WindowsZone

Monitors will also start moving if you let go while dragging them somewhere.

And I fixed the monitor code, now they won't break unless you're actually rolling/jumping. I also fixed the lampposts, which weren't setting the respawn point properly (all of them were, not just the active one). I also fixed the player loading.

Also, the lampposts will continue to set the respawn point as long as they are active, so if the lamppost moves, you'll always respawn at the lamppost, until it falls offsecreen, then it resets to the top center of the screens.

Just for a note, these objects have physics: Player, Metal Sonic, Scattered Ring, Motobug, Spike, Spikes (Up + Physics), Advance Booster, Lamppost, Monitor (after being moved).
All objects with physics will collide with solid objects and be pushed by speed boosters.

 

Then add ",stand,stand" to the line starting with "anims=" in the INI.
Or rip and align the sprites.

 

Updated, now with...

O_O

MegaMoto, like a Motobug, but BIGGER and with 5HP! COWER IN FEAR PUNY MORTALS!

Also, now you can have the game make X objects every Y seconds (click OK in the "Create Random Objects..." menu if you don't want to make the objects immediately also).

And WindowsZone will save a log.log file with info about your sessions:

Code (Text):

1. ========
2. Last updated: 5/16/2010 7:03:26 PM
3. Session started: 5/16/2010 7:35:22 PM
4. Session ended: 5/16/2010 7:36:55 PM
5. Frame count: 1259
6. Objects created: 4
7. Objects destroyed: 3
8. Sounds played: 22
9. Max frame time: 747
10. Min frame time: 52
11. Avg fps: 13.5059752408333
12. Max memory used: 45.9140625 MB
13. Min memory used: 28.515625 MB
14. Rings: 0
15. Rings Collected: 0
16. Lives: 3
17. Lives Collected: 0
18. Top Speed: 15.5

Also, there's a new control mode, "Coward". Don't use it unless you like Sonic to switch between running away from painful things to running in one direction regardless of them >_>.

 

Shields are planned, but that doesn't mean they're going to be in the next update... SADXTweaker had a Physics Editor window for two releases before I put anything in it :P.
And yes, I'm figuring out how to make the springs work properly within this engine.
And all of those would be awesome, and all but playable Eggman will definitely happen.

I really have no idea why that happens for you, sorry.

image is the path to the image file (relative to the INI).
time is the time in frames to display the image for.
point is the center point x,y, which is where Sonic's current position will be on the sprite.
bounds is the bounding box in left,top,right,bottom, which is the area of the sprite that will be solid. I would try to have every sprite have its bottom aligned, otherwise he'll start jumping up and down on the ground.

I'll have to add an infinite lives option.
And it's not really weird, because the program writes to the log when it closes, and when it gets an error like that, that piece of code doesn't get a chance to run.

 

This isn't dead!

In fact, here are some updates:
* New Updater program that will allow you to get the latest version of non-essential components (extra player INIs, extra objects). I'm unable to have it update the main program because WindowsZone as a zip is HUGE. I've also moved the WindowsZone stuff to a subfolder of my site.
* Sonic (and others) will now "zip" outside of a solid object that they are inside as in the games, instead of being able to walk around inside them. This also applies to nonsolid objects, rings can now be collected if you're standing over one.
* New objects: GHZ Rock with 2x gravity, GHZ Platform (doesn't move because I fail at understanding ASM). Lamppost and Advance Booster have been updated as noted in the previous item.

As for the people that are experiencing crashes on startup, unfortunately I have no idea what could be causing it.

 

More important updates

* Redone updater, now the selection form is part of the main program and WindowsZoneUpdater.exe just downloads and extracts the files. Because of this, it can now update everything except for WindowsZoneUpdater.exe itself.
* Right-clicking on Sonic will show the menu.
* Right-clicking on any other object will delete it.
* "Infinite Lives" option in Options.
* "Create Random Objects" now uses a CheckedListBox.
* Sonic now uses the correct Spindash charging and release sounds, recorded from S3K with Gens/GS by me.
* New object: Spring, all four directions, yellow and red varieties.
* New object: MTZ Nut, behaves pretty much like you'd expect.
* GHZ Platform now has Horizontal, Vertical and Falling varieties.

And in case anybody's interested in making objects for this (use VB.NET or C#, reference WindowsZoneAPI.dll), here's the VB.NET code for the Motobug as an example.