Keen: Modding

levellass wrote:To make this patch work, simply replace the $FFFFW with $FF $FF (In general $ABCDW becomes $CD $AB)

That's what I thought... I tried the patch though, and it didn't work.

Is there a newer version of CKpatch that I need for this? I've never seen a patch like that ($FFFFW)
Or do I have to convert it somehow?

Any technical discussion is best directed at the PCKF Thread.
Paradox'd!

Anyway, cool utility. I'll have to try it out sometime. I haven't needed TileInfo yet since I've moved to Linux (I've needed Modkeen and Mindbelt, but both of those work perfectly under WINE).

THAT would be even cooler.

But mine's easier! :-P

I'm surprised I can't find this patch anywhere... it seems so simple.

For Keen 1, is there a way to have Keen start each level facing left, instead of facing right?

I saved often and only used ammo on enemies (if I wasted a shot, I'd reload the last save game)
I managed to have a decent amount of ammo, even on hard mode.

heres the butler robot replacement (no name yet), i want that you can jump through this, but i am unable, is it because they push instead of block, or is it just impossible? http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6029/butler.png Maybe just have the one thing on the floor, and have lightning going up to...

The empty tiles in the tileset can be edited, and you can change any of the other tiles. There's a program called Tileinfo that can be used to change each tiles' behavior, too, so you can make tiles that block, items, etc. Patches, as far as I understand, work by just overwriting certain bytes in me...

What about acting as an invisible trigger, like a button that is pressed when the tile is "collected" with no noise being made? Could be useful for some trippy effects and scares... Hmm... Imagine if the chain was destroyed by walking into it... You could make the rock into a bridge or so...

Mindbelt has all the features of KeenEdit, plus a few more, so it's probably the best choice. The only thing I can think of against it is that the mouse can be a little inaccurate at times, compared to using the keyboard with KeenEdit.

Well, I didn't expect anyone to have voted for it, considering that it didn't exist 5 years ago! :-P

Maybe something simpler, like just a square with "K:M" inside of it. I don't know if it'd fit, though...

The spikes seem a little flat... maybe add a bit of dark gray on the right?

And I'm sure Fleexy won't mind you modifying his tiles -- after all, your only suggesting an alternate version, and his version will still be there.

That's an awesome sprite, Ceilick. You definitely have the closest drawing style to the original games.

I do believe the apocryphal story was that Bill Gates said if the auto industry worked like the software industry, you would have a $25 car that went 10K miles on a cup of gas. General Motors retorted that it would also crash every three miles, only drive on Microsoft roads and need new parts every...