[4.5.x] Move doLoadScreen to Bank 16

[Levty87]

I checked and everything looked alright. Like exactly as instructed in the tutorial. I still got the same errors. I checked my project and I deleted a few loaded input-scripts that I don't need, compiled the project and now it doesn't give any errors anymore. Now I'm not sure the whole bank switch is working or not. This is what I see in the space checker.

 

[JamesNES]

It looks like you haven't actually taken the part out of DoLoadScreen.asm itself. The idea is to take the centre part out and put it into a file that's included in Bank16 instead, as DoLoadScreen.asm is included in 1F initially. There should be a lot more free space in 1F than that once it's out of there.

 

[Levty87]

OMG! haha I read the whole thing wrong. I'm such a n00b haha. Now I took everything out between the scripts that you mentioned and copied it to the file like you said. It freed up like 17% .. Thanks you for your patience!

 

[DocNES]

Thank you for this! I was able to get it working on mine. Saved me 14% in PRG $1F about 2k. I'm using the MetroidVania module. I saw someone else also commented out almost all the HUD subroutines to save space. I might try this in the future, and see how much it saves too. I' m trying to add a lot of features to my game, and my assembly isn't the most optimized yet.

 

[Jonny]

Thank you for this! I was able to get it working on mine. Saved me 14% in PRG $1F about 2k. I'm using the MetroidVania module. I saw someone else also commented out almost all the HUD subroutines to save space. I might try this in the future, and see how much it saves too. I' m trying to add a lot of features to my game, and my assembly isn't the most optimized yet.

You'd be surprised how much you can remove once you've figured out what you don't need. There's also a lot of bloat to do with paths and like you say, if you're using a sprite HUD some of the normal HUD stuff can go.

 

[twin paradox]

I know this is an old post but thank you so much for this. I really wanted to add some more AI behaviors and it was starting to seem like it wasn't going to be possible.

 

[DocNES]

You'd be surprised how much you can remove once you've figured out what you don't need. There's also a lot of bloat to do with paths and like you say, if you're using a sprite HUD some of the normal HUD stuff can go.

Thank you, I've always thought there should be a patch and guide for certain game types. I feel most of us are adding the same features to our metroidvania games. More of a farther along patch one could add to get more features from the start.

 

[tbizzle]

This worked fine in my run and gun game using the Metroidvania MOD, but I'm getting these errors in my brawler. I don't know why the label would already be defined in either. Any thoughts?

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@JamesNES @vanderblade Did you guys ever figure out what the problem was? I am getting the same exact errors.

 

[JamesNES]

@JamesNES @vanderblade Did you guys ever figure out what the problem was? I am getting the same exact errors.

There was one usage of the word "copy" in the original that I've now changed to "cut". I think this might account for some people getting duplicate labels. Apart from that, it's all there. If it doesn't work, just try it again from scratch, following closely.

 

[tbizzle]

@JamesNES Yep, I did not follow the directions correctly. Working now! Thank you!

 

[baardbi]

There was one usage of the word "copy" in the original that I've now changed to "cut". I think this might account for some people getting duplicate labels. Apart from that, it's all there. If it doesn't work, just try it again from scratch, following closely.

Great! I made a YouTube video about this tutorial yesterday (hope you're OK with that). I explained that it should be cut not copy. Thanks again for this amazing tutorial.

View: https://youtu.be/hA0xO_sXycY

 

[JamesNES]

Hey that's great! I'll add it to the OP.

 

[acaudel]

This is great stuff! Thanks @JamesNES and thanks @baardbi for your tutorial videos!