Thanks, Kamekku.
Well, I was hoping to maybe get a demo out before C3 ended. Unfortunately, I've started encountering problems that I can't seem to solve.
First, I tried inserting the Donut Lift blocks, and their accompanying sprites, into the ROM. Both appeared to insert without issue, but the Donut Lift blocks would spawn a glitched sprite if they spawned a sprite at all. Everything was set up correctly, which led imamelia, and perhaps others, on the Discord server's #asm channel, to think that the problem was a bug with PIXI. After experimenting with moving the sprite part of the Donut Lift to different sprite slots and adjusting the block's settings accordingly, I found that things became buggier if I used a sprite slot beyond $1B. When Telinc said he was able to use slots $1C and above without issue, I decided to port everything to a new ROM and try the Donut Lifts again. Unfortunately, they STILL didn't work. In addition, I found that the "Luigi" text in the Course Clear message was glitched.
This is what it looks like. I assumed that the Minimalist Status Bar patch was behind this, but I couldn't figure out what needed to be fixed. It's one of 18 patches that were installed in this ROM, but it's the only one I can think of that could possibly affect that text.
I mentioned in a previous post that I lost motivation to work on this through December. When things were going well, I chalked it up to the Christmas season. Now that these other problems are surfacing, I no longer think that's the reason.
Back in early November, my mother encouraged me to pray since I hadn't done so in a while. In my prayer, I asked if ROM hacking is a sin, and if so, I asked for help pulling myself away from it. I'm starting to believe all these problems are signs that it may be a sin, as well as God's way of helping me stop hacking.
For that reason, I'm considering canceling this and probably even leaving SMWCentral. It's not an easy decision to make since I haven't really canceled any hack for which I made a thread since Mecha-Bowser's Revenge. I also fear the effect it'll have on my reputation, especially given my reasons for doing so, which will probably sound crazy, maybe even to Christian users. I probably shouldn't worry about that if I leave though. Staying in a ROM hacking community could tempt me back into this possibly sinful hobby, so this isn't exactly a holy place.
Before I make that decision, I could leave you with some screens of Coffee Fortress.
Quintesson Judge: Silence, or you will be held in contempt of this court!
Hot Rod: I have nothing
but contempt for this court!
- Transformers the Movie (1986)