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Posted: **Sat May 21, 2011 7:08 pm**

is a thirsty little guy.
So I gave him a "almost empty" waterskin (against the thirst)
and a little weed (for creative leasure).

This is the outcome:
(in-game footage)

[original zoom x4] - Beginning

[added scale2x effect + scanlines] - Beginning

[original zoom x4] - chewers

[added scale2x effect + scanlines] - chewers

[original zoom x4] - trollin

[added scale2x effect + scanlines] - trollin

It's based on the latest CSBwin source (11_059) and seems to run Conflux 3.5 BETA 6 just fine.
It is unknown what will happen when a overlay DSA kicks in though. DM/CSB most likely will run flawless.

Download:
http://cid-d210c7c0127e269f.office.live ... anline.exe
(click on Download/Herunterladen)

Instruction:
place "CSBwin_11_059_scale2x_scanline.exe" in your Conflux (or DM/CSB) directory and start it.
Select Size x4 from the misc menu to see the effect.

changes to the source:
minor changes took place in CSB.h and DSA.cpp. The scale2x effect was added to WinScreen.cpp.
If you guys and gals feel this is a worthwhile addition for CSBwin, and Paul is willing to add it, I will happily share the files.

Have fun.

Posted: **Sat May 21, 2011 7:54 pm**

Nice effect!

To store your files, you can use http://skydrive.live.com/
Create a Windows Live ID, upload your files (up to 25 GB). You can easily make a folder public to share your files.

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2011 1:02 pm**

Good hint, thanks!

I've updated the links and added some full screen pictures.

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2011 9:22 pm**

Interesting effect!

Posted: **Thu May 26, 2011 11:29 am**

I'm having soooo much fun with Conflux right now. I'm ill, poisoned and totally lost.

Lots and lots of new and shiny things to discover. So many changes since 3.0. Had a bad dream already. Mophus was in it.

I will report back with a release version (with and without the scanlines). The debug that is on for download now might be a bit slow on older machines.

Posted: **Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:32 pm**

T0Mi wrote:minor changes took place in CSB.h and DSA.cpp.

I wonder what those changes are... You see, I'm trying to pinpoint a bug which causes the Illegal Timer Entry when you play CSB (builds 11.057-11-059 are affected). DM plays fine. Steps to reproduce: just create a CSB party, make new adventure, load it up as you normally would -- and play for about 30 seconds.

Your build, although based on 11.059 source, doesn't exhibit this behaviour. Care to share the details?

Posted: **Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:48 pm**

Illegal Timer Entry when you play CSB (builds 11.057-11-059 are affected).

Why do you care? If the latest version of CSBwin (11.065) does not
display the bug then why not use that?

The 11_059 source is still available. So, if it is important
for some reason to pin-point this bug, I can undoubtedly do
that for you (if I can reproduce the bug. I haven't tried).

Posted: **Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:39 pm**

I've compiled CSBWin for Nokia N900 using Ful Ir's Pandora port (the hardware is virtually identical). Someone noticed the bug -- now I'm trying to hunt it down, failing in process. The latest source available is .059 and somehow retrofitting the code to look like .056 doesn't feel quite right

Sooo... If you'd be so kind...? I'm sure it's something trivial, I just can't for the life of me spot that little bugger.

Posted: **Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:03 pm**

OK....here is the problem

Code: Select all

void GameTimers::ConvertToSequencedTimers(void)
{
  // Note that the timers are still in big-endian order!
  // This will not bother us as we simpy copy them as-is and
  // append a couple of zero bytes which will bet swapped
  // but still remain zero!
  i32 i;
  i32 oldSize = sizeof(TIMER) - sizeof(m_timers[0].m_timerSequence); 
  ui8 *pOldTimer;
  TIMER *pNewTimer;
  for (i=m_maxTimers-1; i>=0; i--)
  {
    pOldTimer =   (ui8 *)m_timers + i*oldSize;
    pNewTimer =   m_timers + i;
    memmove(pNewTimer, pOldTimer, oldSize);
    pNewTimer->m_timerSequence = 0;
  };
}

See the 'memmove'? In version 11.059 it was 'memcpy'.
But we were copying from low to high addresses and the
bottom couple of timers were being copied onto
themselves. Destroying themselves. This happened
when converting old savegames.

Posted: **Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:45 am**

Ha! It works!

Thank you, kind sir, all is well again.

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