I’m pleased to announce that matkeller19, creator of Loopover CE and a multitude of handy equations programs for the CE, has volunteered to help on this project. So, DR1VE will be even better, and may be released faster, too.

Check out his profile here!
https://www.cemetech.net/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=15625

C is working. Thanks to everyone who helped me install it!

Before I start the C rewrite for real, here's a screenshot of the ICE stuff I have so far. Shouldn't be too hard to rewrite, but here's the plan:
- make functions for things I use often and to replace parts of the program I am currently calling
- utilize decimals (happy to finally get these)
- add semicolons after everything (I know this sounds ignorant)
- focus on optimization in the rewrite

So here's the screenshot. I hope you enjoy! Please post feedback if you have any.


The EXP bar is probably too light now.

It look great! One thing I would recommend though is drawing to a buffer first, when you are transitioning between menus and stuff, because then you might have less flashy tearing (sorry if I explained that poorly)

Thanks for the feedback, Pieman7373! The reason hat happens is because when you return to the garage from a menu, det(0) is used to reset the screen. Within the menus, I used a buffer along with blitting to keep things relatively smooth. I’ll replace that det(0) with a Fillscreen(255) when I rewrite in C.

Did you know: gfx_Begin() is slower then gfx_FillScreen()?
(These routines are pretty much the same as the one ICE uses, IIRC)

Code:

^ is slower, and does more, than:

Code:

That’s pretty cool, beckadamtheinventor! Besides the speed gain you get from Fillscreen() that you mentioned, it also doesn’t require you to use SetDrawLocation() or det(9) to set the draw location, which saves a few bytes. I changed it, and the flashing that Pieman7373 mentioned is now eliminated.

Also, that assembly code you posted reminds me of your assembly IcyCraft rewrite. Out of curiosity, any progress on that?

It's been a while since the last update on this, but with the new school year, I'm motivated to resume work on DR1VE. I'll give more updates as progress is made.

Is anyone still interested in this project? I want to gauge interest before I resume development and/or move on to other projects I have planned. Ace Recon comes first for now, clearly.

I am absolutely interested in this project! I totally want to see where this ends up. Even though I am excited about Ace Recon, I would totally love to see this project finished.
P.S. Did you send the map editor for Ace Recon? I'm not sure if I just didn't notice or if you haven't had time yet.

I haven’t sent the editor yet (sorry) because I haven’t got around to it, and I’m not really sure what I want to do with the map for Ace Recon (I may add another row and column and/or make the tiles slightly smaller).

I just stumbled across this thread and I seriously would like to see Dr1ve out to play
!

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that seems unlikely at this point. If it does, however, this will be the place to look for updates.