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qbits wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 8:29 pm Simon
This looks interesting, was it written in Superbasic and compiled. If so would you post a copy.

QBITS

It is written in C - the source is in the link from Simon's first message on this page.

Thank you Simon for this game! It works perfectly!

There are (IMHO) two different kinds of toolkits: "Systems toolkits" and "ad hoc" ones. Systems toolkits are what one would expect most users to have loaded at boot, the main one being TK2. I agree with this. TK2 is a toolkit that should be present on all machines. .. and it doe...

The switching of players is the variant I saw before. I think I like QStar 1 better. I made it through level 4 and that one took many tries. I also like how, once I make it through a level, if I come back to that level, even if it's only been a few days, it's still difficult to solve as there are s...

I think there is an issue with the zip file. I download (like always) the Qstar2+Souce.zip file and move it to my BB QL. Then I use unzip 5.32 in order to unzip it. 1. The source files all failed to be unzipped 2. The rest of the files get unzipped but when run the boot, I get the bad parameter err...

QStar 2 - another logic puzzle game! It's a spin-off QStar 1, but with different game mechanics and only 10 levels, but harder. This time the Blocker cannot move - but it can switch position with the Hero And because is harder, it is possible to view a solution for the puzzle, not necessarily the on...

dilwyn wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2024 1:18 pm I understand, thank you Andrew.

Review of the game at https://dilwyn2.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/qstar/ and it's now on my QL website's Games page.

Thank you, Dilwyn!

I'm sorry Andrew, but I have to report a possible bug in QStar! I was using it in QPC2 v5.02 mode 32, resolution 1024x768, with QPC_QLSCREMU 8. The game runs OK until I press F1 to alter the animation delay. After doing that and returning to the game, the display is corrupted, see screen shot below...

QSTAR 1 - final version Tested on QDOS with JS ROM and Minerva ROM, 128 k and up to 4Mb and on SMSQE Updates: 1. fixed a major bug / memory leak that could crash the QL on game exit 2. fixed the SMSQE stipple issue 3. fixed misspelling in spanish text 4. now speaker icon changes when sound is on / o...

Actually, both QDOS and Minerva have stipple patterns 2 and 3 reversed compared to the figures shown in the QL Manual (and QPC Concepts guide) under 'colour'. In stipples 1 and 2, the white pixels are background colour and grey pixels are contrast colour. But in stipples 2 and 3 they are reversed. ...