Keen: Modding

lemm · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 532

You can run, but you can't hide! Now the tank bots shoot directly at keen with every shot.

Binary Patchfiles and Patch Script
(Requires dosbox or 386 + 387 coprocessor or better)

levellass · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:44 am Post subject:

I suspect more, involving other enemies will appear soon.

Fleexy · Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 281 Location: Blogham Tower

Wow! It has a really cool effect when combined with the 'Robot shoots icecubes' patch. Could you make a version that would make Keen's shot seek the nearest living thing (creature)? No more wasted ammo (except on the other side of a wall! I will never miss my target! Bwahahaha!!

levellass · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject:

By 'seek' I take it you mean 'Keen always shoots in the direction of the nearest enemy'?

lemm · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 532

That would be harder.

Keen is always at the beginning of the sprites array, so you know where his location is. The nearest enemy could be anywhere in the array.

levellass · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

*Smacks head*

THAT'S why my 'Gargs look for not-Keen' patches always failed Awww man!

thehackercat · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 69 Location: Mississippi, USA

Sorry for the necropost..

But would it be possible to recode the sprites array? Maybe if someone worked from the dissassembly they could write a new, improved engine for Keen1 that allows sprites more parameters!

For example purposes, I will write this code in its entirety in HackerCatBASIC.

Draik · Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 118

Um no. It would be near impossible to rewrite that much of Keen in assembly.

levellass · Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:17 am Post subject:

The way things are going, it will *be* a totally different engine in a year or two...