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by Bitemaster
Sun Jul 10, 2016 4:19 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Standing On The Bottom Edge of The Screen
Replies: 4
Views: 14243

Standing On The Bottom Edge of The Screen

Hey there, You may already know this, but if you put a solid block amongst the top row of bottom edge of the screen tiles in Vorticons, Keen can stand on it. However, the screen will not scroll down to reveal it because on either side of it are edge of the screen tiles. This allows levels where Keen...
by Bitemaster
Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:45 am
Forum: Coding
Topic: Color Quantization, Superior Palettes?
Replies: 2
Views: 10096

Thank you! This is very useful for picking colors! :D :D :D
by Bitemaster
Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:48 pm
Forum: Coding
Topic: Color Quantization, Superior Palettes?
Replies: 2
Views: 10096

Color Quantization, Superior Palettes?

Ah yes, how do you convert graphics from 24-bit full color pictures to 16 colors? I have had mediocre results going down that path, perhaps it would be better if I had a better quantization algorithm but GIMP does not seem to offer algorithms that are good for 16 colors like Spatial Color Quantizati...
by Bitemaster
Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Keen 3 Level Patch Project
Replies: 2
Views: 7144

Never fear, you can study up here!: http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Keen_3_Levels And, strictly speaking, Keen 1 only has 6 mandatory levels. Keen 2 has 10, I believe. Technically, though, Keen 3 has 3 levels required going one path, 4 going another path. Only 3 are absolutely mandatory though. I ki...
by Bitemaster
Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Keen 3 Level Patch Project
Replies: 2
Views: 7144

Keen 3 Level Patch Project

EDIT: The votes currently on this poll will count. However, for all further votes, please vote with this topic on PCKF (as I have realized that most everyone here has an account on PCKF). Hi y'all, Keen 3 level design was rushed, as I'm sure most of you know. With only 3 levels required, it got me ...
by Bitemaster
Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:56 am
Forum: The Mods
Topic: Keen:Galaxy Source Modding Package
Replies: 13
Views: 28592

I actually have never owned a cell phone in my life, not even a flip phone. :D I'm trying to see how long I can get by without one.
by Bitemaster
Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:04 am
Forum: The Mods
Topic: Keen:Galaxy Source Modding Package
Replies: 13
Views: 28592

Are you saying I'm not a real programmer? ;)
by Bitemaster
Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:51 am
Forum: General
Topic: Hi
Replies: 7
Views: 8213

That would be cool!
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:35 pm
Forum: Vorticons Requests and Discussion
Topic: Using a Different Sprite for The Player in Certain Levels?
Replies: 9
Views: 11341

Thanks! I'm not too anxious to have it done soon, as I have discovered and been enthralled with the Commander Keen Source Mod and might go that way instead of a Keen 1 mod. In that case I would just do it with source. I understand you are busy, and so I will ask about it again if and when I want to ...
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Introduction and a question
Replies: 4
Views: 6423

Hi happygrue, Are you using CKPatch? This might be helpful for you: http://www.shikadi.net/keenwiki/Patch:E ... 8Keen_1%29 (The ending sequence text is actually stored in the EXE file, of course.)
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Hi
Replies: 7
Views: 8213

Noted, troublesomekeen! Thanks. I'm not sure I want to do a Keen 1 mod right now, the Keen Source Mod looks mighty tempting... *rubs hands*
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:57 pm
Forum: The Mods
Topic: Keen:Galaxy Source Modding Package
Replies: 13
Views: 28592

I'm curious, what do you think about the Keen Dreams 1.13 source? Do you consider that an old way? After all, it is an original, pre-patch technique...
by Bitemaster
Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keen Dreams Tool and Source Work
Replies: 4
Views: 8301

Thanks! I also stand corrected, we do have the 1.13 source for Keen Dreams under the commits on GitHub :) So everything is cool there!
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keen Dreams Tool and Source Work
Replies: 4
Views: 8301

Well, I assumed the problem would be that the files from 1.13 would not work with the 1.93 executable. But after you said that, I decided to run some tests to make sure. In this case the problem is that 1.13's .MAP file does not work with the compiled 1.93 source code (we don't have the 1.13 source ...
by Bitemaster
Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Keen Dreams Tool and Source Work
Replies: 4
Views: 8301

Keen Dreams Tool and Source Work

Greetings! I have decided to put my Keen 1 mod on the side burner and focus effort on the Keen Dreams engine. We have the source to it, and I'd like to discover what's in the code, like if we can make music work with it (the infrastructure for Music seems to be in there at least), and see if we can ...