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by Sandmage
Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:11 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 14
Views: 5359

New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter


The master branch on github already has a patch for the crash. I will provide new binaries when I find the time to work on this again. In the meantime, the crash can be avoided by opening the settings dialog before exporting.

by Sandmage
Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:58 am
Forum:
Topic: Hardware question
Replies: 7
Views: 3091

Hardware question

Actually, I feel connecting to C64 BBSs much more enjoyable than DOS or Linux based BBSs. And I too, wan't to run my own BBS. I have started writing a BBS server, but it will be run on a Linux server, although it will be designed to primarily output PETSCII in 40/20 mode. I have recently started to...
by Sandmage
Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:15 am
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 14
Views: 5359

New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter


Thanks for pointing that out. I'll release a 1.1 version later today, before I start coding the TileEditor.

by Sandmage
Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:19 pm
Forum:
Topic: What's the state of play with serial port support?
Replies: 93
Views: 29976

What's the state of play with serial port support?

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by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:27 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New game uploaded: Brixx
Replies: 38
Views: 12295

New game uploaded: Brixx


I don't think Arkanoid did that, but I remember playing a clone in the MS-DOS days and I remember that paddle/ball interaction wasn't really physically plausible, but it was fun. By the way, we're in the same timezone. ?

by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:15 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New game uploaded: Brixx
Replies: 38
Views: 12295

New game uploaded: Brixx


Just played the level. It looks and plays great. But it doesn't seem to be possible to get the ball to go up again after it started to bounce mostly sideways. But maybe I'm just a bad player.

by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:57 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 14
Views: 5359

New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter


Let me know what you think and what can be improved. To be honest, I haven't yet tested it that thorougly.

by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:55 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 14
Views: 5359

New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now. What I originally intented to do is a tool that crunshes images with repeating patterns into a set of tiles and autogenerates a tilemap. Sort of what Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick did in Maniac Mansion, but with enhanced features like flipping til...
by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: Video/Podcast talk
Topic: New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 14
Views: 5359

New community dev tool uploaded: Vera Graphics Converter

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by Sandmage
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Vera Graphics Converter
Replies: 0
Views: 679

Vera Graphics Converter

<p> <strong>Version 0.1</strong> </p> <p> This software converts indexed and RGBA images in the formats PNG, JPG or GIF into binary data suitable for the VERA chip in the upcoming 8-Bit Computer <a href="https://www.commanderx16.com" rel="">Commander X16</a>. </p> <h3> <a href="https://github.com/lr...