{"id":480,"date":"2018-12-07T07:34:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8bit-slicks.com\/?p=480"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:38:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:38:53","slug":"progress-update-2018-12-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8bit-slicks.com\/?p=480","title":{"rendered":"Progress Update (2018-12-07)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a very long hiatus, and I apologize to people who have been patiently waiting for all this time. Around March time, I hit a brickwall with the Atari and Apple versions, for a number of reasons. After a busy summer\/autumn at work, I am now tackling issues as listed below. I plan to release the C64 and Atari version ASAP, so I would like to get some help for testing this weekend if possible!<\/p>\n

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\nAtari:<\/p>\n

The MCP flicker mode I have been using is unbearable, forcing players on CRT to\u00a0switch to B\/W mode. But then… they cannot see who chatted what, since players are colour coded.<\/p>\n

-> Action plan: I could not find a satisfactory solution to the MCP flicker, so I am re-coding GFX to use InterPlayer mode, which has a least possible flicker. You can see below an example of before\/after image.<\/p>\n

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The tires always lag behind the car, and their flickering is a visual annoyance.<\/p>\n

-> Action plan: I am recoding the tires to use DLIs (5th sprite) such that they will follow the car very closely and not flicker.<\/p>\n

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\nApple:<\/p>\n

The software sprite routine is quite slow, such that the Apple FPS is half that of C64\/Atari.<\/p>\n

-> Action plan: I am recoding the software sprite routine in assembly, and trying to squeeze every cycle out of the code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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