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==Improvements== | ==Improvements== | ||
Beyond the[[Freescape#ScummVM_reimplementation| general Freescape engine improvements]], Driller was re-implemented with the following new features: | Beyond the [[Freescape#ScummVM_reimplementation| general Freescape engine improvements]], Driller was re-implemented with the following new features: | ||
* It can be played using the restored music from the original compositor Matt Gray. From the original Driller releases, only the C64 version has music. Other releases are completely silent, despite their hardware could play music. This is likely related with the resource constrains of the release, more than an artistic design. Fortunately, ScummVM allows to play Driller with the intended music. To enable this feature, you must own the song "Driller Theme" from the [https://mattgray1.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-of-reformation album The Best Of Reformation] (you can either buy the complete album or just the individual song). Place the song "Driller Theme" in the same directory as the data files from any Driller release (several formats are supported including mp3, ogg, flac) and ScummVM will automatically use it as music during gameplay. | * It can be played using the restored music from the original compositor Matt Gray. From the original Driller releases, only the C64 version has music. Other releases are completely silent, despite their hardware could play music. This is likely related with the resource constrains of the release, more than an artistic design. Fortunately, ScummVM allows to play Driller with the intended music. To enable this feature, you must own the song "Driller Theme" from the [https://mattgray1.bandcamp.com/album/the-best-of-reformation album The Best Of Reformation] (you can either buy the complete album or just the individual song). Place the song "Driller Theme" in the same directory as the data files from any Driller release (several formats are supported including mp3, ogg, flac) and ScummVM will automatically use it as music during gameplay. | ||
* It features improved bounding box collisions and more precise driller rig placement. The technical limitations at the time did not allowed to have precise calculations, but the ScummVM implementation is not limited in that sense. | * It features improved bounding box collisions and more precise driller rig placement. The technical limitations at the time did not allowed to have precise calculations, but the ScummVM implementation is not limited in that sense. | ||
==Cheats== | |||
The original game do not include any cheat, however, in the first area, it is possible to change into the jet mode if the player shoots the door of the storage a number of times (this depends on the specific release, but it should be enough shooting 25 times or less). | |||
While this was not confirmed by any developer, but it looks like an shortcut that allows to explore all the areas of the game for debugging without getting into the jet later in the game. | |||
Besides the [[Freescape#ScummVM_reimplementation| general Freescape cheats]], this engine also implements some specific Driller cheats: | |||
* Automatic drilling: it allows to drill in any part of the areas and always obtain 100%. | |||
==Bugs== | ==Bugs== | ||
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This issue is partially fixed in ScummVM. | This issue is partially fixed in ScummVM. | ||
* No palette swap special effect is played when the player takes damage in Mitral. It is unclear if this is a bug or not, but the color used for the special effect in Mitral is invalid (21). This issue is still unfixed in ScummVM. | * No palette swap special effect is played when the player takes damage in Mitral. It is unclear if this is a bug or not, but the color used for the special effect in Mitral is invalid (21). | ||
This issue is still unfixed in ScummVM. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||