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Post by garryg on Jul 10, 2021 6:45:59 GMT -5
Hello, I'm hoping someone with two joysticks can test the two stick version of my old VecWars game. I recently come across the assembly for a version that says 'two sticks' but I haven't got access to my own Vectrex/sticks just now, and was wondering if someone could download this, ether from the attached link or my old blog page, and check if this version was completed. I tried it on my emulator but only two of the second stick shoot directions appeared to work. A quick look at the code appears to be fine. Would just be curious to see if this works on a real system. drive.google.com/file/d/1Ru-xxZc-DOsd0MmvJPQEB0JXFpPf2mn5/view?usp=sharingThanks, Forgot to say... Stick 1 moves the ship, and the buttons fire in the four directions. In this version stick 2 should also fire in all four directions. |
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Post by TrekMD on Jul 10, 2021 9:58:24 GMT -5
I've downloaded it to see if I can give it a try.
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Post by garryg on Jul 10, 2021 10:38:17 GMT -5
I actually found some bugs in tis, and ended up fixing them.
My fixed version is now up.
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Post by garryg on Jul 10, 2021 10:53:59 GMT -5
This was the first time I'd ever used VIDE. It's... interesting.
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Post by hcmffm on Jul 10, 2021 15:06:13 GMT -5
Just downloaded your latest version of Vec Wars and did a test. Two joystick control works fine - joystick 1 controls the four directions and joystick 2 controls the shots (also four direction).
Some other notes/suggestions:
- Gameplay is interesting. Quite a number of enemies which behave differently which is good. More sound and extra animation (explosions) will add much to the athmosphere of the game.
- Firing left and right at the same time
When using buttons for firing, you can press button 1 and 4 and shot both upwards and downwards. This should be avoided, I think.
- Change direction earlier
Currently, direction of the ship changes only if joystick directs clearly in one direction. Result is that there is some "lag" because if you move and change direction from right to diagonal right to up, direction won't change till joystick directs "up" only.
Suggestion: Change direction of spaceship even for diagonal joystick positions. I.e. if you control right and then right-up and then up, direction should change from right to up as soon as joystick is in diagonal position.
Thank you for your effort in developing Vec Wars.
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Post by garryg on Jul 10, 2021 18:39:43 GMT -5
Thanks, this was one I did years ago, I just recently found a buggy version with dual stick controls added, that I forgot about.
I'm not really actively updating this, I just fixed some things I saw to make it work.
I did start a second version of this, but it just wasn't playing too well, and I think I've lost the source now.
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Post by hcmffm on Jul 11, 2021 5:30:17 GMT -5
.. I'm not really actively updating this, I just fixed some things I saw to make it work. I did start a second version of this, but it just wasn't playing too well, and I think I've lost the source now. Ah, o.k.. Your game reminds me of the excellent Robot Arena. |
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Post by garryg on Jul 11, 2021 7:12:48 GMT -5
I think I originally done this around 2012... Quite possibly a few years earlier.
It was the first game I, more or less, finished writing on the Vectrex.
The code is terrible, all linier, and bunched together in one asm file.
It was interesting going through it and fixing some stuff, but I'm going to stop or I'll end up spending days/weeks rewriting the thing!
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