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Development => Calculators => Calculator News, Coding, Help & Talk => Topic started by: xMarminq_ on October 29, 2016, 03:37:50 PM

Title: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: xMarminq_ on October 29, 2016, 03:37:50 PM
I have a problem. Well two actually. I have my CE at home where I have access to internet and stuff, and the Ti-84 Plus is at my school. I have a transfer cord (Micro USB to Micro USB). I wanted to transfer this game from Ti-Wizard that is a star-fox smash game, for the Ti-84 Plus. There is a file in the game that ends in .8xk, that doesn't want to be transferred (My guess is that it is grayscale for sprites or whatever). So I downloaded TiCoder to get it to go in, which worked somehow. So when I went to school to get the transfer done, I noticed that a file was WAY to big to transfer, over 12k ram the calculater had! (File name: Smash-signed.8xk, if you want to download it and see for yourself.) Is there a way to compact that file in any way so I have the transfer to my calc AND have enough space for th Ti-84 Plus?

Sincerely,
A scrub who doesn't know how to do things.
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on October 29, 2016, 03:48:44 PM
8xk files are known as Flash apps and they cannot be loaded on a color calculator. Only the TI-83+/84+ can accept them. If you were trying to transfer the app directly to your 84+ without passing through your CE first then I am surprised it wouldn't work, so you might want to try a different version of the game (I think it's on Omnimaga. Correct me if I'm wrong @Hayleia ). Otherwise, if you were trying to send the game to your CE using your computer then to your 84+ using a link cable then the  initial transfer done by TI-Coder most likely corrupted the file since it was kinda done by force. 8xk files are not supposed to land in RAM, since they're always archived normally.
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: xMarminq_ on October 29, 2016, 03:50:35 PM
How about compacting the file?
Should i use a usb stick for the data and use a cable to connect the two to transfer?
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on October 29, 2016, 03:53:18 PM
You can't compress calculator files for transfers. The only way you can do it is with Ion and MirageOS games, which can be compressed for use with CrunchyOS.
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: xMarminq_ on October 29, 2016, 04:08:12 PM
So the game that is 12k ram over budget is impossible to transfer into a calc it was made to go into?
If i had a Ti-84 plus with me now, could i transfer it to it?
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Hayleia on October 29, 2016, 07:10:08 PM
Also, you're not concerned since your calculator is not compatible, but at least for the other ones who may read this post: do not download from TI Wizard. The file is outdated (proof: it is still called "Star Fox"). Download from TI Planet, the only file I kept up to date. That's exactly the reason why I never uploaded it to other sites, to not have problems with outdated files (in case I forget something), but then someone decided to upload it there...
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open)
Post by: xMarminq_ on October 30, 2016, 12:09:15 AM
Will you develop Smash for the CE?
Will it not corrupt, as DJ Omnimaga said? Will it fit? If not, a way to make the memory increase?
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on October 30, 2016, 12:57:50 AM
Quote from: Hayleia on October 29, 2016, 07:10:08 PM
Also, you're not concerned since your calculator is not compatible, but at least for the other ones who may read this post: do not download from TI Wizard. The file is outdated (proof: it is still called "Star Fox"). Download from TI Planet, the only file I kept up to date. That's exactly the reason why I never uploaded it to other sites, to not have problems with outdated files (in case I forget something), but then someone decided to upload it there...
YEah there was a topic on OMni complaining about those sites because on CalculatorTI, many calc games were re-uploaded without proper attribution. TI-Wizard at least mentioned author names and since French sites always used that method of file addition then that site got a pass, but it can be annoying if the author can't keep the files up to date.

Super Smash Bros Open should run fine on your TI-84 Plus, as long as it's not a TI-84 Plus-T. But it will not run on the CE and Hayleia has no plan to port it, IIRC, since Axe is not available for color calcs.
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Hayleia on October 30, 2016, 08:09:02 AM
Indeed, at least they give credits, so it's not that annoying for finished games, but SSBO isn't finished -.-

And indeed, I have no plans to port it to the CE right now. Because if I did, it would be in C, but C isn't as funny as Axe (which is not available on the CE) and isn't as convenient as C++ (which is not available on the CE), so I would probably not enjoy doing it.
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on October 30, 2016, 02:11:43 PM
I am curious if ICE will end up being easy to learn for Axe users
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: E37 on October 30, 2016, 02:34:08 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on October 30, 2016, 02:11:43 PM
I am curious if ICE will end up being easy to learn for Axe users
I hope so! (I am secretly hoping that Ice winds up being a port of Axe)
Title: Re: Transferring games from Ti-84 Plus CE to Ti-84 plus (Smash Open from Ti-Wizard)
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on October 30, 2016, 04:28:11 PM
It won't be, since it has a different focus, judging by how most new commands are math or text-related.  But if it looks at least similar then it will probably be easier to convince people to try it