ThomasSpeedrunner Help Thread

While I figure out the homing attack and finish up coding the secret character, can someone tell me of a good program for making Genesis-styled sprites?

(sorry for double post)

 

GraphicsGale is my favorite.

 

Okay. Will try it and see if it can get the job done fast enough.

EDIT: What size picture should I be making?

 

...any size? As long as it fits whatever you're drawing.

 

Okay then. Time to start making some sprites.

...

As soon as I get better art skills

 

(I sometimes feel the need to make a separate post when asking a new question, so I apologize in advance for any double posts I make in this topic in the future)

Which line would work better for calculating which direction to launch a jumpdash in? This:




move.w inertia(a0),d0



Or this:




moveq inertia(a0),d0



I need to know, because right now, the jumpdash direction is calculated at the start of a jump.

 

The moveq instruction can only have an immediate value between -128 and 127 as the first argument, the second line won't assemble. Also, inertia only takes effect when Sonic is on the ground, in the air he only uses x_vel.

I just use the direction Sonic's facing, rather than the direction he's moving. So if you jump off a slope, you might be moving backwards a bit, but still be able to use the homing attack forwards.

 

How can that be done? The only related bit of something that I know of is bit 0 in the status SST, which is only used for when you're on the ground and leftfacing...isn't it?

 

No... it's "Orientation. Clear is right and set is left." Bit 1 is for ground/air.

 

Oh. I originally thought it was only used on the ground. SST's can be so confusing sometimes...

 

Okay...can anyone give me some tips or something on coding custom badniks or bosses? I kinda have my hands full with the secret character and revamping level layouts, so that doesn't leave me much time to experiment with badniks or bosses.

 

Have you checked out the objects tutorial on Sonic Retro?

 

I find the best way to make your own stuff in asm is to experiment with an existing object/boss in a fresh asm so you dont mess your hack up... then you comment the code as you go so you know what each instruction does.

 

Yes, but the problem there is that the idea covers a Sonic 1 disassembly dating back to 2005. Not to mention that the old disassemblies try to cram everything into the same file. At least the Sonic 1 Hg disassembly separates things (and oh man, does it separate them) instead of doing the opposite and CRAMMING EVERY LINE OF CODE INTO THE EXACT SAME ASM FILE.

That sounds like a very good idea. I will try that out once I'm done with the level layouts. I've got some awesome layouts in my mind, and they shouldn't too terribly long to make.

 

Erm...can someone tell me if I'm on the right track with my Super Peel-Out code?

WARNING: HUGE WALL OF ASM BELOW:

Code:

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Subroutine to check for starting a Super Peel-Out

; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sonic_CheckSuperPeelOut:

tst.b superpeelout_flag(a0)

bne.s Sonic_UpdateSuperPeelOut

cmpi.b #AniIDSonAni_Lookup,anim(a0)

bne.w return_1AC8C

move.b (Ctrl_1_Press_Logical).w,d0

andi.b #button_B_mask|button_C_mask,d0

beq.w return_1AC8C

move.b  #AniIDSonAni_Run,anim(a0)

move.w #SndID_SpindashRev,d0

jsr (PlaySound).l

addq.l #4,sp

move.b #1,superpeelout_flag(a0)

move.b #0,superpeelout_counter(a0)

cmpi.b #$C,air_left(a0)

bcs.s +

move.b  #2,(Sonic_Dust+anim).w

+

bsr.w Sonic_LevelBound

bsr.w AnglePos

; End of subroutine Sonic_CheckSuperPeelOut

 

 

; ||||||||||||||| S U B R O U T I N E |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

 

 

Sonic_UpdateSuperPeelOut:

move.b (Ctrl_1_Held_Logical).w,d0

btst #button_up,d0

bne.w Sonic_ChargingSuperPeelOut

 

; unleash the charged Super Peel-Out and start running quickly:

move.b #AniIDSonAni_Run,anim(a0)

move.b #0,superpeelout_flag(a0)

moveq #0,d0

move.b superpeelout_counter(a0),d0

add.b d0,d0

move.w SuperPeelOutSpeeds(pc,d0.w),inertia(a0)

tst.b (Super_Sonic_flag).w

beq.s +

move.w SuperPeelOutSpeedsSuper(pc,d0.w),inertia(a0)

+

move.w inertia(a0),d0

subi.w #$800,d0

add.w d0,d0

andi.w #$1F00,d0

neg.w d0

addi.w #$2000,d0

move.w d0,(Horiz_scroll_delay_val).w

btst #0,status(a0)

beq.s +

neg.w inertia(a0)

+

bset #0,status(a0)

move.w #SndID_SpindashRelease,d0 ; spindash zoom sound

jsr (PlaySound).l

move.b angle(a0),d0

jsr (CalcSine).l

muls.w inertia(a0),d1

asr.l #8,d1

move.w d1,x_vel(a0)

muls.w inertia(a0),d0

asr.l #8,d0

move.w d0,y_vel(a0)

 

bra.w Obj01_SuperPeelOut_ResetScr

; ===========================================================================

 

SuperPeelOutSpeeds:

dc.w  $0 ; 0

dc.w  $0 ; 1

dc.w  $0 ; 2

dc.w  $0 ; 3

dc.w  $0 ; 4

dc.w  $0 ; 5

dc.w  $0 ; 6

dc.w  $0 ; 7

dc.w  $B00 ; 8

 

SuperPeelOutSpeedsSuper:

dc.w  $0 ; 0

dc.w  $0 ; 1

dc.w  $0 ; 2

dc.w  $0 ; 3

dc.w  $0 ; 4

dc.w  $0 ; 5

dc.w  $0 ; 6

dc.w  $0 ; 7

dc.w  $1000 ; 8

; ===========================================================================

; loc_1AD30:

Sonic_ChargingSuperPeelOut: ; If still charging the Super Peel-Out...

tst.b superpeelout_counter(a0)

beq.s Display_SuperPeelOut_Init

move.b superpeelout_counter(a0),d0

lsr.b #5,d0

sub.b d0,superpeelout_counter(a0)

bcc.s Display_SuperPeelOut_Init

move.b #0,superpeelout_counter(a0)

 

Display_SuperPeelOut_Init:

btst #6,status(a0) ; is Sonic underwater?

beq.s Display_SuperPeelOut_Normal ; if not, display the Super Peel-Out normally

bne.s Display_SuperPeelOut_Underwater ; if so, display the underwater Super Peel-Out animation set

 

Display_SuperPeelOut_Normal:

cmpi.b #3,superpeelout_counter(a0)

ble.s +

 

move.w #(AniIDSonAni_Run<<8),anim(a0)

bra.s PlayRevSound

+

move.w #(AniIDSonAni_Walk<<8),anim(a0)

bra.s PlayRevSound

 

Display_SuperPeelOut_Underwater:

cmpi.b #3,superpeelout_counter(a0)

ble.s +

 

move.w #(AniIDSonAni_Run<<8),anim(a0)

bra.s PlayRevSound

+

move.w #(AniIDSonAni_Walk<<8),anim(a0)

 

PlayRevSound:

cmpi.b #SndID_SpindashRev,d0

beq.s Charge_SuperPeelOut_Main

move.w #SndID_SpindashRev,d0

jsr (PlaySound).l

 

Charge_SuperPeelOut_Main:

move.b ($FFFFFE05).w,d0

andi.b #4,d0

bne.s Obj01_SuperPeelOut_ResetScr

addi.b #$1,superpeelout_counter(a0)

cmpi.b #8,superpeelout_counter(a0)

bcs.s Obj01_SuperPeelOut_ResetScr

move.b #8,superpeelout_counter(a0)

bra.s Obj01_SuperPeelOut_ResetScr

move.b #8,superpeelout_counter(a0)

 

Obj01_SuperPeelOut_ResetScr:

addq.l #4,sp

cmpi.w #$60,(Camera_Y_pos_bias).w

beq.w loc_1AD8C

bhs.s +

addq.w #4,(Camera_Y_pos_bias).w

+ subq.w #2,(Camera_Y_pos_bias).w

; End of subroutine Sonic_UpdateSuperPeelOut

 

(sorry for triple post, but you'll understand why I'm troubling you about this in due time)

Anyway, I tried to restore HPZ today, and THIS is what I ended with:



Does anyone have any clue why it won't read the art or collision data? I have all necessary files, so...yeah.

EDIT: Never mind. I just had to change a bit in the HPZ project files. Why I've decided to only restore HPZ, however, is a different story...

 

(Why the hell does nobody other than myself look at this thread?)

Does anyone know of a good emulator for recording YOUTUBE-COMPATIBLE video files with?

 

Use The newest version of Gens there is an option to record a video and then after you finish recording it you play it and while your playing the video you can start an AVI dump and then when it's finished stop the dumb and it will give you an option to save it as a certain compression type. I chose the Microsoft video option it's the best choice out of the others and it's the only one that works with YouTubes codec.

 

Use Gens Rerecording with a codec supported by Youtube.


May I recommend the TSCC codec?

 

Program sais "thomas will you register Camtasia Studio"

And I say "NO"

Program is mad

It lock up AVI thing

HELP MEH

Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to say here.