Metalmickey

Well once my POK file is done i'm going to have a go at seeing what i can do to somehow populate it, but with my limited knowledge it may take a while, i'm thinking along the lines of pulling in all the unused sprites, tiles and what have you from the other screens and putting them to some use here ... maybe i could call it 'The Spare Room'    :P

He didn't seem too impressed did he? the video was a bit short and, dodgy mic aside he didn't really explain the pluses like the extra lives and additional rooms, also the fact that, tough as it is, it is still completable without life loss

Well once my POK file is done i'm going to have a go at seeing what i can do to somehow populate it, but with my limited knowledge it may take a while, i'm thinking along the lines of pulling in all the unused sprites, tiles and what have you from the other screens and putting them to some use here ... maybe i could call it 'The Spare Room'    :P

:) Welcome.
 
You mean when you 'fall through' the bottom of Rescue Esmerelda you end up in Emergency Generator ? That is intentional as it matches up. At least as I see it.
 
The top exit to The Ballroom I'm 99.9% sure that was accidentally left in.
 
The [ room was probably (like the last three ones) intended for the tree. As I recall an interview or something with Matt saying something about the MegaTree was meant to be a lot bigger than it is, so its likely there was a plan for another room or three for the tree.
 
Regarding the top exit for Esmerelda, we used that (same as JSW2) to create a 'Belfry' type room. Indeed I remember having a pic of that screen in JSW2, enlarging it substantially until I could manually copy the layout and cell graphics. :)
 
To do what you're asking (I think??)
 
Room ID 14 = Rescue Esmerelda
Room ID 47 = [
 
POKE 52971, 47 . Set 'up exit' from "Rescue" to be room 47
 
POKE 61420, 14 . Set 'down exit' from "[" to be Rescue
 
Trouble is you only see it for a fraction of a second, he needs something to 'stand on' really but I can expand on that if needed I guess.

I never actually saw the youtube video :blush: I was referring (my post the other day) to the text and things present. Just watched the video now I see what you mean. :)

He didn't seem too impressed did he? the video was a bit short and, dodgy mic aside he didn't really explain the pluses like the extra lives and additional rooms, also the fact that, tough as it is, it is still completable without life loss

He didn't seem too impressed did he? the video was a bit short and, dodgy mic aside he didn't really explain the pluses like the extra lives and additional rooms, also the fact that, tough as it is, it is still completable without life loss

Just something I was toying with yesterday but did not get time to post it.
 
Various takes on the existing 'Manic Miner' flashing loading screen really. You'll need to click the pics to see the flashing effect, I've purposely saved them as animated .gif files to allow this.
 
1. Logo spaced. Simply there is a lot less "overlap" between the words. Available as full (complete attribute block 768 bytes) or as minimum required (379 bytes)
 
Pics of both:
 

 
And their downloads, both include a Basic loader for convenience:
 
logo_spaced_full.tzx
logo_spaced_minimum.tzx
 
 
2. Logo split. Not too dissimilar to the above however the spacing between the two words is a lot larger. Again, available as full (768 bytes) or minimum (443 bytes)
 
Pics:
 

 
Files:
 
logo_split_full.tzx
logo_split_minimum.tzx
 
 
3. Logo static. The two words neatly spaced out, no flashing effect at all. As above, available as full (768 bytes) or minimum (507 bytes)
 
Pics:
 

 
Files:
 
logo_static_full.tzx
logo_static_minimum.tzx
 
 
4. In Basic. More for fun than anything else, the original logo but in Basic Data statements. Each data line is 32 bytes (one line) long for convenience. Its only minimum as its easy to either have a black screen or simply add another line of zeros to it. Having said that the original actually has black bright (possibly flash) paper where as this does not but its invisible anyway.
 
Pics:
 


 
File:
 
logo_in_basic.tzx
 
 
Enjoy ? :)

Sorry, I should have clarified: we also changed the colour of the conveyor in Conservatory Roof to green, to match the ambience of that room - which should also prevent the matching attribute problem that you've identified from occurring..

This is what I actually did anyway. I used the West Wing Roof item as its one of the few that are 'floating' , I tried one of the wine glasses before but it looked odd floating and I did not want to move the item position as that's where Software Projects moved it to plus its less bytes than some objects too.
 
POKE 52196,10
POKE 52197,13
POKE 52198,60
POKE 52199,242
POKE 52200,192
 
These bytes exist already at 63713 (well technically at 63716 as the first three are zero) and those pokes give the shape in The Hall the appropriate pattern too.
 
You can do it with Basic too or assembler but I figured you wanted pokes ? Basic is simply: FOR N=52196 TO 52200 : POKE N,PEEK (N+11520) : NEXT N
 
 
Already ahead of here, did this the other day ;)
 
52742,10 (original value 8)
52743,170 (original value 2)
 

 
 
35464-35466: JP Z,34762 ; Its 1am , end the game (but this jumps to the title screen!)
 
POKE 35465,74
POKE 35466,140
 
This changes:
 
35464-35466: JP Z,35914 ; Its 1am , end the game (go to the barrel 'game over' screen)
 
Might have some odd effects though such as not clearing the screen fully.

Speaking of the Conservatory Roof, the conveyor here looks somewhat featureless and according to Skoolkid's page, there's an unused conveyor in the chapel, POKEing values 60365 to 60373 with 7,0,10,189,255,0,170,85,170 respectively will reveal it and show it in action...

Actually he comes back down onto the Conservatory Roof ... 

I really should have known that since i spent forever playing it .. but still, i think it might be worthy of adding to the bug correction list although in the pre-production version it has the effect of introducing a conveyor on the stairs

I'm toying with the idea of making use of the 'non room' [ where if you POKE 52971,47 Willy ends up here just for a split second before returning to the room below, for the moment he just ends up back in the Off Licence as there is no data created for this room detailing where the exits would lead to ... although i have learned a bit about the disassembly, i've not yet figured out which address to amend here

Then there's the fix to prevent the illogical exit from 'Rescue Esmerelda' to 'Ballroom East'.

POKE 41785,227 (Monk) The Chapel
POKE 41849,227 (Saw) Cuckoo's Nest
 
Do you need any help with giving the 'new object in Hall' a shape and / or adjusting the beach object down to one item via a POKE ?
 
 
 
I think that will still have them facing the wrong way just using all the frames ? :unsure:

I think that's on Skoolkit, as well as the monk that walks backwards in The Chapel:
 
http://skoolkid.github.io/jetsetwilly/reference/facts.html#oneWaySaw
 
http://skoolkid.github.io/jetsetwilly/reference/facts.html#disrespectfulMonk
 
Or for an alternative fix for that monk, try:
 
POKE 56311,140
 
Which I believe will still make it walk backwards, but more 'respectfully' i.e. always facing the altar!

On the subject of bugs, I've created a POK file with all the bug corrections I can find so far with the help of this site and Skoolkid so far they include conveyor appearance, lowering max rope heights, revealing 1st landing and swimming pool objects, patching the nightmare room plus all the official ones but what i'd like to find is the one for the 'Saw' guardian in the 'Cuckoo's Nest' .. can't seem to find it anywhere?

1.
POKE 33792,243 DI ; Disable interrupts
 
POKE 33793,49
POKE 33794,254
POKE 33795,91 LD SP, 23550 ; set the stack pointer
 
POKE 33796,195
POKE 33797,202
POKE 33798,135 JP 34762 ; jump to the title screen code
 
2. POKE 34483, 195 ;This changes what was 'JP Z, 34762' (jump to title screen if code was correct) to 'JP 34762' (jump to title screen) regardless of what code was entered.
 
3. POKE 34493, 195 ; Same as (2) but on the second entry attempt. If the first code was actually correct ( ! ) then it would start the game anyway. Otherwise the second code (right or wrong) is accepted.
 
4. POKE 34497, 202 : POKE 34498, 135 ; These change the 'the second code was incorrect so reset the machine aka 'JP 0' to 'JP 34762' so that after failing the second attempt the game is started anyway.
 
Hope that explains it a bit. The actual 'test code' looks like this:
 
LD HL, 16384         ; 34463 33     0     64
LD DE, 16385         ; 34466 17     1     64
LD BC, 6911         ; 34469 1     255 26
LD (HL), 0         ; 34472 54     0
LDIR             ; 34474 237 176

The code above blacks out the screen. Paper 0 etc.

LD IX, 34187         ; 34476 221 33     139 133
CALL 34499         ; 34480 205 195 134

The code above tells it where to get the message to display "enter code..." and calls the keypad entry routine

JP Z, 34762         ; 34483 202 202 135

If the code was correct (Z flag set) then jump to the title screen (34762) else...

LD IX, 34219         ; 34486 221 33     171 133
CALL 34499         ; 34490 205 195 134

The code above similar to the first attempt (different message, "sorry please try...") and calls the keypad routine again

JP Z, 34762         ; 34493 202 202 135

Again, if the code entered was correct jump to the title screen (34762) else...

JP 0             ; 34496 195 0    

Reset the machine aka USR 0

I did consider (well kind of) that but its only effective initially.
 
There are a few ways of doing it:
 
1. Change the (slightly obfuscated) code to make it jump to the title page , completely bypassing the code section. At least two ways of doing this.
2. Change it so it accepts any code on the first attempt.
3. As (2) but for the second attempt
4. As (2) and (3) but make it go to the title screen after the second code (rightly or wrongly)
 
:)
 
You can't jump to the immediate title page from Basic without issues, however all the (largish) startup code can be thrown out (I have an update to my trim tool coming soon) with simply setting the SP and disabling the interrupts, at this stage you can then jump straight to the start. I'd sort of consider this not normal although doing this does relive a lot of free space potentially (all the startup code and all the keypad code) plus the 'DI / SP / JP' can go anywhere as its never used again once its called.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the 'Disable Arrows' poke prevents the attic bug from taking effect! Would adding the keycode bypass be beneficial?

It's bumped up the number of downloads anyway!

:) Good to post on WOS too.
 
No, can't attach files on there to posts. I tend to either link to a file here or stick it somewhere else if its not jswmm related.

Yes the traditional old poke for this worked but it also removed all the ropes too which was not great. :)

The new 'no nasties' poke is very much an improvement with very few side effects and Willy can still be Tarzan .. with the exception of the item counter going a bit wonky once more than 9 items are picked up...