Vectorblade: known Bugs & planned changes

[Malban]

Last update 20th Mai 2019

Open beta reports:

VTK: sound effects “better fading”
VTK: difficulty of bugs (now to easy)
VTK: WARP sound cut off to abruptly
VTK: Armor in shop can be bought more than once?

Malban known bugs
– title scrolltext has a little (dark) “/” on the side on some vectrex? (T1)
– landing for MH successfull – but not hitting the platform?
– “square” sinistar aliens in waiting positions “hickup”
– in intro MH vanishes after secon “bonus”, also the screen fades, and every second bonus has to bright colors
– SM16 looks “cranky”
– ship behind shield not using attack patterns?

Open things todo:
– still more sounds (collect bonus, collect money (also from motehrship))
– finalizing game over sequence + final scoring
– smartlist calibration for all relevant sizes… (16?), rework of calibration setup
– extro of Dodger/MH, not successfull landing etc
– MH must be finished (or dropped)
– highscore entry/display must be finished

Malban thoughts, things that still be done:
– boss explode -> drop rank markers/money/diamonds?
– boss scenario explode
– should superbombs affect a boss? (as of now – not)
– bonus: new neagtive bonus “drunk mode”?
– bonus: armor possible two times?
– bonus: new bonus “?” – random bonus?
– bonus: negative rank marker?

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[Malban]

I can not keep track of all things done – in this post – so I will unstick it, and only on non regular basis update it. Following things were “done” the last two weeks (that I recorded):
(not ordered, not mentioned are bugs I fixed directly when discovered/reported)

done: sm 16 on cranky - looks a bit off
 Calib 16 and text correctly
 calibrationValueString <-> calibrationValue16
 16 = MH and Highscore
 Text = bonus round text perfect text etc

done: SOUNDS
 money collect sound
 bonus collect sound
 malus soudn 
 letter bonus sound?
 rank marker sound?
 downgrade sound

done: is brightness setting to high of vectrex T1 Vectrex ->scrolltext with "/" (also on cranky but really weak)
done: don't care stars -> without move in between star atoms?
done: high score
done: remove sfx sounds not needed from bank 0, since it includes the same sound as bank 1
done: Bug: sound when ship flies in on title screen - VTK on a real vectrex!
done: button calibration
done: least intensity from 1f to 2f...
done: ok -> Test on real vectrex printStringSync2.asm in Pause
done: a bit Also, when the ship comes in, the VectorBlade letters seem to jump forward a bit, and then jump back when the ship leaves. That happens on all consoles
done: I have squeezed italic characters in the pause menu (this vectrex also has a problem displaying the text of the sk
done: vtk: buy laser from blaster -> no laser, no sound, but money reduced
done: vtk: failre i tiny bit easier -> shot restrictions
done: add vectorlist for achievement!
done: extra score for full extra -> 100000
done: Calibration upon leaving hs /achievement
done: fine calibration -> button 2/3
done: boss hit brighter
done: finish help in calibration!
done: Stars in HS to the end of the screen...
done: CALIBRATION + no buzz
done: BUTTON 1 = HELP?
done: oh and if u didnt notice the high score table itself should go up a little as it is not centered between the top row of ships and the bottom row
done: move highscore from bank 2 -> 1
done: Sccopy secret -> jingle playes more than once!
done: first two "frames" from intro screen are to bright!
done: to test bomb is buyable after "normal" -Rate colect!
done: achievements scroll down - must be with a stopper
done: game over bonus + sound
done: calibration finalizing
done: sound collect bonus
done: UFO Sound pleae continuous
done: toTest 3 seconds no fire button on boss intro
done: in intro Man disappears after first bonus!
done: in intro sreen gets darker after first bonus
done: VTK: Armor in shop can be bought more than once?
done: in intro each second of the bonus has a different decresing brightness!
done: quadrtisc sinistar ships "hoppiong" wehen waiting (cranky)
done: Bug boss 2 fires bullets instead of RUN RUN RUN
done: to test hit percent in game over count down > 200?
done: (correct) -S X 3 = Scoop shield in display?
done: (tehre is none) blaster achievement ?
done: ship behind shield not using attack patterns?
done: more bonus on normal!
done: UFO sound
done: Warp failure on easy, when killed does not respawn all enemies
done: noises caused by buttons
done: vtk beta: bugs more difficult
done: vtk beta: stutter on button presses
done: vtk beta: shots brighter
done: vtk beta: EXTRA jingle
done: foreworks sound
done: destroy super enemy - MORE points
done: to test sectret for ranks still not counting correctly?
done: tripple -> triple
done: move perhaps boss intro to bank 1/0
done: to further test money mothership drops TOOOO many money
done: to test rank order achievment ->mfucked
done: less life drop less wrp failure
done: no: test: dying in minestorm > go to extra bonus anyway?
done: High Score bug
done: flying up in dodger -> quiet!
done: cant get outof dodger!
done: bullet 3 can be baught multiple times
done: boss 1 explode -> takes about 40000 cycles!
done: achievement lexikon
done: text after black hole
done: super impossible star wars boss -> darth vader broken?
done: Shield level on super impossible -> shields placed WRONG (53 + 58)
done: super impossible tribble -> CRASH!
done: ok, is checked on end of game! admiral rank cheack??? Achievement -> not gotton
done: rest achievement rewards see -> commonGround.i top -> todo last rank
done: 5, possibly 3+2(WR) more RAM hunt!
done: Bug test for greedy not working?
done: rank, immun1 have no N/A
done: collect!!! life bonus!
done: bug Score corrupt after minestorm? (x times ???) after complete minestorm, the score display is "fucked"
done: status should show current collected rank markers and armor and autofire shown in stats
done: 2 shot right shot is longer (cranky / length)
done: shield center
done: bug, laser in first boss - sometimes "is off" little bugs sometimes off too? (shot 2)
done:
 where is the scoopy lock?
 NOT there!!!
 ldb lockPurchased
 orb #%00110000
 stb lockPurchased
 enables it
 not tested %10000000 collect 3 scoops in a row in correct order -> enable scoopy lock
done: not tested immune 1 can be bouzght multiple times
done: WHY appears a "biggest" loss acchievement always?
done: C in Vectorblade title looks broken
done: not tested aftwr game options does not work?
done: bug spy rank 1 after game
done: bug rank buy inh shop not promoted?
done: bonus in super difficult none?
done: crash ca. level 80 laser just got + 2 scoopies - kamikaze "end"?
done: echo music to title
done: totest autofire is not set back on death???
done: totest secret of GAME must reset when new game starts
done: set D is little endian!
done: do a "common" string size, that has a calibration

[Malban]

And the following is the current todo list:

helmut: pause status: Suggestion: Scrolling could be page wise

helmut: The scroll indicators should be positioned one at the top and one at the bottom

Highscore: “MAL”

add beta tester credits

helmut: Desktop Intros
Suggestion A:
    1.) Octagonal screen is blank
    2.) Transition effect (the same transition effect that is shown right before the descriptions of the power-ups are shown) is shown on the screen and then “Vector blade” and the other stuff appears and scrolls down.
    3.) After a while the astronout appears for a second time.
    4.) Transition effect is shown on the screen and then the description of the power-ups is shown.

sound money drop from mothership

wobble in challanging stage, when bonus are still dropping

SECRET MESSAGED

MH

Last boss from Jacek

in demo mode also do a high score table!

Hardcore mode

level select

Nico: sometime there is a permanent buzzing sound inside the options menu

Nico: Option Menu is "not finished"... There is no "sound" in the options menu (no music) - 
      so probably the buzz of the last not is echoing endlessly... I will look at it while finalizing the options.

vtk beta: sound effects - fading?

Option: Reset
Option: Display Secrets

idea: tell story (diary) as interludes!

think about dec inc VIA port B - should I change?

remove old title (tile set VECTORBLADE) from bank 0

bonus selection as jumptable 256*2

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