Bike or Die v1.4 is coming!

Levelpacks on card. Levelpack selector can be used to move levelpacks between internal memory and card. When installing manually, place them in /Palm/Programs/BikeOrDie/Levelpacks

Recordings on card. Just switch to "Card" in "Recording Options" and all your recordings will be moved to external memory freeing a lot of space in your device. (The full exaplanation of this feature and its benefits would not fit here, i will describe it later)

Bugs/Compatibility issues resolved:

No more annoying pause when dying (experienced on NVFS devices like Lifedrive, Tungsten 5, Treo 650)

Better power management (does not run on full power when not needed, eg. in pause, map)

Pause automatically when the device is turned off

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Update:
This new beta version fixes all reported bugs, except for the problem with moving recordings to the card (which can now be diagnosed better thanks to the improved error messages).
Download the new beta here: BikeOrDie-1.4beta2.zip

Additional improvements:

updraft looks better (or at least it does not look like rain anymore, the new look is sufficiently abstract to pass as a wind, magnet force, dragon breath, etc

)

ghost bike is visible on dark background

more specific error messsages when moving recordings to the card

new easter egg: "ighost"

thanks to all who tested "1.4 beta 1"!

The last(?) update:
BikeOrDie-1.4beta3.zip

This one fixes the "invalid filename" bug (which only affects Kristopher's devices

) and allows you to select your preferred updraft style (new, old, or both!)

MacGuru

Never said it was... what I was making an observation on is that .1 increases in applications usually only include minor upgrades to things like graphics and bug fixes.

I'm glad in this case it includes major feature additions like friction/gravity, ghost race, map upgrades and freehand level doodling.

Kristopher

Never said it was what? I quoted you.

I agree with you, and most changes this big usually start an entirely new game, when this way is better for us.

mike flips

Ibanez - im pretty sure that the server online which u submit games to, looks at the game and determines if it is a time trial level, for example u can try and submit your own levels or new deal levels now, but it will reject, but when the pack comes out as hall of fame, sz makes it so that game will be accepted... and thats why you can play now, as long as the level remains the same...

Vega, you are absolutely right, on longer levels it will help substantially, but the shorter ones, not so much, i guess if Sz put a timer on the videos, it would be basically the same thing... but maybe you were right in the first place about downloading other peoples' videos...
if we have our own videos as ghosts that is fine, because we already accomplished those runs, but downloading people in the top 5's runs on that levels would take away some competition and would call for more imitation and less creativity... maybe if there was a limit of whose games you can download, for example, you can download only games that are not in the top 20 or something...

this way the downloaded ghosts will help newer/less skilled players beat levels that they may not be able to and can improve (which would give us some more competition)

or maybe there could be a request feature, that could use the same kind of system as the messaging/voting system combined (to make it easier on Sz)... then you can request to be able to download the ghosts of peoples' runs and they have to click accept for you to do so??? but then again a lot of top 10 times are from currently inactive players...

anyways, thanx vega... i like my new picture

, i was bored of how it was but i wanted it to stay the same lol, so i had to make it into something new and eyecatching... by the way i drew that bike or die man in paint!!! lol

Tabs - i played BoD on the treo 600 up until a few weeks ago... the 600 was a low res palm... and during the time when i played it i sometimes played on my brother's palm which is a T3 and i found that his palm was a lot easier to play on and i actually got some new times really easily on the T3...

at first i thought the difference was the buttons, because the T3's buttons are a lot easier to press, so i assumed that was the reason, but i then realized it was because his palm was hi-res, and i found that it actually made a little difference to me... i guess it might have to do with the frame rate but who knows, all i know is it was easier for me...

if you get a treo, be warned that the buttons are really hard on your thumbs compared to other palms like my brother's t3 because the buttons stick out farther, but once you work them it, youll find that its a good choice because not only can you play lotsa different games on it but it can be ur cellphone, your mp3 player, your personal organizer, and an internet browser... good luck with whatever you decide to get....

Kris - i played a lot of good times in the first few days

i only spent a few hours and i think i got some pretty good times

... i hate the level assymetric i just cant beat ur time

... your times are pretty decent for the first few days

(although i wont tell you what mine are... youll just have to wait and see

... also nice times on six pack and wet stones, they are solid

Sz - i got a new error this time and i figured out the cause of it...

this error was at c.344

it happens when i turn off my palm while BoD is running, so when i turn it back on the first thing it does is it goes into BoD... if i press the home button while it is loading BoD, i get to the home screen and can do whatever i want, but the next time i try to go into BoD it will pause for a second and then the error pops up... i hope that helps

good luck to everyone in New Deal!!!

wow i typed a lot

_alex_

38 secs on lunar ice is best favourite =)

mike flips

alex u go right first and go down the first hole? then go up the hill on the left a bit, turn around and gather speed, go up the third hole and fall down through the middle hole? and up the hill on the left to finish?

thats what i did

Cirenco

Alguien sabe el día en que se podrán subir los tiempos en el new deal. Ya no aguanto más

mike flips

i got lost in the translation Cirenco? are u saying that u think all your times are really good?

mike flips

im pretty sure between all the players in the current top 10, we will have the fastest possible routes in the first 3 days...

Shane

Very impressed with the improvements Sz.
Levels in earlier packs that stuttered a bit on my TE2 are running smoothly now, although I need to be quicker on the buttons as the obstacles are arriving sooner??

Have been forced to reset the device 2 or 3 times when switching between level packs after completing or failing a level, but everything has come back OK.
New Deal pack is good too and most players should complete these levels without struggling too much (no ?Parachute? or ?Cave Dweller? here). My times don?t compare well with the others, but here goes ?
#1. 0:18:98, #2. 0:28:78, #3. 0:51:92, #4. 0:17:46, #5. 0:53:98, #6. 0:44:52, 7. 0:44:56, #8. 0:48:44, #9. 0:31:30, #10. 0:30:10, #11. 1:54:32, #12. 0:59:14, #13. 0:57:58, #14. 0:51:54, #15. 1:52:32

Cirenco

I have 4 times around 15 second and the rest walks by the 30. I believe that I have a pair of routes that are very good.

_alex_

mike, havnt ben cheking in a long time but thats not what i do, i prefer to keep this my secret as i am very proud of it ^^ just got 36:88 on it =)
btw guys how r u so fast on lvl 1?? i dont wanna boast but im beating every1 thats told theyre times on those lvls but im only 21:42 in lvl 1 =(

mike flips

well Alex, since your so fast

what are your times!?

_alex_

i want to keep an area of secrecy so i wont b sprecific =P
1) 21:42
2) 26
3) 41
4) 14
5) 39
6) 38
7) 34
8) 32
9) 20
10) 15
11) 1:30
12) 36
13) 32
14) 38
15) 1:37:42 (this is a disgraceful time but i hate this lvl so i wont try better for some time)

MacGuru

I'm COMPLETELY stuck on Level 14. I can get all the red flags but somehow cannot reach the checker flag without being DUMB and dieing. It's sooooo aggrivating.

Here are my approximate times on this pack. I know, I suck.

1) n/a
2)50
3)n/a
4)37
5)1:30
6)53
7)38
8)n/a
9)28
10)20
11)1:39
12)1:22
13)n/a (how in holy hell do you do this one!?)
14)n/a
15)n/a

mike flips

Whens it going to come out???

Hopefully we will have a week warning

i'm going to release v1.4 as soon as everyone who reported bugs confirms that their bugs are fixed in v1.4 beta 2, this could be even today, so be warned!

yeah, i'm anxious to see how people are performing on new levels, too

Kristopher

Don't woory, I'll install it soon. (I Hotsync on the other PC.)

mike flips

how bout next monday

ill test out the recording over chunk error things tomoro
and see if they still come

mike flips

i liked the old updraft, now it just looks like lines and the lines are separated in a way that its hard for us to tell where the updraft actually begins and ends, i thot it was cooler before because we were actually in the updraft with little things all around us

i didnt get any errors when starting the program, quickly exiting, then restarting so that is good

as for the "ighost" thing... i turned it on, but it doesnt go off for me when i retyped it in, yes i pressed enter before...

it went back only when i exited BoD