Whats the point of the Shift+B in POP1 ??

[Nico]

When you activate the cheats and you hit Shift+B you can see that only the animated sprites are shown on the screen and some other sprites when the kid is close to them with some flickering.

[mk1995]

Hmm...

a) It's a source of challenge for a MOD if only the sprites can be seen. Having this forcibly enabled greatly increases the difficulty.

b) It can be useful for sprite-ripping.

[Eagle-Head Priest 97]

How do you forcibly enable this?

[mk1995]

By hacking the PRINCE.EXE, of course.

CusPoP should have that option as well now, if I can remember correctly...

[Tristan]

By hacking the PRINCE.EXE, of course.

CusPoP should have that option as well now, if I can remember correctly...

if ya enable the cheat mode and the PoP totlal pack has also a cheat mode

[mk1995]

if ya enable the cheat mode and the PoP totlal pack has also a cheat mode

Are you really unable to read or just pretending?

Slowly but securely, I'm starting to think the same...

[Andrew]

'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Think about it... And if all you're after is to increase your post count by posting inanities, don't you have anything better to do with your time?

[mk1995]

Who exactly is this dedicated to? Tristan? Programmer? Me? All three of us?

[Eagle-Head Priest 97]

I think maybe Tristan & programmer, though since I've just done what Andrew pointed out and spoken, I'm no doubt a fool. I knew that already though so it's no problem! :razz: But seriously, is forcing the Shift+B an ALL level thing or do you get to choose a level? AND is it on the stand-alone cuspop progran, or the online one?

[mk1995]

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Andrew could also mean me, after all, I didn't write something very productive, either.
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It's definitely on the online version of CusPoP, since that one's the more recent.

[Andrew]

Who exactly is this dedicated to? Tristan? Programmer? Me? All three of us?

Why should you or Eagle feel that I was talking about you two, or indeed for that matter programmer? My statement was purely a reaction to what tristan had thoughtlessly posted above, which programmer and you (mk) had already criticised (and rightly so). Anyway, I know he's a kid but still, he really needs to choose his words more carefully (esp. the swearing etc.) so that he makes a better reputation for himself.

[David]

But seriously, is forcing the Shift+B an ALL level thing or do you get to choose a level? AND is it on the stand-alone cuspop progran, or the online one?

It's definitely on the online version of CusPoP, since that one's the more recent.

Well the online version doesn't seem to have it. However, it has an option to force Shift-I (upside-down), called "Customize flipdown".
I have a list of memory offsets and it says that the blind mode is stored in 4CC2/4EB2/4C86, depending on the version.
There is a topic called Modifications to prince.exe (hex editing), I think I'll post the hack there.

[mrsid]

Shift-B enables a mode where the game doesn't perform the initial drawing when you enter the screen, but only shows the parts which are updated during the screen. So this are basically the animated parts of the screen, and the front pieces, i.e. the parts that obscure the player.
The purpose of this mode is to check if there are any unnecessary redraws happening, because those would slow the game down. So it was most likely used to optimize performance.

[Veke]

I originally intended that level 9 of Kid of Persia would have this mode on by default. But I didn't get an answer on how to have it enabled at just that level. Thinking back, that would have been just painful to play, anyhow.

[mk1995]

Why? If I remember correctly you had potions lining out the passages, so the player would have had at least some clue.