Retro Monitors

[Open Assets] Retro Monitors 2.2

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DISCLAIMER: These assets currently do not show up properly in regular Zone Builder due to the use of the Ultimate Zone Builder-specific object definitions. Until Zone Builder is updated to fix this, please look at the "README.txt" and "BINARY-README.txt" files included in the PK3 for thing type numbers and instructions on setting these up.

This addon consists of monitors ranging from the TGF era all the way to the 2.1 era.

Please make sure to read the README.txt and/or BINARY-README.txt files included in the PK3 for information on how to set these up properly.

"THE GAMES FACTORY" MONITORS & POWER-UPS

Being the most unique out of all the other monitors, these "relics" can simply be walked into to break them. They will not bounce the player back up when jumped on, however.

The Special Stage power-ups are also included to make this a complete collection. Please note, however, that the time power-up will only give the player a time bonus in Special Stages.

TGFMonitors.png

DEMO MONITORS

These monitors were used from the Christmas Demo to Demo 4.35. Unlike future monitors, the icons that pop out are part of the same sprite. They also give players their power-up immediately in netgames upon breaking them, instead of a second later.

DemoMonitors.png

FINAL DEMO MONITORS

Inspired by the look of the Sonic 2 monitors, these were introduced in SRB2 Tournament 2003 and persisted all the way to 2.0. Every monitor's Thing parameter can be set to make them behave how they did in specific versions of SRB2 (randomized spawning, shields given, etc.):
  • Parameter 0 = 2.0 Era
  • Parameter 1 = 1.09-1.09.4 Era
  • Parameter 2 = 1.08 Era
  • Parameter 3 = 2K3-1.04 Era

Look at the README.txt file included in the PK3 for more information.

It is also important to note that not all of these monitors come from the Final Demo era. Some were introduced in 2.0, but they still use the same style as the old monitors.

FinalDemoMonitors.png

2.1 MONITORS

These monitors share the "Knuckles' Chaotix-inspired" style of the 2.2 monitors, but with some slight differences. For example, the 2.1 recycler monitor is less saturated than the 2.2 version.

Side note: The mystery monitor has a proper Thing type instead of being multiplayer-only.

2.1Monitors.png

KNOWN BUGS

  • The TGF and Demo monitors aren't affected by the multiplayer settings. Many of these settings weren't in versions before "SRB2 Tournament 2003", so this is intentional.
  • The 1-up player overlays look weird in OpenGL with models on. This is because the models included likely used the 2.2 monitors as a reference for their location.

SPECIAL THANKS

  • Sonic Team Jr. - For the original code and sprites that this addon uses and is based off of
  • SRB2 Discord - For being a valuable resource in figuring out certain aspects of these ports
  • SRB2 Wiki - For being another valuable resource
  • SRB2 GitLab - For being yet another valuable resource (specifically for the 2.1 source code)
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So Nice.

I give 4 as the Inferno Shield!
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9/10. these are awesome but it doesnt have the halloween monitors. still really awesome tho
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Welcome to releases! I think this is very valuable not just a a resource, but as something to learn from in order to make one's own powerups. Very useful!
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