Rocks'n'Diamonds

If you describe in excruciating detail how to reproduce it, maybe it will get fixed and maybe that'll fix the entire quick save system! QUICK SAVED at starting position here. DefaultStartPosition.png QUICK LOAD then restores here instead of starting position. Game is paused. DefaultStartPosition-Re...

What this is, is behaviour in a state that R'n'D shouldn't be able be in, that of non-recording game playing. []|>Playback doesn't always end in a proper recording/play state, but allows play, and quick saves that may appear to work, but don't properly work on []|>playback, etc... . It's like a brok...

Here's another one that finishes when I play it back(even after exiting, and restarting R'n'D), but doesn't seem to be getting accepted as a completed level on the high score server. rocksndiamonds --mytapes -e "autoupload emc_bug_mine_4 076" ===============================================...

BryanFRitt wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:53 pm IMHO There shouldn't be a non-recording mode at all.

That is when a game is being played, and not paused. Well, I suppose recording when game is paused can be optional and playing back these game pause times can be optional as well.

A rewind feature would be nice too. Kind of like the current playback through tape, but in reverse.

EDIT4: After finishing a level and choosing to save tape and before restarting R'n'D, quick restore still goes to previous quicksave point instead of to end of level. NOTE: As it is can be a nice feature to keep as optional, like when you finish a level and want that saved, but want to go back and ...

EDIT5: ( []Stop, |>Play ) from an older version tape doesn't allow continuing playback from it. Happens with Emerald Mine Club > Bug Mine 2, and probably others. [is this good thing on purpose due to some other error that would occur?] Instead of "from an older version tape doesn't allow conti...

EDIT3: There also seems to be an off by fraction of (a) move(s) at times during the ( []STOP, |>PLAY ) and/or quick restore, ?related to previous playbacks? Start a level, quick save it right away. Try either a quick restore, and/or playback restore, will result in the player going to, or being at ...

Should I have separated these out into separate bug reports? Anyway, well I moved EDITS 3, 4, and 5 out. Each has it's own bug report now. Simple tape restore problem https://www.artsoft.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3373 Quick restore doesn't go to finishing save point https://www.artsoft.org/forum/vie...

EDIT4: After finishing a level and choosing to save tape and before restarting R'n'D, quick restore still goes to previous quicksave point instead of to end of level. NOTE: As it is can be a nice feature to keep as optional, like when you finish a level and want that saved, but want to go back and ...

EDIT5: ( []Stop, |>Play ) from an older version tape doesn't allow continuing playback from it. Happens with Emerald Mine Club > Bug Mine 2, and probably others. [is this good thing on purpose due to some other error that would occur?] Instead of "from an older version tape doesn't allow conti...

EDIT3: There also seems to be an off by fraction of (a) move(s) at times during the ( []STOP, |>PLAY ) and/or quick restore, ?related to previous playbacks? Start a level, quick save it right away. Try either a quick restore, and/or playback restore, will result in the player going to, or being at ...

Guess I'll stick this here. To keep things together. IMHO There shouldn't be a non-recording mode at all. Also No need for a []STOP button, instead have a button that does the equivalent to a []|> STOP and REPLAY, aka REPLAY FROM START No need for a ()RECORD button, it should always be recording

Instead of just one quick save point there could be several. To switch between them there can be shortcuts like '/' to go to previous quick save point, and '*' to go to next save point, and set the current save point correspondingly. As far as ordering these, there could be two orders to insert new ...