Topic: CastlevaniaRL 1.2 Released (Read 22067 times)

Santiago Zapata · « **on:** July 09, 2006, 00:44 »

So, Kornel once said it was ok to promote other projects on his website (or so I remember), so just wanted to say that Castlevania 1.2 has been released... it has lots of new features like LOS, sound, targeted actions etc.

Check it out at http://crl.santiagoz.com

*Runs before Kornel shoots his 4 overcharged plasma rifles!*

Andrew Freeman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2006, 23:12 »

Hah! I never would have thought of doing a rogue-like with something like this! This is now my second favorite rogue-like. (Guess which one is my first favorite!)

Anticheese · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2006, 10:00 »

DoomRL?
Nethack?
TOME?
Crawl?
ADOM?

Anyhow, A nice update to CRL! Thumbs up!

Aerton · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2006, 10:24 »

Quoting: Santiago Zapata

say that Castlevania 1.2 has been released...
[crl1.1e released! http:/...]

Forgot to update your own sig? :)

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2006, 10:32 »

Already asked on CastlevaniaRL forums for MP3 support for better music... now all i need is a way to rip better whip/getting hit sounds from GBA castlevanias :)

Overall good update :)

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2006, 17:05 »

Quoting: Malek

now all i need is a way to rip better whip/getting hit sounds from GBA castlevanias :)

Would be nice to have them if you ever rip them, right now they are crappy ;)

Also, they will be parametrizable on next version (ITD1 Created)

Quoting: Malek

Overall good update :)

Thanks!

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2006, 18:47 »

Oh joy-of-joys VBA has a sound recorder... The only problem is the music... so far I remembered a "silent spot" at the beggining of "Circle of the Moon" and managed to record 2 whip sounds and 2 jump sounds but thats mostly it... on the other hand if there is someone here capable of removing background music etc. from the wav files I could provide series of GBA-castlevania sounds - from whips strikes, to "getting hit", to monster sounds etc. we only need either a way of removing the music from recorded files or find places in those gemes where music doesn't play.

[EDIT] Corrected sounds - without the 0,5 sec pause before the sound here

Plus a bug - it happens when I try to start CastlevaniaRL again after playing it once and exiting:

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Exception in thread "Thread-0" java.lang.InterruptedException: sleep interrupted

        at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractPlayer.nClose(Native Method)
        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractPlayer.implClose(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.media.sound.MixerSynth.implClose(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractMidiDevice.doClose(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.media.sound.AbstractMidiDevice.close(Unknown Source)
        at javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem.getSequencer(Unknown Source)
        at javax.sound.midi.MidiSystem.getSequencer(Unknown Source)
        at sz.midi.STMidiPlayer.run(STMidiPlayer.java:29)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Andrew Freeman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2006, 15:09 »

Quoting: Anticheese

DoomRL?

Ding ding ding!
You win a double shotgun!

Anticheese · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2006, 00:49 »

Aww, I wanted a toaster.

sn0rb · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2006, 17:16 »

Quoting: Malek

now all i need is a way to rip better whip/getting hit sounds from GBA castlevanias :)

To be honest, Castlevania DS had a decent whip sound effect. However, Julius grunts when you attack sometimes, so I don't know how useful it'll be to you =(

EDIT: I noticed that even if I play as a female, I still sound like Nathan Graves =p

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2006, 18:22 »

Quoting: sn0rb

I noticed that even if I play as a female, I still sound like Nathan Graves

Hehe yes, as I said, I didnt work too much on the SFX selection yet

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2006, 18:45 »

Quoting: Malek

Plus a bug

BugReport # 100, Congratulations! :P

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2006, 19:21 »

Quoting: Malek

It happens when I try to start CastlevaniaRL again after playing it once and exitin

I couldnt reproduce this bug, can you tell what OS and JRE are you running? any additional details?

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2006, 21:36 »

jre1.5.0_06 and win XP Pro SP 1... what about those sounds I posted? Will those be usefull for anything?

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2006, 22:22 »

Quoting: Malek

Will those be usefull for anything?

Yes, they have a bit of echo, but I think that will be no problem... I will include these as default on the next distribution.

sn0rb · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2006, 04:20 »

Malek: Are there any viable Nintendo DS emulators available? If there are, then someone could unlock Dawn of Sorrow's sound test and get some attack/injury/death screams for female PCs.

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2006, 08:06 »

Sadly there aren't... There is one capable of running Dawn of sorrow but the game was CRAWLING on my computer, and it didn't support any sound recorder...

But what you said isn't a bad idea - perhaps GBA castlevanias have sound tests (I remember Aria of sorrow had one - not sure wether it was music only or sounds too...) the only problem is that I would have to find time to beat them (lost saves for aria of sorrows, never had time to beat the other two)

Quoting: Santiago Zapata

Yes, they have a bit of echo, but I think that will be no problem... I will include these as default on the next distribution.

Hmmm... this echo might be the result of the stage they were taken on... not completly sure though...

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2006, 16:07 »

Quoting: Malek

lost saves for aria of sorrows, never had time to beat the other two

I think I have saves for AoS, CoTM and HoD very close to ending, dunno if I have a sound mode unlocked though. I will check that.

Quoting: Malek

might be the result of the stage they were taken on

Yes, if they were taken from the first stage I think there is an echo there.

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2006, 16:09 »

Quoting: sn0rb

omeone could unlock Dawn of Sorrow's sound test and get some attack/injury/death screams for female PCs.

Thats a pretty good idea, specially considering there are no female protagonists on the GBA games

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2006, 19:07 »

Ok... This is how it goes:
CotM - couldn't find info, there is a chance there isn't a sound mode in this part (the sounds I recorded already are from CotM)
HoD - sound mode unlocked after getting the best ending (need both rings for this, never actually played this game too much)
AoS - has sound mode, I've found the saves after all, but it only gives BGM and Voices, no "weapon sounds" etc. ... the only thing I can do is try to search for "silent spots" here :(

sn0rb · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2006, 20:17 »

Sadly, there's no Sound Mode in CotM (nor is there a Hugh mode, gyaaaaaah).

Aria of Sorrow, as far as I remember, only has one silent spot- the initial area where Mina and Arikado stand around.

Now, let's see if I have this right: The various classes seem to be based on the following-

Vampire Killer: Leon, Sonia, Trevor, Simon, Juste, Richter, and Julius Belmont, Nathan Graves
Vampire Renegade: Alucard/Genya Arikado/Nathan Farenheit Tepes/Whatever he's calling himself this sequel
Vanquisher: Sypha and Yoko Belnades
Invoker: Maria Renard
Manbeast: Cornell
Knight: No idea, prolly Victor Belmont from the cancelled Castlevania: Resurrection?

Hehe, there's no chance that Soma's power of Dominance will make an appearance in any future edition, is there? =p

Quoting: Santiago Zapata

considering there are no female protagonists on the GBA games

True, but Yoko Belnades is playable in the DS game (along with Julius and Alucard). Her death scream scares the living shit out of me. =p

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2006, 21:06 »

Quoting: Malek

the only thing I can do is try to search for "silent spots" here :(

Quoting: sn0rb

Aria of Sorrow, as far as I remember, only has one silent spot

Both Aria of Sorrow and Circle of the moon are silent at the save points spots once you load game, HoD is silent too but there is that thing beating on the background.

Quoting: sn0rb

Knight: No idea, prolly Victor Belmont from the cancelled Castlevania: Resurrection?

It is based on Henry Oldrey, the second hero from Legacy of Darkness (see http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/heroes3.htm)

Quoting: sn0rb

Hehe, there's no chance that Soma's power of Dominance will make an appearance in any future edition, is there? =p

That one, and Devil Forgemaster (Hector) may be included in the future...

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2006, 22:58 »

Quoting: sn0rb

Aria of Sorrow, as far as I remember, only has one silent spot- the initial area where Mina and Arikado stand around.

That was the first thing I've tried - sadly there is some ambient wind in background.

Quoting: Santiago Zapata

Both Aria of Sorrow and Circle of the moon are silent at the save points spots once you load game, HoD is silent too but there is that thing beating on the background.

Now thats a nice thing to know... I mostly used VBA quicksaves and dropped to save points for healing so I didn't remember that... I'm fairly sure that the "heartbeat" dissapears after you save in AoS... so saving-loading and saving again should do the trick

PS. Whats the deal with getting "souls" on lvl up on in 1.2? What are the used for and how?

[EDIT]W00t - Deamon rank ^^
[EDIT 2]Checked it - the "heartbeat is only in HoD... but since HoD is probably the crappiest castlevania game ever we don't have to care much... AoS and CotM are soundless after load... the fun part is that the AoS save I found is a game + save - and that means I both have julius ulocked, several weapons and all the souls except plot-necessary ones... any specific order in which I should record the sounds? xD

Oh and when you add that mp3 or ogg support (ogg would probably be better as they take less) I can send 3 nice BGMS - Awake (that theme that plays after entering the first real corridor in CotM), Heart of Fire (AoS Julius Theme) and another Heart of Fire (from some other CV, completly diffrent music)

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2006, 04:42 »

Quoting: Malek

Whats the deal with getting "souls" on lvl up on in 1.2?

Their use is to 'F'usion a primary and secondary to enhance your skills, for example, fusing Mars and Neptune will give you more hits (or so I remember)

Quoting: Malek

any specific order in which I should record the sounds? xD

Quoting: Malek

I can send 3 nice BGMS

That's nice to hear! I will be mailing you about that when time comes (I suffered a small accident so I am at home now and cant work on the game)

EDIT: How do I change my signature! I havent been able to do it :p

sn0rb · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2006, 05:32 »

That's the name of the Catacombs theme from CotM? Awake? My God, I heart that song ^_^
 
 Also, a friend of mine burned some songs from SotN onto an audio CD for me a while back. If I find it, and somehow manage to get the songs off the CD, would you like Castle Corridor, The Slowly Sinking Staircase, and Final Stage- Chi no Rondo?
 
 (Which makes me wonder- does Illusionary Dance play when you finally get to Dracula?)

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #25 on:** July 14, 2006, 09:34 »

Quoting: sn0rb

That's the name of the Catacombs theme from CotM? Awake? My God, I heart that song ^_^

Yeah... when i first heard it i just stepped back to the previous area and theb back just to hear the beggining again... and than I did it again... and again... and again...
I really must try to remember at what site I've finally found Awake - IIRC they had BGMs from all three GBA castlevanias there...

Psion · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2006, 22:59 »

CastlevaniaRL :O. Now if someone would make a zombies ate my neighbors roguelike my life could be complete.

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #27 on:** July 16, 2006, 00:51 »

*Blows the dust from his necromancy book*
Where do those "neighbors" live? xD

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #28 on:** July 17, 2006, 03:56 »

Just released 1.2a with MP3 support, fixes and stuff. Just dont mix midi and mp3 for now :p

Malek Deneith · « **Reply #29 on:** July 18, 2006, 18:37 »

Sweetness... I'll try it out as soon as I'm done with reinstalling my system (which I'll start today)

XDel · « **Reply #30 on:** August 06, 2006, 23:34 »

Very nice, but I wish it was also for DOS and not just Windows and Java.

Seems like a waste of resources for something so simple. :)

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #31 on:** August 14, 2006, 16:08 »

Quoting: XDel

Very nice, but I wish it was also for DOS and not just Windows and Java.

Well... it works on Linux as well... DOS has no official JavaVM, though there are some experimental independent ones out there you may want to try. I doubt sound would work tho.

Quoting: XDel

Seems like a waste of resources for something so simple. :)

You are ignoring what is going on underneath ;)

Santiago Zapata · « **Reply #32 on:** August 26, 2006, 07:13 »

Some advancement is going on... check the website if interested :P

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