tschak909 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Is there a good player-missile graphics editor out there that supports combining players etc for multiple colours? I'm just curious. I have no problem hammering it all out on graphing paper, but I was just wondering if something did already exist. -Thom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I am interested in using a player missile editor for my basic programs too. Someone can help us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I've found "Player-Missile Drawing Editor" in Compute's Second Book of Atari (LINK). Is it a good program? Has someone already typed it? Can someone send me a scan of this listing? (In the OCR'ized version of AtariArchives there are many errors). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I've some PD disks that I recall had some OK editors (sprite/font) on and so I'll try and locate and image these over the weekend. (or just find the programs names and find links to them on the net first ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 At this side from Curt Wendel you found all the original Atari programmer stuff: http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/sweat/ BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Hi, here's what I've found so far: Designers Tools - Callisto PD20 Boot this with basic and it loads a menu. Contains some PM tools but they're not to useful. Has a nice 'Create-a-Font' program by Vince Erceg. Programmers Pack by Jeff Davis Soft Shaper & VSPC (Vertical Scrolling Playfield Creator) Very nice presentation with these tools. Anyone know more about the author? I think there could be an additional disk for the "Programmers Pack" in the loft and so I'll fish that down tomorrow, it may contain a Player/Missle editor. The other disk was an APX "Developer's Disk" (20034) though this doesn't look to have anything relevent on. Regards, Mark Tools.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Indeed, the other disk does contain a P/M editor called 'Genesis' along with a 'Melody Maker' on the other side. The P/M editor is just what you want, i.e. permits animations. Downside is that the disk is protected and so I'll need to crack (or have cracked) the protection to make an ATR image, so I've included a PRO and ATX (Vapi) image for anyone to tinker with. But there is also an A800WinPLus4 save state that can be used in the emulator. The whole suite comes in a pack called "Programmer's Pack" and has © SOFTSCAN on the cover. This was a company based in Hereford in the UK. There are 8 pages of instructions in the pack too so I could scan those if required. Regards, Mark ProgrammersPack.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 the tools look interesting... i have a PM tool where you can strip out 8x256 strypes out of a .mic pic to get multicolour pms... if someone interested i can dig that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastron Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Is there a good player-missile graphics editor out there that supports combining players etc for multiple colours? I'm just curious. I have no problem hammering it all out on graphing paper, but I was just wondering if something did already exist. -Thom Hi, If you check out the disk i posted some time back http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s...c=86511&hl= on the disk is a PMG editor it may even be the one from compute Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 @BigBen I've already tested Sweat PM Editor but players scale is 1:1 (too small!). Thanks @Wrathchild I've tried the intersting Genesis but I am not able to save. Do you know in what format this program saves? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) I've tried the intersting Genesis but I am not able to save.Do you know in what format this program saves? I gave this a try - maybe strange behaviour because of using a save state. Create a blank formatted DOS 2.5 disk and insert that before saving. It seems to go off into limbo for a little while but does save eventually. The master disk contains some utilities to convert files into data statements for use in either Basic or ASM so I'll get the docs scanned and uploaded soon. If you press 'Y' in a wait state (e.g. you've pressed Return to stop the animation) then the disk directory will be displayed in the top left corner. Regards, Mark Edited June 3, 2007 by Wrathchild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 You're right, after about 20 seconds (SIO patch) or a minute the program saves. But when I reload the saved file nothing seems to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avram Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Mark - did you ever manage to scan the manual for the Genesis program? If not, no worries as it's very self-explanatory (and a great pm editor!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'll locate the instructions this week and get them scanned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avram Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Great - thank-you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Here you go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avram Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Thank-you again for the scans! This software package you found is great, especially for designing player-missiles. It's laid out really well and makes animation very easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Could someone crack Genesis and make an .atr image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Could someone crack Genesis and make an .atr image? With what was little more than a cursory distraction, the mightly Fandal was able to smash the outer defences and so open this up for others to enjoy. Genesis_cracked.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Thank you Mark and Fandal! You have an excellent memory to remember this old thread. BTW, I am waiting the release of this PC Char-Editor/Char-Animator/PM Editor/DL Editor/GR Editor/ from a French friend (DearHorse): ATARITOOLS-800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 thanks... the interesting thing is the Phoenix art assets in the screenshots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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