Airplyr (update 1.5 Final)

[Alex.]

:: Download here ::​

This is the final Airplyr update (at least for a long while), and it brings a large number of fixes and improvements:

• fixed colour banding, which affected most backgrounds
• tournament overtimes are sudden death (as suggested by prairiefire)
• paddle moves fast by default (as suggested by subcon959)
• paddle moves with either the joypad or the action buttons (some other controls changed, please glance over the readme or the game's Info screen to read the new ones)
• enhanced certain visuals, mainly layout-wise
• fixed a couple of remaining glitches, and optimized things a bit, I think it runs a tad faster
• uses less files, and is overall slightly smaller

NOTE: If upgrading from a previous version of Airplyr, please delete all of the game's files from your SD card (except for airplyr-dat0.dat, if you want to keep your previous records) before sending the new ones in.[cut] "Together we can prevent crashes" :rolleyes:

Thanks to everyone who left feedback in the last thread, it helped a lot in getting this finished

- Alex[/cut]

 

[id10t]

Hi,

Neither the previous version nor this seem to load the graphics correctly for me.
I get what appears to be a working selectable set of menus but it is all garbaged
as though the lines don't line up.
I hear the music and even managed to start a game with blocks of garbage moving
around.

Is there something odd about the transfer of one of the dat files?
I have tried different SD cards and downloading another copy.
Using XP to copy the files.

ID

 

[SiDCrAzY]

Very cool

Haven't tried this version, but the last one was great so I'm only expecting better things from this final version

 

[prairiefire]

Awesome. Thanks Alex.. As soon as I get home from work, this is going straight onto my SD card!

 

[Unfathomable Depths]

Cheers Alex - superb game.

 

[gaterooze]

Nice one, thanks.

 

[krosfyah]

I meant to give it a quick test but ended up playing for an hour.

Thanks again, Alex.

 

[Alex.]

Hi,

Neither the previous version nor this seem to load the graphics correctly for me.
I get what appears to be a working selectable set of menus but it is all garbaged
as though the lines don't line up.
I hear the music and even managed to start a game with blocks of garbage moving
around.

Is there something odd about the transfer of one of the dat files?
I have tried different SD cards and downloading another copy.
Using XP to copy the files.

ID

It's weird, because this version uses a different way to load the graphics as the previous version. I see you also have similar troubles with Smash GP. Perhaps it has something to do with the firmware you're using, although I can't see why it should glitch like that, as I use the standard HW-SDL libs from DevKitGP2X. I heard from people who ran it successfully on 2.0.0, 2.1.0, and 2.1.1 (the last one was me, I finally upgraded ). Are you using a pre-2.0 or the new 3.0 firmware?

Garbage like you describe usually appears (at least with SDL) when it loads the graphics from an invalid memory, or it's blitting non-existent graphics. Weird stuff :-\ How about trying these games which I know for sure use the HW SDL libs: Downfall, Dance2x Alpha, Noiz2sa ; tell me if they work.

Thanks for all the comments

- Alex

 

[id10t]

Hi,

Neither the previous version nor this seem to load the graphics correctly for me.
I get what appears to be a working selectable set of menus but it is all garbaged
as though the lines don't line up.
I hear the music and even managed to start a game with blocks of garbage moving
around.

Is there something odd about the transfer of one of the dat files?
I have tried different SD cards and downloading another copy.
Using XP to copy the files.

ID

It's weird, because this version uses a different way to load the graphics as the previous version. I see you also have similar troubles with Smash GP. Perhaps it has something to do with the firmware you're using, although I can't see why it should glitch like that, as I use the standard HW-SDL libs from DevKitGP2X. I heard from people who ran it successfully on 2.0.0, 2.1.0, and 2.1.1 (the last one was me, I finally upgraded ). Are you using a pre-2.0 or the new 3.0 firmware?

Garbage like you describe usually appears (at least with SDL) when it loads the graphics from an invalid memory, or it's blitting non-existent graphics. Weird stuff :-\ How about trying these games which I know for sure use the HW SDL libs: Downfall, Dance2x Alpha, Noiz2sa ; tell me if they work.

Thanks for all the comments

- Alex

Hi,

I have been using 2.1.1 since it was available.
Yep, smashgp behaves similarly. I haven't tried those other games, but I will.
I also have a BOB, so I'll see if anything comes out in the serial console.
I wonder if it is the SDL libs. I'll poke around. I suspect it is something specific
to my unit/firmware.

ID

 

[therealadmin]

Thank you Alex, and thank you especially for the paddle fix. Great game, very addictive.

 

[id10t]

Hi,

Neither the previous version nor this seem to load the graphics correctly for me.
I get what appears to be a working selectable set of menus but it is all garbaged
as though the lines don't line up.
I hear the music and even managed to start a game with blocks of garbage moving
around.

Is there something odd about the transfer of one of the dat files?
I have tried different SD cards and downloading another copy.
Using XP to copy the files.

ID

It's weird, because this version uses a different way to load the graphics as the previous version. I see you also have similar troubles with Smash GP. Perhaps it has something to do with the firmware you're using, although I can't see why it should glitch like that, as I use the standard HW-SDL libs from DevKitGP2X. I heard from people who ran it successfully on 2.0.0, 2.1.0, and 2.1.1 (the last one was me, I finally upgraded ). Are you using a pre-2.0 or the new 3.0 firmware?

Garbage like you describe usually appears (at least with SDL) when it loads the graphics from an invalid memory, or it's blitting non-existent graphics. Weird stuff :-\ How about trying these games which I know for sure use the HW SDL libs: Downfall, Dance2x Alpha, Noiz2sa ; tell me if they work.

Thanks for all the comments

- Alex

Hi,

I have been using 2.1.1 since it was available.
Yep, smashgp behaves similarly. I haven't tried those other games, but I will.
I also have a BOB, so I'll see if anything comes out in the serial console.
I wonder if it is the SDL libs. I'll poke around. I suspect it is something specific
to my unit/firmware.

ID

Working: Noiz2sa
Not working: Airplyr. SmashGp and Downfall - same kind of problem - garbaged screen graphics but normal sound and game operation (from what i can make out) - so probably the same root cause of missing libs

I reinstalled http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,31,869 (sdl libs) and rebooted but get the
same symptoms. Is it the HW libs I should be looking for? and is this link a different set of libs?

ID

 

[Alex.]

The HW libs are linked statically as far as I know, so there's nothing for you to install. It just seems really weird that only a few units suffer from this; the problem couldn't be due to large graphics size, as Downfall has a very small graphics file as opposed to Airplyr. I use standard SDL methods to load and display them, so I'm at a loss of words here. Oh, did you try launching them from a different SD card (or the nand?) Give Downfall a go from an alternative location, as its the smallest, and see if that makes any difference.

Sorry for this mate, btw I don't think you need to install the SDL libs anymore since firmware 2.0.

- Alex

 

[id10t]

The HW libs are linked statically as far as I know, so there's nothing for you to install. It just seems really weird that only a few units suffer from this; the problem couldn't be due to large graphics size, as Downfall has a very small graphics file as opposed to Airplyr. I use standard SDL methods to load and display them, so I'm at a loss of words here. Oh, did you try launching them from a different SD card (or the nand?) Give Downfall a go from an alternative location, as its the smallest, and see if that makes any difference.

Sorry for this mate, btw I don't think you need to install the SDL libs anymore since firmware 2.0.

- Alex

So,

As a test, I went back to Fw 2.0.0 and ran Airplyr - still garbaged
upgraded to 2.1.0 - same
upgraded to 2.1.1 - same
tried a different SD card - same

need to find my serial cable to get the console output

 

[Cloudskipa]

Thank you!

 

[Parkydr]

Works for me

FW 2.1.1 Mk1

 

[dockthepod]

Works great for me... FW 2.1.1 MK1 as well. Very slick game and kind of a pain in the ass to beat the AI