megazeux/to_add.txt

Bugs-
	Fire bug :)

Block transfer BETWEEN boards (exporting to a MZS file?)
Status counters ALWAYS shown as 0 (&COUNTER&)
Status booleans (!COUNTER!)

BK palette fading
IF MOD ORDER?
ZAP ALL KEY LABELS/etc
PLAYERX/PLAYERY counters

TO ADD TO MZX II- (for sure) (*=Done, +=Added to info_mzx.txt file)

  Partial .CHR import? (from-to)

  Replace lowercase strings w/uppercase to merge them
  Search all code for speed and SIZE improvements. Check all dynamic
	allocations for possible EMS usage. Check all data for a size reduction.
	In general, target mem. free is 250k w/EMS usage, and 150k w/o EMS usage.
  Make sure FARMALLOC is only used dynamically for MOD, SAM, boards/file
	lists, and MAYBE help. Possibly pre-allocate a buffer for help and
	another for file lists.

* Context-sensitive help.
* Remember double-under for player, for bombs/sensors.
* Changing to Lava, etc fixes param for anim.
* TELEPORT doesn't fade or show latest update.
* Allow resizing board without mess up using a temp file to hold board during
	conversion.
* Add && support to?- INPUT STRING PROMPT, MOD, TELEPORT, BOARD DIR,
	ASK PROMPT, MOD FADE IN, LOAD CHR SET, LOAD PAL, SWAP WORLD
* Transporting onto a sensor works properly. Others push it.
* New conditions- musicon and pcsfxon
* Make sure ALL cmds work w/global robot, at least in code.
* Make sure ALL cmds are param checked.
* Block options w/o block operates on current line.
* Changing things to spaces CLEARS them, to avoid screwing up floors.
* Restart position not changed during a save/load
* Label- :playerhurt for NON bullets, not sent on invincible hurts
* Max cmds per cycle at 40, not 25
* Global robot runs normally in freeze/slow time
* Remember to save player color if a robot or potion sets/incs INVINCO.
* Choice of 100x100, 200x50, 400x25, 80x125, or 60x166.
* REMEMBER IN CONVERTER- Robots w/& need it as a &&!
* Character editor remembers character you were editing.
* Robo-P renamed to Robotic (can become something cooler if wished)
* Scrolls now allow proper use of mouse, pgup, and pgdn.
* Scrollborder became Scrollcorner.
* :gooptouched auto label added.
* Messages like "You got a red key" are now "You got a key" so palette
	fiddling won't make strange words. :)
* "rel counters last" and "rel counters first" uses special counters-
	FIRSTXPOS, LASTYPOS, etc.
* Within robotic messages (box/line) a &INPUT& will be replaced by the
	exact text of the currently inputted string
* Replace character vars in WINDOW.CPP with #defines (IE pc_dot)
* Notes in play of same freq won't run together
  Points in included games (besides Caverns)
* Explosions won't destroy entrances, lava, water, ice, or goop
* Note that time resets upon leaving/entering room (in help)
* Must stop robots from firing if there is already a bullet of the same
	dir/type in that dir.
* Add MOD making info to help file
* Remember to get rotate to work w/sensors
* Get the contortions right for getting TELEPORT to work with REL ???
	since the change is now done much later when REL is not handy
* Other things will push the player ONTO a sensor.
* The above will trigger the SENSORON label.
* If player is on an entrance without having been there before the update,
	use it. (IE can now be pushed onto entrances)
* Teleporting or walking onto a screen and starting on a sensor will
	trigger the SENSORON label
* Non-players/puzzle pieces now transport properly.
* Make sure attempts to change the player's color during invinco set
	saved_pl_color instead.
* PLAYERLASTDIR (0-4) and PLAYERFACEDIR (0-3) as counters.
* Points for killing enemies (3) and points for rings/potions (5)
* Way to disable edging spaces on message row- ENABLE MESG EDGE, DISABLE.
* Cmds- LOOP START, LOOP # TIMES, ABORT LOOP, robot ctr LOOPCOUNT
* Make sure pc sfx and pc digi can coexist properly
* Increase non-built in counter limit to 50.
* Robots- Writing to an "off" overlay makes it "transparent". Clearing an
	overlay entirely while it is "transparent" makes it "off".
* Add game over music toggle
* New passage search order- 1) Same type, same color 2) Same color 3) Same
	type, same foreground 4) Same foreground 5) Same type 6) Default player
	position
* Palette import/export
* If starting board is deleted, change it to title.
* "Sets of five" numerical input should actually go by fives
* Store ASCII set in .EXE
* Rename RIP-OFF PROTECTION to CAN'T SAVE PROTECTION (ANTI-RIPOFF)
* Fix bug- Board size/pos screen leaves Cancel buttons as Center for other
	dialogs
* Holding the mouse button on a numeric arrow button should cycle the num.
* Menu changes can wrap the menu line (PgDn/PgUp in editor)
* Remove the "." Directory from file menus
* Player dir pic is based only on arrow keys, NOT on ice or water. Robot
	movement DOES change the pic. Starts facing south.
* Six (not four) status counters.
* Text file export is for MAPS. (making note of purpose for future ref)
* Overlay mode- robots set not to off but to transparent- there, not shown,
	though. (so that the actual overlay info is still saved) Transparent
	mode also available in world editor.
* CHANGE blah p?? blah p?? (notice the p?? added for the first) Can be p??.
* Doors, if can't move, don't advance in anim.
* Parameters are stored as 0 thru 256- 0-255 normal, 256 wild (IE no change)
* CHANGE cmds between types resets the parameters unless between "custom"
	types, robot types, or scroll/signs.
* "Persistent go" command, like /"nsew" but WAITS to move if blocked.
* No chest message on empty.
* Lava on CAVERNS.MZX on screen that leads to other lava. (since a second
	lavawalk invocation is required)
* Startup "help" screen on first use.
* Explosions Leave Empty shouldn't mess up ANY floors, etc. (does web.)
* Add to file format room for sound effects, possibly optional. Limit
	their size, allow special codes (&) for SAMs in sound effects. Update
	Load World, Save World, and Import World. (offsets for board areas)
* Much better fill routine. Remember to test it with robots/etc and
	over robots/etc.
* Entering a non-cmd with the first character as a [, ., :, etc auto
	formats it. Leading and trailing spaces and quotes are cleared first.
* Save/Load game should be accessed through F-keys.
* Remove special menu for Alt+M (modify) in editor- just modify!
* Converting ver 1.02 files- make sure Goop character is reset.
* Change palette code so that EGA/VGA differences are only noticed in the
	actual palette changing code and the init- Otherwise it is always
	stored as 18 bit rgb.
* Windowing code- use vid pages 2/3 for the last two screen save slots.
* In editor, keeps track of whether world has been modified.
* Ceiling layer- noninteractive, but overlays things and looks neat.
	Wouldn't need a parameter code, the id code would be the character
	code. Include in editor- Edit, display toggle. Robots- changing it
	by character, copying areas of it, and filling an area of it by
	cmd or string (IE set area to "A string") Two arrays- overlay_char
	and overlay_color. Char of 32 is see-thru. Layer during game can be
	on, off, or static (IE not scrolling) just showing upper left portion.
* Robot commands to change      the mode of saving.
* Use an additional 64k of robot memory for ONLY the global robot and
	#0 scrolls/robots. Limit any one robot/scroll to 31k.
* Allow placing shooting fire in editor.
* Make all enemies without speed arguments move 1/2 thier speed. Make
	dragons move same speed with occasional stupidity, as well as super
	intellegents- have occasional stupidity.
* Player CANNOT be overwritten, you must place him anew to move him.
* Make sure first line of robot shows if it is a box mesg.
* Speeds in game- 0=no vert retrace wait, 1=# vert retrace waits
* Input strings should allow input of spaces.
* Time limits- Out of time zaps to entrance automatically, THEN RESETS
	TIMER. Counter TIMERESET holds reset value for timer, and is stored in
	time_limit variable. The TIME counter holds the current time.
* MOD code has only an error on no memory. Errors for loading mods and
	sams (IE not enough memory) are activatable via a special debbuging
	option via the Settings menu. Sam for errors for not found. The
	errors are always within in the editor, but then they have the note
	saying "(MOD still set for this board)" unless it was a file error.
	File errors ALWAYS give errors.
* First test of a game should NOT give GAME OVER.
* Make sure sound effects aren't cut off across screens.
* Make sure mod errors are less frequent.
* Make sure MOD is put into mod_playing if music is off (editor AND robots)
	or for loading error (editor only)
* Placing a bomb while upon a passage warps to title. Fix.
* Sensors must be pushable.
* Add a new sensor-activated label- SENSORPUSHED, when the sensor is
	pushed, with or without the player on it.
* Make sure that when the player is pushed, that if a sensor is beneath the
	player, it is pushed as well. (this and the above allow vehicles)
* Label- JUSTENTERED when the player just entered the screen or the game
	is started. (NOT restored)
* Command- Can lock/unlock board scrolling temporarily- LOCKSCROLL,
	UNLOCKSCROLL.
* IF ALIGNEDROBOT "robot" "label"
* Damage editing- Changing the amount of damage things inflict.
* Change cheat keys. Only include Give All key and Destroy Surrounding key.
	Still have available during Test mode. Cheat cmd line option- A dash '-'
	followed by ascii 254.
* Load title screen directly when loading game for title. Prevents music on
	first board from playing, and saves time.
* New robot-specific auto-counters- (read only) THISX, THISY.
* Aha- Anywhere a number can go, a counter can too. Wherever there is a
	number, it is automatically assumed to be a COUNTER unless the first
	character of the string is a 0. Then the next two numbers are a two
	byte integer. Now add param checking, etc. X/Y positions are still
	shown -/+ but stored unsigned to become signed.
* Going even farther- Characters and colors can optionally be represented
	by either numbers, which are immed. converted to the char/color, or
	counters. Same storage format. (unsigned int) Colors with wilds are now
	stored as the unsigned int with "bit 256" set. Things, conditions,
	expressions, params, items, strings, and directions remain normal.
* Change the -keyboard2 cmd line option to -keyb2.
* Cmd line- load MZX file.
* Cmd lines- Force ega-only, don't use ems.
* Config file for options, ask "OK?" on startup. Remove all config
	cmd line options.
* Cmd- SCROLLVIEW X Y. (upper left hand corner is specified) Based off of
	current player position.
* Cmd- SWAP TO WORLD "world.mzx" as if starting the world up. Skips any
	title screen. (you could put a message there) The other world can have
	a "Only play from swap" option.
* Quicksave key in game- Saves without asking for filename and confirmation
	unless there isn't a current save file.
* Quickload key in game- Same idea.
* Option (default off) on world to clear messages, bullets, and spitfires
	from a screen when exited.
* Defaults should be more logical for boards, specifically, default
	board position should be at 3,2 with a size of 74,21.
* Label JUSTLOADED sent to as soon as the game is started or restored.
	(including the title screen and actual playing)
* Shows character number on char edit and char selection.
* Shows color number on color selection.
* Revamped user interface.
* Multiple spots to SAVE/RESTORE/EXCHANGE PLAYER POSITION. (8)
* RESTORE/EXCHANGE PLAYER POSITION with the option to duplicate the robot
	to take his place. When the player moves back, the robot is, of course,
	deleted.
* Remove RANDOM POS/SIZE options.
* Page flip in editor.
* Robot logic to avoid slowdown loops (IE short loops w/o WAITs) by keeping
	a location counter of the last label passed/jumped to and stopping if
	you ever reach it again WITHOUT any code inbetween that changes a
	counter. (or stops the cycle, of course)
* Allow labels to interrupt in a robot's scroll code and have the scroll
	still show uninterrupted.
* Show a pic of the item next to it in the THINGS menus.
* The viewport sizing commands should be param checked. (runtime)
* CHANGE CHAR ID # 'x' should be param checked. (runtime)
* Different bullet pics/colors for player, neutral, and enemy bullets.
* Status shown counters should NOT show if the value is 0.
* Use EMS for robots, scrolls, and boards. (Not the current     board)
* Prefixes that affect only the first or last x y pair of a command.
* Mod fade commands (background)
* Allow lives/health to max out at 65535.
* Score as a counter, although still stored and treated as a LONG.
* Maximum of 150 boards. (not 127)
* Cmd- COPY BLOCK x y x y x y.
* Add label for SpitFire hitting a robot.
* Add label for Lazer hitting a robot.
* Cmd- Clip Input (chops first word + spaces off of input)
* Cmd- Checking input but only the first word
* KEY1 through KEY9 labels. (like KEYA thru KEYZ)
* Allow viewport sizes down to 1x1.
* PUSH robot command- push things to dir without moving there.
* ONE global robot. (No ID) Stored seperate from a board.
* Robots- Allow importing of a character into a CHAR EDIT command.
* Robots- Have SCROLL CHAR, FLIP CHAR, and COPY CHAR commands.
* Full backward compatibility w/old Megazeux via a conversion program.
* Editable built-in sfx. (including to digitized)
* Elements- Add Goop, which is like Water from ZZT.
* EGA/VGA palette editor, with easy fading. Commands- COLOR INTENSITY #
	PERCENT, COLOR INTENSITY "counter" PERCENT, COLOR FADE IN, COLOR FADE OUT,
	SET COLOR # TO r g b, SET COLOR # TO INTENSITY # PERCENT, SET COLOR
	"counter" TO INTENSITY "counter" PERCENT. (note- the FADE OUT/IN cmds
	are "quick" fades, IE not in the bk, but they actually stall the game
	a bit. They also end the current cycle.)
* Display counters within strings, IE * "You have &GEMS& gems." (use &&
	for &)
* Robot command- Load .chr set.
* New default characters for global chars and char set.
* When adding another board, copy most of the options (can attack, etc.)
	from the current board, including MOD file.
* Edit ANY character/color from Global Chars.
* Char editor- Revert to Ascii, Revert to Megazeux, change REVERSE to
	NEGATIVE.
* Alt-Y Debug info should LABEL each line.
* Block command- Paint (w/color).
* Board editor- Scroll when cursor is five spaces from the edge.
* Work help file better.
* Fade in/out between screens and program areas.
* Ice should NOT keep pushing you against something. If you are blocked,
	cease movement.
* When entering a new screen, show update THEN load screen.
* Make sound test available in editor as an option. Remove it from the
	previous way of access. (access from Alt+F sound FX editor)
* Stabalize speed with and without mods, even after a mod error.
* Can't test a save-locked game w/o pw and fix it so it doesn't lock up.
* Remove scroll coloring on line by line.
* Simplify scroll editing. (scrolls are really unimportant)
* Export .ANS file. Document in help how blink works in this case.
* Command line option- -? to list help for cmd line options. An invalid
	option will also do this.
* Redraw a nice, sleek gray "tech" intro screen, using box commands, not
	by storing it as a color_string.
* Energizer should return player color to old color.
* Capture and throw away Ctrl-C, PrintScreen, SysRq, and Pause.
* Rewrite keyboard code as above and to avoid Shift/Alt/Ctrl lock.

TO ADD TO MZX II, ALREADY DOABLE IN CURRENT SOMEHOW-

* Return in editor at end of program should be able to add a blank line.
* Allow marking of a section of robot, in lines. (for editing)
* Remove -bios, -mouse, -debug, -prism, and -ii! options.
* Remove useless "pro" mode.
* Robot commands- DIVIDE, MULTIPLY, MODULO.
* Different player pics per direction.

TO ADD TO MZX II, MAYBE- (?=VERY VERY unlikely)

? New MOD/SAM code.
? MIDi support. (and/or CMF, ROL, etc)

TO ADD TO A VGA ONLY VERSION OF MZX-

  VGA 256-color (320x240) (tiles instead of chars) (page flipping)
  Tile size of 16x16.
  Palette editing. (full VGA)
  Support fully EMS/XMS/virtual memory/storage in graphics memory for tiles.
  GOOD tile editor (VGA).
  Tile editing of multiple tiles in a setup at a time.
  Minimum of 500 tiles.
  Smooth movement for VGA. (slides from tile to tile but still limited to
	stopping within tiles)
  Choose tiles for borders.
  Windows-style dialogs.
  Palette rotation. (auto)
  Overlay page (graphics) w/optional parallax scrolling. (overlay page is
	pure graphics and although editable by robots has no gameplay value
	except to cover the main layer)
  Import PCX/GIF/etc. (seperates into non-duplicated tiles and layers as
	either CustomFloor, CustomBlock, or into the overlay page)
  Player and robots can be two tiles high. (for graphical purposes only)
  Overlaid sprites? (Independant graphical entitys)
  Default characters for objects that are logical for tiles.