single_step flag timing
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 12:16 am
Ok, this is 98% a bug in my brain, but I thought I would ask...
I was noticing that the 'single_step' flag appears on almost all of my tapes, even when I consciously try to play 'straight'. Just now I played without any single stepping, for sure, and it still appeared.
... then I realized, I habitually start a level with 'space, 1' -- 'start level, go to single step'. As a pause so I can get my bearings. I would use 'space, space' -- 'start level, pause' -- but double-hitting space usually isn't fast enough to catch the first frame.
So, after some experimentation, I have determined that 'space, 3' -- 'start level, pause tape' also works; and only tags the tape with 'pause', which pretty much all of my tapes are going to have, so that's fine.
But I am dubious whether I'll really be able to reprogram my brain macro of 'space, 1'. I'll continue to get it wrong at least some of the time.
So the ask is: can the 'single_step' flag be turned on, not when entering single step mode, but when actually committing a single-step move? That way if it is used only as a pause, it only turns on the 'pause' flag.
[ see www.artsoft.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2163 for the keyboard shortcut setup I use ]
I was noticing that the 'single_step' flag appears on almost all of my tapes, even when I consciously try to play 'straight'. Just now I played without any single stepping, for sure, and it still appeared.
... then I realized, I habitually start a level with 'space, 1' -- 'start level, go to single step'. As a pause so I can get my bearings. I would use 'space, space' -- 'start level, pause' -- but double-hitting space usually isn't fast enough to catch the first frame.
So, after some experimentation, I have determined that 'space, 3' -- 'start level, pause tape' also works; and only tags the tape with 'pause', which pretty much all of my tapes are going to have, so that's fine.
But I am dubious whether I'll really be able to reprogram my brain macro of 'space, 1'. I'll continue to get it wrong at least some of the time.
So the ask is: can the 'single_step' flag be turned on, not when entering single step mode, but when actually committing a single-step move? That way if it is used only as a pause, it only turns on the 'pause' flag.
[ see www.artsoft.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2163 for the keyboard shortcut setup I use ]