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R-Tape · November 2013

Yoshiatom wrote: »

I tried it in 128k, same problem.

You have to use the 'Tape Loader' option so that paging is enabled. It looks like you've loaded via the '48 BASIC' option on a 128k.

Yoshiatom · November 2013

R-Tape wrote: »

You have to use the 'Tape Loader' option so that paging is enabled. It looks like you've loaded via the '48 BASIC' option on a 128k.

*Sigh* should have known. :smile:
Thanks for the help! Time to get started on my new CGC entry (The one I mentioned in the official thread!). ;)

jonathan · January 2014

A new version is now available from the Egghead website or the AGD forums.

jammajup · January 2014

I downloaded 4.3 during Christmas and printed off instructions but have not started my project yet,I will go and get new version now.

gabriele amore · January 2014

jonathan wrote: »

A new version is now available from the Egghead website or the AGD forums.

GEEZ! just when i was done with stage 1 of my new game, using 4.3 :D....

is it possible to collate together stages made with different versions?

in any case thanks for the amazing work you are doing with the utility!

Edit: you say in the forum: "it should be compatible with 4.3." does it means i can load my game done in 4.3, in 4.4?...how do i do that?

jonathan · January 2014

gabriele amore wrote: »

GEEZ! just when i was done with stage 1 of my new game, using 4.3 :D....

is it possible to collate together stages made with different versions?

Sure, why not?

gabriele amore wrote: »

in any case thanks for the amazing work you are doing with the utility!

Edit: you say in the forum: "it should be compatible with 4.3." does it means I can load my game done in 4.3, in 4.4?

Thanks for that. It's not amazing, I'm just trying to create the sort of tool I really wanted to have back in the day. Oh, for a time machine...

Yes, you should be able to load a 4.3, 4.2, 4.1 or 4.0 game into 4.4. I try to keep each new release compatible with the last and hold back on making changes which will make a new version incompatible until there are several of them.

gabriele amore · January 2014

jonathan wrote: »

Sure, why not?
Yes, you should be able to load a 4.3, 4.2, 4.1 or 4.0 game into 4.4. I try to keep each new release compatible with the last and hold back on making changes which will make a new version incompatible until there are several of them.

oh ok ...How do I do that? (please be patient with me I am totally ignorant of coding)

jonathan · January 2014

gabriele amore wrote: »

oh ok ...How do I do that? (please be patient with me I am totally ignorant of coding)

Firstly, Make sure your emulator doesn't clear itself whenever a new .tap file is inserted. Next, use the Save Game option in your old AGD (answer "no" when asked if you wish to create a BASIC loader), then save the .tap file with your emulator. When you've done that, load AGD 4.4 and insert the new .tap file. Use the Load Game option to load the tape you've just inserted and all should work as before.

gabriele amore · January 2014

jonathan wrote: »

Firstly, Make sure your emulator doesn't clear itself whenever a new .tap file is inserted. Next, use the Save Game option in your old AGD (answer "no" when asked if you wish to create a BASIC loader), then save the .tap file with your emulator. When you've done that, load AGD 4.4 and insert the new .tap file. Use the Load Game option to load the tape you've just inserted and all should work as before.

great! thanks!

jammajup · January 2014

I am quite excited about this-I have just had my first quick look at AGD and as I am used to SEUD some of the menu features are familiar ,I created some blocks and my first sprite then found myself on a code screen but was unable to reverse back to main menu by pressing return, instead the cursor dropped down a line and so I had an head scratching moment and reloaded the program lol,I had saved and I am going to load it back up tomorrow when I am not so tired.

jonathan · January 2014

Sorry if it seems a little inconsistent but it didn't make sense to use ENTER to escape from the text and code editors. Instead, you can escape from these using the old Tasword combination of SYMBOL SHIFT and A.

jammajup · January 2014

jonathan wrote: »

Sorry if it seems a little inconsistent but it didn't make sense to use ENTER to escape from the text and code editors. Instead, you can escape from these using the old Tasword combination of SYMBOL SHIFT and A.

No that's okay mate obviously AGD is more advanced,I look forward sitting down with it again some time this week.I have been browsing the AGD forum and find it fascinating so I intend to join it soon.

zapiy · January 2014

Great stuff, i am going to look into this a little more also.

sirclive1 · January 2014

Hi , a newbie to the amazing AGD , just having a small problem , my penguin sprite always faces the same way , before posting this i have spent a few hours trying to sort it , can anyone put me straight . thanks.

jammajup · January 2014

I am new to Agd myself but I thought you would create a separate sprite for each direction and use separate code in the direction instruction telling it which sprite to use

gabriele amore · January 2014

no need to use a separate code
in code zero
to change the sprite according to the direction just use

if key ...(0, 1,2 ,3)
if cango(right, left, down, up)
sprite(right, left, down, up)
let image ...(number of the sprite for that direction)

endif
endif

sirclive1 · January 2014

gabriele amore wrote: »

no need to use a separate code
in code zero
to change the sprite according to the direction just use

if key ...(0, 1,2 ,3)
if cango(right, left, down, up)
sprite(right, left, down, up)
let image ...(number of the sprite for that direction)

endif
endif

many thanks , that sorted my trouble out ! i now have a fully operational sprite ! cheers !

gabriele amore · January 2014

sirclive1 wrote: »

many thanks , that sorted my trouble out ! i now have a fully operational sprite ! cheers !

you are welcome. Believe me: AGD is a great tool and it is worth to explore its possibilities...(more on this soon: stay tuned! :D)

jammajup · January 2014

I have game my character four sprites for each compass point but it does not move yet even with that code but i have not entered any other code of any sort yet so i know it is just me.Tomorrow I am going to watch the AGD tutorial vids over at the AGD forum because I have no other idea how to start.

gabriele amore · January 2014

make sure in the starting screen you select the keys for the different directions
and, yes watch Paul's tutorials: the are great

jammajup wrote: »

I have game my character four sprites for each compass point but it does not move yet even with that code but i have not entered any other code of any sort yet so i know it is just me.Tomorrow I am going to watch the AGD tutorial vids over at the AGD forum because I have no other idea how to start.

Yoshiatom · January 2014

Aparantly there is a AGD version of TommyGun... more details please? :)

BiNMaN · January 2014

Yoshiatom wrote: »

Aparantly there is a AGD version of TommyGun... more details please? :)

there you go...

Yoshiatom · January 2014

BiNMaN wrote: »

there you go...

Is it just me or does use AGD 3 rather than AGD 4? Still, thanks for the links. ;)

jammajup · January 2014

gabriele amore wrote: »

make sure in the starting screen you select the keys for the different directions
and, yes watch Paul's tutorials: the are great

Yeah after a couple of hours messing about last night I realised my mistake,In the zero control code I was inserting my keys QAOP,etc instead of denoting a key by its number when you define them in the keys menu
So i was inserting IF KEY O ,IF CANGOLEFT......etc
Doh!

BiNMaN · January 2014

Yoshiatom wrote: »

Is it just me or does use AGD 3 rather than AGD 4? Still, thanks for the links. ;)

TommyGunAGD is version 3, this is so you can produce the same game for the Spectrum and Amstrad (hopefully c64 one day). AGD 4.x has features that are for the spectrum only.

So TommyGunAGD is cross platform (as is TommyGun) and remains simplified, AGD has unique tweaks specific to the target machine.

gabriele amore · February 2014

I am a bit condused with the code of the bouncing enemy...I am trying to have 4 different images for the 4 different diagonal directions...so far I figured out how to have three out of four, but i cannot understand to which par of the code the up-right diagonal corresponds..any idea??

gabriele amore · February 2014

okk got a chat with Luca and everything is clear now!

jonathan · February 2014

Version 4.5 has now been released. This should fix a couple of bugs in the save game code, a screen corruption problem in the jump table editor (which I'm guessing nobody has found yet) and adds RGB values for each colour in the palette editor to make things a little clearer.

You know where to find it by now. :)

gabriele amore · March 2014

Hey Jonathan
thanks for the update
I am having problems with the player sprite disappearing when moving from one screen to the next one...it doesn't happens all the time so I wonder why is that happening...

you can see this happening at 1.10 and 2.57 of this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6A9TL1UBKI&feature=youtu.be

jonathan wrote: »

Version 4.5 has now been released. This should fix a couple of bugs in the save game code, a screen corruption problem in the jump table editor (which I'm guessing nobody has found yet) and adds RGB values for each colour in the palette editor to make things a little clearer.

You know where to find it by now. :)

thehive · March 2014

gabriele amore wrote: »

Hey Jonathan
thanks for the update
I am having problems with the player sprite disappearing when moving from one screen to the next one...it doesn't happens all the time so I wonder why is that happening...

you can see this happening at 1.10 and 2.57 of this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6A9TL1UBKI&feature=youtu.be

Wow. That look a bit good! Looking forward to that one mate :)

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