OpenTTD DS Alpha 5: now with stereo sound
Homebrew developer dominik81has revealed that OpenTTD DS Alpha 5 is now out for public consumption. While the application is still far from perfect with a couple of known bugs that still have to be addressed (note the Alpha designation in the title), it’s slowly getting there. To find out what’s new in this release, scoot on over to the full article.
Homebrew developer dominik81has announced that OpenTTD DS Alpha 5 is now out for public consumption. The latest version of this Transport Tycoon Deluxe port sees quite a number of improvements including stereo sound effects, various bug fixes, and some code clean up.
The application is still far from perfect with a couple of known bugs that still have to be addressed (note the Alpha designation in the title) but it’s slowly getting there. For those who have been keeping following all the changes done on the application, here’s the complete change log:
Changelog for Alpha 5:
- based on r12083
- Major new feature: stereo sounds effects!
- Sounds require additional memory. Currently up to 200KB might be used for the sound samples. Therefore crashes due to memory shortage (especially on bigger maps) could be more frequent.
- Music is still not working due to the lack of a ARM7 midi library
- sounds are also played for tiles on the border of the screen
- config options and patch settings are now saved
- more comprehensible error messages when files from the original game are missing
- screenshots in BMP format are working (normal and giant)
- (the debug console won’t be drawn onto a screenshot)
- added a loading screen and a an exit screen
- code cleanup to fit OpenTTD project structure
Known bugs:
- random crashes when the game runs out of memory
- graphical glitches (mostly during scrolling) because the nds blitter needs to be rewritten
- minimap glitches
- trying to create maps bigger than 256×128 crashes
- the screen resolution is too small making it impossible to click some windows
If you plan on downloading this application, be sure to go over the documentation (both readme files please) for the complete installation instructions and more information about the proper use of this program. That said, enjoy the game.
Download: OpenTTD DS Alpha 5