it is entirely possible to complete in both new and new+ modes. Im sure there are plenty of bugs that wernt picked up in development, but there will be no futher updates
I hope the devs will see this. There is a bug with loading the levels at "NEW" and "NEW+" game. When starting a "NEW" game the level 1 map is mirrored and not like in the "maps booklet" of the physical version.
Thats fine I think, because the booklet seems to show the "NEW+" level 1.
But now to the bug: after pressing ingame F10 (return to title) and choosing "NEW+", the level is now like the "map booklet" (which is okay). After pressing again F10 and choosing "NEW" game, the loaded map always will be the map from "NEW+". The game does not load the normal map again. It will load always the "NEW+" map. (that happened with your actual game disks which were installed to HDD)
Another problem: While playing the "NEW" game and after using the end teleport at level 2-2 (4th level), you get teleported to a field surrounded by walls and no chance to get out of them (only by pressing Q or E, which will teleport you back to the 4th level). So its not possible to finish the game on "NEW" level mode. (here I used the WHDLoad version of the game)
Oh, nice you are here, I was afraid that maybe you abandoned the production. What about issue reported by maneus? Will it be fixed? Is it really not possible to finish game, because of the bug he found?
I finished the game two days ago with the "NEW+" game mode. It was not a problem. But at level 5-2 in this new mode there is an area where you need a "section C key" for another door. But you will find only a "section A key" and a "section B key" (which are not needed in this area of the level) in the lockers around.
This is the area:
But this area is not important for finishing the game.
I'm getting error "Unknown command echo" on the AmigaDOS prompt when booting off disk 1 on a Gotek floppy emulator. Disk 0 starts booting but hangs at a black screen.
My Amiga 500 is an NTSC system, stock Kickstart 1.3 with 1Mb chip + 1.5Mb slow RAM.
Any suggestion on how to address these issues? Does this game require a different Kickstart version?
Update: I figured out that I can manually launch the 'BD' executable from the AmigaDOS prompt after that error. It proceeds to load the main menu, I start a new game, it asks for Disk 2, proceeds to a loading splash screen, but after a good minute or so of activity the computer crashes into a Guru Meditation every time. The memory address where it crashes seems random each time.
Update#2: The crashes were a problem with my memory configuration. What remain are 1. booting from BDR0 hangs at a black screen, and 2. the BD executable has to manually launched when booting from BDR1. Anyhow, I can enjoy the game now. :)
Update#3: The problems with the intro disk and startup error seems to have been on Kickstart 1.3 only. When booting my machine with Kickstart 3.1, both disk 0 and disk 1 launch without errors. You may want to consider adding full compatibility for Kickstart 1.3 users!
Hello there, elegant move to put your (fine) game on "name it your own price". Maybe you can add another mean of payment for those who don't want to use paypal.
Anyway, I think you left debug values display on the top left corner :
I guess these are chip and fast free ram values.
Is there a command line or an option to get rid of these ?
It happens with floppies or hard drive installed game (nice HD installation program by the way), I also tried to boot with disk 1.
Ok. A Last thing, but may be it's the way it's supposed to be, I'm not sure.
Whenever the lateral animations or the 3D options are enabled, they are only available when playing with keyboard. If you play with the mouse and icons, animations do not occur.
I feared you get my messages the wrong way, I'm glad yout happy with them.
If you want a perfect version, there is something else you could do to handle the keyboard input.
I guess you used the amos INKEY$ command to detect "W,A,S,D" input. Which is fine.
The drawback with this method for french users is that the keys are "Z,Q,S,D" with an AZERTY keyboard if they have the workbench loaded.
So they have to identify the problem by themselves and switch back preferences to american keyboard in order to play.
There are two things you can do (if you wish) with this problem : use the SCANCODE to indentifiy keys or allow to redefine keys, which is more complex to do (saving options...) but valuable for all players.
Anyway, this is more an evolution than a correction, please consider that as a "nice to have".
No problem for me with testing your new game, but as they say "be careful with what you wish, as you could have it" :)
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Would you mind putting all files in one .zip file?
Did this used to be a paid game?
It is,the basic version is now free and the deluxe version is still paid for
Awesome! Thank you!
it is entirely possible to complete in both new and new+ modes. Im sure there are plenty of bugs that wernt picked up in development, but there will be no futher updates
I hope the devs will see this. There is a bug with loading the levels at "NEW" and "NEW+" game. When starting a "NEW" game the level 1 map is mirrored and not like in the "maps booklet" of the physical version.
Thats fine I think, because the booklet seems to show the "NEW+" level 1.
But now to the bug: after pressing ingame F10 (return to title) and choosing "NEW+", the level is now like the "map booklet" (which is okay). After pressing again F10 and choosing "NEW" game, the loaded map always will be the map from "NEW+". The game does not load the normal map again. It will load always the "NEW+" map. (that happened with your actual game disks which were installed to HDD)
Another problem: While playing the "NEW" game and after using the end teleport at level 2-2 (4th level), you get teleported to a field surrounded by walls and no chance to get out of them (only by pressing Q or E, which will teleport you back to the 4th level). So its not possible to finish the game on "NEW" level mode. (here I used the WHDLoad version of the game)
What is this new+ mode? It is available even if new is impossible to finish? I wanted to buy this game, now I'm confused if it is worth it.
The new+ modehas a harder difficulty and reversed maps
Oh, nice you are here, I was afraid that maybe you abandoned the production. What about issue reported by maneus? Will it be fixed? Is it really not possible to finish game, because of the bug he found?
I finished the game two days ago with the "NEW+" game mode. It was not a problem. But at level 5-2 in this new mode there is an area where you need a "section C key" for another door. But you will find only a "section A key" and a "section B key" (which are not needed in this area of the level) in the lockers around.
This is the area:
But this area is not important for finishing the game.
But if I understand correctly, standard "NEW" mode is unfinishable?
Will you release an AGA 256 colors version too?
The sequel,black dawn rogue out soon is aga only
Saw the article in ZZAP! and had to buy a copy, having a blast so far.
No issues running it on a MiST with the AGA FPGA core.
I'm getting error "Unknown command echo" on the AmigaDOS prompt when booting off disk 1 on a Gotek floppy emulator. Disk 0 starts booting but hangs at a black screen.
My Amiga 500 is an NTSC system, stock Kickstart 1.3 with 1Mb chip + 1.5Mb slow RAM.
Any suggestion on how to address these issues? Does this game require a different Kickstart version?
Update: I figured out that I can manually launch the 'BD' executable from the AmigaDOS prompt after that error. It proceeds to load the main menu, I start a new game, it asks for Disk 2, proceeds to a loading splash screen, but after a good minute or so of activity the computer crashes into a Guru Meditation every time. The memory address where it crashes seems random each time.
Update#2: The crashes were a problem with my memory configuration. What remain are 1. booting from BDR0 hangs at a black screen, and 2. the BD executable has to manually launched when booting from BDR1. Anyhow, I can enjoy the game now. :)
Update#3: The problems with the intro disk and startup error seems to have been on Kickstart 1.3 only. When booting my machine with Kickstart 3.1, both disk 0 and disk 1 launch without errors. You may want to consider adding full compatibility for Kickstart 1.3 users!
I have a question , is this game playable on a amiga 500 ?
on a basic a500 ? no
If you have a superfat agnus and have installed 1MB of chip ram and some form of additional 512kb of ram, then yes.
So only some a500s could do this (late run) and only expanded.
Hello there, elegant move to put your (fine) game on "name it your own price". Maybe you can add another mean of payment for those who don't want to use paypal.
Anyway, I think you left debug values display on the top left corner :
I guess these are chip and fast free ram values.
Is there a command line or an option to get rid of these ?
It happens with floppies or hard drive installed game (nice HD installation program by the way), I also tried to boot with disk 1.
Thanks again
I also noticed a small glitch. After using a computer, borders are not displayed anymore. Here is an example :
Maybe you uploaded an unfinished version ?
Ok. A Last thing, but may be it's the way it's supposed to be, I'm not sure.
Whenever the lateral animations or the 3D options are enabled, they are only available when playing with keyboard. If you play with the mouse and icons, animations do not occur.
Hey Marskilla, I should get you to do testing of the new one :) - i`ll get all of them fixed this morning, i`ll drop a line on here when they done!
Wow, that's fast !
I feared you get my messages the wrong way, I'm glad yout happy with them.
If you want a perfect version, there is something else you could do to handle the keyboard input.
I guess you used the amos INKEY$ command to detect "W,A,S,D" input. Which is fine.
The drawback with this method for french users is that the keys are "Z,Q,S,D" with an AZERTY keyboard if they have the workbench loaded.
So they have to identify the problem by themselves and switch back preferences to american keyboard in order to play.
There are two things you can do (if you wish) with this problem : use the SCANCODE to indentifiy keys or allow to redefine keys, which is more complex to do (saving options...) but valuable for all players.
Anyway, this is more an evolution than a correction, please consider that as a "nice to have".
No problem for me with testing your new game, but as they say "be careful with what you wish, as you could have it" :)
I am actually using scancodes just not (for some reason) not on the WASD...... let me knock you up a version......