Rocks'n'Diamonds

Try all paint programs you have, one will probably be able to load .pcx; then save as .png If that fails, get some new ones :) Three sets of open source utilities which can do it are: graphicsmagick , imagemagick , netpbm -- all are available for Windows, should be readily available in your Linux di...

I've just tried that level and ... came up 1 short.

I did find a way to expose the needed emeralds, but not helpfully. At the last 2 bugs, instead of pushing the rock onto the top bug, stand under the rock (so it doesn't fall) and let the bug hit you -- boom, 3 emeralds, 1 diamond, 1 dead player :(

If I notice -- as I said, I don't play them 2P, just notice that they're set up to (apparently) work...

I've noticed that many levels in 1-player levelsets are configured for 2-player use; that is, the level definition includes both P1 and P2, and there are 2 of each key. I've never actually tried playing them with 2. I assume the majority of them would actually work, some wouldn't because there's som...

> second best idea to use IFF/ILBM files in 2020... I should put the resulting PNG files into the repository to prevent the hassle of dealing with ancient image file conversion... :D I was going to object that some old levels might also use IFF, but -- well, none in my huge collection do... In fact,...

Doesn't the SDL source have regression tests in it? If not, trying to add one is probably out of scope (they won't accept); but if it does, can you provide them with a regression test in suitable form (i.e. in the right directory structure, right buildable form, mentioned in necessary Makefiles or w...

Oh, I just noticed that you reproduced the problem on both Intel & AMD IGPs, so it can't be a graphics hardware driver problem. Holger, have you tested with SDL 2.0.12? According to https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-2-0-12-released/27318, it was released just a couple of months ago. I bet this ...

> Do you want me to ask this to [Arch pkg maintainer] Sergej Pupykin? Earlier you said: > Compiling this, the code works exactly like it does from the repo. So it is not a problem with the Arch central build system or packaging of RnD. It's a problem with tools (C compiler etc.) or libraries provide...

Somewhere in Setup, could you add a 'your user data directory is here' -- editable field which doesn't actually allow you to change it, but lets you copy-paste it into other software? No, not fake editable field, just a display which, when hovered, says something like 'click to copy into paste buffer'

You said that `xbindkeys-config` also failed that way. That should never happen and still indicates a hardware issue. The fact that renaming its config file 'fixed' it only means that you changed it to perform less complicated behavior, thus avoiding the danger area. I googled for the exact phrase y...

`sudo cpupower frequency-set -u 3000MHz` That would not change the speed of the memory bus, which is where I think the problem lies. The necessary troubleshooting steps in that direction are: see whether the BIOS offers any RAM speed controls; if so, significantly detune them; if not, try omitting ...

Ooooh, even weirder. Before I started playing with this, 'Override Level Graphics' was 'Auto', 'Custom Graphics' was 'Classic Graphics'. And what I saw looked one way. I changed 'Override' to 'Yes', and saw the other thing (classic graphics with color-coded levels). I changed 'Override' back to 'Aut...

Aha! I get the same results as you if I turn on (what I had turned off), Setup > Custom Artwork > Override Level Graphics. It seems odd that using 'override level graphics' to override EMC Emerald Mine 10 with EMC Emerald Mine 10's graphics causes a change; but, it does. Holger, what's going on here?

I'm using no custom graphics at all. Perhaps it is different in EMC levels -- basically every levelset has (or potentially has) its own custom graphics. Currently in levelset 'Emerald Mine Club' -> 'Emerald Mine 10'. aka "$RO_GAME_DIR/levels/Emerald Mine Club/emc_emerald_mine_10"

(I don't mean to offer underclocking as a solution, just a diagnostic. If it's stable underclocked, it proves some hardware stability problem in the system, and you should feel 100% confident returning it under warranty.)