Commander Genius (CKP) V0.2.9.9 Now out!

Post by **tulip** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:30

Download confirmed.

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 18:01

Alright! Now everything works fine! Well... almost. This time two major issues:

1. Play Keen 1, start a new game, then exit to main menu, change the episode by "change the game" option and try keen 2 for example. The game crashes. The log end here:

loadSound : loaded sound FOOTSLAM of 192 bytes.
bottom of game control loop opt=7 crashflag=0

Here another one from Keen 2 to 1:

loadSound : loaded sound EARTHPOW of 288 bytes.
bottom of game control loop opt=7 crashflag=0

2. Although I deleted my controls config file, I can't use the pogo until I change the key. The default is Alt Gr, but when I change it, it displays it as Right Alt.

3. These wall bugs are not so major issues. At some various locations, where when you're close to the walls, you can shoot through them:

Found some walls in Keen 2 too. There might be in Keen 3 either.

In Keen 2, right after you start a new game, you can actually walk over your ship! This is actually quite nice and cool!

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:36

Hi Iv4n,

I have discovered some of those bugs. One of the last versions doesn't open ep2 or 3 anymore.

The most recent version should. I also remember to have tested you that thing when changing the game.

Did you test the most recent version? If you report something here in future it would be nice that you tell me in which version it is so I don't have to recheck the bugs.

About Issue 1: Does this happen in version 0.2.9.6d?

About Issue 2: That's a Problem with Windows itself and SDL. Linux maps this key correctly. I should send check the SDL Lib itself. I will implement a workaround.

Issue 3: Okay. I think this can be fixed, but it will take more time. I need to check, where the collision went wrong.

Issue 4: Walking over the ship? I'm not sure, if it was meant to do so in the original game. However it doesn't work. Strangely all tiles are loaded correctly in EP2. Only this part in the game differes to the original. I think EP2 programm code had a workaround to avoid this.

Should we ignore this issue? I think it doesn't bother

Version 0.2.9.6d also provides a fix for those who uses the HQP. The music buffer wasn't always freed, so in every level you opened and played the music, it took more memory than it really needed (like 30 MB every time. Yep, I know! really too much for such a small game).

K1n9_Duk3 · Post by **K1n9_Duk3** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:14

Iv4n wrote:2. Although I deleted my controls config file, I can't use the pogo until I change the key. The default is Alt Gr, but when I change it, it displays it as Right Alt.

I guess that's because the Alt Gr key is a special key for german (and some more) keyboard layouts. The american keyboard doesn't have that key. I think the effect of the Alt Gr key can be emulated by pressing Ctrl and Alt, but that won't help in playing Commander Keen when you're using 2-button firing.

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 18:02

Oooh! Sourceforge with new design! ...again.

All the mentioned issues are for 0.2.9.6c. And yes, they do work with 0.2.9.6d too.

issue4: It wasn't mean in the original. I vote for ignoring it.

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 20:16

I don't always link the most recent version of CKP with our Website, because I want to be sure the newer version isn't too unstable. However, you can still get and test it, if you browse the sourceforge packages.

I'm not a fan of the new colours of sourceforge, but what the heck....?

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 17:58

K1n9_Duk3 wrote:
Iv4n wrote:2. Although I deleted my controls config file, I can't use the pogo until I change the key. The default is Alt Gr, but when I change it, it displays it as Right Alt.
I guess that's because the Alt Gr key is a special key for german (and some more) keyboard layouts. The american keyboard doesn't have that key.

It does. No US keyboard I've seen didn't have two Alt keys, and if it did it was a non-standard keyboard. The right Alt can be called Alt Gr AND right Alt, because it is both.

The problem here is that the key is mapped by string definition - and Windows (SDL?) uses a different string to identify the key than Linux (SDL).

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 19:52

@DaVince:

But why is it only the ALT GR Key? SDL doesn't use strings. At least in the h-file it is enumerated.

It think I got a good solution. In the next version the problem shouldn't appear anymore.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 20:08

Huh, no strings? Maybe it's an SDL bug where it uses strings for keys internally, and uses the wrong term, making Windows not know what key is intended? Or maybe the keycodes for right alt in Windows and Linux are somehow different...

xmodmap in Linux might have something to do with it. I dunno.

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:54

Hi there,

for this weekend I proudly present Commander Genius (aka CloneKeen Plus) versin 0.2.9.7. Maybe you think there are a lot of changes, but they aren't. All the coming versions until 0.3 will be bug fixes and maybe an improvement here or there.

After 0.3 there will be a lot of great features.
The mayor fixes are:
- The three last bugs by Iv4n have been solved.
- The bug with the Alt Gr should have been fixed with my work around.

Enjoy!

http://clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net/

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 14:33

Wow! I can't find bugs!

gerstrong · Post by **gerstrong** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:12

okay, that's nice to hear!

We are moving towards 0.2.9.8, yes! Not far away... I promise, and another feature suggested by Tulip will be implemented. It's an option called "Level replayability". It will allow you to play the levels again like in Super Mario World. You won't see the "Done" (Only if enabled) sign, but you will be able to pass those levels if you made them once through the exit. What do you think? Stay tuned.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 15:58

I suggest you put the "done" anyway, or maybe a small indication of "done" nearby the level (kind of like the flags in 4-6). Otherwise it might become difficult to keep track of which levels have been finished already.

Roobar · Post by **Roobar** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 18:02

That sounds neat! Well, it will be nice to play the first level of Keen 1 with pogo! It will be nice to take the pogo again and again too

The only real difference will be in the hi scores. If you replay some of the levels, your high score will be much higher than the current possible now.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 23:31

In theory it's already possible to get an unlimited score if you can get an extra life in a single level.

For replaying levels, it might be good to keep track of a score for each level. If you replay a level and get a higher score than your existing one, it would be replaced. The total score would simply be recalculated each time from the list of individual level scores. That would be awesome, and make the high scores much more meaningful.