to account for the difference; the previous versions of SMPS2ASM did not account for that, leading to broken noise channels in songs that were converted either to S3+ drivers from S1/S2, or from S3+ drivers to S1/S2.

This post has been edited by flamewing: 22 February 2015 - 09:32 PM

[flamewing]

So, instead of the new version, I just want to announce that I will hold off it for a little while; I am adding 8 new levels to the hack, an increase of more than 50%.

Still no work on arcade mode yet, though, but I am betting everyone will love the new additions.

[MotorRoach]

I'm certainly looking forward to what you got planned for the next update, as it sounds pretty exciting with what you mentioned.

[MathUser]

Since you said you wanna work on your own article I didn't upload pics for it. But here's the link for it: Big's Fishing Derby

The top right should have a pic of the title screen. You can add other pics to the bottom of the page if you want.

[flamewing]

MathUser, on 25 March 2015 - 03:20 PM, said:

Since you said you wanna work on your own article I didn't upload pics for it. But here's the link for it: Big's Fishing Derby

Thanks; will edit it when I have some time.