ScrollHaven
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I followed this excellent tutorial from @baardbi: https://www.nesmakers.com/index.php?threads/breakable-tile-4-5-9.8334/#post-48837
I also tested this one by @9Panzer: https://www.nesmakers.com/index.php?threads/4-5-9-breakable-blocks.7336/
They both worked great but also introduced a seemingly random bug. I will share my findings so far.
At first, it appeared that about 1 out of 10-20 tries breaking the tiles would mess up all the tiles in the level and also change the color palette.
You can see what I refer to in this video clip. The first pass shows it working correctly and the second pass shows the bug:
View: https://youtu.be/ig8VGLzdC0M
The same is this clip:
View: https://youtu.be/CKWapeJth_4
I was finally able to predictably reproduce the bug which is often the hardest and most important part of troubleshooting in experience.
I next built up a temp level to get to the bottom of what was causing the bug. In this clip, you can see that under certain conditions I was able to break all the tiles every time with no issues:
View: https://youtu.be/XDcRMV0RAC4
And at last, I got to the bottom of what was triggering it. Scrolling while the tile change happens:
View: https://youtu.be/mIWc9Dpd_W4
Now that I know what triggers it I am already thinking about pausing player movement while shooting as a possible fix. I am an artist, not a coder. If any of the coding gurus knows of a fix I would super appreciate it. Thanks!
I also tested this one by @9Panzer: https://www.nesmakers.com/index.php?threads/4-5-9-breakable-blocks.7336/
They both worked great but also introduced a seemingly random bug. I will share my findings so far.
At first, it appeared that about 1 out of 10-20 tries breaking the tiles would mess up all the tiles in the level and also change the color palette.
You can see what I refer to in this video clip. The first pass shows it working correctly and the second pass shows the bug:
The same is this clip:
I was finally able to predictably reproduce the bug which is often the hardest and most important part of troubleshooting in experience.
I next built up a temp level to get to the bottom of what was causing the bug. In this clip, you can see that under certain conditions I was able to break all the tiles every time with no issues:
And at last, I got to the bottom of what was triggering it. Scrolling while the tile change happens:
Now that I know what triggers it I am already thinking about pausing player movement while shooting as a possible fix. I am an artist, not a coder. If any of the coding gurus knows of a fix I would super appreciate it. Thanks!
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