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[C@siomax]

Hi there!
After many time of missing, I'm now back right there !!
So do U remember this demo of Metal Gear Solid I've dropped ?
I have really good news for you! MGS is really in a good way of developpement!

Now the game features:

- Complete 5 color graphic engine (Mx2D)
- 6 Different Weapons:
*C4
*57 mm
*R5
*Nikita
*Grenade
*Clayton mines

- Fully working Installer (extracts the sprites in zone 12)
- Fully working external objects loading
- Ennemies with some IA in a good way of developpement too (but not finished as well)
- Source code totally structured (not like Sb100) in order to win time
- Ennemies fully animated
- Explosions fully animated
- Weapon system right to be finished soon (still some bugs)
- etc ...

Now I know what you fancy ... Screenshots !!
So juste have a look at these screenshots:

The title screen: (only in 3 colors):


Communication system screenshot:


Explode animation:


Ennemies sprites (don't made a gif right now but you can easily imagine what it should show on screen):


A fake screenshot (map is not the real one):

[Bob Vila]

so i'm guessing this is for the afx?

[CrimsonCasio]

bob, grayscale=afx

[2072]

You guessed well

[Casto Productions]

Let us know when it is finished, I'm eager to play

[C@siomax]

No problem, sir
I'll publish a demo soon because soldiers' IA is now near to be complete !!

[Bob Vila]

bob, grayscale=afx 

i knew that

[C@siomax]

got some good news!!
Now the communication system is completed !! (using the screenshot shown before)

[betoe]

what a good game (my favorite), i hope you finish it before I comeback to the school, for play on my free time.

[C@siomax]

Now I have designed a mission & objectives system, which will probably work fine (I dunno coz it's still on my mind, not in da code )

But I have some bugs which need to be corrected until I continue coding the game!

[C@siomax]

Done!!
I have finished the mission system!
Now it's really pleasasnt to add maps and objectives!!

[C@siomax]

So I have finished to design 2Ko of maps !!
Now I am setting up the soldiers' coordinates & the objective''s zones ones !!
More news: in the last map, there will be something like 5 high-level soliders, which will be like a boss !!
So just wait calmly, the demo is coming soon

[AlephMobius]

Will this be like the 2D version for the NES? This makes me wonder how much 3D the AFX can handle. I dont want to get us OT but do you think the AFX could handle a simple 3D game like Wolfenstein 3D? Something similar is available for the Z80 line of TIsand those processers are only 4mhz.

[C@siomax]

No, it is the copy of GameBoy Color version !!

ps: about 3d, just wait I've finished Mx3D

[Brazzucko]

Hi Casiomax, I?m glad to hear news from you again?

Did you receive my E-mails?, I really need your help??

Anyway just keep the excellent work; I?m one of the guys that are waiting for this game?

[C@siomax]

I'm sorry Brazzucko, I did not received anyone of your mails !!
I'll send you a little demo as soon as possible! (I must correct some drawing bugs in order to re-enable ennemies)

[C@siomax]

I have still a bug which makes weapons invalid !! I'm tracking it don't worry

[C@siomax]

I have corrected all the bugs !!
I am now coding the buy menu for weapons and ammo
And thanx to swifter for his help in clipping debugging!!

[C@siomax]

I have sent a demo to french users, and now I must have 3 beta testors
leave me your mails !!

[Mohamed]

Ohhh, whom do you think of as a beta tester?
hamoksha AT gawab.com
Ahh, I forgot, never send me a game without it's readme.

P.S. An admin note: please don't keep posting this way, you could edit your previous message (if no one has posted after you) with another color or anything!

[CrimsonCasio]

I think that that should only be done if the next post is done within an hour, because people might not realize that something new has been posted.

[C@siomax]

ok, and I'm sorry brazzucko the readme I sent you was in french ...
The french beta testors enjoyed my demo, but not me (as usual...) why ? because I didn't made Snake's anim correctly and it is like a patinor
So I WILL do its animation for the 2 incoming days!!
And then I will be able to send a great demo!!

ps: I'm sorry for auto-response but I've understood why I wasn't able to find the editing posts button!! I wasn't connected before posting ...
Don't worry I'll publish a demo very soon just for let you seeing the animation!!!

edit 2:

here is the bmp:

[Killer83Z]

You're too much, great work, casiomax!

[Brazzucko]

There is no problem Casiomax, I understand French, but like the English, when I try to write something i have some problems?.

Anyway GREAT job??..

[C@siomax]

no, no, no, that's not great job in the demo you have tested ... try this new one (check ur mails) it is better!

[betoe]

Please give me the name of the website where i can download the Metal gear in english. Here in M?xico that game is some popular.

[genesis]

Just wondering, how do you make the sprites and graphics for your amazing games? They are so 'clean' (as in pure shades).

[C@siomax]

In reply to betoe:
Metal Gear Solid is not downloadable for the moment, because I is not as complete as I want it to be for beta-testing! So when I will judge it quite correct I'll be abale to publish a demo
But if you want the GB Rom Game, mail me I'll send it to you !!

In reply to Genesis:
I always wanted to play famous games on my Graph100 (Afx2 in France)... with original graphics. For example, when I was making sprites for bomberman, I proceeded like this:

-> Running Rom Game
-> Displaying only sprites/environnement
-> Making a screencopy
-> Extracting the sprites from the screensopy
-> Makling colors in gray shades
-> Encoding them (using some useful software)

And it's the same for Metal Gear ...
All the sprites are copied from GB game!!
About encoding:

For bomberman, I used to encode sprite myself, using my calc (converting Binary to Hexadecimal)
Or using Ti Paint Plus 3. This Ti un-official software can encode sprites of anysize in 3 colors, in hexadecimal format, as I wanted! (Ti paint plus can make masks for sprites too, a really useful option !!)

But for Metal Gear, that's not the same, cause sprites use 5 color palette ... and that's too much for Ti Paint Plus .... But a guy named Tonton1664 (French user) made a wonderful program called Bmp100, which can translate directly bmp to code, using many formats! Column B&W, Linear B&W, 3 grays Linear, 3 grays bmp, 5 grays linear, auto-readable picture in *.exe format, etc...

So that's what I use for metal gear And I can also apply effets on pictures: resize, zoom, symetry, etc...
And finally, I copy the code made by Bmp100 in the lib of Mgs' installor, and that's all ... I have to compile it

[Mohamed]

BTW I haven't recieved it yet.

[C@siomax]

I have finished some cool features, I mean:

* 2 Different mission types: 'Infiltrate' & 'Normal'
In the first mode, Killing a guard will decrease your money, but in the other mode, this will increase !!
Of course, I didn't forget realism, and I'm able to set different Prizes for each soldier killed Thanks to structures

* Pause menu: I have replaced Ammo Sprites by Weapon Sprites, that looks better And I'm designing a new interface cause it was too simply

* I'm ready to program an 'inactive object system'. I mean an add-on to the current Object engine which deals with Ammo, Weapons and Rations found on maps!! Therefore I have deleted the Buy menu, and that's better this way!!

* I've deleted all the masks, that makes the graphic engine a bit faster and make Snake and the soldiers a bit hiddent, I find this better for the game kind

Hmmm so that's all for today

[C@siomax]

Sorry replying to myself but some time passed between the two posts
If you don't agree, just delete this post I will edit the previous one

So I'm in a good way, I'm finishing the pause menu (now it looks quite good, it's near from GB version)
and I have began the Object System

[CrimsonCasio]

like I said before, if an hour or more has past its ok to reply to yourself.

[C@siomax]

I have sent a demo to Brazzucko and 2072 (with other beta testors you don't know) I hope they'll enjoy and if it is the case, let me publish the demo!!

[C@siomax]

Here is the demo!!

link:
http://teamg100.free...ode=jeux&type=0

Have fun

[C@siomax]

No reactions ?

[betoe]

I really want to play your game (i downloaded it) but i have problems with the serial port of the calculator (i cant send or receive files) 2 days ago

[CrimsonCasio]

havent had time to try it yet, but from the pictures I can't believe i wouldn't like it.

[Mohamed]

The download link isn't working, and you never sent it to me by mail as I asked.

[Endi]

Yeah, I have the same problem, my explorer can't find the page pointed by this link.
What's funny, some of these games I couldn't download I could download with another computer.
Better check it.

[C@siomax]

hmm should be free servers ... they have many problems theses times, that's quite boring .... <_<