Rocks'n'Diamonds

when a level is switched to use the BD engine, ideally player 1 should be replaced with "inbox with player" and not the standalone "player" effect Definitely sounds reasonable. In fact, it already works the other way round: If you change a BD style level to use the R'n'D engine,...

I change it on no.

Just a quick note on the "override graphics/sounds/music" options: Setting them to "auto" means "use the selected artwork set unless the selected level set has its own artwork set defined; if so, use that one instead".

explodable steel walls and diggable steel walls show as the ! character ingame. explodable steel walls also show as ! in the editor. the same issue happens with all three types of expanding steel wall Just noticed that all these bugs are already fixed in my current working version -- will all be fi...

do you have "override level graphics" set to Yes? Yes When I see your last screenshot, I assume you have changed it to either "no" or "auto". :-) Quick Load Game from Tape does not work, if i click on F2, its start a new game. Quoting myself from an earlier post in thi...

Yes... this is a good example of something that was no issue for a long time (only a few dozen level sets in R'n'D), but at some time cannot be ignored anymore (several large level collections, namely the large EMC and BD collections with hundreds of level sets each, causing really noticeable loadin...

Thanks for the screenshot! That explains it. This is the default R'n'D graphics set which does not support level specific colors. If you install the GDash level collection (see link in BD forum), select any level set from that collection and use "game graphics style: old" in the setup menu...

Timo3681 wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 4:16 pm I am tested it with:

Default Game Engine: Boulder Dash
Game Graphics Style: Old
Random Colors: On

Does not work

Which graphics set are you using when testing this?

something interesting: if i make a new level in the BD engine with the default settings (200ms game cycle delay, PAL timing off), then the game runs a little bit slower than it would in the EM or RND engines. but if i set the game cycle delay to 166ms (1/6th of a second instead of 1/5th of a second...

If i change Colors for the level, save it and play the level, does nor work, level have old colors. This is something which I have to make more clear in the level editor: The custom colors are only used in the BD engine when used together with a custom color enabled graphics set. You can easily tes...

out of curiosity: do you plan to port some of the new BD objects to the RnD engine eventually? Perfectly valid and to-be-expected question, as I did exactly that with all previous native game engines (other than the MirrorMagic/Deflektor engine, which is not a BD/EM etyle engine). All game elements...

(in this gif, you'll also notice another bug where sometimes the intro animation cuts off very early. i don't know what makes that happen) That's in fact by intention, and should only happen when you start the game from the level editor. In this case, I assume that your main focus is on testing the...

OK, the first few reported bugs and issues are fixed and/or changed now. Again, I have to say how much I appreciate all those bug reports and observations regarding the new BD game engine! I cannot emphasize enough how helpful all this constructive feedback is! :-) OK, here we go -- what's fixed so ...

I have splitted this post into a new topic, as it is not that helpful in the original thread. To make this clear: The new BD engine will be the last native game engine to be added to R'n'D. But: All other games that would fit into R'n'D (like those you have mentioned) may be added as additional game...

Thanks a lot for all these bug reports and similar observations, ncrecc! And for the very good descriptions with animated GIFs, if needed, which made everything very clear.

I will work through these posts and try to fix everything!

i'm now realizing it might have been more tactful to open with my amazement [...] :lol: Not needed, I'm more interested in how I can improve things. ;-) by "+" i indeed meant "="; "-" and "="/"+" are right next to each other on US layouts Yes, I alr...