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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #30 on: March 19, 2018, 11:31:53 am »
It looks like the license link in the sidebar is a dead link. You'll probably want to fix that.
I'd also suggest making the releases link take you directly to the github releases, instead of linking to a page that tells you to go to github.
Eh, it's sort of intentional on both parts. The link will be undead once I push my master branch (technically there's nothing out under GPL yet, the website branch itself is MIT), and the releases page is actually a blog category so it'll have blog posts listed under it once I post them.

I guess I could remove the link but I'm lazy :P
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #31 on: March 19, 2018, 11:45:32 pm »
I whipped up a quick website for TI-Boy CE, nothing too special yet but it'll be nice to have when I release the emulator. I may eventually (after release) write a series of blog posts about TI-Boy's design, if anyone's interested.

I think you should. I'm sure many (myself included) would find it an interesting read.

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Very nice!

That's great news! It is currently Spring of 2018  :3. I can't wait until it comes out! Keep up the good work! ;D
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #32 on: March 21, 2018, 09:27:29 pm »
YES!!!! IT'S FINALLY SPRING, which month are u planning to release. I'm gonna die of boredom over here at school after tests.  :w00t:
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2018, 02:58:50 pm »
I can't belive it! It's almost done! This could be one of the best things on the ti 84 plus ce calculator  :thumbsup:
Which month do you think that it will be completed though?
« Last Edit: May 16, 2018, 08:41:09 pm by completer1624 »

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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #34 on: April 10, 2018, 02:03:22 pm »
Man, I really wish I had a color calculator.
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #35 on: May 18, 2018, 11:05:05 pm »
I ended up taking a longer break from working on TI-Boy than expected, but upon continuing I found the motivation to add a feature I originally planned to defer to a future release: save file compression!

I also wrote a blog post with more juicy technical details: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/progress/2018/05/18/progress-update-save-file-management.html
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #36 on: June 19, 2018, 08:36:52 am »
It's been a long journey, but we're finally here. The first release!

You can download the release from GitHub.

And thanks to Adriweb, the ROM-to-AppVar converter can be used directly from your browser!

I also uploaded a new video with footage from a few games:



Enjoy!
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #37 on: June 22, 2018, 10:59:05 pm »
Awesome! Thanks for all the hard work @calc84maniac
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #38 on: June 23, 2018, 01:41:06 am »
Holy hell, that is awesome!

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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #39 on: June 23, 2018, 02:21:45 pm »
YAY  :w00t: this is amazing thanks calc84maniac

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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #40 on: July 28, 2018, 08:39:51 pm »
I've released TI-Boy CE Alpha v0.1.1, which fixes an erratic crash along with some other minor bugfixes and improvements. I recommend updating to this version ASAP because the crash can affect any game.

Check it out here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/releases/2018/07/28/alpha-v0-1-1-released.html

Hopefully this will fix the problems people have been having, but let me know if you see any more crashes with this version. :)
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #41 on: August 11, 2018, 10:58:31 am »
Congrats on the release!

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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #42 on: August 12, 2018, 10:07:09 pm »
I just uploaded the web version of a feature planned for the next TI-Boy CE release, which is a converter between save file formats for TI-Boy and standard Game Boy emulators.

It's still experimental, but if you want to try it out, it's available here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/saveconverter/

(Note that this is just for actual game cartridge saves, save states are so emulator-specific that it would be pointless to try to convert between those for any emulators.)
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #43 on: February 16, 2019, 08:49:31 pm »
I've made another release of TI-Boy CE, which mainly has UI improvements and bug fixes. In addition to a restructured ROM list and save state hotkeys, there are various compatibility and performance improvements.

Check it out here: https://calc84maniac.github.io/tiboyce/releases/2019/02/16/alpha-v0-1-2-released.html
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Re: TI-Boy CE Progress Thread
« Reply #44 on: February 17, 2019, 04:31:29 pm »
Awesome, as always. :)