Monthly Archives: January 2013

I think that as part of my long-term plans I will add the option to save various data files as ASM (i.e. text) files, making pointers relative so that the result can be relocated and put where it fits (as … Continue reading →

For the new foreground design mechanism I finished coding the save routines that apply to the format in use in LN2. I can now modify and save the foreground for LN and LN2 🙂 I will probably move to the … Continue reading →

I had some time today to re-write the foreground decoder for LN2 that uses the new design strategy. While I was testing it I noticed something quite funny. Look at the object that’s framed in black below: Apparently that object … Continue reading →

When the Z coordinate of a foreground object is established, it is also important to ensure that no sprite can get too close while staying at the same height. In the following image by limiting movements outside the dotted area … Continue reading →

For LN2 it was much simpler as the Z coordinate of foreground blocks has been set consistently (and accurately it seems) so I had no problem to find out the formula to calculate it. For LN it seems that objects … Continue reading →

I had a bit of time today to finish the new foreground design mechanism, along with the foreground save routines for LN. I was testing the result when I noticed something was not as I expected it to be. My … Continue reading →

Well, while I was thinking about avoiding duplication of foreground data I narrowed down 2 possible options: a quick one that I can code on top of the existing code a more complex one that requires some restructuring and a … Continue reading →

I had a bit of time this weekend (today we got some snow again around here) so I finished the save functions of the foreground data for LN. One obvious thing I would like to work at next is avoiding … Continue reading →