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Hi Danny,
Glad you like my Miner Willy-games. It took a few days to develop them, but I loved every second of it (I wish my everyday  job would give me that much pleasure...). 
1. Huh? It's always been like that? I just tested it with the Mac-version of Fuse, and it indeed skips the intro. (Seems like in this recording it does not, though:

Anyways, no doubt a bi-product of some reckless hacking done by me, many many years ago. Testing was never my strong suit. I'll have a look at it. 

2. Yes, I'm aware of the bug-fixed, completable version of MVSB (I saw the award ceremony from Manchester play expo 2019 with Matthew Smith and all… Made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl). I think you did a wonderful job – treating it with more respect than it probably deserves. I'm flattered and honoured you put in the hours to fix my mistakes, and what I'm concerned, this is now the official version. In other words: It's very officially approved!

3. I still have the Hackulator, and will release it as soon as I have written a necessary manual that explains how to use it. Loading it for the first time after many years made me realize not every function is all that self-explanatory (and that's an understatement).  
 

WOW! Impressive debugging IRF! (And to think you already had it figured out years ago…)
Well, I guess we can label the support-issue “closed” then. 😊
The "Hackulator" is only used for manipulating jsw-games, and do not include the option to turn off the title-tune. Eugene lotb don't really modify the original game engine all that much. It's created using Andy Nobles Manic Miner-editor, and I think the only hacks applied is a few hard-coded extras for three special levels (Jet Set Pac, The Kold Room and The Lab.)  
 

WOW! Impressive debugging IRF! (And to think you already had it figured out years ago…)
Well, I guess we can label the support-issue “closed” then. 😊
The "Hackulator" is only used for manipulating jsw-games, and do not include the option to turn off the title-tune. Eugene lotb don't really modify the original game engine all that much. It's created using Andy Nobles Manic Miner-editor, and I think the only hacks applied is a few hard-coded extras for three special levels (Jet Set Pac, The Kold Room and The Lab.)  
 

Actually, the above isn't quite true. Having looked again at SkoolKid's disassembly, the second test for whether to start the game (during the scrolling message) only tests the ENTER key, not the joystick Fire button. So with a joystick plugged in, the Fire button won't work to start the game, you would have to press ENTER on the keyboard.
EDIT: I should clarify that this is the case for any MM or JSW game based on the original game engines - pressing Fire on a Kempston joystick will not start the game whilst the scrolly message is activated, it will only work whilst the title tune is playing. I should also clarify that I'm making this observation based on my reading of tge code, I haven't tried it out (as I don't have a Kempston or a real Speccy!)

WOW! Impressive debugging IRF! (And to think you already had it figured out years ago…)
Well, I guess we can label the support-issue “closed” then. 😊
The "Hackulator" is only used for manipulating jsw-games, and do not include the option to turn off the title-tune. Eugene lotb don't really modify the original game engine all that much. It's created using Andy Nobles Manic Miner-editor, and I think the only hacks applied is a few hard-coded extras for three special levels (Jet Set Pac, The Kold Room and The Lab.)  
 

Just a random thought: another variable that might have been different when Philip Bee made his recording (versus Danny's recent investigations) - he could have had a joystick plugged in? (I recall there's a check in the title screen routine for whether a joystick is connected.) Bugs can manifest themselves in unexpected ways - perhaps it doesn't occur if the check for a joystick returns a different result? (This is pure speculation on my part! But it might be an explanation that doesn't rely on Philip having had a different version of the game file?)
Incidentally, I don't suppose anyone is in contact with Philip these days? (In case he can shed some light on the mystery?)

Welcome here Erix1, glad to have you "on board" , or should I say "inside the mansion" 🙂

Hi Sendy, long time...  😀
I went through my JSW-file-archive and found a RR-loading screen (colorful and naïve looking piece) + other things we did in collaboration (Including a couple of animations for Strangel). There´s a basic-routine there as well, seemingly dealing with an intended day/night-mode for RR(?) (It´s been a long time, so I don´t really remember the details). I´ve attached a zip-file with the content, so you can have a look-through and see if you find anything useful (or if you can make sense of it…)
If you want to spread the “Maria-hackulator” please feel free to do so (I vaguely remember that it´s not the most intuitive piece of software though.).
Erix1s_rr-stuff.zip

Hi Danny,
Glad you like my Miner Willy-games. It took a few days to develop them, but I loved every second of it (I wish my everyday  job would give me that much pleasure...). 
1. Huh? It's always been like that? I just tested it with the Mac-version of Fuse, and it indeed skips the intro. (Seems like in this recording it does not, though:

Anyways, no doubt a bi-product of some reckless hacking done by me, many many years ago. Testing was never my strong suit. I'll have a look at it. 

2. Yes, I'm aware of the bug-fixed, completable version of MVSB (I saw the award ceremony from Manchester play expo 2019 with Matthew Smith and all… Made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl). I think you did a wonderful job – treating it with more respect than it probably deserves. I'm flattered and honoured you put in the hours to fix my mistakes, and what I'm concerned, this is now the official version. In other words: It's very officially approved!

3. I still have the Hackulator, and will release it as soon as I have written a necessary manual that explains how to use it. Loading it for the first time after many years made me realize not every function is all that self-explanatory (and that's an understatement).  
 

Hi Danny,
Glad you like my Miner Willy-games. It took a few days to develop them, but I loved every second of it (I wish my everyday  job would give me that much pleasure...). 
1. Huh? It's always been like that? I just tested it with the Mac-version of Fuse, and it indeed skips the intro. (Seems like in this recording it does not, though:

Anyways, no doubt a bi-product of some reckless hacking done by me, many many years ago. Testing was never my strong suit. I'll have a look at it. 

2. Yes, I'm aware of the bug-fixed, completable version of MVSB (I saw the award ceremony from Manchester play expo 2019 with Matthew Smith and all… Made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl). I think you did a wonderful job – treating it with more respect than it probably deserves. I'm flattered and honoured you put in the hours to fix my mistakes, and what I'm concerned, this is now the official version. In other words: It's very officially approved!

3. I still have the Hackulator, and will release it as soon as I have written a necessary manual that explains how to use it. Loading it for the first time after many years made me realize not every function is all that self-explanatory (and that's an understatement).  
 

Sorry Danny, I replied using the wrong input-field. I'm obviously not a very talented forum-poster. (See reply in post above)

This roles reversed project just got a new twist as Erix1 appeared from nowhere. 😶
Welcome Erix1! 🙂
Sendy, my loading screen$ is not ready yet. It´s a slow job, I am using ZX Paintbrush (have forgotten most how to use it) and drawing it pixel by pixel with laptop´s user-unfriendly built-in mouse. At yesterday, I arranged time to draw a bit more to it.

Hi Danny,
Glad you like my Miner Willy-games. It took a few days to develop them, but I loved every second of it (I wish my everyday  job would give me that much pleasure...). 
1. Huh? It's always been like that? I just tested it with the Mac-version of Fuse, and it indeed skips the intro. (Seems like in this recording it does not, though:

Anyways, no doubt a bi-product of some reckless hacking done by me, many many years ago. Testing was never my strong suit. I'll have a look at it. 

2. Yes, I'm aware of the bug-fixed, completable version of MVSB (I saw the award ceremony from Manchester play expo 2019 with Matthew Smith and all… Made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl). I think you did a wonderful job – treating it with more respect than it probably deserves. I'm flattered and honoured you put in the hours to fix my mistakes, and what I'm concerned, this is now the official version. In other words: It's very officially approved!

3. I still have the Hackulator, and will release it as soon as I have written a necessary manual that explains how to use it. Loading it for the first time after many years made me realize not every function is all that self-explanatory (and that's an understatement).  
 

Hi Danny,
Glad you like my Miner Willy-games. It took a few days to develop them, but I loved every second of it (I wish my everyday  job would give me that much pleasure...). 
1. Huh? It's always been like that? I just tested it with the Mac-version of Fuse, and it indeed skips the intro. (Seems like in this recording it does not, though:

Anyways, no doubt a bi-product of some reckless hacking done by me, many many years ago. Testing was never my strong suit. I'll have a look at it. 

2. Yes, I'm aware of the bug-fixed, completable version of MVSB (I saw the award ceremony from Manchester play expo 2019 with Matthew Smith and all… Made me giggle like a Japanese schoolgirl). I think you did a wonderful job – treating it with more respect than it probably deserves. I'm flattered and honoured you put in the hours to fix my mistakes, and what I'm concerned, this is now the official version. In other words: It's very officially approved!

3. I still have the Hackulator, and will release it as soon as I have written a necessary manual that explains how to use it. Loading it for the first time after many years made me realize not every function is all that self-explanatory (and that's an understatement).  
 

Hi Sendy, long time...  😀
I went through my JSW-file-archive and found a RR-loading screen (colorful and naïve looking piece) + other things we did in collaboration (Including a couple of animations for Strangel). There´s a basic-routine there as well, seemingly dealing with an intended day/night-mode for RR(?) (It´s been a long time, so I don´t really remember the details). I´ve attached a zip-file with the content, so you can have a look-through and see if you find anything useful (or if you can make sense of it…)
If you want to spread the “Maria-hackulator” please feel free to do so (I vaguely remember that it´s not the most intuitive piece of software though.).
Erix1s_rr-stuff.zip

Hi Sendy, long time...  😀
I went through my JSW-file-archive and found a RR-loading screen (colorful and naïve looking piece) + other things we did in collaboration (Including a couple of animations for Strangel). There´s a basic-routine there as well, seemingly dealing with an intended day/night-mode for RR(?) (It´s been a long time, so I don´t really remember the details). I´ve attached a zip-file with the content, so you can have a look-through and see if you find anything useful (or if you can make sense of it…)
If you want to spread the “Maria-hackulator” please feel free to do so (I vaguely remember that it´s not the most intuitive piece of software though.).
Erix1s_rr-stuff.zip