Hi Folks,

Ive lost track on if Ai is bad or good at this point. But ive been using Ai to make Paprium play on the dreamcast. Have fun, and let me know any feedback, im already up to version 11

Paprium for Dreamcast: test build 11

What’s new

• New graphics engine: the game is now drawn by the Dreamcast’s graphics chip instead of its CPU. Busy fights should stay smooth at 60 fps.
• Music fix: fixes the music stutter at the start of stages and when moving into a new area.
• Six-button pads: six-button pads and arcade sticks (such as the ASCII pad) now map like a Mega Drive 6-button pad: A B C on the bottom row, X Y Z on the top. Standard Dreamcast pads are unchanged.
• New frame counter: the top-left counter shows game frames / drawn frames, and gaps in audio if any happen (u = all audio, m = music).

Please look out for

• Graphics: anything that looks different from build 8, such as missing or flickering sprites, wrong layering (characters behind scenery), glitched backgrounds, or the picture sitting too low or losing its bottom edge.
• Blackouts: the screen going black for a second, especially in boss fights. Note whether it happened in build 8 too.
• Red flashes: parts of the screen flashing red. A photo of what was on screen would help a lot.
• Smoothness: the counter dropping below 60/60 in fights. Note the stage and what was happening.
• Audio: any stutter, crackle or repeating sound, especially at stage starts and area changes. Note the counter’s u or m numbers if they appear. A short m right at a track start is normal.
• Controls: on six-button pads, check every button does what it should, including in menus.
• Crashes or freezes: a photo of any error screen, plus where it happened.

When reporting, please include

• the stage and area
• what you were doing
• whether it happens again in the same spot
• your setup: GDEMU or other, and controller type

https://archive.org/details/paprium_test11_music

Follow up to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/dreamcast/s/T8PIJAG6Bn

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