[Gemini]

I'm at a loss as to how to update this myself in the archives since the hyperlink at the top of this particular forum for doing an archive submission just takes me back to the main forums page, so instead I've attached the update here.

Town of ZZT for Megazeux v1.1:
 townzztmzx11.zip (47.96K)
Number of downloads: 4123

Basically, there's been two major bug fixes:
* Keys now work in ALL Megazeux versions from v2.51 and up
* Duplicators no longer overwrite stuff

I also added a couple super-secret rooms just for fun. There IS a legitimate way to get to them, rather than just ALT-T from the editor. ;)

I did indeed try to address the issue of making the centipedes more like the real ZZT ones, but making them work just like ZZT centipedes is virtually impossible to do without about a zillion counters. Here's why:

* ZZT centipedes with multiple colours move those colours along as you would expect
* ZZT centipedes reverse direction when they are stuck
* ZZT centipedes split in two when shot in the middle

Basically, to make this work, all centipedes would have to be tracked at a counter level, meaning each segment would need several counters to keep track of direction, length, which full centipede it belongs to, etc. It would be a mess. If anyone else wants to take up the challenge though, be my guest. :p

[Dr Lancer-X]

Quote

Basically, to make this work, all centipedes would have to be tracked at a counter level, meaning each segment would need several counters to keep track of direction, length, which full centipede it belongs to, etc. It would be a mess. If anyone else wants to take up the challenge though, be my guest. :p

see, this is why we don't use 2.51. we have infinite counters now!

[Lachesis]

If I were programming centipedes in 2.83 I'd store every segment in a string with an x coordinate, y coordinate, centipede #, deviancy, what was it, intelligence?, and flag for the head. If one got shot, it'd set its centipede number to something that wouldn't get processed or force it to reconstruct the string, and set every matching segment afterward to a new centipede #, effectively splitting them. Of course, the issue then becomes recursively loading centipedes INTO the string, but ZZT had to have done it somehow.

[Risu2112]

I never could aim ZZT bullets

[Lachesis]

Gemini, on 21 January 2011 - 10:17 PM, said:

I'm at a loss as to how to update this myself in the archives since the hyperlink at the top of this particular forum for doing an archive submission just takes me back to the main forums page, so instead I've attached the update here.

That's because the link hasn't been updated to reflect the new archive system, I bet. MZXGiant completely reprogrammed it, and did a pretty good job besides leaving out a few features. From the forums; click the "dMZX" tab beneath the logo, manually log in with your forum credentials (to be automated, I hope), and press the "Upload Game" button beneath the "Your Games" header. Sometimes I have to manually refresh the page after I log in, too, but usually not.

[Gemini]

Lachesis, on 23 January 2011 - 03:45 AM, said:

That's because the link hasn't been updated to reflect the new archive system, I bet. MZXGiant completely reprogrammed it, and did a pretty good job besides leaving out a few features. From the forums; click the "dMZX" tab beneath the logo, manually log in with your forum credentials (to be automated, I hope), and press the "Upload Game" button beneath the "Your Games" header. Sometimes I have to manually refresh the page after I log in, too, but usually not.

My forum login doesn't work in the main part of the website, just on the forum. >_>;

[zzo38]

There is another way to make the game even closer, which is using PZX-mode (there is another way, using full emulation, but that would be slow). But if you are making it work on v2.51, it cannot do either of these two things.

[Lachesis]

I think Gemini is happy with his product and would prefer neither.

I tried to get MZXGiant to see why you can't log in to Vault, but I guess he's been too busy. If needed, I can submit this for you.

[Baby Bonnie Hood]

Gemini, on 22 January 2011 - 05:17 AM, said:

I also added a couple super-secret rooms just for fun. There IS a legitimate way to get to them, rather than just ALT-T from the editor.

Those rooms kicked ass. Pure ZZT goodness.