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Come to think of it, the last version of cksrcmod has a compile-time option for enabling runtime shifting of EGA sprites, while not using separate cached shifted copies. I don't know what impact will this have on performance while using vintage hardware, but with newer hardware (including the use of...

Very impressive reveal! While it could be assumed to be a rendering bug, I also had a feeling it wasn't; Basically something like the bug currently described as "Bounder Pole Door Glitch" for Keen 4 or "Ampton Pole Push Door Trick" for Keen 5. lemm's explanation looks good. It's ...

I do have a few minor bug reports for Defense Tunnel Ahm: Nice catches, thanks! Fixed to the extent possible in my local copy. I wonder if it's on purpose in level 8, that Keen's internal objects array gets full around the time of entering the level, if you play on hard difficulty. This leads to ca...

Looks like I already finished the level pack a week ago! But yeah, I've completed it. As already said here, the pack is unique in its ways. Some things can indeed feel a bit "alien" at times when you're not used to them, but it doesn't have to always be the case. Even with the bottomless p...

Using ADJMEM as described by you seems to solve the memory usage problems, thanks! The addition of MCGA hardware support, even if mostly for its lack of support for EGA mode 0xD, is an interesting case. So is the ability to take advantage of smoother fading; I think the latter should also be possibl...

I forgot to mention the following about the music and sound effects. If anybody around here gives the combination of Tandy music and AdLib sound effects a try, without starting AdLIb music first, you might find out that a few sound effects differ from the way they sound in the original, unmodified g...

Thanks for your updates. Since the CGA code is all out there, it should be usable. Most of Keen Dreams' refresh manager and video manager code specific to CGA is the same as in Keen 4-6. Basic graphics/sound enhancement options will probably be found welcome by users. One example coming to mind is e...

Interesting find! I suppose that NOPAN was originally used for debugging. It works kind of like the CGA executables, which don't support panning at all; The main difference is the the screen and sprites scroll 8 pixels at a time with EGA graphics, compared to 4 pixels at a time with CGA graphics. Re...

Hey there, I suppose that you're also identified as Frenkel in these forums: Duke4.net, RGB, old 3DR forums? Either way, that's an interesting mod! While the graphics - as expected - should match the EGA ones, the new Tandy music surely feels quite different. Rather than interpreting the original IM...

Have been checking this out. I knew about Markeen beforehand, and it looks like it's been a while since the very first experiments were done, but we can see the potential for sure; Even if later manual edits are needed. The first two levels accessible from the world map are probably good examples of...

Version 0.40.0 has been released. Since Keen Dreams isn't the only supported game, the project is being renamed as of this version. It's now titled "ReflectionHLE". A side-effect of this is that you'll have to manually migrate saved games and settings. Hopefully, it shouldn't be more than ...

I remember the claim about a future reveal of TUIT's plot, just not it's source. There's still one more year before it's 30 years from Christmas '92, by the way. An earlier message was written here in 2012: https://twitter.com/ThatTomHall/status/205728048211955712 To quote Tom: @eisnerguy1 Will only...

Congratulations on getting the release out! The timing is indeed fitting. While I know that you've been updating the repository before the last release (and also been accepting patches for contributors), this is a good opportunity for potential users to give this a try. I don't know if the ACTIONS f...

Finally it made its way to the KeenWiki: https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/NY00123's_tests_level Thanks for creating the Wiki page! I suppose that the screenshot with the two message boxes was edited, or maybe there's a game patch which allows this? it is still unbelievably hard for me to pass thro...

As I guess that one of the preceding posters will do so, I won't record a video for now. But yeah, it works and this is a nice find. I weirdly don't recall if I got Keen to fly through the spikes, but I'm quite sure I saw him flying above ground while being pushed by a blooglet more than once. You b...