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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2016-01-01 19:26:06 -0500
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2016-01-01 19:26:06 -0500
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fix calculation for storm sinking the ship
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@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ What's missing:
Build Requirements:
-- GNU make. I use version 3.82, but I don't use any of its special
- features, so any version should do.
+- make. I use GNU make 3.82, and occasionally test with an old
+ version of BSD make (which works).
- cc65. Originally I used version 2.13.3, and part way through I
upgraded to a git snapshot dated December 29, 2015. cc65-2.3.13
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ monitor with S-Video (separate chroma/luma) inputs. If all else fails,
try turning the color knob all the way down (and the contrast as high
as you can stand it). In emulators, you can just disable artifacting.
-On PAL systems, the ship explosions and sinking animations will be a bit
-slower, and the prompt timeouts will be a bit longer. I don't think this
-is a real issue (it's not like Taipan is a fast-paced arcade game).
+On PAL systems, the ship explosions and sinking animations will be 20%
+slower, and the prompt timeouts will be 20% longer (1 sec => 1.2 sec). I
+don't think this is a real issue (it's not like Taipan is a fast-paced
+arcade game).
Bugs! At least these:
@@ -164,6 +165,13 @@ Bugs! At least these:
If you have e.g. 1,190,000, that should show as 1.2 million, not 1.1...
or maybe not (need to double-check against the Apple version).
+- One of my playtesters reported that, when running away from combat, it
+ said 4 billion ships were attacking (number of ships must have gone
+ negative).
+
+- After a fight, "Arriving at Manila" or such appears on the fight screen
+ without clearing it first (if you ran away, you can still see ships).
+
Differences between the Apple II original and Linux port:
1. Linux has an 80-column screen layout, Apple is 40.