QSTAR 1

[pjw]

Nice game, Andrew
Works on QPC2 with QPC_QLSCEMU 8. (I normally run QPC2 at 960x540 in full screen on an HDMI monitor). No luck with SMSQmulator so far, though.

[napsternds]

Very nice game. Tested in QemuLator and BBQL with Minerva, SMSQ/E and Tetroid SuperGoldCard. WOrks fine in all configurations.

Great job!!!!

Thank you

[swensont]

I just tried with SMSQmulator 2.31 and all I got was a blank green screen.
I unzip the flp version into ram1_ then called the program:
exec_w ram1_qstar_exe;"ram1_"
if I run with with EXEC instead of EXEC_W, I can switch back to QDOS and check that the program is running. I can even kill the program job.

Tim

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi,

I tried the game on a Q68, in DISP_MODE 1 : 512x256 - Mode 4/8 Colours, all works great.

I had to slow the Q68 down with a SLUG 50 cmmand.

[Andrew]

I had to slow the Q68 down with a SLUG 50 cmmand.

Hi Derek - you can also slow down the animation using F1 command, while in game.
As you have a Q68 - please check if, while in game, the title (QSTAR) is aligned with the background .
It seems that there is a SMSQ/E bug in defining the colour

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi Andrew,

I am running Q68 FPGA v1.05, SMSQ/E v3.39 in DISP_MODE 1: 512x256 Mode 4/8

See photos, on 23" monitor:

The game does not work in the Q68 Hi Colour modes. But I only use DISP_MODE 6: 512x384 Mode 33

[Andrew]

Hi Andrew,

I am running Q68 FPGA v1.05, SMSQ/E v3.39 in DISP_MODE 1: 512x256 Mode 4/8

See photos, on 23" monitor:
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The game does not work in the Q68 Hi Colour modes. But I only use DISP_MODE 6: 512x384 Mode 33

Thank you Derek.
I see that on Q68 the title is perfectly aligned and the top left pixel is green, not cyan as it is in QDOS. So this is a SMSQ/E issue.

Yes, I know that the game does not work in Hi Colour modes (except on QPC with QPC_QLSCREMU). The game assumes the screen base is at $20000 and sprites were created for Mode 8 .
I wish we had QLSCREMU command in SMSQ/E also

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi,

So the operating system is wrong, I think you need to report this to Wolfgang Lenerz

[RWAP]

For me It do not work on a BBQ (minerva)+ Trump card, It show some text and at the end:
FTEST is not loaded.
FOP_IN is not loaded.
FOP_OVER is not loaded.
ALCHP is not loaded.

But if I boot from a disk where I have pe, It load correctly and is very good.

There is some typo in the spanish intro:
Line 3 "mental a"
Also check spaces, to much before "movimiento" I suggest "dia- mantes" in line 4.
"todos los" in first blue line.
"Heroe o Bloqueador" in last line.

First versión hang on level 3, but I was playing lastest and everything ok.

FTEST, FOP_IN, FOP_OVER and ALCHP are all commands in Toolkit II

You need to add the command:

TK2_EXT

to the boot file, as the Trump Card does not automatically install Toolkit II.

[BSJR]

So the operating system is wrong, I think you need to report this to Wolfgang Lenerz

Funny nobody seems to have noticed this before.
The stippled border around the basic channels starts of white on QDOS & Minerva.
It starts with a black pixel on SMSQ (v2.91), tested on Aurora & BBQL.
So main & contrast colour are probably swapped with any stipple on SMSQ.

BSJR