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Levellass
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Post by Levellass »

I am little curious as to what is causing the game to crash on random levels?
I answered this question!

KD has very poor management when it comes to objects (Sprites.) this means that things tend to 'leak' out of where they should be, especially if enemies are allowed to fall off the bottom of the level.

This isn't usually a problem unless levels are large (In size and tile types.) when the leaking data can spill over into them and cause corruption. There would be an error message for this, but KD doesn't have them either.

The leakage is pseduorandom and depends a lot on how you play. There are levels at risk from it, but I imagine anyone could make the game seize up if they pushed enough enemies out of the level.
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Post by Eros »

cool, but shouldn't it be colonel kernel?

but that's just my 2 cents.




great game ceilick!
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Post by Syllypryde »

Levellass wrote:I answered this question!

KD has very poor management when it comes to objects (Sprites.) this means that things tend to 'leak' out of where they should be, especially if enemies are allowed to fall off the bottom of the level.

This isn't usually a problem unless levels are large (In size and tile types.) when the leaking data can spill over into them and cause corruption. There would be an error message for this, but KD doesn't have them either.

The leakage is pseduorandom and depends a lot on how you play. There are levels at risk from it, but I imagine anyone could make the game seize up if they pushed enough enemies out of the level.
That must be why I do not have a problem. I do not push any enemies out.
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Post by Ceilick »

@Eros: Thanks :) I went with Colonal Corn since it's pronounced (at least where I am :celtic ) the same as kernel corn.
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Post by Eros »

i suppose Corn Colonel also works, because it makes a little more sense than colonel corn does.

who pronounces it as col-o-nel, anyways?

anyway, aside from the saving issue, this is an epic mod/add-on to own.
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Post by Scilicet »

Eros wrote:i suppose Corn Colonel also works, because it makes a little more sense than colonel corn does.

who pronounces it as col-o-nel, anyways?

anyway, aside from the saving issue, this is an epic mod/add-on to own.
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Post by Lingyan203 »

When is there gonna be a new version of this coming out?

I don't like having the game to crash every time I load during the level Spud City. Cause that's when the bug occurs.
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Post by Gridlock »

I do not believe Ceilick will release a new version. Unfortunately, these crashes can't really be fixed. Keen Dreams Plus stresses the memory limits of Keen Dreams, and these random crashes are a result of that. My advice is to save the game every time before you enter a level from the worldmap or complete the level. As far as crashes in Spud City, there may not be much you can do.
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Post by Ceilick »

Yeah, it's really hard to do anything about the crashing. If you want I can try to do some more cutting to the level size, which may or may not help.
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Post by Lingyan203 »

I see. Do you think I should do a playthrough on this mod? I just want to know what you guys think, that's all.
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Post by Stealthy71088 »

Try it and see. Ceilick made it, and he's no :dopefish. If you decide you don't like it, then just don't play it.
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Post by Gridlock »

Yeah, go for a playthrough. That would be neat to see. Just save the game each time before you enter a level and before you exit a level. If you run into problems, I guess you'll just have to find a way to work with them.
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Post by Fleexy »

It doesn't work :(

I unzipped it and ran KDRplus.bat. The initial text screen is total garbage, mostly consisting of my user directory. When I press a key to start, I see the normal title screen. When I start a new game (on Normal), I get to the new world map. When I enter the first level, the graphics go garbage and I get an illegal instruction error. Help? :(

EDIT: I ran it in DOSBox and everything up to the world map is normal. But when I enter the first level, it hangs at the "Loading" box.
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Post by Ceilick »

Fixed, redownload and it'll work fine.
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Post by Grimson »

Why haven't I seen this before? It's Keen-tastic! :D Can't say anything negative so far, I especially love the Frenchy replacement. Got any name for it? I was thinking Menacing Maize or something similar :p

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